NCERT Book Class 6 English (A Pact with the Sun) Chapter 1 A Tale of Two Birds

A Tale of Two
Birds 11
• A mother bird and her two young ones lived in a forest.
• The mother was killed in a storm and the young birds were
separated from each other.
• Each found a different home.

THERE once lived a bird and her two new-born babies in a
forest. They had a nest in a tall, shady tree and there the
mother bird took care of her little ones day and night.
One day, there was a big storm. There was thunder,
lightning and rain, and the wind blew down many trees. The
tall tree in which the birds lived also came down. A big, heavy
branch hit the nest and killed the bird. Fortunately for the
baby birds, the strong wind blew them away to the other side
of the forest. One of them came down near a cave where a
gang of robbers lived. The other landed outside a rishi’s
ashram a little distance away.