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The Seagull

A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to a place the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand ``Daddy, what happened to him?'' the son asked.

``He died and went to Heaven,'' the dad replied.

The boy thought a moment as he and his father stood looking at the seagull Finally the son said, ``Why did God throw him back down?''

Vocabulary Help

  • father: pai
  • beach: praia
  • children: filhos
  • run (run, ran, ran): correr
  • grab: agarrar
  • sand: areia
  • happen: acontecer
  • die: morrer
  • heaven: céu, paraíso
  • think (think, thought, thought): pensar
  • son: filho
  • seagull: gaivota
  • throw: jogar, arremessar


Mais histórias como esta podem ser encontradas no livro Read in English: Uma Maneira Divertida de Aprender Inglês, publicado pela Editora Novatec,


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