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The speaker is a baby windhover (a small bird also called a kestrel). The whole story is told from the bird's point of view, which helps us understand how it feels when taken from its home.

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A windhover is a small hunting bird, also known as a kestrel. It can hover in the air by flapping its wings without moving forward. It has sharp claws and a beak, and it eats mice and small animals.

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'Chipping' means the sound of a baby bird's beak tapping the eggshell from inside to break it. It's how baby birds come out of their eggs.

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The bird was dazzled because it had been kept in a dark sack or covered place. When it suddenly saw bright light, its eyes couldn't adjust quickly, just like when we come out of a dark room into sunli…

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It means the bird was wrapped up in something soft like a cloth or sack and taken away. The bird couldn't see anything, so it felt like darkness all around.

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The boy came to the nest after school, caught the bird, and put it in a soft sack or cloth. He took it home and kept it in a cage with bars.

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Because the boy didn't tear the food into small pieces. Wild baby birds need their food to be broken up by their parents, just like baby animals or human babies need soft food.

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The bird became thin and weak because it couldn't eat properly and was very sad and scared. It kept trying to fly but would crash into the bars of the cage.