The Puppy Team小狗队

作者: 李明娟

Coco was just having a normal but boring day in the garden. Her owner wastaking her for a walk when she ran away and fell into a fountain1.

可可刚刚在花园里度过了普通但无聊的一天。它的主人带它散步时它逃跑了,然后掉进了喷泉里。

Why did she run? Because she just wanted to and just did it for fun. Then shemet another dog, Bella. They wanted to be friends so they wouldn’t have suchboring days. So they became friends and had fun playing every day in the park,near the fountain.

它为什么要跑呢?因为它只是想跑,也为了好玩。然后它遇到了另一只狗,贝拉。它们想交个朋友,这样它们就不会过这么无聊的日子了。于是它们成了朋友,每天都在公园喷泉附近玩耍。

One night, after having fun, their owners went to bed, and then the dogs saw athief2 in the neighbor’s yard. So they ran after him. They ran, and ran, and ranuntil a bridge showed up. It gave a shortcut3 to go to the other side. But the thiefwent through the bushes, because he knew that the bridge wasn’t stable4 enough.

一天晚上,在开心玩耍之后,小狗们的主人上床睡觉了,然后它们在邻居的院子里看见了一个小偷。于是它们追着他跑。它们追啊,追啊追,直到眼前出现了一座桥。这座桥提供了一条通往对面的捷径。小偷却从灌木丛穿行而过,因为他知道这座桥不够稳固。

But, the dogs didn’t know that first. When Coco stepped on the bridge, sheunderstood it wasn’t stable enough to go on. The bridge was shaking. Coco thenrecognized5 that it wasn’t wise6 to go on there. She held her hand out and tried toreach Bella.

然而小狗们事先并不知道。当可可踏上桥面时,它就知道这座桥不够稳,无法继续前行。桥摇晃起来,可可意识到继续往前走是不明智的。它伸出爪子,试图够到贝拉。

“Woof, woof! Help! Help! ”Coco shouted.

“汪!汪!救命啊!救命啊!”可可喊道。

“Hang on! Hang on! ”Bella shouted back and pulled Coco as hard as shecould. And, finally! Coco got dragged7 back to the soft, tall grass.

“坚持住!坚持住!”贝拉大声回应着,用尽全力拉着可可。终于,可可被拽回了柔软茂密的草地。

So you see, birds of a feather8 flock9 together. Then the dogs went on runningafter the thief in another way. At last, they caught up with the thief beside a road.The neighbor arrived with the police after several minutes. The dogs got theirreward10 and went home happily.

所以你看,物以类聚,人以群分。接下来小狗们继续从另一条路追赶小偷。最后,它们在路边追上了那个小偷。几分钟后,它们的邻居带着警察赶到了。小狗们得到了奖励,然后高高兴兴地回家了。

▏Notes

1. fountain 喷泉

2. thief 贼,小偷

3. shortcut 近路,捷径

4. stable 稳定的,牢固的

5. recognize 意识到

6. wise 行为或决定,明智的,高明的

7. drag 拖,拽

8. feather 羽毛

9. flock 群集,蜂拥

10. reward 奖励

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