If I were only a little puppy, not your baby, mother dear, would you say "No" to me if I tried to eat from your dish?

Would you drive me off, saying to me, "Get away, you naughty little puppy?"

If I were only a little green parrot, and not your baby, mother dear, would you keep me chained lest I should fly away?

Then go, mother, go! I will never come to you when you call me, and never let you feed me any more.

Would you shake your finger at me and say, "What an ungrateful wretch of a bird! It is gnawing at its chain day and night?"

Then, go, mother, go! I will run away into the woods; I will never let you take me in your arms again.