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Early one morning Peter opened

the gate and went out into the

big green meadow. On a

branch of a big tree sat a little

bird. Peter’s friend. “All is quiet”

chirped the bird gaily.

Just then a duck came waddling round. She 

was glad

that Peter had not closed the gate, and 

decided to take

a nice swim in the deep pond in the meadow.

Seeing the duck, the little bird few down 

upon the grass,

settled next to her and shrugged his 

shoulders.

“What kind of a bird are you if

you can’t fly?” said he. To this

the duck replied: “What kind of

a bird are you, if you can’t

swim?” and dived into the pond.

They argued and argued, the duck 

swimming in the pond,

the little bird hopping along the shore. 

Suddenly

something caught Peter’s attention. He 

noticed a cat

crawling through the grass. The cat 

thought: “The bird is busy arguing. I’ll just 

grab him.” Stealthily she crept

towards him on her velvet paws

“Look out!” shouted Peter, and the bird 

immediately flew

up into the tree, while the duck quacked 

angrily at the

cat…from the middle of the pond.

The cat walked round the tree and thought: 

“Is it worth

climbing up so high? By the time I get there 

the bird will

have flown away.”

Grandfather came out. He was angry

because Peter had gone into the

meadow. “It is a dangerous place. If

a wolf should come out of the forest,

then what would you do?”

Peter paid no attention to his

grandfather’s words. Boys like him are

not afraid of wolves. But Grandfather took 

Peter by the hand, locked the gate and led 

him home. No sooner had Peter gone, than 

a big grey wolf came out of the forest.

In a twinkling the cat climbed

up the tree. The duck quacked,

and in her excitement jumped

out of the pond. But no matter

how hard the duck tried to

run…she couldn’t escape the

wolf. He was getting nearer

…nearer … catching up with her…and then 

he got her,

and with one gulp, swallowed her

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