Keep the pet
I don't own Merlin
"No!" Arthur glared at his servant, "it will not stay!"
"Come on Clotpole, he's just a puppy." Merlin looked fondly at the dog.
They both looked down at the puppy chewing at Arthur's boots. "You will not keep him!"
Merlin tried again with a kitten, then a goat and a chicken; all were sent away.
A week later he showed up with a strange coloured bird.
"What the hell is that?!"
"It's a parrot sire; you can train them to speak."
Arthur glared at the bird.
The bird glared back.
"Hello prat!"
He should have let Merlin keep the dog.