Dylan Hargreaves' mother believes he started speaking the words 'Ta' and 'Bye' after hearing his family's pet macaw Barney say them. 'Every time I gave the bird something to say, Dylan started trying to say the same thing.
I think it's because the bird says it slower than me.'
Rumours abounded that pop star Madonna may be adopting another child as she went back to Malawi accompanied by 18-month-old David Banda, whom she controversially adopted there last year. According to the Daily Mail, a three-year-old girl called Grace living in a Malawi orphanage is the favourite to join Madonna's family.
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