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第一篇

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 at 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.

He bumped into Fox, and Fox went flat on her face. FLOMP!

Fox was very upset. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” s

he 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

sounded

te

rrible.

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.

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 least 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 s

how? Can I join in

next time?”

“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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第二篇

Noisy Neighbours

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Mr Flinch

In a grim, grey house in a grim, grey town lived an unhappy man.

It was not his grey house that made Mr Flinch unhappy. It was not that he was poor,

because he was not. Mr Flinch was a miser. He never gave away a penny. ( He never gave

away a smile either. ) He was a mean and miserable man.