OLD EMMA LIVED
IN A SMALL TOWN.
IN A
SMALL HOUSE .
SHE WAS AN OLD WOMAN
.
SHE COULD NOT GO OUT ANY MORE .
SOMETIMES SHE WAS ILL
.
OR VERY TIRED.
SHE HAVE
TO STAY IN THE BED
.
SHE DID NOT SEE MANY PEOPLE .
A WOMAN CALLED MRS, *MOONEY CAME .
SHE BROUGHT HER SOME FOOD .
SHE CLEANED THE HOUSE .
BUT *EMMA WAS ALONE
.
HER GREATEST FRIEND WAS A SMALL BLUE BIRD .
IT HAS A WHITE MARK.
ON ITS HEAD.
IT LIVED IN A BIRDCAGE IN THE ROOM
.
IT MADE A NOISE .
WHEN IT WANTED TO COME OUT .
THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE TALKING .
EMMA SPOKE
WITH THE SMALL BIRD EACH DAY
.
BIRD ANSWERED
HER WITH THE VARIOUS NOISES .
EMMA LOVED THE BIRD VERY MUCH .
SHE CALLED IT *BILLY .
THERE PEOPLE WERE BUILDING THE NEW HOUSES .
LIVING PERSON IN
THESE HOUSES WERE YOUNG .
THE MOST OF THEM HAD CHILDREN.
ONE DAY MRS. MOONEY CLEANED
THE BIRDCAGE.
SHE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN .
NO ONE WAS IN THE ROOM .
*BILLY CAME OUT OF THE BIRDCAGE.
IT WENT OVER TO THE WINDOW .
WHEN EMMA CAME INTO
THE ROOM .
BLUE-BIRD HAS GONE .
POOR EMMA WAS VERY SAD .
SHE CALLED MRS. MOONEY .
WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE DOOR OF THE BIRDCAGE OPEN .
*BILLY HAS GONE .
HE WILL NEVER
COME BACK.
AN ANIMAL CAN EAT HIM .
MY
POOR LITTLE BIRD .
WHAT SHALL I
DO .
SHE STARTED
TO CRY .
MRS *MOONEY SAID "I AM VERY SORRY ".
I FORGOT CLOSING THE DOOR .
DO NOT CRY .
IT
WILL COME BACK AGAIN
.
IT
HAS GONE TO SEE THE OTHER
PLACES .
LEAVE THE WINDOW OPEN.
THEN IT CAN FIND ITS WAY .
POOR EMMA WAS VERY UNHAPPY .
SHE THOUGHT *BILLY .
SHE COULD NOT THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE .
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN .
A
FAMILY WAS MOVING TO
A NEW HOUSE .
THEIR NAME WERE DAVID AND VERA .
VERA WAS PUTTING
THE BOOKS IN FRONT ROOM .
DAVID WAS CARRYING
THE BAGS TO THE HOUSE
.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFULL DAY .
THE LITTLE HOUSE
LOOKED VERY CLEAN AND NEW .
VERA WAS VERY HAPPY
.
THE HOUSE WAS FIRST HOUSE .
NEARLY ALL WAS NEW .
JUST THEN.
SHE HEARD A SMALL NOISE BY THE WINDOW.
SHE WENT TO
LOOK AT .
A SMALL BLUE BIRD SAT THERE .
VERA SAID "VERY BEATIFULL BIRD, ".
"*DAVİD ".
DO YOU COME .
DO YOU LOOK AT TO
THIS SMALL BIRD .
*DAVID CAME
TO THE ROOM .
AND HE ALSO
LOOKED AT IT .
HE
SAID "GOOD ".
" BLUE BIRDS MAKE THE PEOPLE
HAPPY ".
WE
WILL BECOME HAPPY HERE .
HIS WIFE LAUGHED .
SHE SAID "HOW_MUCH NICE ".
WHERE DID IT
COME FROM .
WILL IT STAY WITH US
.
DAVID SAID " WE MUST NOT KEEP IT
".
SOMEBODY MUST OWN IT.
THEY'LL BE UNHAPPY TO LOSE IT .
"HOW WILL IT
RETURN " SAID VERA .
IT
WILL NOT FIND THE WAY .
*DAVID SAID " BIRD KNOWS
A_LOT_OF THINGS ".
LEAVE THE WINDOW OPEN
.
IT CAN GO WHEN IT WANTS
.
" IT MUST WANT SOMETHING TO EAT " SAID VERA.
I WILL BRING SOME
BREAD .
THEY GAVE
THE BIRD A FEW PIECES OF
BREAD .
IT ATE THEM ALL .
THEN IT DRANK SOME
WATER .
AND IT FELL ASLEEP ON THE CHAIR
.
VERA AND DAVID WORKED ALL DAY.
IN OTHER ROOMS .
AT NIGHT,.
THEY REMEMBERED THE SMALL BIRD .
THEY WENT DOWN
AND LOOKED IN THE FRONT ROOM.
BIRD WAS STILL THERE
.
" WE HAVE TO PUT
IT OUT " SAID *DAVID.
WE CAN NOT LEAVE THE WINDOW
OPEN ALL NIGHT .
WE CAN OPEN THE BEDROOM WINDOW OPEN
.
SHE TOOK THE BLUE-BIRD IN HER
HANDS .
AND SHE CARRIED IT TO
BEDROOM .
DAVID PUT ONE SMALL BOX .
THERE WAS A PIECE OF CLOTH IN THE
BOX .
THEY PUT THE BIRD TO THE BOX.
THEY PUT SOME
WATER NEAR THE BOX .
AND THEY PUT A PIECE
OF BREAD .
THEN THEY OPENED THE WINDOW .
VERA SAID "GOOD NIGHT
, SMALL BIRD ".
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US .
WE SHALL BE
HAPPY HERE .
I KNOW .
THE NEXT MORNING.
THEY LOOKED AT
IN THE OTHER BEDROOM .
BLUE BIRD HAS GONE .
IN
THE HOUSE IN OTHER SIDE
OF THE TOWN .
OLD EMMA OPENED HER EYES .
SHE THOUGHT ABOUT HER BLUE BIRD
.
SHE GOT UP .
SHE BEGAN TO DRESS .
JUST THEN .
SHE HEARD A SMALL NOISE BY THE WINDOW .
BLUE BIRD HAS SAT THERE
.
OLD EMMA WAS VERY HAPPY .
SHE SAID "*BILLY ".
YOU RETURNED .
DEAR , SMALL BILLY .
YOU'VE COME BACK .
I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU .
WHY DID YOU GO AWAY .
SHE TOUCHED
THE BIRD .
SHE TRIED TO TALK .
JUST THEN.
MRS *MOONEY CAME IN .
SHE CRIED "WHAT
DID I SAY ".
" IT HAS COME BACK ".
"YES" SAID EMMA .
IT MUST NOT GO AGAIN
.
SHE TOOK THE BIRD IN
HER HANDS .
AND SHE CARRIED IT
TO THE BIRDCAGE .
BUT BIRD DID NOT WANT
TO ENTER TO THE CAGE
.
IT FOUGHT TO GO
AWAY .
" BIRD DOES NOT WANT TO ENTER
TO THE CAGE ".
SAID *MOONEY .
" IT DOESN'T LIKE BEING SHUT UP
".
DO NOT PUT IT THERE.
BUT IT WILL GO AWAY .
LET IT GO,IF IT WANTS TO.
LET IT STAY BY THE WINDOW.
EMMA ALLOWED THE BIRD GO .
AND THE BIRD WENT AND SAT
BY THE WINDOW .
IT DID NOT GO
OUTSIDE .
AND IT JUST SAT THERE.
EMMA DID NOT TRY TO PUT IT .
IT
LIKED TO BE IN THE ROOM
.
THE WINDOW WAS ALWAYS OPEN .
SOMETIMES THE BIRD WENT OUTSIDE.
AND IT SAT IN A TREE.
BUT IT ALWAYS
CAME BACK .
ONE DAY,.
TWO YEARS LATER .
*EMMA WAS NOT GOOD .
SHE HAD TO STAY IN THE BED
.
BLUE BIRD SAT ON THE TABLE BY THE BED .
BIRD ALWAYS
SAT THERE .
THAT NIGHT .
EMMA OPENED HER EYES .
AND SHE TRIED TO TURN ON
THE LIGHT .
HER HAND TOUCHED
THE SMALL BIRD .
THEN IT FELL DOWN
ON THE BED .
SHE DID NOT MOVE
AGAIN .
MRS *MOONEY CAME IN THE MORNING .
AND SHE SPOKE TO
*EMMA .
BUT *EMMA DID NOT ANSWER HER .
MRS *MOONEY TOUCHED HER
.
THEN SHE WENT QUICKLY
.
AND SHE TELEPHONED TO THE
DOCTOR .
DOCTOR CAME.
AND HE LOOKED AT
*EMMA .
HE
SAID " SHE DIED
IN_THE_NIGHT ".
" SHE KNEW NOTHING
".
"SHE WAS VERY OLD ".
" SHE LOOKS VERY QUIET
".
"AND SHE LOOKS HAPPY NOW ".
MRS *MOONEY LOOKED ALL OVER THE ROOM
.
"WHERE IS THE BIRD ".
IT WAS ALWAYS HERE .
IT
HAS GONE .
DOCTOR SAID "WINDOW IS OPEN".
" IT HAS GONE AWAY ".
OLD EMMA LOVED
THAT BIRD .
SHE SAID TO
ME ONCE .
"IF I DIE ".
"PLEASE TAKE CARE OF
*BILLY " .
I
HAVE SAID "ALL_RIGHT ".
I'LL TAKE IT WITH ME.
BUT I DO NOT WANT IT .
I DO NOT WANT ONE BIRD
IN MY HOUSE .
DOCTOR SAID "BIRD CAN TAKE
CARE OF THEMSELVES ".
IT
WENT TO FIND ANOTHER HOME .
MRS *MOONEY LEFT THE WINDOW OPEN .
BUT BLUE BIRD NEVER
RETURN .
IN THE SCOTT'S HOUSE .
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN.
THEIR LITTLE GIRL WAS IN THE
BED .
SHE WAS ONLY A YEARS OLD
.
SHE WAS VERY ILL .
HER MOTHER SAT BY THE BED .
SHE LOOED VERY TROUBLED .
THE CHILD'S FACE WAS WHITE .
SHE DID NOT MOVE AT ALL .
JUST THEN,.
VERA_SCOTT HEARD A NOISE BY THE
WINDOW .
THE BLUE BIRD
SAT THERE .
" BLUE BIRD HAS COME
BACK ".
" SOMETHING GOOD MUST
HAPPEN NOW ".
BLUE BIRD CAME OVER.
AND IT SAT SILENTLY ON THE BED.
NEAR THE LITTLE GIRL .
VERA LOOKED AT HER AND
WAITED .
AFTER A TIME .
THE CHILD OPENED HER EYES .
SHE LOOKED AT
THE BLUE BIRD .
AND SHE PUT HER HAND TO TOUCH IT .
HER MOTHER GAVE
SOMETHING TO DRINK .
AND SHE FELL ASLEEP .
DOCTOR CAME SOON
.
HE LOOKED AT CAREFULLY THE
CHILD .
AND HE TOUCHED HER
.
THEN HE TURNED
TO HER MOTHER .
DOCTOR SAID "SHE, MORE, GOOD, ".
"SHE IS BETTER ".
MUCH BETTER.
YOU CAN STOP BEING AFRAID .
SHE WILL LIVE
AND GROW AGAIN .
THEN .
HE
SAW THE BLUE BIRD .
"WHERE DID YOU GET THAT BIRD
" HE SAID.
" I DO NOT KNOW " SAID VERA.
IT
CAME IN AT THE WINDOW
NOW .
IT CAME ONCE BEFORE .
BUT IT WENT AWAY AGAIN.
IT HAS A WHITE MARK ON ITS HEAD .
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT
.
DOCTOR SAID " I THINK SO
".
HE
TOLD HER ABOUT *EMMA .
"THEN".
"CAN WE KEEP BACK THIS ".
DOCTOR SAID " WHY NOT ".
"NO ONE ELSE WANT IT ".
VERA SAID " I
WANT IT ".
AS SOON AS IT CAME ,MY LITTLE GIRL WAS BETTER .
BLUE BIRD WILL STAY
WITH US .
AND IT DID .
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