Cage Flight

-Open Doors
English A5 Version

Written by Douglas J. & Pakaket Alford

Illustrated by Chanita Worakhan
and Jeerapat Hensley
 English
A5
Version

Cage Flight
-Open Doors

© Copyright Alford Books 2015

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All rights reserved.
Teachers may copy this book for classroom use.
 It is basic, take
care of one’s self.

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 Table of Contents

Page Description
1 Caged
2 Easy Life
3 Not Free
4 Accidentally Open
5 Fly Freely
6 Thirsty
7 Doggy Door
8 Sprinkler Struggle
9 Yu Complains
11 Explore Outdoors
12 Hungry
14 Pai Sweats
18 Yu Back to the Cage
19 Pai Eats
20 Own Wings
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 Two birds, named
Pai and Yu live
in a big cage.

1
The birds are given food
and water. The cage is
cleaned for them too. 

2
 The birds don’t have to do
anything for themselves.
But the birds are not free.

3
One day, the house owner
accidentally forgets to close
the cage door. The birds
cheer as they walk in
and out of their cage. 

4
 Next, they fly freely
around the house. Pai said
to Yu, it is nice to be able
to fly when we want to.
5
After flying for awhile,
the birds are thirsty. 
They see water
sprinklers outside the house. 

6
 The birds walk
through the doggy door.  

7
They struggle to get a
drink. They get all wet. 

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 Yu complains, it is easier
to get a drink in the cage.  

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Pai replies, Yes, it is
harder to get a drink
outside the cage but
the water is fresher. 

10
 The birds fly where
they want to. They
explore the wide outdoors.

11
After flying around
for awhile, the birds
are hungry. 

12
 Pai looks around
for some thing to eat. 

13
Yu complains,
I want some food. 

14
 Pai sees a worm
wiggling in the brown dirt.
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Pai pulls up as the worm
pushes down. The hard
work makes Pai sweat.

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 Yu shakes its head and
watches the struggle.
Lax Yu replies, Getting food
for yourself is too much work.

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Yu flies back to the
cage and closes the door.

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 Pai tries and tries
and finally catches
its own food. Delicious!  
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Pai looks back at the
cage through the window.

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 Pai flies forward and
reflects. Life’s first
lesson is to learn to
look after myself.
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The caged birds are well cared for. One
day, by accident the cage door is left open.
Now they must chose - easy life inside the
cage or work outside. This book teaches us
about self sufficiency.

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