Looking for Blu

RIO

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Blu and Linda live in a small town in the USA. They are good friends. Blu is a blue Spix’s Macaw. He can’t fly.

Jewel is a beautiful blue Spix’s Macaw. She lives in Rio in Brazil.

Tulio lives in Rio. He helps birds from the rainforest. He loves Spix’s Macaws.

Rafael lives in the forest.

Luiz is a good friend of Rafael.

Marcel wants to be rich. Nigel works for Marcel. They are friends. They are not nice.

Rio is in Brazil is next to the rainforest. In Rio in February or March, it is Carnival. There is a parade and everyone dances.

CHAPTER ONE - BEST FRIENDS

Linda and Blu were best friends. They did everything together. Linda had a bookshop and Blu loved helping her. He liked reading the books too.

Today the bookshop was quiet. Blu looked out of the door. It was cold outside. Suddenly the door opened and a man came in.

‘Excuse me,’ he said.

Linda and Blu looked up.

‘I saw your photos of Blu on the internet,’ the man said. ‘He is great!’

‘Yes,’ said Linda, ‘he is.’

‘My name is Tulio,’ said the man. ‘I’m from Rio. There are not many Spix’s Macaws in the rainforest now.’

‘I didn’t know that,’ said Linda quietly.

‘I have a Spix’s Macaw too,’ said Tulio. ‘Her name is Jewel. Blu and Jewel must be together. They can save the Spix’s Macaw. Come to Rio and meet her, Blu.’

‘Rio?’ thought Blu. ‘But that’s in Brazil!’

Tulio gave his phone number to Linda.

‘Think about it,’ he said. ‘Please!’

Linda thought about it. Rio was far from their small town…but she wanted to save the Spix’s Macaw too.

‘Let’s go to Rio!’ Linda said to Blu. ‘Don’t worry, I’m going to look after you.’

CHAPTER TWO - RIO!

In Rio, everything was very different. It was hot and sunny and noisy. People danced everywhere.

‘It’s Carnival!’ laughed Tulio. ‘You are going to have a great time!’

Tulio took Linda and Blu to the Rio Conservation Centre.

‘Come on, Blu,’ he said. ‘It’s time to meet your new girlfriend. This is Jewel.’

Tulio opened a door to a room and Blu walked slowly in. A blue Spix’s Macaw flew down next to him. She was beautiful.

Linda waited outside the room.

‘Come on,’ said Tulio. ‘They need time together.’

‘Is Blu going to be OK?’ said Linda.

‘Yes, don’t worry,’ said Tulio. ‘We have a security guard.’

Tulio took Linda to a restaurant.

‘Are you OK?’ he asked her.

‘It’s very different from home,’ said Linda. ‘But I like it – it’s exciting!’

Then they saw the security guard.

‘Come quickly,’ he said. ‘Someone stole the birds.’

‘Oh no!’ Linda started to cry. ‘Where is my beautiful Blu?’

CHAPTER THREE - LOOKING FOR BLU

All night Linda and Tulio walked through Rio. They had a photo of Blu. They put the photo in shops and on walls.

‘Do you know this bird?’ Linda asked everyone.

‘We can’t find him.’

But nobody could help.

A young boy saw one of the photos on the wall. He looked at it for a long time. Then he walked quickly to the Rio Conservation Centre. Linda and Tulio were outside.

‘I’m Fernando,’ said the boy. ‘I can find your bird.’

Tulio wasn’t happy.

‘We don’t know this boy,’ he said.

‘Maybe he can help us,’ said Linda. ‘Come on!’

Fernando took them to a small dark house. They went inside, but there were no birds there.

‘They were here yesterday,’ said Fernando.

‘How do you know?’ asked Linda.

‘I stole them,’ said Fernando quietly.

Now Linda was angry.

‘Why?’

‘I had no many. But I’m sorry now.’

Suddenly there was a noise. Some men were outside.

‘Quick!’ said Fernando.

‘They mustn’t see you!’

Two men walked in.

‘Hi Tipa,’said Fernando. ‘Do you have anything for me to do?’

‘No,’ said Tipa. ‘We’re going to Carnival. The…’

‘Don’t tell him,’ said Armando.

But Tipa liked Fernando.

‘The birds are on a float,’ he said. ‘We’re going to put them on a plane.’

‘Can I come too?’ asked Fernando.

‘No, you can’t,’ said Armando.

‘Yes, he can,’ said Tipa. ‘He’s only a boy.’

CHAPTER FOUR - CARNIVAL

‘Come on!’ Linda said to Tulio. ‘Let’s go after them!’

They ran to the Carnival parade.

‘Wait!’ shouted a security guard. ‘You can’t go in. It’s for dancers only.’

‘Now what are we going to do?’ asked Linda.

‘We’re going to be dancers,’ said Tulio.

They found some Carnival costumes.

‘Look!’ he said. He had two blue costumes. ‘We can be Spix’s Macaws.’

Tulio looked at Linda in her costume. ‘She is beautiful,’ he thought.

‘Come on,’ shouted the security guard and suddenly they were in the Carnival parade.

Linda looked around her. There were a lot of people.

‘This is great!’ she thought.

But where was Tulio? She couldn’t see him. A man saw her and started to speak very quickly. Linda didn’t understand him so the man opened the door.

‘Go in!’ he said.

Linda was in the dark room. ‘Where am I now?’ she thought.

Suddenly the walls of the room opened. It was a Carnival float and she was on the top! The people shouted and laughed and then Tulio saw her too.

‘Linda, what are you doing?’ he shouted.

The man shouted at her too.

‘What is he saying?’ Linda asked Tulio.

‘Dance!’ said Tulio, ‘Have a good time!’

‘Oh no!’ Linda started to dance but she wasn’t happy.

Then she saw Blu and Fernando on the float in the parade.

‘Quick! I saw Blu,’ shouted Linda to Tulio. She jumped off the float.

Tulio and Linda went after Blu.

‘Look!’ shouted Tulio. ‘There’s a plane! They’re getting on it.’

‘Stop!’ shouted Linda. But the birds were on the plane now. Only Fernando was there.

Linda started to cry.

‘What am I going to do?’

Then, Fernando looked up at the plane.

‘Look!’ he shouted happily. ‘It’s Blu! And he’s flying!’

Blu flew down. He had Jewel with him. She couldn’t fly.

‘Don’t worry,’ said Tulio. ‘I can look after her.’

ONE YEAR LATER…

What did Blu and Linda do next? Did they go back to the USA? No, they didn’t!

They stayed in Rio with Jewel, Tulio and Fernando…and they were all best friends!

Дата добавления: 2017-01-14