Big Bird was looking for someone to play with.
“Here comes Bert,” сказал(-а) Big Bird. “I bet he will play catch with me.”
“Hi, Bert!” сказал(-а) Big Bird. “Let’s play catch.”
Bert kept on walking.
“Not today,” сказал(-а) Bert. “Ernie is waiting for me.”
Big Bird looked surprised.
“Oh,” he said.
Just then Grover ran out of his house.
He had a shiny new truck.
“Hi, Grover!” сказал(-а) Big Bird. “That’s a nice truck. Let’s play with it.”
Grover kept on running.
“I am sorry, Big Bird, but I am giving it to Ernie,” сказал(-а) Grover.
Big Bird looked sad.
“Oh,” he said.
Then Big Bird saw Cookie Monster.
He had a big box of cookies.
“Hi, Cookie! Want to play?”
Cookie shook his head.
“Me bring Ernie cookies,” сказал(-а) Cookie.
Big Bird looked mad.
“Nuts!” he said.
“No nuts!” сказал(-а) Cookie Monster. “Cookies!”
Big Bird sat on the steps.
He felt terrible.
“Nobody cares about me!” he cried. “Just Ernie, Ernie, Ernie!”
Just then Betty Lou came by.
“Why are Ты so mad?” she asked Big Bird.
“Nobody will play with me. Everybody wants to play with Ernie,” he said.
“Oh, Big Bird, didn’t Ты know? Ernie is sick!” сказал(-а) Betty Lou.
Big Bird looked surprised.
“Oh!” he said. “Well, I am sorry that Ernie is sick, but I bet he is having fun.”
Betty Lou took Big Bird’s hand.
“You are silly. It is not fun to be sick,” she said. “Come on. Let’s visit him.”
“Okay,” сказал(-а) Big Bird.
Ernie was in bed.
Bert was trying to feed Ernie some soup.
“How do Ты feel?” asked Big Bird.
“Terrible,” сказал(-а) Ernie. “I have a bad…a-A-ACHOO!”
“You have a bad cold,” сказал(-а) Betty Lou.
“I know,” сказал(-а) Ernie.
He blew his nose.
“Gee, Ernie,” сказал(-а) Big Bird. “Bert made Ты some good soup. Grover gave Ты a new truck. Even Cookie was nice to you. Ты are so lucky to be sick.”
Ernie blew his nose again.
“Lucky?” сказал(-а) Ernie. “I feel AWFUL! I feel too sick to eat and too sick to play. Being sick is no fun!”
But Big Bird was not so sure.
Later that день he sat in his nest and сказал(-а) to himself, “Everybody cares about Ты when Ты are sick.”
And then he got an idea.
“I will PRETEND to be sick!”
Just then Little Bird came by to visit his friend.
“Oh, I am SO sick!” сказал(-а) Big Bird.
“That is too bad,” сказал(-а) Little Bird. “I will try to make Ты feel better.
Big Bird smiled.
And Little Bird got busy.
He filled a hot-water bottle.
He swept out Big Bird’s nest.
He told Big Bird a bedtime story.
Then he said, “Go to sleep. I will stay with you.”
Big Bird sighed happily.
The Далее morning Ernie came to Big Bird’s nest.
“Wake up, Big Bird!” he called. “I am all better. Want to play?”
Big Bird slowly opened his eyes.
“I am sorry, Ernie,” сказал(-а) Little Bird. “But Big Bird can’t go out today. He is sick.”
Big Bird jumped out of his nest.
“I am not sick!” he said.
“But Ты were SO sick last night,” сказал(-а) Little Bird.
“Well, I am not…a-A-ACHOO!…sick now,” sneezed Big Bird.
“You sound sick. How do Ты feel?” asked Ernie.
“Sort of hot and cold and funny in the tummy,” сказал(-а) Big Bird.
“Get into your nest,” сказал(-а) Ernie. “I will get Doctor Getwell.”
Soon Big Bird felt really sick.
He was glad to see Doctor Getwell.
The doctor felt Big Bird’s tummy.
He listened to Big Bird’s heart.
He looked in Big Bird’s mouth.
“You have a cold,” he said.
“I know,” сказал(-а) Big Bird.
The doctor told him to drink lots of сок and get lots of rest.
“Get well,” сказал(-а) Doctor Getwell.
Lots of Big Bird’s Друзья came to visit him.
Bert made him a bowl of soup.
Grover gave him a Yo-Yo.
Cookie gave him cookies.
“Gee, thanks,” сказал(-а) Big Bird. “But I feel too sick to eat and too sick to play.”
Big Bird slept a lot that day.
That night, he сказал(-а) to Little Bird, “Ernie was right. Being sick is no fun. I feel terrible.”
Big Bird sneezed.
“You will feel better soon,” сказал(-а) Little Bird.
And Little Bird was right.
In a few days Big Bird felt fine.
He ran to the park.
“I am all better! Isn’t that great?” he сказал(-а) to his friends.
“It sure is, because it is no fun to be sick,” they said.
“Boy, Ты can say that again!” сказал(-а) Big Bird.
And they all сказал(-а) it again!
“Here comes Bert,” сказал(-а) Big Bird. “I bet he will play catch with me.”
“Hi, Bert!” сказал(-а) Big Bird. “Let’s play catch.”
Bert kept on walking.
“Not today,” сказал(-а) Bert. “Ernie is waiting for me.”
Big Bird looked surprised.
“Oh,” he said.
Just then Grover ran out of his house.
He had a shiny new truck.
“Hi, Grover!” сказал(-а) Big Bird. “That’s a nice truck. Let’s play with it.”
Grover kept on running.
“I am sorry, Big Bird, but I am giving it to Ernie,” сказал(-а) Grover.
Big Bird looked sad.
“Oh,” he said.
Then Big Bird saw Cookie Monster.
He had a big box of cookies.
“Hi, Cookie! Want to play?”
Cookie shook his head.
“Me bring Ernie cookies,” сказал(-а) Cookie.
Big Bird looked mad.
“Nuts!” he said.
“No nuts!” сказал(-а) Cookie Monster. “Cookies!”
Big Bird sat on the steps.
He felt terrible.
“Nobody cares about me!” he cried. “Just Ernie, Ernie, Ernie!”
Just then Betty Lou came by.
“Why are Ты so mad?” she asked Big Bird.
“Nobody will play with me. Everybody wants to play with Ernie,” he said.
“Oh, Big Bird, didn’t Ты know? Ernie is sick!” сказал(-а) Betty Lou.
Big Bird looked surprised.
“Oh!” he said. “Well, I am sorry that Ernie is sick, but I bet he is having fun.”
Betty Lou took Big Bird’s hand.
“You are silly. It is not fun to be sick,” she said. “Come on. Let’s visit him.”
“Okay,” сказал(-а) Big Bird.
Ernie was in bed.
Bert was trying to feed Ernie some soup.
“How do Ты feel?” asked Big Bird.
“Terrible,” сказал(-а) Ernie. “I have a bad…a-A-ACHOO!”
“You have a bad cold,” сказал(-а) Betty Lou.
“I know,” сказал(-а) Ernie.
He blew his nose.
“Gee, Ernie,” сказал(-а) Big Bird. “Bert made Ты some good soup. Grover gave Ты a new truck. Even Cookie was nice to you. Ты are so lucky to be sick.”
Ernie blew his nose again.
“Lucky?” сказал(-а) Ernie. “I feel AWFUL! I feel too sick to eat and too sick to play. Being sick is no fun!”
But Big Bird was not so sure.
Later that день he sat in his nest and сказал(-а) to himself, “Everybody cares about Ты when Ты are sick.”
And then he got an idea.
“I will PRETEND to be sick!”
Just then Little Bird came by to visit his friend.
“Oh, I am SO sick!” сказал(-а) Big Bird.
“That is too bad,” сказал(-а) Little Bird. “I will try to make Ты feel better.
Big Bird smiled.
And Little Bird got busy.
He filled a hot-water bottle.
He swept out Big Bird’s nest.
He told Big Bird a bedtime story.
Then he said, “Go to sleep. I will stay with you.”
Big Bird sighed happily.
The Далее morning Ernie came to Big Bird’s nest.
“Wake up, Big Bird!” he called. “I am all better. Want to play?”
Big Bird slowly opened his eyes.
“I am sorry, Ernie,” сказал(-а) Little Bird. “But Big Bird can’t go out today. He is sick.”
Big Bird jumped out of his nest.
“I am not sick!” he said.
“But Ты were SO sick last night,” сказал(-а) Little Bird.
“Well, I am not…a-A-ACHOO!…sick now,” sneezed Big Bird.
“You sound sick. How do Ты feel?” asked Ernie.
“Sort of hot and cold and funny in the tummy,” сказал(-а) Big Bird.
“Get into your nest,” сказал(-а) Ernie. “I will get Doctor Getwell.”
Soon Big Bird felt really sick.
He was glad to see Doctor Getwell.
The doctor felt Big Bird’s tummy.
He listened to Big Bird’s heart.
He looked in Big Bird’s mouth.
“You have a cold,” he said.
“I know,” сказал(-а) Big Bird.
The doctor told him to drink lots of сок and get lots of rest.
“Get well,” сказал(-а) Doctor Getwell.
Lots of Big Bird’s Друзья came to visit him.
Bert made him a bowl of soup.
Grover gave him a Yo-Yo.
Cookie gave him cookies.
“Gee, thanks,” сказал(-а) Big Bird. “But I feel too sick to eat and too sick to play.”
Big Bird slept a lot that day.
That night, he сказал(-а) to Little Bird, “Ernie was right. Being sick is no fun. I feel terrible.”
Big Bird sneezed.
“You will feel better soon,” сказал(-а) Little Bird.
And Little Bird was right.
In a few days Big Bird felt fine.
He ran to the park.
“I am all better! Isn’t that great?” he сказал(-а) to his friends.
“It sure is, because it is no fun to be sick,” they said.
“Boy, Ты can say that again!” сказал(-а) Big Bird.
And they all сказал(-а) it again!