Once upon a time, there was a bird made of stone. She was beautiful and magic. She lived near the entrance to a beautiful ___1___ between two mountains. The bird was so ___2___ that she had to walk on the ground instead of ___3___ in the sky.
Though she couldn't fly, she ___4___ looking up at the trees every day. She ___5___ one day being able to fly and see the ___6___ forest from up high. ___7___, that dream was gone after a great fire.
When the fire was ___8___ put out, all that was left of the trees were stumps. ___9___ plants and animals that had lived there were gone. The stone bird was the only one that didn't ___10___ in the fire. When she saw what had ___11___ to the trees, she felt very sad. Looking at the burnt trees, she couldn't ___12___ crying. She cried for hours and days. She cried with such a feeling that her ___13___ were wearing away her stone ___14___. Finally all her body was worn away and the bird had ___15___ some water.
But when the ___16___ came out, the water rose into the sky and became a happy little cloud which could fly over the trees and see everything ___17___.
Since then, the little cloud has traveled all over the world. She enjoyed the ___18___ of all the forests and beautiful countryside. She never ___19___ what had burnt the trees, so she was very careful to pour her rain down on any tree she saw ___20___. She saved a lot of trees.