morning, noon
I said Aunt Jane 's poll parrot just once . That was enough ! They pretend now that there is such a bird and that I keep him hidden in my room . They ask after his health morning , noon and night , and ask me quite seriously to consult him . Even the teachers do it . I nearly died in history class when Miss Jenks , a love and nothing but a girl , just out of college , asked me the date of the Battle of Hastings , I could n't remember and she looked at me so impishly and said , ` Better ask Aunt Jane 's poll parrot . ' Imagine Ducky Lucky doing such a thing .