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Reading · Chapter 14 of 16

First reading with help: a bird loses its tree

Read a whole short story about Tika the bird and Dara the fox, with the pronunciation and the English beside every line. Every word in it has appeared earlier on this path.

≈ 4 min of reading · Practise at your own pace

What’s in this chapter
  • Read the Italian line first, then use the pronunciation and the English.
  • Every word has appeared earlier on this path.
  • Watch the two pasts share the work: venne moves, era describes.
  • Then read it once more with the English covered.

Tika e Dara

Your first whole story. Read each Italian line aloud before your eye moves to the help beside it, then read it again with the English covered.

  1. C'era una volta un uccello in un grande albero.

    CHEH-rah OO-nah VOHL-tah oon oot-CHEHL-loh een oon GRAHN-deh AHL-beh-roh

    Once upon a time there was a bird in a big tree.

  2. Si chiamava Tika.

    see kyah-MAH-vah TEE-kah

    It was called Tika.

  3. Un giorno venne il vento, e l'albero cadde.

    oon JOR-noh VEHN-neh eel VEHN-toh, eh LAHL-beh-roh KAHD-deh

    One day the wind came, and the tree fell.

  4. Tika era molto triste.

    TEE-kah EH-rah MOHL-toh TREE-steh

    Tika was very sad.

  5. «Perché sei triste?» chiese Dara, la vecchia volpe.

    pehr-KEH say TREE-steh — KYEH-zeh DAH-rah, lah VEHK-kyah VOHL-peh

    “Why are you sad?” asked Dara, the old fox.

  6. «Non ho una casa», rispose Tika.

    nohn oh OO-nah KAH-zah, ree-SPOH-zeh TEE-kah

    “I do not have a house,” answered Tika.

  7. «Vieni con me», disse Dara. «La mia casa è piccola, ma è buona».

    VYEH-nee kohn meh, DEES-seh DAH-rah — lah MEE-ah KAH-zah eh PEEK-koh-lah, mah eh BWOH-nah

    “Come with me,” said Dara. “My house is small, but it is good.”

  8. L'uccello andò con la volpe. Ora Tika ha un amico.

    loot-CHEHL-loh ahn-DOH kohn lah VOHL-peh — OH-rah TEE-kah ah oon ah-MEE-koh

    The bird went with the fox. Now Tika has a friend.

Three delayed recalls

Try them before revealing.

  1. bosco
    Show answer +
    boscoBOH-skoh“wood”
  2. volpe
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    volpeVOHL-peh“fox”
  3. disse
    Show answer +
    disseDEES-seh“said”
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