THE BLUE BIRD(HİKAYE)-MAVİ KUŞ

THE BLUE BIRD-MAVİ KUŞ
OLD EMMA LIVED IN A SMALL TOWN.
IN A SMALL HOUSE .
SHE WAS AN OLD WOMAN .
SHE COULD NOT GO OUT ANY MORE .
SOMETIMES SHE WAS ILL .
OR VERY TIRED.
SHE HAVE TO STAY IN THE BED .
SHE DID NOT SEE MANY PEOPLE .
A WOMAN CALLED MRS, *MOONEY CAME .
SHE BROUGHT HER SOME FOOD .
SHE CLEANED THE HOUSE .
BUT *EMMA WAS ALONE .
HER GREATEST FRIEND WAS A SMALL BLUE BIRD .
IT HAS A WHITE MARK.
ON ITS HEAD.
IT LIVED IN A BIRDCAGE IN THE ROOM .
IT MADE A NOISE .
WHEN IT WANTED TO COME OUT .
THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE TALKING .
EMMA SPOKE WITH THE SMALL BIRD EACH DAY .
BIRD ANSWERED HER WITH THE VARIOUS NOISES .
EMMA LOVED THE BIRD VERY MUCH .
SHE CALLED IT *BILLY .
THERE PEOPLE WERE BUILDING THE NEW HOUSES .
LIVING PERSON IN THESE HOUSES WERE YOUNG .
THE MOST OF THEM HAD CHILDREN.
ONE DAY MRS. MOONEY CLEANED THE BIRDCAGE.
SHE LEFT THE DOOR OPEN .
NO ONE WAS IN THE ROOM .
*BILLY CAME OUT OF THE BIRDCAGE.
IT WENT OVER TO THE WINDOW .
WHEN EMMA CAME INTO THE ROOM .
BLUE-BIRD HAS GONE .
POOR EMMA WAS VERY SAD .
SHE CALLED MRS. MOONEY .
WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE DOOR OF THE BIRDCAGE OPEN .
*BILLY HAS GONE .
HE WILL NEVER COME BACK.
AN ANIMAL CAN EAT HIM .
MY POOR LITTLE BIRD .
WHAT SHALL I DO .
SHE STARTED TO CRY .
MRS *MOONEY SAID "I AM VERY SORRY ".
I FORGOT CLOSING THE DOOR .
DO NOT CRY .
IT WILL COME BACK AGAIN .
IT HAS GONE TO SEE THE OTHER PLACES .
LEAVE THE WINDOW OPEN.
THEN IT CAN FIND ITS WAY .
POOR EMMA WAS VERY UNHAPPY .
SHE THOUGHT *BILLY .
SHE COULD NOT THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE .
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN .
A FAMILY WAS MOVING TO A NEW HOUSE .
THEIR NAME WERE DAVID AND VERA .
VERA WAS PUTTING THE BOOKS IN FRONT ROOM .
DAVID WAS CARRYING THE BAGS TO THE HOUSE .
IT WAS A BEAUTIFULL DAY .
THE LITTLE HOUSE LOOKED VERY CLEAN AND NEW .
VERA WAS VERY HAPPY .
THE HOUSE WAS FIRST HOUSE .
NEARLY ALL WAS NEW .
JUST THEN.
SHE HEARD A SMALL NOISE BY THE WINDOW.
SHE WENT TO LOOK AT .
A SMALL BLUE BIRD SAT THERE .
VERA SAID "VERY BEATIFULL BIRD, ".
"*DAVİD ".
DO YOU COME .
DO YOU LOOK AT TO THIS SMALL BIRD .
*DAVID CAME TO THE ROOM .
AND HE ALSO LOOKED AT IT .
HE SAID "GOOD ".
" BLUE BIRDS MAKE THE PEOPLE HAPPY ".
WE WILL BECOME HAPPY HERE .
HIS WIFE LAUGHED .
SHE SAID "HOW_MUCH NICE ".
WHERE DID IT COME FROM .
WILL IT STAY WITH US .
DAVID SAID " WE MUST NOT KEEP IT ".
SOMEBODY MUST OWN IT.
THEY'LL BE UNHAPPY TO LOSE IT .
"HOW WILL IT RETURN " SAID VERA .
IT WILL NOT FIND THE WAY .
*DAVID SAID " BIRD KNOWS A_LOT_OF THINGS ".
LEAVE THE WINDOW OPEN .
IT CAN GO WHEN IT WANTS .
" IT MUST WANT SOMETHING TO EAT " SAID VERA.
I WILL BRING SOME BREAD .
THEY GAVE THE BIRD A FEW PIECES OF BREAD .
IT ATE THEM ALL .
THEN IT DRANK SOME WATER .
AND IT FELL ASLEEP ON THE CHAIR .
VERA AND DAVID WORKED ALL DAY.
IN OTHER ROOMS .
AT NIGHT,.
THEY REMEMBERED THE SMALL BIRD .
THEY WENT DOWN AND LOOKED IN THE FRONT ROOM.
BIRD WAS STILL THERE .
" WE HAVE TO PUT IT OUT " SAID *DAVID.
WE CAN NOT LEAVE THE WINDOW OPEN ALL NIGHT .
WE CAN OPEN THE BEDROOM WINDOW OPEN .
SHE TOOK THE BLUE-BIRD IN HER HANDS .
AND SHE CARRIED IT TO BEDROOM .
DAVID PUT ONE SMALL BOX .
THERE WAS A PIECE OF CLOTH IN THE BOX .
THEY PUT THE BIRD TO THE BOX.
THEY PUT SOME WATER NEAR THE BOX .
AND THEY PUT A PIECE OF BREAD .
THEN THEY OPENED THE WINDOW .
VERA SAID "GOOD NIGHT , SMALL BIRD ".
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US .
WE SHALL BE HAPPY HERE .
I KNOW .
THE NEXT MORNING.
THEY LOOKED AT IN THE OTHER BEDROOM .
BLUE BIRD HAS GONE .
IN THE HOUSE IN OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN .
OLD EMMA OPENED HER EYES .
SHE THOUGHT ABOUT HER BLUE BIRD .
SHE GOT UP .
SHE BEGAN TO DRESS .
JUST THEN .
SHE HEARD A SMALL NOISE BY THE WINDOW .
BLUE BIRD HAS SAT THERE .
OLD EMMA WAS VERY HAPPY .
SHE SAID "*BILLY ".
YOU RETURNED .
DEAR , SMALL BILLY .
YOU'VE COME BACK .
I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU .
WHY DID YOU GO AWAY .
SHE TOUCHED THE BIRD .
SHE TRIED TO TALK .
JUST THEN.
MRS *MOONEY CAME IN .
SHE CRIED "WHAT DID I SAY ".
" IT HAS COME BACK ".
"YES" SAID EMMA .
IT MUST NOT GO AGAIN .
SHE TOOK THE BIRD IN HER HANDS .
AND SHE CARRIED IT TO THE BIRDCAGE .
BUT BIRD DID NOT WANT TO ENTER TO THE CAGE .
IT FOUGHT TO GO AWAY .
" BIRD DOES NOT WANT TO ENTER TO THE CAGE ".
SAID *MOONEY .
" IT DOESN'T LIKE BEING SHUT UP ".
DO NOT PUT IT THERE.
BUT IT WILL GO AWAY .
LET IT GO,IF IT WANTS TO.
LET IT STAY BY THE WINDOW.
EMMA ALLOWED THE BIRD GO .
AND THE BIRD WENT AND SAT BY THE WINDOW .
IT DID NOT GO OUTSIDE .
AND IT JUST SAT THERE.
EMMA DID NOT TRY TO PUT IT .
IT LIKED TO BE IN THE ROOM .
THE WINDOW WAS ALWAYS OPEN .
SOMETIMES THE BIRD WENT OUTSIDE.
AND IT SAT IN A TREE.
BUT IT ALWAYS CAME BACK .
ONE DAY,.
TWO YEARS LATER .
*EMMA WAS NOT GOOD .
SHE HAD TO STAY IN THE BED .
BLUE BIRD SAT ON THE TABLE BY THE BED .
BIRD ALWAYS SAT THERE .
THAT NIGHT .
EMMA OPENED HER EYES .
AND SHE TRIED TO TURN ON THE LIGHT .
HER HAND TOUCHED THE SMALL BIRD .
THEN IT FELL DOWN ON THE BED .
SHE DID NOT MOVE AGAIN .
MRS *MOONEY CAME IN THE MORNING .
AND SHE SPOKE TO *EMMA .
BUT *EMMA DID NOT ANSWER HER .
MRS *MOONEY TOUCHED HER .
THEN SHE WENT QUICKLY .
AND SHE TELEPHONED TO THE DOCTOR .
DOCTOR CAME.
AND HE LOOKED AT *EMMA .
HE SAID " SHE DIED IN_THE_NIGHT ".
" SHE KNEW NOTHING ".
"SHE WAS VERY OLD ".
" SHE LOOKS VERY QUIET ".
"AND SHE LOOKS HAPPY NOW ".
MRS *MOONEY LOOKED ALL OVER THE ROOM .
"WHERE IS THE BIRD ".
IT WAS ALWAYS HERE .
IT HAS GONE .
DOCTOR SAID "WINDOW IS OPEN".
" IT HAS GONE AWAY ".
OLD EMMA LOVED THAT BIRD .
SHE SAID TO ME ONCE .
"IF I DIE ".
"PLEASE TAKE CARE OF *BILLY " .
I HAVE SAID "ALL_RIGHT ".
I'LL TAKE IT WITH ME.
BUT I DO NOT WANT IT .
I DO NOT WANT ONE BIRD IN MY HOUSE .
DOCTOR SAID "BIRD CAN TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES ".
IT WENT TO FIND ANOTHER HOME .
MRS *MOONEY LEFT THE WINDOW OPEN .
BUT BLUE BIRD NEVER RETURN .
IN THE SCOTT'S HOUSE .
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN.
THEIR LITTLE GIRL WAS IN THE BED .
SHE WAS ONLY A YEARS OLD .
SHE WAS VERY ILL .
HER MOTHER SAT BY THE BED .
SHE LOOED VERY TROUBLED .
THE CHILD'S FACE WAS WHITE .
SHE DID NOT MOVE AT ALL .
JUST THEN,.
VERA_SCOTT HEARD A NOISE BY THE WINDOW .
THE BLUE BIRD SAT THERE .
" BLUE BIRD HAS COME BACK ".
" SOMETHING GOOD MUST HAPPEN NOW ".
BLUE BIRD CAME OVER.
AND IT SAT SILENTLY ON THE BED.
NEAR THE LITTLE GIRL .
VERA LOOKED AT HER AND WAITED .
AFTER A TIME .
THE CHILD OPENED HER EYES .
SHE LOOKED AT THE BLUE BIRD .
AND SHE PUT HER HAND TO TOUCH IT .
HER MOTHER GAVE SOMETHING TO DRINK .
AND SHE FELL ASLEEP .
DOCTOR CAME SOON .
HE LOOKED AT CAREFULLY THE CHILD .
AND HE TOUCHED HER .
THEN HE TURNED TO HER MOTHER .
DOCTOR SAID "SHE, MORE, GOOD, ".
"SHE IS BETTER ".
MUCH BETTER.
YOU CAN STOP BEING AFRAID .
SHE WILL LIVE AND GROW AGAIN .
THEN .
HE SAW THE BLUE BIRD .
"WHERE DID YOU GET THAT BIRD " HE SAID.
" I DO NOT KNOW " SAID VERA.
IT CAME IN AT THE WINDOW NOW .
IT CAME ONCE BEFORE .
BUT IT WENT AWAY AGAIN.
IT HAS A WHITE MARK ON ITS HEAD .
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT .
DOCTOR SAID " I THINK SO ".
HE TOLD HER ABOUT *EMMA .
"THEN".
"CAN WE KEEP BACK THIS ".
DOCTOR SAID " WHY NOT ".
"NO ONE ELSE WANT IT ".
VERA SAID " I WANT IT ".
AS SOON AS IT CAME ,MY LITTLE GIRL WAS BETTER .
BLUE BIRD WILL STAY WITH US .
AND IT DID .