The Snowman雪人

Jenna woke up and looked at her alarm1 clock. It was 10 o’clock.“Oh， no！ ”she cried.“We’re late for school！ ”Jenna ran downstairs2. Her brother， Jesse， satat the kitchen table. He was eating a bowl of cereal3.“We’re not late，”he said.“Look out the window.”

Jenna looked out the kitchen window. Everything was covered in snow. Big flakes4 were still falling5. Jenna ate her breakfast quickly. The two children hurriedto get dressed for the snow. The brother and sister each put on a warm coat， gloves6and a hat. Then they ran out into the bright white backyard7.

“Let’s make a snowman！ ”said Jenna. She began to make a snowball in herhands. Then she put it on the ground and rolled it around. The snow ball got biggerand bigger as she worked. “I’ll make the head while you do the body，”said Jesse.He made his own smaller snowball to put on top of Jenna’s.

They looked at the snowman. He still needed a face. “I can use my buttoncollection for the eyes，”said Jenna.“What about the nose？”“I’ll get a carrot fromthe kitchen，”said Jesse. They went inside to get the things.

Back outside， Jenna put two big， blue buttons8 on the top snowball for eyes.She also added a line of red buttons for a smiling mouth. Jesse came outsidelooking sad.“We’re out of carrots，”he said.

Jenna and Jesse sat down in the snow to think. Jenna was out of buttons.Suddenly， the back door opened. Their dog， Max， ran out in the snow to play， too.In his mouth was a bright yellow tennis ball.

“What about Max’s ball？”asked Jesse.“It would make a big nose！ ”

“Is that okay， Max？”asked Jenna. The dog wagged9 his tail and put the ballin front of the snowman.“Woof！ ”he said.

So Jenna and Jesse gave their snowman a big yellow nose.

珍娜醒来后看了看她的闹钟，10 点钟了。“哎呀，不好！”她喊道，“我们上学要迟到了！”珍娜跑下楼。她的哥哥杰西坐在餐桌旁，正在吃一碗麦片。“我们没有迟到。”他说，“看看窗外。”

珍娜望着厨房窗外。一切都被雪覆盖了，大片雪花仍在飘落。珍娜很快吃完了早餐。两个孩子匆忙穿好衣服准备去玩雪。兄妹二人都穿上了暖和的外套，戴上了手套和帽子。然后他们跑到明亮的白色后院。

“我们堆雪人吧！”珍娜说。她开始用手捏一个雪球。然后她把雪球放在地上滚来滚去。当她这么做时，雪球变得越来越大。“我来做头部，你来做身体。”杰西说。他自己做了一个小雪球堆在珍娜的雪球上。

他们看着雪人，它还需要一张脸。“我可以用我的纽扣做眼睛。”珍娜说，“那鼻子呢？”杰西说：“我去厨房拿根胡萝卜。”他们进屋拿东西了。

回到屋外，珍娜在雪球顶部放了两个蓝色的大纽扣做眼睛。她还加了一排红色钮扣当作微笑的嘴。杰西走了出来，看起来很难过，说：“我们没有胡萝卜了。”

珍娜和杰西坐在雪地里思考。珍娜已经用完纽扣了。突然，后门开了。他们的狗马克斯也跑到雪地里玩耍。它嘴里叼着一个亮黄色的网球。

“用麦克斯的球怎么样？”杰西问道，“那会是个很大的鼻子！”

“可以吗，麦克斯？”珍娜问道。狗摇着尾巴，把球放在雪人面前，叫道：“汪汪！”

于是珍娜和杰西给了他们的雪人一个黄色的大鼻子。

（英语原文选自：readingvine.com）