Bounthy's Singing Birds

Author: Sinthanou Sidavone

Illustrator: Nivong Sengsakoun

Translator: Sanjana Khoobchandani

Bounthy’s home is near the forest.  There are birds all around that sing beautiful songs. "Coo-oo, coo-oo," sing the birds.

Bounthy sits and listens to the birds sing with joy.

Every day, his father takes one bird to the forest to help catch other birds.

He catches the birds one by one and brings them all home.

Bounthy’s home is filled with birds. But after some time, instead of singing, they sigh sadly.

One day, Bounthy wakes up to see that none of his birds is singing.

He tries to find ways to make them happy and sing again.

He feeds them rice, but they don't eat any of it.

“What happened to you, my birds?” he asks them. “Do you want to go back to the forest?”

Bounthy decides to talk to his father.

Bounthy and his father take the birds back to the forest and set them free.

As the birds fly away, they look back at Bounthy with a smile.

The next morning, Bounthy hears all of the birds singing happily on a tree next to his home. “Coo-oo! Coo-oooo!”

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This story:Bounthy's Singing Birdsis translated bySanjana Khoobchandani. The © for this translation lies with Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Based on Original story:'ສຽງຂັນຂອງນົກເຂົາບຸນທີ', bySinthanou Sidavone. © Room to Read , 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Cover page:Boy looking at cages with birds, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 2:House at the edge of a forest, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 3:A bird talks to a boy, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 4:A man walking in the forest, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 5:A caged bird talking to a bird, a man hidden among bushes, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 6:A caged bird talking to another caged bird, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 7:A boy looks at sad, caged birds, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 8:A boy feeds sad, caged birds, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 9:A boy talks to sad, caged birds, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 10:A boy talks to a man, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

Some rights reserved. This book is CC-BY-4.0 licensed. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This book was made possible by Pratham Books' StoryWeaver platform. Content under Creative Commons licenses can be downloaded, translated and can even be used to create new stories provided you give appropriate credit, and indicate if changes were made. To know more about this, and the full terms of use and attribution, please visit the following link .

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Page 11:A boy releases birds from cages, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 12:A bird looks back while flying away, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 13:A flock of birds sing, a boy listens, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 14:Two birds sing sitting on a branch, byNivong Sengsakoun© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

Some rights reserved. This book is CC-BY-4.0 licensed. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Bounthy's Singing Birds (English)

Bounthy’s father captures birds and puts them in cages. Bounthy likes listening to the birds singing, but one day the birds stop singing. Will Bounthy be able to make the birds sing again?

This is a Level 1 book for children who are eager to begin reading.

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