Shadowing Practice: Are U My Mother | Animated Book | Read aloud - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Are You My Mother? by Philip Day Eastman A mother bird sat on her egg.
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The egg jumped.
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Oh, oh, said the mother bird.
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My baby will be here.
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He will want to eat.
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I must get something for my baby bird to eat, she said.
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I will be back.
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So away she went.
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The egg jumped.
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It jumped and jumped and jumped.
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Out came the baby bird.
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He looked up.
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He did not see her.
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He looked down.
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He did not see her.
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I will go and look for her, he said.
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So away he went.
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Down, out of the tree he went.
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Down, down, down.
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It was a long way down.
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The baby bird could not fly.
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He could not fly, but he could walk.
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Now I will go and find my mother, he said.
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He did not know what his mother looked like.
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He went right by her.
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He did not see her.
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He came to a kitten.
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Are you my mother?
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He said to the kitten.
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The kitten just looked and looked.
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It did not say a thing.
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The kitten was not his mother, so he went on.
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Then he came to a hen.
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Are you my mother?
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He said to the hen.
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No, said the hen.
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The kitten was not his mother.
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The hen was not his mother.
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So the baby bird went on.
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I have to find my mother, he said. But where?
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Where is she?
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Where could she be?
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Then he came to a dog.
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Are you my mother? he said to the dog.
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I am not your mother.
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I am a dog, said the dog.
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The kitten was not his mother.
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The hen was not his mother.
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The dog was not his mother.
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So the baby bird went on.
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Now he came to a cow.
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Are you my mother? he said to the cow.
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How could I be your mother? said the cow.
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I am a cow.
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The kitten and the hen were not his mother.
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The dog and the cow were not his mother.
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Did he have a mother?
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I did have a mother, said the baby bird.
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I know I did.
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I have to find her.
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I will.
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I will!
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Now the baby bird did not walk.
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He ran.
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Then he saw a car.
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Could that old thing be his mother?
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No, it could not.
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The baby bird did not stop.
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He ran on and on.
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Now he looked way, way down.
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He saw a boat.
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There she is, said the baby bird.
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He called to the boat, but the boat did not stop.
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The boat went on.
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He looked way, way up.
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He saw a big plane.
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Here I am, Mother! he called out.
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But the plane did not stop.
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The plane went on.
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Just then, the baby bird saw a big thing.
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This must be his mother!
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There she is, he said.
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There is my mother!
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He ran right up to it.
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Mother!
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Mother!
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Here I am, Mother! he said to the big thing.
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But the big thing just said, snort.
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Oh, you are not my mother, said the baby bird.
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You are a snort.
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I have to get out of here.
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But the baby bird could not get away.
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The snort went up.
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It went way, way up.
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And up, up, up, went the baby bird.
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But now, where was the snort going?
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Oh, oh, oh!
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What is this snort going to do to me?
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Get me out of here!
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Just then, the snort came to a stop.
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Where am I? said the baby bird.
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I want to go home!
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I want my mother!
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Then something happened.
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The snort put that baby bird right back in the tree.
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The baby bird was home.
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Just then, the mother bird came back to the tree.
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Do you know who I am? she said to her baby.
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Yes, I know who you are, said the baby bird You are not a kitten, you are not a hen You are not a dog,
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you are not a cow You are not a boat, or a plane, or a snort You are a bird, and you are my mother
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