
Early one morning, Peter opened the gate and
walked out into the big green meadow.
On a branch of a big tree sat a little
bird, Peter’s friend. “All is quiet”
chirped the bird happily. Just then a duck came waddling
round. She was glad that Peter had not closed the
gate and decided to take a nice swim in the deep
pond in the meadow. Seeing the duck, the little bird flew down upon on the grass, settled next to her and shrugged
his shoulders. “What kind of bird are you if
you can’t fly?” said he. To this the duck replied
“What kind of bird are you if you can’t swim?”
and dived into the pond. They argued and argued, the duck swimming in the pond and the little bird hopping along
the shore. Suddenly, something caught Peter’s attention.
He noticed a cat crawling through the grass. The cat thought;
“That little bird is busy arguing, I’ll just grab him.
Stealthily, the cat crept towards him on her velvet paws.
“Look out!” shouted Peter and the bird immediately flew up into the tree, while the duck quacked angrily at the cat, from the middle of the pond. The cat walked around the tree and thought, “Is it worth climbing up so high? By the time
I get there the bird will have flown away.”
Just then grandfather came out. He was upset
because Peter had gone in the meadow. “It’s a dangerous place. If a wolf should come out of the forest, then what would you do?” But Peter paid no attention to his grandfather’s words. Boys like him are not afraid of wolves.
But grandfather took Peter by the hand, led him home and
locked the gate. No sooner had Peter gone, than a big grey wolf came out of the forest. In a twinkling the cat climbed up
the tree. The duck quacked, and in her excitement jumped out of the pond.
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Published: Jan 21, 2021
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