A lonely girl found two starving songbirds in the woods. She took them home and put them in a1cage. She cared them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl2the door to the small cage open accidentally. One bird flew from the cage. The girl was so3that it would fly away. As it flew close, she grasped it4. She was so happy that she5it tightly. Suddenly she felt the bird breathless. Her desperate love had killed it.
She6the other bird moving back and forth on the7of the cage. She could feel its great8for freedom. It needed to fly into the blue sky. She lifted it from the cage and tossed (抛) it9into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times.
The girl watched happily at the bird's10. Her heart was no longer concerned with her11. She wanted the bird to be12. Suddenly the bird flew closer and13softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest song that she had ever heard.
The fastest way to lose love is to14it too tight, the best way to keep love is to give it15!
