Papa's Parrot

3. make fun of or attempt to provoke someone in a playful way
4. a structure of bars or wires in which animals are Confined
5. a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
7. a commercial business
10. arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type
11. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
13. the action of shipping goods
15. literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.
16. a device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit
17. a bird, often vividly colored

1. a system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens
2. have enough money to pay for
4. the creation or construction of a fictional character
6. an institution providing medical and surgical treatment for sick or injured people
8. a school that typically comprises grades 9 through 12
9. a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules
12. the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
14. a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists
16. walk in a leisurely way