Big Bird was looking for someone to play with.
“Here comes Bert,” berkata Big Bird. “I bet he will play catch with me.”


“Hi, Bert!” berkata Big Bird. “Let’s play catch.”

Bert kept on walking.
“Not today,” berkata Bert. “Ernie is waiting for me.”
Big Bird looked surprised.
“Oh,” he said.


Just then Grover ran out of his house.
He had a shiny new truck.
“Hi, Grover!” berkata Big Bird. “That’s a nice truck. Let’s play with it.”
Grover kept on running.
“I am sorry, Big Bird, but I am giving it to Ernie,” berkata Grover.
Big Bird looked sad.
“Oh,” he said.


Then Big Bird saw Cookie Monster.
He had a big box of cookies.
“Hi, Cookie! Want to play?”
Cookie shook his head.
“Me bring Ernie cookies,” berkata Cookie.

Big Bird looked mad.
“Nuts!” he said.
“No nuts!” berkata Cookie Monster. “Cookies!”


Big Bird sat on the steps.
He felt terrible.
“Nobody cares about me!” he cried. “Just Ernie, Ernie, Ernie!”
Just then Betty Lou came by.
“Why are anda so mad?” she asked Big Bird.
“Nobody will play with me. Everybody wants to play with Ernie,” he said.


“Oh, Big Bird, didn’t anda know? Ernie is sick!” berkata Betty Lou.
Big Bird looked surprised.
“Oh!” he said. “Well, I am sorry that Ernie is sick, but I bet he is having fun.”

Betty Lou took Big Bird’s hand.
“You are silly. It is not fun to be sick,” she said. “Come on. Let’s visit him.”
“Okay,” berkata Big Bird.


Ernie was in bed.
Bert was trying to feed Ernie some soup.
“How do anda feel?” asked Big Bird.
“Terrible,” berkata Ernie. “I have a bad…a-A-ACHOO!”
“You have a bad cold,” berkata Betty Lou.
“I know,” berkata Ernie.
He blew his nose.


“Gee, Ernie,” berkata Big Bird. “Bert made anda some good soup. Grover gave anda a new truck. Even Cookie was nice to you. anda are so lucky to be sick.”
Ernie blew his nose again.
“Lucky?” berkata Ernie. “I feel AWFUL! I feel too sick to eat and too sick to play. Being sick is no fun!”


But Big Bird was not so sure.
Later that hari he sat in his nest and berkata to himself, “Everybody cares about anda when anda are sick.”
And then he got an idea.
“I will PRETEND to be sick!”


Just then Little Bird came oleh to visit his friend.
“Oh, I am SO sick!” berkata Big Bird.
“That is too bad,” berkata Little Bird. “I will try to make anda feel better.

Big Bird smiled.
And Little Bird got busy.
He filled a hot-water bottle.
He swept out Big Bird’s nest.
He told Big Bird a bedtime story.
Then he said, “Go to sleep. I will stay with you.”
Big Bird sighed happily.


The selanjutnya morning Ernie came to Big Bird’s nest.
“Wake up, Big Bird!” he called. “I am all better. Want to play?”
Big Bird slowly opened his eyes.
“I am sorry, Ernie,” berkata Little Bird. “But Big Bird can’t go out today. He is sick.”

Big Bird jumped out of his nest.
“I am not sick!” he said.


“But anda were SO sick last night,” berkata Little Bird.
“Well, I am not…a-A-ACHOO!…sick now,” sneezed Big Bird.
“You sound sick. How do anda feel?” asked Ernie.
“Sort of hot and cold and funny in the tummy,” berkata Big Bird.
“Get into your nest,” berkata Ernie. “I will get Doctor Getwell.”


Soon Big Bird felt really sick.
He was glad to see Doctor Getwell.
The doctor felt Big Bird’s tummy.
He listened to Big Bird’s heart.

He looked in Big Bird’s mouth.
“You have a cold,” he said.
“I know,” berkata Big Bird.
The doctor told him to drink lots of jus and get lots of rest.
“Get well,” berkata Doctor Getwell.


Lots of Big Bird’s friends came to visit him.
Bert made him a bowl of soup.
Grover gave him a Yo-Yo.
Cookie gave him cookies.
“Gee, thanks,” berkata Big Bird. “But I feel too sick to eat and too sick to play.”


Big Bird slept a lot that day.
That night, he berkata to Little Bird, “Ernie was right. Being sick is no fun. I feel terrible.”
Big Bird sneezed.
“You will feel better soon,” berkata Little Bird.


And Little Bird was right.
In a few days Big Bird felt fine.
He ran to the park.
“I am all better! Isn’t that great?” he berkata to his friends.
“It sure is, because it is no fun to be sick,” they said.
“Boy, anda can say that again!” berkata Big Bird.
And they all berkata it again!