When Dunc Culpepper and his best friend, Amos, first see the parrot in a pet store, they're not impressed - it's smelly, scruffy, and missing half his feathers. They're only impressed when they learn that the parrot speaks four languages, has outlived ten of its owners, and is probably 150 years old. But when the bird starts mouthing off about buried treasure, Dunc and Amos get pretty excited--let the amateur sleuthing begin.