Hello guys time for another BKFK mini episode. This one is another proverb.

Hopefully you'll be able to work out what the proverb means when you finish listening to the story. If not, why not discuss it with your mom, dad,

brother, sister, friends, or anyone? The story is called actions speak louder than words.

A stalk and a sparrow had taken a bet

to see who could build the best nest.

The nests that I make, said the stalk with a laugh,

are better than all of the rest.

Everyone says that the walls of my nests are wonderfully sturdy and thick.

The sparrow just quietly flew to and fro, returning with branches and sticks. and will beak! We'll see, said the sparrow, and flew like an arrow, returning with twigs in her beak.

All of the birds, said the stalk with a grin, that I have the most skill they say I'm the

greatest he said with a laugh and boastfully clattered his bill. There's no point in trying, there's no point in flying,

there's no point in flying.

My nest will be better than yours.

The sparrow just tweeted and flew to the ground

and gathered some leaves in her claws.

She worked without stopping to pick up more twigs. She flew like the busiest being.

Once the small sparrow had gathered enough, she found a good spot in a tree. She carefully picked up the twigs

in her beak and laid all the pieces together. She knew that her nest must be solid and strong to be ready for all kinds of weather.

The stalk realized that the time had now come.

He swooped from his branch to the ground.

He rustled about in the leaves with his bill and gathered whatever he found.

Good! The stalk mattered and hastily flattered and tossed all its twigs in a pile.

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