Why Can’t Chicken Fly?

Long long ago, when the birds flew over the world, they saw that man had a beautiful thing． It was a bright burning thing． Man cooked their food and kept themselves warm with it． The birds thought life would be better if they could have this thing , too． So they decided to send a messenger （使者） to man to ask for a little piece of it． They thought chicken was a good one to send because he was a good talker． So chicken went．

He flew far over the forest until he came to the towns of man． He went into a town and saw the burning things． He learned that it was called “fire”． He did not ask for a piece of it to take to the birds because there was so much food lying around man’s houses that he started eating and forgot what he came for．

Man like chicken because he crowed very early in the morning and woke them up． They let him run in and out of their houses． They throw him food． So chicken stayed with man． He never went back to the birds． He even forgot how to fly．

（    ） 1． When the birds flew over the world, they saw ___________．

A． beautiful forest                                        B． a burning thing

C． a messenger                                         D． chicken

（    ） 2． The birds decided to send a messenger to ask man ____________．

A． for a little piece of burning things                B． what the burning things was

C． for some food to eat                                  D． to come to the birds

（    ） 3． The birds sent chicken to human because they thought he ________．

A． could fly far over the forest                       B． knew man in the town very well

C． could crow very well                                D． was good at talking

（    ） 4． Chicken _________, so man liked him．

A． wouldn’t go back to the birds                         B． was clever enough

C． woke him up very early in the morning      D． was very busy