第35天
Reading time 3
The bird and the tree
1
The bird and the tree are friends. The bird often sings songs in the tree.
Autumn comes. The bird has to fly to the south.
Bird: See you next spring, Mr Tree.
Tree: See you, Miss Bird. I’ll miss you.
2
Spring comes. The bird comes back, but she cannot see the tree.
Bird: Where’s Mr Tree?
Grass: Some workers cut him down and took him to a factory.
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The bird flies to the factory.
Bird: I’m looking for my friend Mr Tree. Where is he?
Gate: The workers cut him into wood. They used the wood to make matches. Then they took the matches to a village.
5
The bird flies to the village and sees a girl beside a fire.
Bird: Hello! Are there any matches in your home?
Girl: There were many matches, but now there aren’t any. I used the last one to make the fire.
6
The bird sings a sad song to the fire and then flies away.
生词本
south /saʊθ/ 南方
wood /wʊd/ 木材
match /mætʃ/ 火柴
village /ˈvɪlɪdʒ/ 村庄
beside /bɪˈsaɪd/ 在……旁边
fire /ˈfaɪə(r)/ 火;炉火
Think and write
How do you feel when the bird sings the sad song to the fire? What will you do to cheer up a sad friend?

I feel sad. Because Miss Bird loses her good friend Mr Tree. I will chat with my sad friend and share my toys with him or her.(答案不唯一)