Unit 5  Understanding ideas 2

Pigeon Surprise

Day 1  21 Sep 2023

We’re studying birds for Bird Week at school. Some lucky kids got penguins. But I have to write about... pigeons!

Day 2  22 Sep 2023

I’m watching pigeons in the park now. They just knock around — for the whole morning! They leave droppings here and there. Pigeons are BORING and DIRTY!

A girl is feeding them. Argh! The birds are flying madly to her. They’re SCARY !

Day 3  23 Sep 2023

I’m doing some online research. Pigeons can recognise themselves in mirrors. How surprising! Are they so clever? I’d better go and watch them again...

Day 4  24 Sep 2023

I’m back at the park again. Oh! That pigeon is looking at itself in the water! Maybe I was wrong about pigeons.

Day 5  25 Sep 2023

I’m reading in the library now. Oh, there are over 200 kinds of pigeons. Some can fly several  thousand kilometres and don’t get lost. They can also fly at speeds of over 100 km per hour. That’s as fast as my dad’s car!

Well, pigeons aren’t boring or scary. They are AMAZING — I just didn’t know enough about them!