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A Canary's Ideas
by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
translated by Jack Schmitt and Lorie Ishimatsu

The Life of Birds
This PBS site explores the characteristics of over 9,000 species of birds, including the canary. Click on bird brains to find out what birds are thinking and on bird songs to hear how birds communicate. How do you imagine birds see us? Write a short story or draw a picture from the point of view of a bird trying to guess how humans perceive the world.

 


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