My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.

　　Last spring I bought two newly-hatched chickens for her. She got 1 and took good care of them. 2 , a few days later, both chickens died. She burst into tears from 3 . I helped her 4 the two chickens under a tree behind our house. I thought it would be the 5 of her ideas.

　　 6 , I was wrong. Children are children 7 . The failure hasn't 8 my daughter in any way. She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.

　　One day last winter, I noticed under the eaves (屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows, My daughter and I could 9 the sparrows as our “pets”, but we didn't.

　　So I told her to 10 the grains on the window-sill. A few ninutes later, the sparrows came to land on the window-sill 11 and pecked at the rice. Sunddenly my daughter asked me,“Mum, can we catch and 12 the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How 13 it is for them to live outside!”

　　“Oh, my dear, I do not think it is a good idea. You know,” I explained to her,”the sparrow is a bird who loves 14 . No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will 15 quickly. They are 16 to live outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves.”

　　From then on, we have set up a kind of 17 with the sparrow family. We feed them frequently and 18 them as pet birds. However, we do not need to 19 them. We 20 seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the spring mornings.

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