Plot Summary:Agnes prepares for her New Year's Eve party although half the guests have reasons for not coming to it. She is also perturbed that Mark and Betty want to send Bono to the very rough local school and is somewhat harassed when stern Father McBride persuades her to look after a parrot that belonged to Maria's recently deceased auntie. After having a mishap with some aerosol glue which she mistook for deodorant and accidentally bringing on Dino's food allergy Agnes learns that the parrot was living in a house of ill repute not unknown to Father McBride, a fact which comes in useful in keeping Bono out of the dreadful school. Further cause for celebration is the fact that Cathy and the boys turn up for New Year after all.