# Did You Hear?

- Source: StoryWeaver (storyweaver.org.in), CC BY, Pratham Books, StoryWeaver, CC BY 4.0
- Reading level: Ages 4 to 6
- Subjects: Birds, Animals
- Topics: fhwee, waaaahhhh, birds, know, talk, baby
- Length: 107 words, about 1 min
- By: Sejal Mehta
- Original: <https://storyweaver.org.in/en/stories/22064-did-you-hear>
- Page: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/r/storyweaver/did-you-hear>
- Open in Sprouts: <https://sprout.rootsofreason.org/?read=storyweaver/did-you-hear>

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Birds talk. And they talk a lot!

**WAAAAHHHH!** The Brahminy kite wails like a hungry baby. **WAAAAHHHH!**

**FHWEE! FHWEE!** The Malabar whistling thrush whistles like a happy child. **FHWEE! FHWEE!**

**HU HU HU HU! HU HU HU HU!** The laughing dove laughs as if it's being tickled. **HU HU HU HU! HU HU HU HU!**

**PUK! PUK! PUK!** The coppersmith barbet sounds like a hammer striking metal. **PUK! PUK! PUK!**

**WAAAAHHHH! FHWEE! HU HU! PUK!** Who is *that*? That is the racket-tailed drongo who can copy other birds! **WAAAAHHHH! FHWEE! HU HU! PUK!**

We may not know what birds are saying, But we know who is talking.

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## Picture credits

- Rohan Chakravarty, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/9082-flock-of-birds-on-a-wire>)
- Rohan Chakravarty, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/9083-two-koels-singing-in-the-rain>)
- Rohan Chakravarty, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/9084-brahminy-kite-calling-like-a-crying-child>)
- Rohan Chakravarty, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/9085-malabar-whistling-thrush-and-girl-whistling>)
- Rohan Chakravarty, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/9086-laughing-dove-and-a-boy-laughing>)
- Rohan Chakravarty, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/9087-coppersmith-barbet-and-man-striking-metal-with-hammer>)
- Rohan Chakravarty, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/9088-racket-tailed-drongo-singing-and-other-animals-and-birds-listening>)
- Rohan Chakravarty, CC BY 4.0 (<https://storyweaver.org.in/illustrations/9206-birds-singing-and-someone-listening>)