攀登英语阅读系列 神奇字母组合ａiWait！ Wａit! Ｗait!Twｏ snails ａre goｉng ｔo Sｐaiｎ. “Ｗait! Wait! Wait!”Ｔｈe ｔrain drｉｖｅｒ doesn’t wａiｔ. “Waiｔ! Waｉt! Ｗaiｔ!”Ｔhe ｍailｍan doesn’t waｉt． “Waｉｔ！ Wait! Wait!”The sailor ｄoesｎ’t waiｔ． Thｅ ｓnaｉlｓ hａve to walｋ tｏ Spａin. “Ｉt’s sｕcｈ ａ long way!”“Let’s ｈave some fun！”“Ｃaｔｃh ｍｙ tail！”“Ｃatｃh my ｔaiｌ！”Where ａre tｈey?Oh! Thｅy aｒｅ in Spain!ａlｌMake a CallMr． Ｔalｌ is tａｌｌ． Ｍｒ. Ｓｍall iｓ small.“Heｌlo， Mr． Ｔall． Leｔ’s ｐaiｎt wａlls!”“Whａt? Plaｙ bａｌl?”“Not baｌl! Waｌl!”“OK, ｌet’ｓ plａy ｂalｌ.”Mｒ. Ｔall ｓtill can’t hear Mr． Sｍａll． “How caｎ we talk?”Quａck ｑuacｋ!Mr． Sｍall gｉves Mｒ. Tall a call. “Helｌo！ Mr. Tａll?”“Hｅllo!” Noｗ Mr. Ｔall ｃan heａr Mr. Smalｌ.“OK！ Lｅt’s paint ｗalls.”“Ａｎd ｗe ｃan play balｌ!”They paiｎt walｌs ａｎd play balｌ togｅther. arParty SｈarkＭr. ｓｈaｒk loveｓ partiｅｓ. Oｎe daｙ, he gets a cａｒd． “Dear mr． Shark, pleasｅ comｅ to ouｒ paｒty on Maｒs ｏn the 10th …”“The １０ｔh? Thａt’ｓ tｏmorｒｏw!”Ｍr. Ｓhａrｋ stａrｔｓ in thｅ dark． He goes tｈｒｏugｈ a parｋ, a farm aｎｄ ａ ｇarｄen. “Good morning, Ｍark! Where’s ｔhe party?”“No ｐａrtｙ todａy!”“Oh, no!”Thｅ partｙ is in a moｎtｈ！“Goodbye， Mark! See yoｕ next ｍoｎth!”“Ｇoodbye, Ｍr. Shark!Yｏu’rｅ realｌy ａ party sｈaｒk!”chTｈｅ OｓtrｉchAn osｔrich is havｉng hｅｒ luｎch on the bｅach． Ｔhe oｓtｒich eaｔs ｓｏme cheｅsｅ. Oh! Too ｍｕch cｈeeｓe!“Not too much fｏr an ostｒich.”Tｈe ostrｉch eａtｓ ｓｏme ｃhips. Oh! Tｏo ｍany chips！“Ｎot too ｍanｙ foｒ an oｓｔricｈ.”Thｅ ostrich aｌｓo eaｔs a ｓｍall ｐeach, ａ bｉg pｅach, and ａ vｅry , veｒｙ bｉg peａch.Oｈ no! Oh no！ Oｈ nｏ! Ｔhe ostrｉch reaｌｌy eats tｏｏ much!ckＴick-Tocｋ Goｅs ｔhe CｌｏｃkＧranny Mock pｉｃks up a clｏck. “Tick-ｔock, tiｃk-ｔock,” ｇoes thｅ clocｋ． “Ｓtｏｐ! Dｏn’t tick－tｏcｋ.”Gｒaｎny Mock ｐuts the ｃlock in a socｋ. “Tick-toｃｋ， ｔick－ｔock,” goes ｔｈe clｏｃk． “Stop! Don’t tick－tｏck.”Ｇranny Mocｋ lｏcks the clock. “Tiｃk-tock, ticｋ-ｔocｋ，” goｅs the clｏck. “Stop! Ｄon’t tick-tock.”Granｎy Mｏck kicｋs the cloｃk ｏut. “No clock, nｏ ticｋ-tｉck!’“Ticｋ－tock, tｉck-tock! Tｈe ｄuck ｃｏｍｅｓ in with tｈｅ cloｃk． drDｒagon and ＤruｍOｎ ｔｈe walｌ ｔherｅ iｓ a ｄrｕm.Ｏｎ tｈe drｕｍ ｔhｅｒe iｓ a draｇon.Ｔhe dｒｕm wants tｏ ride ｔhe ｄragoｎ. Anｄ the dragon waｎts tｏ pｌay the drum. The dragｏn lets ｔhｅ drum rｉde. Buｔ tｈe drｕm doesn’t lｅt ｔhｅ ｄｒagon ｐlay． Ｔｈe dragｏn iｓ vｅｒy ａnｇｒｙ. He ｄｒops the dｒum.Ｎｏw thｅre is nｏ drum, ａnｄ there ｉｓ no ｄragon. eａＡ pea ｉn thｅ ＳeａThｅ peａcocｋ drops her pea iｎ the sea. It’s noｔ easy tｏ piｃk uｐ tｈe ｐｅａ. Ｔhe peａcoｃk ｇｏｅs ｔo Ｍr. Flea. “Plｅase! Ｐleaｓe ｐick uｐ ｔｈe pea ｆor me.”Mr’ Flea ｊumps into the ｓｅa. Ｂut ｈe can’ｔ fiｎd the pea. Mr. Flea dｒｉnkｓ ｕp aｌl the ｗater iｎ thｅ ｓea. Noｗ the peacoｃk hａs her ｐea. Aｎｄ Mr. flea haｓ ａ cup of tｅa. eaｒＳoｕnd in Lear’s ＥarＯne ｄaｙ, Lear is readiｎg ｗitｈ his ｆriｅｎds. Lｅaｒ hears a sｏｕnｄ. “Ｃａn you ｈear? Coo-coo! Coo-coo!”Mouse ｃan’t heａr. Giraｆfｅ ｃan’t hear. “Tｈａt’s strange!”Ｌeａr covers ｈis ears, bｕt hｅ ｃaｎ stilｌ hear iｔ. “Somethｉng is wrong wiｔh my ears． Ｍouｓe puts hｉs ear neaｒ Lear’sa ear. “Ｏh dear, I hｅar ｉt！”Hｅ lｏoks inｔo Lear’s ｅar. Ｏｈ deaｒ! A bird ｉs in hｉｓ eaｒ！Ｔhe bird fliｅｓ ouｔ． Now ｅveryｏnｅ ｃan hear thｅ sounｄ. eｅTｈe Gｒｅen Faｍiｌy Goes Out“Ｏne, tｗｏ, threｅ. Three shｅep.”“Ｏne, tｗｏ three． Ｔhｒee geese.”Ｔｈｅ Ｇreｅｎ ｆamily ｉs ｇｏing out iｎ a jeep.The ｊeeｐ stoｐs unｄｅr a tree. “Oｎe， two, three． Thｒeｅ ｇｅeｓe． Onｅ, ｔwｏ …”“Whｅre iｓ tｈe littlｅ shｅep?！”“Littｌe sｈeeｐ!”They find tｈe ｌｉttｌe sheｅp ｉｎ a tｒeｅ． The ｊeep ｓtops unｄer tｈe treｅ.“One, two， three. Ｔhｒee sheep. One, two …”“Ｗhere is ｔｈe ｌittlｅ gｏoｓe？!”erThe Tigｅr anｄ the RoosterA ｔiger wants to eat ａ ｒooｓter. Ｔhe tigｅr dｒｅsseｓ up as a rｏｏｓtｅr dａnｃｅr. Ｂut ｔhe rooster knows iｔ iｓ the tiｇｅr. The tｉger ｄresses up aｓ a ｒooｓter ｓinｇｅｒ. Buｔ thｅ rｏｏsteｒ knｏws iｔ is ｔhｅ ｔｉgｅr． The tiger holds ａ beａutiｆｕl flｏｗer anｄ ｗａnｔs at tｈｅ corner. The ｒｏostｅｒ loves the ｆloｗｅr!Sｏ he runｓ to the ｔiger. Tｈe rooster ｉｓ in ｄanger!… but what’s wｒong ｗith the ｔiger?Oh! Ｈere ｃｏｍeｓ tｈe ｆａmer with ａ ｈａｍｍer!irRｕn afteｒ ａ BirｄMｒ． Diｒt ｇｏes ｏｕt ｗiｔｈ a biｒd． He runs across ｔhｉrｔeen hｉllｓ.He runs oｖer thirｔｙ ｒｉvers． Ｈｅ rｕns ｔhrｏuｇｈ tｈｉrｔｙ ｔreeｓ. He runs ｏｖｅr thirteen uｍbrellas. He ｒuns undｅr tｈirteen shiｒts. Ａｎd hｅr he is, dirty ａnd thirsｔｙ. ngA Ｌoｎg, Lｏｎg SｏngＲiｎg, rｉnｇ, rinｇ a beｌl．The king is ｇoinｇ to ｓing ａ song. It’s a long, ｌong sonｇ. Sha La la, Sha Lａ La …“Dear kｉｎg， the ｓong is ｔoo ｌｏｎｇ.”“Ｍａｙbe tｈe song ｉs ａ ｌittle loｎｇ.”Ｂut ｔｈe kinｇ rｅalｌy lｉkes ｔｈｉｓ ｌｏｎg, lｏng ｓoｎg. Ｓha La lａ， Sha La Lａ …Ｔhe ｋｉng ｓｉngs the sonｇ all day ｌong. “Mａyｂe thｅ song iｓ too ｌong.”oaCoａｔs on Saｌｅ“Coatｓ ｏn sａle!”“Oｎ sａle?”Mr． Gｏat goes ｔo thｅ coaｔ shop oｎ Ｅast Rｏad． “soｒrｙ！ Theｓe ｃoａｔs arｅ ｓold out.”He ｇoeｓ to the cｏat ｓhoｐ on Wｅst Ｒoａd. “Sｏrｒy！ Theｓe cｏaｔｓ ａre sold ouｔ．”He ｇoｅs to the ｃoａｔ shop o。