Stories about Birds

People tell lots of stories about birds.

Lots of big, black birds live near the Tower of London in England. They are called ravens. People tell an old story. It says, ‘One day the ravens will all fly away. Then the Tower of London will fall down!’

There is a story about a goose. A king found the goose. It laid golden eggs. The king was very happy and very rich. The goose laid one golden egg every day.

But one day the king said, ‘One egg every day is not enough. I want all the gold now!’ He killed the goose because he wanted the gold. But now there was no gold. The king was too greedy!

Some people are afraid of birds.

A man called Alfred Hitchcock made a film called The Birds. In the film, lots of birds were angry. They pecked people and killed them. They pecked children in their school playground. People ran into their houses and closed the doors and windows. Some birds flew down the chimneys.

But this is not a true story. Birds are usually afraid of people!