TY - BOOK AU - Strange,Derek AU - Du Maurier,Daphne TI - The birds T2 - Penguin readers. Level 2 SN - 0582417988 U1 - 823 23 PY - 1999/// CY - Harlow PB - Pearson Education KW - Birds KW - Fiction. KW - Readers (Elementary) KW - Readers (Primary) N1 - It is a very cold winter and there are many more birds around than usual. Nat is afraid, for the birds keep coming in their thousands and they are hungry. They want to kill. A simplified version of the short story written by Daphne du Maurier, and made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock; contains exercises and an introduction. ER -