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Wooden chair
Knitting needles
Cooking directions
Feather pillow
Large
Cold
Different
Friendly
Famous
Greedy
Eager
Silly
Sits
Drinks
Climbs
Scratches
Silk
Colorful
Woven
Slim
Cool
Rainy
Hot
Windy
Stands up
Turns away
Bends at the waist
Waves both hands
A baby
A young man
A young boy
An old man
A trip to China, some ivy and tea
A paintbrush, bamboo leaves and a new friend
Almond cookies, a new restaurant and a new birdcage
Time to paint poems, read the New York Times, and a hua mei
It sang songs that reminded him of his homeland
It listened to him talk about his problems
It painted pictures to go with his poems
It taught him why it was so important to be free
Cook noodles at the restaurant
Take Sam on a trip to China
Spend more time with her friends
Do what was best for Mr. Kang
Stay in the park
Be too hard to care for
Go back to its home
Be fun to watch it fly
Sara Delano Roosevelt Park
The Golden Dragon Restaurant
His home in China
His home in New York
Only Chinese birds sing sad songs
Only men like to keep birds as pets
Birds are popular pets in China
Birds are always easy to care for
Mr. Kang and Sam saw the hua mei waiting for them at the apartment.
Mr. Kang picked up the bamboo cage with the sleeping hua mei inside.
Mr. Kang cooked his own special recipe to feed to the hua mei.
Mr. Kang and Sam took the hua mei upstairs to paint poems.
Mr. Kang went home
The hua mei flew away
Mr. Kang gave him a poem
The hua mei landed on his head
The bird was eating her almond cakes
Sam was making a picture for her
Mr. Kang was painting more poems
She saw that the hua mei had returned
True
False
They thought he would be miss the bird
They wanted the bird
The bird was sick and couldn't fly
The bird didn't know its way home
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