There was an old bird that belonged to Sam’s uncle and it sat in its cage all day．One day his uncle said, “It is too expensive to feed that bird．We will get rid of it．” But Sam wanted to 1 the bird．
Sam’s grandfather told him that the bird was once a famous 2 bird．Now few people knew it．His grandfather took the bird out, and then quickly took his arms away．The bird opened its huge 3 and flew into the sky．After a few minutes, it 3 with a small rabbit, cut it open and started to 5 it．
The next morning, Sam asked his uncle out．Sam did as his grandfather had done, but the bird 6 to the ground and stood still．Sam’ s uncle 7 ．Later his grandfather told him that the bird only hunted in late afternoon when light was less 8 ．Sam asked his uncle to come out before 9 ．This time the bird caught a mouse．His uncle was quiet with 10 , but laughed again, “We can’t eat mice, so this bird is 11 ．” And he sold the bird without telling Sam．
When Sam found the bird was 12 , two angry men came．They 13 his uncle and said that the bird couldn’t hunt and they wanted their money back．Sam’s uncle looked 13 and said, “I have spent it．But… don’t worry!” He pointed at Sam, “Sam will show you how to make the bird hunt! It’s a great bird, isn’t it, Sam?” But when Sam took out the 15 from their car, it flew away and disappeared forever．
