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w关键词：kangaroo/袋鼠，wombat/袋熊，forehead/额头，tail/尾巴 |
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w目录：Legend/传说 |
w话题：传说，澳洲 |
w类型：记叙文 |
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w词汇要求：900 |
w文章词数：350 |
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"From now on, that
will be your long tail." |
How
kangaroo got his tail (I)
袋鼠的尾巴是怎么来的(上)
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作者：Unknown [澳洲土著传说] |
来源：www.planetozkids.com
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日期：2008-4-6 |
责编：Emma |
A long time ago, some animals
looked different to the way they look now. Kangaroos had no
tails and wombats had high, round heads.
Mirram the Kangaroo and Warreen
the Wombat were good friends. They lived together in a hut that
Warreen had built from tree bark. They liked being with each
other, but Mirram liked to sleep outside at night and he made
fun of Warreen who always wanted to sleep inside.
"Come, Warreen, sleep outside
with me" said Mirram. "It's much better to look up at the stars
at night and listen to the fresh wind in the trees."
"It's too cold outside" snuffled
Warreen, "and sometimes it rains. I might get wet! I like
sleeping in my hut with a nice fire to keep me warm."
Mirram the Kangaroo would not
accept this. "Your bark hut is dark and smelly. It is much
better to sleep out in the clean air under the bright stars!"
"No, thank you" said Warreen. "I
will stay in my hut where I am comfortable."
Mirram was impatient. "You are
too scared to sleep outside with me. You are frightened to feel
a little wind."
"I'm not frightened" snuffled
Warreen. "I just like sleeping in my bark hut!"
Mirram kept on taunting Warreen,
until one night the wombat agreed to sleep outside. During the
night he got really cold and waddled back inside the hut.
Kangaroo laughed at him.
All summer they played together
as friends, but Mirram sometimes still made fun of Warreen's
hut.
Things changed when winter came.
The wind became colder at night while Mirram slept outside. At
first he didn't mind. He snuggled up to a tree to protect
himself, and laughed at the thought of Warreen in his smelly
hut. "Wombat would not brave the wind like me" he said to
himself.
The wind became stronger and
colder. Mirram curled himself into a tight ball, hugging his
tree. He told himself that the wind couldn't hurt him - he
wasn't afraid. When it began to rain, he muttered "a little wind
and rain won't hurt me. I'm not afraid."
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