diff --git a/parrot.rb b/parrot.rb
index 559309841..ba1196169 100644
--- a/parrot.rb
+++ b/parrot.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-# Create method `parrot` that outputs a given phrase and
-# returns the phrase
+def parrot(string="Squawk!")
+  puts "#{string}"
+      "#{string}"
+      
+end      
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