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Text gi ilustralii de Marjolein Bastin

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"There is someone on the doorstep," Frits says,"crying their head off!'

Curious, Vera opens the frontthat? A baby chick with a smallchirping'his little heart out.

Vera cuddles the chick."Let's go

door. What isbackpack on,

inside!"

- E ci.neva la ut5, zice Frits. $i mai gi piuie cdt il!ine gura.

Curioasd, Vera deschide uta de la intra.re. Astace mai e? Un pui de gdina cu un rucsdcelin spate,piuind ca din gurd de garpe.

Vera il str6nge in brale pe micuf.

- Hai induntrul

"Where do you come from?"Vera asks.'And where is your

mother?""l come from the Easter shop window", the chick starts

crying. "But Easter is over and ! don't know where mymother is. She was so kind and warm."

Vera gives the chick a hug."lt's almost night. So now we're

all going to bed and tomorrow we'll look for your mother.""Cheepi the chick answers softly.

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- De unde vii? il intreabd Vera. $i unde !i-e mama?Pdn-acum am stat intr-o vitrini de mag azin impodobit; de

Pagte, incepe s5 povesteascd puiul, izbucnind in pl6ns. Numai ciPagtele a trecut, iar eu nu ;tiu unde e mama. Era a5a de grijulie gi deca ld u roa s5...

Vera il imbrSli;eaza din nou pe micu!.

- Mai e pulin ;i se face noapte. Aga ca acum o sd mergem laculcare, iar maine o s-o cdutim pe mama ta.

- Piu! face puiulinceti;or.

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Vera makes up the small bed in theguestroom. She bathes and combs the chick.Then she brushes the chick's beak with thetoothbrush she found in his little backpack.

"Goodnight, baby chick!"

Vera pregitegte pitulul din camera deoaspefi. ii face puiului baie gi-l piaptinS. Dupiaceea, ii cur5!5 ciocul cu periula de dinli pecare a gdsit-o in rucsdcelul lui.

- Noapte buni, pui mic!