King Yunan narrates this story to the jealous vizier.
The parrot sits in the wife's room.
There was once a man who had a beautiful wife, whom he loved dearly, and never left if possible. One day, the man was obliged to leave for important business. Before his trip, he bought a parrot who could not only speak but also narrate events that had taken place in its owner's absence. He brought it home in a cage and asked his wife to put it up in her room and take care of it. Then he left. When he returned, he asked the parrot what had happened while he was away. The parrot recited things his wife had done that resulted in him scolding his wife.
Wanting to take revenge while her husband was away, she instructed one of her slaves to turn under the bird's cage a hand mill; the second one to pour water down above the cage, and the last slave to turn the mirror in front of the bird's eyes in the light of a candle. When the husband returned and asked the parrot what happened, the parrot replied stating, "My master, the lightning, thunder, and rain disturbed me so much all night long, that I cannot tell you what I have suffered." The husband knowing there was no rain or thunder thought the parrot was lying and threw it so roughly on the ground that he killed it. The husband later felt remorseful after he found out the parrot had spoken the truth.
The vizier replied to this with the "Tale of the Prince and the Ogress".