4th Grade Reading Comprehension (Set 3) - Crows

_____Crows eat many different kinds of foods. They like a VARIETY of seeds, grasses, and fruits such as apples or cherries. Crows eat insects such as beetles and small reptiles such as frogs or toads. A crow will eat smaller birds and their eggs. Crows who live near the shore often eat shellfish.
_____Most crows live in the wild, but sometimes a crow is kept as a pet. One family in Africa had two pets – a crow and a puppy. One day the puppy vanished. Its owners looked for it but couldn’t find it anywhere. The feared that their dog was lost forever in the woods.
_____At about the same time the puppy disappeared, the crow began to eat in an unusual way. Instead of eating its dinner all at one time, the crow would take a piece of food and fly away with it. Then in a little while it would come back and do it again. The people were curious about the crow’s new eating habits, so one day they followed the bird. The crow led the people into the woods, where they found their puppy with its leg caught in a trap. The crow had been sharing its dinner with the puppy, and had managed to keep the young dog alive for six days until help came.