A Pet Reader

Chapter 50: My Grandmother’s Canary

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About This Book

Aimed at beginning readers, this collection presents short poems and simple prose about household and farm animals, including dogs, cats, birds, poultry, horses, rabbits, and small pets. Brief anecdotes, descriptive pieces, and rhymes portray everyday pet behavior, care tasks, and gentle moral lessons about kindness and responsibility toward animals. Sections group similar creatures and alternate playful vignettes with practical tips for feeding, housing, and helping wildlife. Illustrative scenes and accessible language support early reading and introduce empathy for animals.

My Grandmother’s Canary

My grandmother has five pet canaries.

She keeps them in cages.

One day one of her birds became frightened.

He flew up and struck his head against the top of the cage.

Then he fell down dead.

This bird was my grandmother’s best singer.

She felt very sorry to lose him.

She was sad when he died.

Now she has another singer in his place.

And grandmother is happy again.