Season 3, episode 1
Zunzuncito is one of the tiniest hummingbirds in the world. Some might think he spends all his time happily sucking nectar from flowers, and they are not wrong. However, sometimes insects and even other hummingbirds get in between Zunzuncito and his dinner.
This story is told in the the present tense. Repeated words and phrases include bird, hummingbird, wings, flies (verb) and flowers.
Chapter 1: The Smallest Hummingbird
“Nectar, nectar, nectar. I love nectar!” Zunzuncito sings while he flies from flower to flower.
Zunzuncito sucks the flower’s nectar. The nectar is sweet. Zunzuncito loves nectar!
Zunzuncito needs to visit one thousand flowers to find all the nectar that he needs in a day. So Zunzuncito flies. He flies from flower to flower looking for sweet nectar.
Zunzuncito is a hummingbird. Hummingbirds are small birds. They are special birds. Hummingbirds are different from other birds. They are very small, they are very fast, and they suck nectar from flowers.
But Zunzuncito is also a special hummingbird. He is the smallest of all the hummingbirds. He is super small. Zunzuncito is only five centimeters long. Not only is he the smallest hummingbird, he is the smallest bird in the whole world!
Zunzuncito moves his wings. He moves his wings so fast that it is impossible to see them. Zunzuncito moves his wings eighty times a second. He moves them quickly to fly from flower to flower.
Zunzuncito sees a red flower. The flower is very pretty.
“There is probably nectar in that red flower,” Zunzuncito thinks and he flies to the red flower with his fast wings. Zoom!
When Zunzuncito arrives at the red flower, he doesn’t sit on the plant to eat. He doesn’t rest his wings for even one moment. Zunzuncito keeps flying. He moves his wings quickly and sucks nectar from the red flower while flying in the air!
Zunzuncito puts his long beak in the flower. Then he sucks the nectar with his tongue. He has a long, thin tongue. He sucks all the nectar from the flower. Then he looks for another flower. Zunzuncito needs to suck the nectar from at least one thousand flowers. He doesn’t have time to rest. Zunzuncito keeps flying!
Zunzuncito flies very high in the air to see all the flowers. He loves all the bright colors of the flowers. And he loves their sweet nectar.
The small hummingbird sees a yellow flower. It is bright and pretty like the sun. Zunzuncito wants to drink the nectar from the yellow flower and he quickly flies to the flower. Zoom! When he is close to the flower, a big hummingbird moves in front of Zunzuncito and drinks the nectar.
Zunzuncito is hungry and he wants to suck the nectar from the yellow flower, so he decides to talk to the hummingbird.
“Hello Mr. Hummingbird,” Zunzuncito says. “I know that you also need to drink nectar, but this is my yellow flower.”
The hummingbird doesn’t move, so Zunzuncito tries to speak louder.
“Hello, Mr. Hummingbird!” Zunzuncito yells. I know that you like nectar, but…
“Who’s talking?” the hummingbird interrupts.
“I’m talking,” Zunzuncito responds and he flies in front of the bird. “You stole my flower.”
The hummingbird looks at Zunzuncito. The hummingbird is not a huge bird, but it is bigger than Zunzuncito.
“Ha, ha. You are super small,” the hummingbird laughs.
“Please, Mr. Hummingbird, let me pass to drink the nectar from the yellow flower,” Zunzuncito says, but the hummingbird doesn’t listen. He just laughs and keeps drinking the nectar from the yellow flower. Zunzuncito needs to find another flower.
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