奇速英语

It was a beautiful spring day in a forest in ancient China. High up in a tree, a mother bird was watching ___1___ six baby birds come out of the eggs lovingly. Five of them were strong. They chirped loudly. But ___2___ last one that came out was not strong at all. This little one ___3___ Little Six. He was weak and quiet. He was not fast enough ___4___ the worms (虫子) Mama Bird brought back. Little Six ate ___5___ food, so he was always hungry. And he didn’t like that.

Little Six didn’t have a strong body. ___6___ he had a strong will. He decided ___7___ he would get stronger. He would do exercises and flap (拍动) his wings every day.

Every morning, Little Six would rise ___8___ the sun even came up. When his brothers and sisters woke, Little Six had already finished all his exercises. Morning after morning, he practiced ___9___ his wings, and they were getting stronger and stronger. He always got the first worms Mama brought back home.

All through the spring, Little Six woke up ____10____ than his brothers and sisters. Week after week, he worked harder than they did. He ____11____ eat big meals and did not go hungry any more.

After a couple of months, all the baby birds had grown well. Mama Bird brought them together and ____12____ them to fly. ____13____ everyone’s surprise, Little Six was the first to start flying!

“Chirp! Chirp! ____14____ at me!” Little Six cried ____15____ while his brothers and sisters still fought hard, trying to fly up.