All the time, little Dick was happy. He used to go about singing and dancing the whole day long. Nothing could make him sad.
One day, Dick wanted" travel in the1. So he set out with excitement, singing till he made the forest full of songs.
He was about to drink near a river in the woods when he was2. He found himself in the hands of a tall giant (庞然大物), a hundred times as3as himself! The giant looked at him and then put him into a large4and carried him off.
Poor Dick tried to get out of the bag,5the giant only laughed.
At last the giant came to his house—a dark place. When he got in, 6shut the door, and took Dick out of the bag.
Dick now thought he would7, for when he looked around he saw a large fire, and before it his two brothers were roasted (烤) for the giant's dinner. However, the giant, did not kill Dick, but put him into a prison (监狱) which he had8for him.
The prison was dark, with bars (栏杆) all round it. The only food was bread and water. Dick beat his head9the bars. Dick was too10to think of eating or drinking.
The11Dick thought of his free life — warm home, close friends, the12the trees and the flowers.
The giant came again, and wanted Dick to sing as he13do. "Sing, sing!" said he. But Dick was too sad to14. A prison is no place in which to sing. 15the giant grew angry, and took Dick out to force him to sing. Dick cried, struggled, and then died in the giant's hand!
This is a true story. Poor Dick was a little bird, and the giant was a cruel boy.
