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2You're selling your dad awfully cheaply.– John OCommented Jan 25, 2014 at 22:36
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2Sorry about the edit @JohnO, but here is the original title so people can still appreciate your joke (which is the first thing I thought, too): "I am looking for the title of a science fiction novel about a blackbird selling their song for my Dad"– Meat TrademarkCommented Jan 25, 2014 at 22:44
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1I think this is a retelling of a Chinese fairy-tale that is used to explain why blackbirds "caw." If I remember correctly, The blackbird could sing, but the princess could not, so it sang to the prince while pretending to be the princess, but became hoarse and unable to sing thereafter, and could only "caw." The princess, now saved, somehow returns the favor - perhaps by enabling the bird to change color as a reward.– Benjamin WadeCommented May 24, 2014 at 4:18
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