Parrot Umbrella: Awk, that's gratitude for you. Didn't even say goodbye?

Mary Poppins: No, they didn't.

Parrot Umbrella: Look at them! You know, they think more of their father than they do of you!

Mary Poppins: That's as it should be.

Parrot Umbrella: Well, don't you care?

Mary Poppins: Practically perfect people never permit sentiment to muddle their thinking.

Parrot Umbrella: Is that so? Well, I'll tell you one thing, Mary Poppins: you don't fool me a bit!

Mary Poppins: Oh, really?

Parrot Umbrella: Yes, really. I know exactly how you feel about these children, and if you think I'm going to keep my mouth shut any longer, I'll...

[she clamps his mouth shut]

Mary Poppins: That will be quite enough of that, thank you.

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