The Singing Bird
Shiba Atukunda
Benjamin Mitchley
English

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful bird that loved to sing.

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It woke up every morning at sunrise and sang sweetly through the woods.

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All animals wondered where this sweet music came from.

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Because the bird was shy, it hid and no one knew who it was.

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One day, all the animals planned to wake up before sunrise.

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They wanted to find the source of this sweet music.

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When the sun begun to rise in the morning, the bird started to sing.

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Everyone came out from hiding and applauded the bird as soon as it had finished singing.

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The beautiful bird became the chief entertainer of the whole village from then on.

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The Singing Bird
Author - Shiba Atukunda, Uganda Christian University
Illustration - Benjamin Mitchley, Catherine Groenewald, Idowu Abayomi Oluwasegun, Marion Drew, Rob Owen, Salim Kasamba, Wiehan de Jager
Language - English
Level - First sentences
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Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0
Source www.africanstorybook.org
Original source Creative Writing course and community service project.