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What Has Feathers, but Cannot Fly?

What Has Feathers, but Cannot Fly?
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 1 to 3
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   2.21

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    morning, bills, cats, good, kinds, glad, almost, beautiful, believe, bird, cannot, country, course, fine, fruit, goodbye
     content words:    New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, When I'm, Kapiti Island, Little Spots, Wasn't Kiki

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What Has Feathers, but Cannot Fly?
By Kathleen W. Redman 		  
1     "Good morning, boys and girls. I am glad you are watching the show today. We have taken a very long trip to visit one of the most interesting birds in the world. We are in New Zealand, a beautiful island country in the Pacific Ocean.
 
2     Before I introduce our guest, I have a riddle for you. What has feathers and wings but cannot fly? A kiwi bird? That's right.
 
3     Our guest today is Kiki, a little spotted kiwi. How are you, Kiki?"
 
4     "I'm fine, Keith. How are you?"
 
5     "Just fine, Kiki. Exactly how small are you?"
 
6     "I'm eight inches high. When I'm grown, I will be almost ten inches high."
 
7     "On what island do you live?"
 
8     "I live on Kapiti Island. Some of us live on other islands. Little Spots can't live on the mainland, though."
 
9     "Why not?"

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