Joshua Twilley - Hedgepig and Little Bird

An Easy-to-Read Story in Simplified Chinese, Pinyin and English, 260 Word Vocabulary Written and Illustrated by Joshua Twilley This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the authors imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. C opyright 2021 by Joshua Twilley, all rights reserved. Published in the United States by Imagin8 Press LLC, Verona, Pennsylvania, USA. For information, contact us via email at info@imagin8press.com, or visit www.imagin8press.com.

Our books may be purchased directly in quantity at a reduced price, visit www.imagin8press.com for details. An earlier version of this book was independently published as Hedgepig & Little Bird in April 2021, ISBN 979-8725469523. Imagin8 Press, the Imagin8 logo and the sail image are all trademarks of Imagin8 Press LLC. Written and illustrated by Joshua Twilley Edited by Jeff Pepper and Xiao Hui Wang Book design by Jeff Pepper Audiobook narration by Junyou Chen ISBN: 978-1952601705 Version 04c Typeset in Garamond, Palatino Linotype, Times New Roman and Fangsong. Cover fonts are Lemonade Stand, Garamond and Fangsong.

A complete Chinese language audio version of this book is available free of charge.

To access it, go to YouTube.com and search for the Imagin8 Press channel. There you will find free audiobooks for this and all the other books in this series. You can also visit our website, www.imagin8press.com, to find a direct link to the YouTube audiobook and information about our other books. Hnji hnji zhqin, zi yg hn yun de dfng, yu ytio yu chng yu mil de h. H bin yu ls de co. H l de shu yu ln yu gnjng.

Zhuwi yu hn go de sh, sh shng yu ls de yzi h fnhng s de hu. Once upon a time, in a place far from here, there was a long, beautiful river. Its banks were covered in green grass. Its water was clean and blue. It was surrounded by tall trees that were covered in pink flowers and green leaves. Zi zugo de sh shng zh zhe ling zh nio, mma h rzi.

Tmen zh zi yg xio xio de, wnnun de niocho l, gu d hn kuil. High up in the tallest of those trees lived two birds, a mother and son. They lived happily together in their cozy little nest. Yu ytin, nio mma fi chq zho shw. Nio mma b zi de shhu, xionio knjin y zh lo gu zi mn man de zu zhe. N zh gu zi k, t kn qli hn tng de yngzi.

One day, Mother Bird went out to look for some food. While she was gone, Little Bird saw an old dog walking very slowly. The dog was crying and looked like he was in great pain. . Lo gu de y zh zhuzi shng yu c. The old dog had a thorn in one of his paws.

Xionio xioxn de lki le t de niocho, t p do dshng. T kndo n zh gu hn nngu, sh ynwi lo gu de y zh zhuzi shng yu y gn c. Xionio xioxn de bngzh lo gu n dio n c. Lo gu xi le xionio yhu, jx zu tde l. Little Bird carefully left his nest and climbed down to the ground. He saw that the dog was sad because he had a thorn in one of his paws.

Little Bird carefully helped the dog remove the thorn. The dog thanked Little Bird and went on his way. , Ji zi xionio zu hu sh shng de shhu, y zh jd de loyng cng go kng chng xili. Xionio zhunshn ji po, dnsh, t po d bgu kui. Loyng zhu qle xio nio, fi shng go go de tinkng. Just as Little Bird was walking back to the tree, a giant eagle swooped down from the sky.

Little Bird turned and ran, but wasnt fast enough. The eagle picked up Little Bird and flew high into the sky. Zi loyng fi de shhu, tin bin d hn hi, y xi d hn d , gu zhe d fng. J d de shndin trn d le xili. Loyng xi d fngki le xionio, hn kui de fi zu le. As the eagle flew, the sky turned dark.

Rain poured down and a strong wind blew. Suddenly, there was a huge bolt of lightning. Terrified, the eagle dropped Little Bird and flew away. Xio sh zh zu zi t de xio xio de dxi fngzi l. Hedgepig was sitting alone in his tiny, underground home. , Zi b yun de dfng, xio sh zh dz zu zi t de xio xio de dxi fngzi l.

T zhngzi xingshuzhe y dn ho ch de fn. Surn fngy shng tbi d, dnsh t zi dxi de fngzi l gndo hn shf. Trn, t tngdo wimin yu xio dngw zi hn jimng. Nearby, Hedgepig was sitting alone in his tiny underground home. He was enjoying a delicious meal. Although the wind and rain were loud, he was very comfortable in his burrow.

Then, from outside, he heard a small animal calling for help. Xio sh zh hn kui de wng wimin po. T kndo y zh xionio zhng bi shuli dizhe, shu fikui de li xing h l. Xio sh zh tio xiq ji xionio, jsh zhu zh le t! Hedgepig hurried outside. He saw Little Bird being pulled along by a stream of water. The water was running quickly towards the river.

Hedgepig jumped to the rescue and caught the bird just in time! D r tin, ling zh xio dngw chq zho xionio de mma. Tmen ynzhe h bin zu. Tmen hu le hn chng de shjin zi zho. Tmen zul, xix, chfn. Zul, xix, chfn. Zul, xix, chfn.

The next day, the two animals set off to look for Little Birds mother. They walked along the riverside. They spent a long time searching. They would walk, rest and eat. Walk, rest and eat.

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