Chu-Yi: A Brief Story Of Uncle's Nest

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Chu Yi's Uncle was sick and couldn't climb the ladder to get the birds nest she was scared that if her uncle did not get it they wouldn’t have enough money she has seen her uncle climb it though and so she decided to try and climb Chu-Yi knew she could climb the Black Dragon Mountain. She had secretly practiced every year. If her parents found out, she would be in big trouble 9 Chu-Yi waited at the bottom of the mountain for the singing of the swift bird to stop. She waited for seven days, as her uncle had shown her but when she finally climbed up and got the nest and put it in her backpack she was scared to go back down she was scared of falling.

After Chu- Yi got the nest she needed to climb down she was scared to climb down the wobbly

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