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Walrus Joins In
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What will Walrus do?
Everyone at the North Pole was very
excited. There was going to be a show and
ANYONE could be in it.
‘I
will do skating,’ said Arctic Fox. ‘I’m good at
that!’
‘I’ll do tumbling,’
said Polar Bear. ‘No one tumbles quite like
me!’
‘I’ll do singing,’ said
Seal. ‘Everyone says I have a very fine
voice!’
‘Then I’ll do
diving,’ said Whale. ‘I won a prize for diving at
school, you
know!’
They all looked a
t Walrus.
‘What will YOU do?’ they asked.
But Walrus was not good at anything.
He wasn’t good at
skating, and he wasn’t good at
tumbling.
He was terrible at
singing, and when he tried to dive, he always got
water up
his nose.
He
sat and chewed his whiskers sadly.
‘Never mind,’ said Arctic Fox. ‘You can
watch us.’
Arctic Fox and
Polar Bear and Seal and Whale practised hard for
the big show.
Walrus hid behind a
snowdrift and watched, and chewed his whiskers.
He wished he was good at something.
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The big night
At last, the big night arrived.
Everyone sat down and waited for the show to
begin. Walrus sat in the front row. He
was very excited.
Fox came onto the
ice and bowed. Everyone cheered.
Then
Fox began to skate. Fox skated forwards and
backwards and sideways. She
skated in
perfect circles and figures of eight. She was
elegant and amazing!
Walrus watched and
he loved what he saw. Fox made it all look so
easy.
Walrus was sure that if he really
tried he could skate just like Fox.
He
couldn’
t stop himself. He just had to
leap onto the ice and join in with
Fox.
“I can skate,” he cried. “Look at me!”
But Walrus couldn’t skate at all. He
could only trip up and fall over.
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He bumped into
Fox, and Fox went flat on her face. FLOMP!
Fox was very upse
t. “Walrus
has RUINED my act,” she wailed.
Next, it was Polar Bear’s turn. He
rolled out across the ice like a big, white
snowball. Everyone clapped wildly.
Then Polar Bear began to tumble. He did
jumps and spins and somersaults, and
stood on his head.
Walrus
watched and he loved what he saw. Polar Bear made
it all look such fun.
Walrus was sure
that this time, if he really tried, he could
tumble just like
Polar Bear.
All of a sudden, Walrus just couldn’t
stop himself, and he leaped onto the ice.
“
I can
tumble too,” he cried. “Look at
me!”
But Walrus couldn’t
tumble at all. He could only trip up and fall
over. He
tripped up Polar Bear, who
came down with a WALLOP!
Of course,
Polar Bear was pretty angry. “Walrus has RUINED my
act,” he wailed.
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From bad to worse
It was Seal’s turn next. She gave
Walrus a don’t
-you-dare stare, and then
she
started to sing:
“
O, how many heart rejoices
when I see the Northern Lights.
My ear
is filled with voices sweetly singing in the
night!”
Walrus listened.
What a beautiful song! Surely if he really tried,
he could
sing as beautifully as Seal?
Oh, dear. Walrus just couldn’t stop himself
again.
“I know that song,”
he cried. “I can sing it too!”
He leaped up and started singing along
with Seal.
But Walrus couldn’t sing! He
so
unded terrible. In fact, he sounded
like a
rusty old bucket.
Seal stopped singing and burst into
floods of tears.
“Walrus has RUINED my
song,” she wailed.
Wale was
last. He was pretty certain that Walrus could not
ruin his act.
Whale leaped high out of
the water. Then he fell back with an enormous
splash!
Walrus watched. He wished that
he could dive like that. His flippers began to
twitch, and his whiskers bristled with
excitement. He tried and tried his very
best not to join in.
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But then he had
a brilliant idea.
“I’ll hold my nose
when I dive,” he thought. “Then the water won’t go
up
it!”
Walrus
just couldn’t stop himself. He had to join
in.
“Everybody, look at me!”
he cried, as he leaped into the water. “I can dive
too!”
But just at
that moment, Whale was getting ready to spout a
big jet of water.
WHOOSH!
Whale spouted Walrus high into the air!
Everyone was watching Walrus now. They
clapped and cheered as Walrus landed
back in the sea with a SPLOSH!
Whale was furious. “You are a meddling,
incompetent BUFFOON!” he roared.
“You
have RUINED my act. Now GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!”
Whale was pretty scary when
he was angry. Walrus turned tail and fled. He hid
behind a snowdrift, feeling sad and
very sorry.
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The show will go on!
The
show was over. Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and
Whale stood in a line,
blushing and
wishing that Walrus had not ruined everything.
But everyone was cheering like mad.
“Well done, Polar Bear,
well done, Seal! Well done, Fox and Whale!” they
shouted. “But where’s the clown? Why
isn’t he here? Where’s Walrus?”
Behind is snowdrift, Walrus heard
the cheers. Were they really cheering for
him, too?
Yes! They were!
He shuffled up to Fox and Polar Bear
and Seal And Whale.
“I’m very sorry,”
he said.
“So you should be,”
said Fox.
“
At
l
east everyone thought you were part of
the show,” said Polar Bear.
“I suppose,” said Seal, “if Walrus was
really part of our next show, it
couldn’t be any worse.”
Walrus was overjoyed. “Me?” he cried.
“Truly? Can I be part of the show? Can
I join in next
t
ime?”
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“Yes,” said
Whale. “It will be
a lot safer that way. You can be the
clown. As long as you do it properly.”
Walrus practiced hard and became a very
good clown indeed. Now he is so good
that Fox, Polar Bear, Seal and Whale
are glad he is taking part.
Sometimes,
when Walrus is clowning around, they really just
can’t stop
themselves. They have to
join in too!
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回答
海象参加表演
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是什么意思？
每个人在北极很兴奋。有将是一个表明，任何人都可以在那。
“我会滑冰，”北极狐狸说。“我很擅长！
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“我会打翻滚，”北极熊说。没有人跌倒，我很喜欢！
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“我去唱歌，海豹说。所有人都说我有一个很好的声音！
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然后我会潜水，
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鲸鱼说。“我获奖潜水
学校，你知道！
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他们都看着海象。你想做什么？他们问。
但海象不擅长什么。
他不擅长滑冰，他不擅长翻滚。
他很糟糕，唱歌，当他尝试了潜水，他总是有水进了他的鼻子。
他坐着咬他的胡须可悲。
“没关系，”北极狐狸说。“你可以看着我们。”
北极狐狸和北极熊和海豹和鲸鱼为了表演刻苦的练习。
海象躲在雪堆里，看着，和嚼他的胡子。
他希望他擅长的东西。
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