Bluebird by М. Durward

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Part I

Bill and Harry were two English boys. They were brothers. Bill was thirteen years old and Harry was ten. They lived with their father and mother in London, but every summer they went to stay with their grandfather, who lived by the sea.

One summer day Bill and Harry went to see their grandfather. The boys went into the station. Bill looked at the big clock.

“We have got some time and we can look at the train,” he said to his brother. The boys got their tickets and went along the platform to the train.

“It is a big train,” said Harry.

“Yes, and it is a very fast train,” said Bill.

They saw a porter on the platform with some boxes.

“If you are going on this train, boys, you must hurry and get in,” the porter said to Bill and Harry.

The boys ran along the platform. They jumped on the train and sat down by the window.

“We are going now,” said Bill when the train left the station.

“The train is going very fast,” said Harry, “we shall soon be there.”

“Yes, it is not far,” said Bill, “we can soon be there.”

“I can see the station where we must get off,” Harry said, when the rain went under a bridge and then stopped at a small station. “Come on, Harry,” said Bill and the two brothers jumped off the train.

The boys walked along the platform and looked For their grandfather.

“There he is!” said Harry and the boys ran up to an old man.

“Oh, here you are,” said Grandfather. Then they all went to his little house by the sea.

Part II

When they came to the little house by the sea, Grandfather said:

“Now we are going to have lunch.”

“When can we go out in the boat?” asked Bill when they sat down to lunch.

“We can go in the boat after lunch,” said Grandfather, “but hurry up.”

After lunch the boys ran off to their room. They put on their caps and coats, then they all went to the sea shore and looked at the boats.

“This is my sailing boat,” said Grandfather. He put up the sails and together with the boys got into the boat. Soon they were in the open sea. Suddenly, the boys saw a boat with blue sails.

"I like that little blue boat,” said Harry.

“That is Bluebird” said Grandfather. “She is Tony’s new boat!”

“She looks a fast boat,” said Bill.

The wind blew hard and the boat went fast over the water.

“Come over here, Bill, and you can help me with the sails,” said Grandfather.

Part III

"There is Bluebird” said Grandfather when they saw the little boat in the open sea. The wind blew hard and Bluebird went fast over the water.

"She has blue sails and she looks like a blue bird,” said Harry.

"Can Tony sail her well?” asked Bill.

“Not very well,” answered Grandfather and he looked up at the sky.

“The wind is getting up,” he said, “I think we must go after Bluebird and help Tony.”

Suddenly Bill said, “Oh, look, Tony is in the water, the boat has overturned! Can he swim?”

"Yes, he can swim, but we must help him and get Bluebird back,” said Grandfather.

Grandfather's sailing boat went very fast and soon it came up to Tony.

“Get into my boat, Tony,” said Grandfather. “You look very cold, put my coat on,” he said when the boy got into the boat.

“Thank you very much for your help,” said Tony.

“I must teach you to sail Bluebird well,” said Grandfather.

“Oh, thank you,” said Tony.

They sailed back and went up to Grandfather's house for tea.