Write a story begining with"the bird worked hard through the summer....."

Such questions are meant to test your writing skills and should be attempted on your own. However, these points might help you elaborate:

- The bird worked hard through the summer to build its nest.
- It lined it with soft cotton collected from the shops near the tree where the nest was perched.
- The bird lay two beautiful eggs in the nest, waiting patiently for them to hatch.
- One day, as it returned after hunting for worms, it was surprised to find a third egg in its nest.
- It quickly realised it must be the cuckoo that lived on a tree nearby who had cunningly laced its egg in the nest.
- The bird was too kind to throw the egg out of its nest and too smart to be fooled by the cuckoo.
- It devised a clever plan: it to;d the cuckoo that the bird with the shiniest egg would be given a grand prize of a bucketful of worms at the 'Bird-fest' later that week.
- The cuckoo promptly claimed back its egg, only to realise later that the bird had outsmarted it!