4th Grade Reading Comprehension (Set 3) - Nest

_____During the spring of 1983, a pair of seabirds built a nest on a railroad track in North Wales. Soon three spotted brown eggs appeared in the nest. The nest seemed dangerously close to the rails. The high-speed trains roared by at 75 miles per hour or more. The eggs remained safe and sound in the nest by the wooden cross pieces of the track. The trains speeding by seemed to cause the eggs no harm. From time to time, the parent birds would remain right there as the cars of the train passed a few inches above them.
_____The birds’ nest on the railroad track was very interesting. People from BBC, the British television company, decided to do a story about the nest. They sent a television cameraman to the site. The photographer brought all of his camera equipment so he could film the nest and tell the story. A railroad worker was sent along with him to help. The two men were walking along the track to find the nest.
_____All of a sudden there was a crunchy noise. “You’ve stood on it,” said the railroad worker. And that’s just what had happened. What was left of the nest and the eggs was right there under the photographer’s foot. The photographer was very embarrassed. His BLUNDER wiped out the nest, the eggs, and the television show.