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Catch a Canary
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 1 to 2
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   0.73

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    window, kinds, longer, alone, also, awful, band, being, bird, born, cage, canary, care, catch, country, danger


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Catch a Canary
By Mary Lynn Bushong
  

1     Jan stared out the window. She watched the birds at the feeder.
 
2     There were many kinds of birds. Some were very small like purple finches. Some were larger like doves or cardinals.
 
3     There was a new bird at a feeder. It was yellow. It had black on its wings.
 
4     "Look, Mom," she said, "it is a new bird. It looks like Fred."
 
5     Mom came over and looked.
 
6     "Oh," she said, "it is a wild canary. It does look a little like our canary."
 
7     They watched the yellow bird a while. Then it flew off.
 
8     "I like that bird. I wish we could catch it and keep it," said Jan.
 
9     "That might be nice for us," said Mom. "But it would not be good for the bird. It has grown up being free. It would not like living in a small cage."

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