The Dog's Eggs

Author: Chandan Yadav

Illustrator: Shailja Jain Chougule

Translator: Alisha Berger

A pewit* laid four eggs.

*pewit is a kind of bird belonging to the Lapwing family, found in Europe and Asia.

Every day, she sat on

the eggs for hours.

She left only to feed herself.

Many days passed like this.

She was waiting for her baby

pewits to hatch.

One day, she was very hungry.

She covered the eggs

and went in search of food.

But when she returned...

What?

A dog was lying on the warm eggs.

The pewit waited and waited for the dog to leave.

Morning turned to noon.

Noon turned to evening.

But the dog didn't move an inch!

The warm eggs made a nice

place to rest.

Suddenly, one by one, four baby pewits hatched.

The dog woke up, too. He started to walk away.

The baby pewits started crying.

“Mama! Mama!” they called to the dog.

“Mama! Mama!”

The dog was confused.

“Mama! Mama! Mama!”

But he was not their mother!

He had only been taking a cosy nap.

He needed to get away!

The dog ran off as fast as he could.

The baby pewits soon got tired.

Mother Pewit said, “Those eggs were mine! You are my children.”

Hooray! The babies ran to their mother.

“Mama! Mama! Mama!”

“M y babies! I love you,”

Mama said.

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Cover page:Top view of a tree, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 2:Bird looking at eggs, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 3:Bird laying eggs in the ground, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 4:Bird looking and butterfly and then down at the eggs, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 5:Bird using leaf to protect itself from the rain and then sleeping, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 6:Bird walking away from tree, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 7:Dog sees eggs buried in the ground, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 8:Bird sees dog from above, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 9:Bird looking worried, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 10:Bird watching while dog sleeps on eggs, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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Page 11:Dog sleeping, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 12:Dog yawning with little baby birds peeping out under him, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 13:Little birds following a dog, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 14:Dog looking at little bird, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 15:Little birds climbing on dog, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 16:Dog running with the little birds following, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 17:Bird with its babies, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 18:Mother bird hugging her babies, byShailja Jain Chougule© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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The Dog's Eggs (English)

A mama bird lays four eggs. One day, when she leaves the nest to search for food, she comes back to find that someone has taken her place!

This is a Level 2 book for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help.

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