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."
 
¹⁰     "What about the ones in the pet store?" asked Jan. "They have many kinds of birds."
 
¹¹     "Many people like to have birds," said Mom. "They really like the pretty birds."
 
¹²     "You mean birds like parrots?" asked Jan.
 
¹³     Mom nodded.
 
¹⁴     "There are many pretty parrots. There are also macaws. Some are from rainforests and jungles."

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