EmilyandAlexwerehappywhentheirfamilymovedtoahousewithaverybiggarden.Theycouldclimbuptreesgrowflowersandevenplaybadminton.Theylikedtowatchthebirdsflyingamongthetreesinthegarden.Theyevenstartedtoputfoodouttoattractmorebirds.
Everythingwasfineforafewdaysuntiloneafternoontherewasastrangebumpingnoiseonawindow.Emilywentoutsideandfoundasmallbirddeadonthegrass.Itsneckseemedtobebroken.
“Itmusthaveflownintothewindow”AlexsaidwhenhissisterEmilycalledhimtohavealook.“Ahyeslookhere.Youcanseethemarkwhereithitthewindow.Thereareacoupleoftinyfeathersstuck(粘贴)onthewindow.”
“Poorthing!”Emilysaid.
Duringthenextmonthfivemorebirdsdiedinthesameway.“Whywouldtheyflytothewindows?”theywondered.Finallytheyfoundoutthetruth.Whenthebirdswereflyingtheycouldn’tseeintotherooms.Alltheysawwasthereflection(反射)ofthegarden.Theythoughtthattheywereflyingintotreesbecausetheysawtreesreflectedbythewindow.
“Somethinghastobedonetosavethebirds.”theparentsdecided.
Atfirsthefamilytriedkeepingcurtains(窗帘)acrossthewindowsbutthismadetheroomdark.Thentheyboughtsomestrongblackpaperandcutouttheshapeofahawk.Theymadesixhawks–oneforeachwindow.Theystuckthehawkstothewindows.Theylookedprettyanddidnotkeepoutmuchlight.Whenthebirdssawthehawkstheywouldflyaway.
Afterthattherewerenomoredeadbirds.Thefamilyweremuchhappier.
小题1:Theyputfoodouttoattractbirdsbecausethey .