Friday, January 25, 2013

The Cocks and the Eagle

Once there were two cocks living at the same farmyard.
They hated each other and one day flew up to fight, using
beak and claw. After a terrible fight , the one beaten
ran to a corner to hide. The cock that won the
battle flew to the top of the hen house , flapping his
wings and crowing to let everyone know of his victory.
An eagle was circling over head and heard the cock crowing.
So the eagle swooped down and carried the cock off to his nest.
The rival cock saw the deed, came out from hiding, and
took his place as master of the farmyard.

Friday, January 18, 2013

Starfish

Starfish live in all the world's oceans. There are over two thousand
kindsof starfish.They eat oysters and clams. Most of them have five
armsbut some have ten, twenty, or even forty. Every time a starfish
losesan arm it can grow another. They can even grow a body from
an arm,which can happen, because they have important organs in their
arms instead of in their body. Starfish are not really fish which is why
scientists try to encourage the name Sea stars.