Pirates and carrots

Just put Charlie to bed and read him a book about pirates - his favourite subject for bedtime stories. This one particular book was about a pirate who needed a parrot. I pointed to the parrot and asked Charlie if he knew what it was - he said 'a carrot'. I told him he was nearly right and asked him to try and say 'parrot' he kept repeating 'carrot' - I explained that was a vegetable (incidentally; he knows exactly what carrots are) and not a bird (and birds) - but still 'carrot'. I can  only hope he doesn't chose to become a pirate as he'll look a right twat with a root vegetable on his shoulder.