A flying, feathered animal that rises before the sun often has better luck than its peers when looking for and obtaining a meal of a long, soft-bodied animal. What is the best way to rewrite the sentence? A bird that looks for worms before other birds do will probably be successful. Animals with feathers wake up before animals with long, soft bodies. A bird that flies can get food more easily than worms that crawl on the ground.

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A flying, feathered animal that rises before the sun often has better luck than its peers when looking for and obtaining a meal of a long, soft-bodied animal. What is the best way to rewrite the sentence? A bird that looks for worms before other birds do will probably be successful. Animals with feathers wake up before animals with long, soft bodies. A bird that flies can get food more easily than worms that crawl on the ground.

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A bird that looks for worms before other birds do will probably be successful.

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The original sentence is a metaphorical way of saying that an early bird catches the worm. It describes a 'flying, feathered animal', which is a bird, that 'rises before the sun' indicating it wakes up early, and as a result, 'often has better luck than its peers' in finding food. The 'meal of a long, soft-bodied animal' refers to a worm. Therefore, the best rewrite of the sentence that captures all these nuances is "A bird that looks for worms before other birds do will probably be successful". This sentence is clear, concise, and accurately reflects the meaning of the original sentence.

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