典范英語(yǔ)8-1刺猬女孩艾蜜

1、精品文檔Amy the Hedgehogs GirlMiserable Mr Peck |Her mum was in the kitche n whe n Amy rushed in.How was school?asked Mrs Harris, expecting the usual answer,OK.Itwas great, cried Amy.Alady gave us a talk on wildlife and she showed us a hedgehog expert.A what?said Mrs Harris.A hedgehog expert. Some one w

2、ho knows all about hedgehogs.Thats goodjd Mrs Harris.Youll need to go the library and see if you can find somebooks.Oldear, Amy groa ned.Ill have to see Mr Peck.Mr Peck was t he childrens librarian. He was a mean and miserable sort of person. He alsolived n ext door to Amy.The library was almost emp

3、ty when Amy arrived. She looked along the shelves, trying to find a book onhedgehogs.What are you doing?snapped a hoteibeAmy n early jumped out of her socks. It was Mr Peck.I was looking for a book about animals.Animals, indeed,sniffed Mr Peck.What sort of animals? Tame animals? Wild animals?Ani mal

4、s from Africa? In dia? Britai n?Hedgehogssaid Amy.Hedgehogs!bawled Mr Peck.The very worst animals there are. They dig up vegetables and bite lumpsout of them.He pulled a book from the shelves.If you must study the horrid things,this is the best I can do.Thank you, said Amy politely.Makesure you brin

5、g it back on time. And donyou dare bring hedgehogs into yourgarden. Your garden is next to mine, dont forget. If I see a hedgehog near my carrots, do youknow what I am going to do?No,sid Amy.Im going to squirt it with my spray gun.At home, Amy read the book on hedgehogs. She found out that they ate

6、slugs and sn ails.The book didn t say anything about vegetables.精品文檔The next day she took the book back to the library.Whats this?said Mr Peck.This book is not due back for another twenty days.But Ive read it,said Amy.Have you got any more books about hedgehogs?Over there,snapped Mr Peck, pointing w

7、ith his nose.Amy walked slowly along the shelves. Where were the books about ani mals? She was just about to riskasking Mr Peck, when she saw something. It was an old cassette tape, calledCalls of the Wild. It looked as if nobody had ever played it.Amy took it down from the shelf. It was part of a s

8、et of animal noises. This was tape nu mber 12 and it wascalled Hedgehogs.Amy asked Mr Peck if she could borrow the cassette.Olbourse you can, he said rudely.Thoughanybody who wants to listen to horridani mal no ises must be mad.He stamped the cassette box.And don t forget to rewind the tape.Hedgehog

9、 talkAmy sat in her room liste ning to the sounds of hedgehogs on her pers onal stereo, over and over aga in.Amy repeated the sounds herself.Im talk ing hedgehog,thought Amy.I wish I knew what I was say in g. I really n eed ahedgehog to help me. Im sure there he gardenjriftI make hedgehog noises, pe

10、rhaps it will hear me.Amy ran dow n into the garde n and made hedgehog no ises as loudly as she could.She stopped and listened, but no hedgehogs answered. Amy tried again. But only a cat came into the garden.Im going to keep tryingsaid Amy.Im surnedo it.At last she got cold and shewent in doors.The

11、next night Amy tried again. She tried every night for a week.What are you doing out there? asked MrsHarris.Wait and see,said Amy.Just the n the door bell ran g. It was Mr Peck. He stood at the door in his dress ing gow n.Amy no ticed that his hair was wet.Mrs Harris,said Mr Peck.Every night when I h

12、ave my bath I can hear a noise. It seemsto be coming from your garde n.Amy giggled beh ind her hand.Noise?said Mrs Harris.精品文檔Some sort of ani mal,said Mr Peck.Id put pois on dovTrtniatliwere goly. way to deal with ani mals.As soon as Mr Peck had gone, Amy dashed out into the garden.Mr Peck thought

13、I was ananimal,she said to herself.Im going to try one more time.Amy went dow n on her kn ees and bega n to make her hedgehog sounds aga in.Almost at once there was a rustling noise and a hedgehog lumbered onto the lawn. Amywas delighted. The hedgehog and Amy snorted and squeaked at each other.Sudde

14、 nly a torch beam sho ne in their eyes.Whats going on?said a voice. It was Mr Peck, still in his dressing gown. The hedgehog rolled into a ball.Im chatting to a hedgehog,said Amy.You cheeky young thing. Talk ing to hedgehogs in deed.Excuse mebegan Amy.And whats morAr Peck cut in,hedgehogs are dirty

15、little beasts and they eat up allthe vegetables in my garde n.Rubbish!sdid Amy crossly.Hedgehogare not dirty. And they doneat vegetables. They eat slugs andsnails. Now, if you dont mind, I was talking to a hedgehog.Mr Peck was too shocked to an swer. His mouth dropped ope n as Amy sn orted gen tly t

16、o the hedgehog.Slowly it un rolled.A sly look crept across Mr Pecks face.How often have you been doing this,my dear?he asked.Never before,said Amy.But from now on, Ill be every night.Hm,said Mr Peck.Youre going to be here every night, you say.The amaz ing hedgehog girlWhen Amy came home from school

17、the n ext day, Mr Peck was in his front drive. He wasfixing a large board to the gate. As soon as he saw Amy, he threw his coat over it.Amy had promised to show her mum the hedgehog. It was gett ing dark whe n they stepped into the garde nto see her hedgehog friend.Amy went dow n on her kn ees and b

18、ega n to sn ort. This time two hedgehogs came up to her.What are you talking about?whispered Mrs Harris.Slugs.There was a sound from n ext door. Amy sho ne her torch towards the fence. There were people stari ng intoher garde n. They all had their mouths ope n.One pers on stood out. It was Mr Peck.精

19、品文檔Ive asked a few friends over,he said smoothly.I hope you dont mind.Amy was cross, but she also felt rather proud that so many people had come to see her.You may wadth. But please dont talk or make a noise. And no photos.The people no dded.Amy went dow n on her kn ees and sn orted once more.This t

20、ime three more hedgehogs came up. Amy man aged to tell the hedgehogs that they had nothing to fear.The people just wan ted to see how clever they were. Amy and the hedgehogs talked and played together.As soon as the hedgehogs had gone, the people beh ind the fence bega n to clap and cheer.Of course

21、they wan ted to know what Amy and the hedgehogs had bee n talk ing about.Theyold me about their young. Then they told me why they curl up into a ball. And where to find the tastiestgrubs. Oh, and they told me where they are going to sleep for the wi nter.Mrs Harris hugged Amy.You were fantastic,she

22、said.Come in and Ill make you a nice hot drink.Yes. In you go,said Mr Peck cheerily.Im sure you must be very tired.There was something strange about Mr Peck. He had never said anything kind to Amy before. Then sheheard an odd no ise. It was the sound of coins being dropped into a box.It was worth a

23、pound of an ybodys mon ey,she heard some one say.Ssh,said Mr Peck.Then Amy remembered the board that Mr Peck had bee n fixing to his front gate. Why hadMr Peck tried to hide it? Amy rushed round to the front of the house. There on the board in large letters it said:What a nerve,said Amy. Then a smil

24、e crept across her face.to fix you, Mr Peck.She raced round to Mr Pecks garden. Some of the people were still enjoying a cup of tea and biscuits.Before Mr Peck could stop her, she said, Ladies and gentlemen. There is something I must tell you. All themoney you have give n toni ght is going to a hedg

25、ehog hospital to look after sick hedgehogs.Every one clapped and no dded their heads. Every one except Mr Peck. His face went bright red and hemade a stra nge splutteri ng no ise.Not only that,went on Amy,but Mr Peck has agreed that for every pound that you give toni ght, he willgive ano ther pound

26、of his own mon ey.Every one clapped aga in and cheered. Mr Peck went a very pale colour. Somehow he man aged a smile.Before he could say anything, Amy said, And I am happy to say that the hospital has asked me to take themoney for them.精品文檔She held out her hand. Gloomily, Mr peck passed the box over

27、 to Amy. |Then, an eve n gloomier look spread across his face as he dug into his pocket and pulled out two ten poundnotes.A big hand for Mr Peck,said Amy.This is not quite the end of the story. Amy felt rather sorry for Mr Peck.After she had sent the money to the hedgehog hospital, she asked the hedgehogs to patrolMr Pecks garden. She told them to make sure that no more of his vegetables were eaten by slu