Read the text and choose the right answer. if i were a if i were a bird, i would like to be one of the small species, cute and beautiful. i would love to be a tiny myna which is beautiful, tiny and above all, it is a bird that people can keep as a pet. i would love to stay with people, study their ways and enjoy their company. it sings like a human being, has a sweet voice and, above all also has a great capacity to learn whatever it is taught. if i were a bird, i would like my life to be a beautiful blend of freedom of flying in the high skies. i see the advantages in this situation and find it difficult to make a choice. my ambition as a bird would be able to fly high as high can be, like any other bird. this would give me an insight into what exists in the atmosphere. i would also be able to assess the life of birds as a community, the advantages and the disadvantages they live with. i would share my experience with my kin and understand the difficult ways of life. though i would love all this, at the same time i would love to become a pet in a nice family. this family would keep me closed in a cage. here, in the family i would learn to be controlled and restricted. here, at home, i would be served food in a platter, water in a dish in a right royal style. what a life that could be for me. hunting for food and being frightened of bigger birds attacking me would not be a care for me. i would be a loved one of many – what a wonderful feeling it gives. while living with a family i would also be able to learn a lot about people. how they live, how they behave, and what their attitude is towards birds. i would be able to understand everything. together with all these advantages, living with human beings, my art of talking like a human would get encouraged and i would get several chances to talk to the family. if i were a bird, i would like to get the blessing of this combination to be set into my life. it would give me a healthy and relaxed sojourn in a family, together with free flights to the sky, trying out my skills there. choose true or false. 1. if she were a bird, she would have a sweet voice. 1. true 2. false 2. if she were a bird, she would be able to assess the life of birds. 1. false 2. true 3. if the writer were a bird, she would be served food in a platter. 1. false 2. true

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