Passage 3

　　Flappy Bird is flapping(拍打)its wings no more. The popular game for mobile equipment was removed from online stores on Sunday by its Vietnamese creator, who said its fame “destroys my simple life”．

　　Dong Nguyen, who created the game in just two to three days, was making as much as $50,000 a day from the game's advertising income. In several Twitter posts, he said the game's removal was not due to legal issues(问题)and that he may make a follow­up.

　　Mr. Nguyen, who describes himself as an “enthusiastic independent game maker”， also said on the microblogging site that he would not sell Flappy Bird but he would still make games.

　　Flappy Bird has been downloaded more than 50 million times, making it this year's most popular mobile game so far. Coming out in May 2017, the game was free to download and required players to tap the screen to keep the bird in flight.

　　In spite of its simple graphs, Flappy Bird was an extremely difficult game since many users could only keep the bird in the air for a few seconds before it hits an obstacle(障碍物) and falls.

　　After Mr. Nguyen took the game down, many fans turned to social media to ask for its return. The game is no longer available through online stores, but it still works on phones that had previously downloaded it. However, some fans expressed their relief that the game was gone. One user described Flappy Bird as “an addictive game that everyone hates to love” while another said, “I think it's for the best, and for the best of all the broken­down phones out there.”

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