Discworld Hints

How can I retrieve the sailor's parrot?

  • 1 of 20: Do you remember seeing any other birds in the game?
  • 2 of 20: Probably not.  But wherever they are, they certainly don't live in Ankh-Morpork.
  • 3 of 20: They're about as far away as you can get.
  • 4 of 20: Try looking at the Edge of the World.  Polly should be there.
  • 5 of 20: Try calling her with the whistle that the sailor gave you (use it on yourself).
  • 6 of 20: She wants a cracker.
  • 7 of 20: So give her one.
  • 8 of 20: Or at least something whose name is close.
  • 9 of 20: A fire cracker will work.
  • 10 of 20: You can get fireworks from the crate near the city gate, and there are matches in the Broken Drum (you may have to ask the bartender for a drink before you can take the matches).
  • 11 of 20: Light the firecracker and then throw it to Polly.  She'll fall into the water, but that's okay, since you can always fish her out of there.
  • 12 of 20: The butterfly net might work.
  • 13 of 20: Pity that it's too short.
  • 14 of 20: If only you had another handle to attach to it.
  • 15 of 20: Like Windle Poons' staff (in Unseen University).
  • 16 of 20: Finally, you have to go and retrieve the whistle that the sailor's so fond of.
  • 17 of 20: Find something that will help you climb off the edge of the world.
  • 18 of 20: Something that will stretch out for a very long way.
  • 19 of 20: The arch chancellor's hat (in his office) has a whole bunch of handkerchiefs in it.
  • 20 of 20: So put it on the fork and then pull them out, and you can climb off the edge of the world to retrieve it it.