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20. Reading Comprehension

1. Clever Little Wren

One day, all the birds met together to choose a king. They chirped and sang, but

they could not agree on how to choose him. At last, the eagle said that the king of

the birds must be the one who could fly higher than all the rest. The other birds

were afraid of the eagle because he was strong and fierce, so they said that he was
right, then they all perched side by side on the top of a long fence, and when the old

white duck quacked they were to fly up and up as high as they could. The one who

should fly the highest was to be made king.

Now among the birds was the clever little wren. When no one was looking, the

wren sat gently on the eagle’s broad back. “Quack! Quack!” said the old white duck

up went the birds, and up went the little wren on the eagle’s back. Soon the eagle

had left all the other birds far below, and he went higher and higher till at last he

was tired and began to come down. Then the little wren stretched her wings and
flew off the eagle’s back into the clouds.

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