Rose's bedroom was upstairs．（61）

A

A

big tree grew outside her window． One day， Rose saw a bird making a little house in the tree． The bird carried bits of small plants into the house（62）

and

and

placed some grass in it in order to make it soft． Soon the little house（63）

was built

was built

（build）． "It looks like a little brown cup sitting in the tree．" Rose thought．
The bird laid three small eggs and day after day she sat on her eggs to keep them warm． One day， a strange sound came（64）

from

from

the little house． Three baby birds were inside．（65）

How

How

lovely they were! Rose was very happy（66）

to see

to see

（see）them． The new birds were very hungry and very noisy! The mother and father birds fed them every day． The（67）

babies

babies

（baby）grew bigger and bigger． They moved around the house more． Soon they were moving their wings（68）

quickly

quickly

（quick）． They were getting ready to fly．
（69）

When

When

she found the little house was empty and the birds were gone， Rose sat by the window feeling sad． She told her brother with tears that she（70）

didn't

didn't

（not）want them to go． Her brothers smiled and told her that birds couldn't stay in the tree all the time， because they had to fly away to do bird things．