Once upon a time there was a kind old man who feed the sparrows everyday. But his wife doesn't like this. One day, she cut the tongue of a sparrow...
THE CUT TONGUE SPARROW
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Vocabulary:
- On the other hand: not alike, different
- feed: to give food to someone or something
- tongue: the soft part in the mouth
- bamboo: a tall green tree
- wounded: being hurt
- feast: a lot of things to eat
- dance: to move beautifully with music
- either: this one or that one
- deserve: to have to right to something
- treasure: valuable things, (e.g. gold, silver, jewels)
- faint: to fall asleep because you are afraid
- fear: very afraid
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Once upon a time ,
there lived an old couple in small village .
The old man who was kind hearted fed wild sparrows every day
Chirp , chirp, thank you dear old man . The sparrows chirped
They all loved the kind old man .
the old woman , on the other hand, was mean
She was not happy about her husband giving food to sparrows every day .
" I think it's a waste to feed them, " she said .
Oh , i don't think so .
Look how happily they're eating .
They don't eat much rice , either , said the old man .
One day after her husband went to work ,
the old woman made starch , and while washing clothes,
she noticed the sparrows had eaten up the starch.
The old woman was furious , caught one sparrow ,
and cut off its tongue with her sewing scissors
the sparrow flew home crying .
having heard about the poor sparrow when he come home,
the old man became very worried about the sparrow,
and went out to look for it. "Sparrow , Sparrow , Where is your house ?"
as he sang loud , several sparrows cane out to see him.
" Chirp ,chirp , dear old man , come this way , please",
they said and guided him to a bamboo thicket.
in the bamboo thicket was the sparrow's house.
The wounded sparrow that lying in his bed was very pleased
to see the old man.
" you come a long way to comfort me , dear old man".
it's so kind of you . i am OK now, : said the sparrow .
The sparrows treated the old man to big feast .
and entertained him by dancing and singing for him .
" Thank you, Thank you. i've had such a nice time,
but i need to go home now, " Said old man.
"well then , please take either this big wicker basket
or that small one as our gift to you ," said the sparrows.
"How nice . Because i am an old man , i'll take the small one.
it looks light enough for me to carry home." The old man said and went home with the smaller basket on his back .
He found when he got home the basket was filled with treasures .
it made his wife very, very jealous.
" i deserve treasures from the sparrows, too
i let the sparrows eat our rice, too, didn't !?".
She said .
The old woman went to the sparrows house right away,
and said to the sparrows as soon as she entered the house,
"Now , i'am here. Just give me a gift.
i'd like that big wicker basket ."
And, before the sparrows said anything ,
she put the big basket on her back and left for home.
Just as soon as she got home, She excitedly opened the basket,
antsy with expectation, saying , " This is so big and heavy,
there must be lots and lots of treasures in it."
And guess what she found. it was full of snakes , centipedes,
and many other insects. As the creatures came out from the basket, the mean old woman fainted in fear.
The end