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1、英文小故事(文本)Ellen The Eagle Needs Glasses(艾伦必需戴眼镜)-英文故事-幼儿故事- Ellen the eagle first suspected that she needed glasses the day that she swooped down out of the sky and grabbed a small lawn chair to carry back to her hungry children. When she arrived back at her nest, perched high atop a cliff, her oldes
2、t son said, somewhat sarcastically, Great. Another lawn chair for breakfast. Just what we need. Her husband, Ed, was more forgiving. He gently picked up the lawn chair with his beak and moved it over to the flat, back section of the nest. Then he sat down in the lawn chair, folded his wings comforta
3、bly behind his head, and lay back.Honey, you might want to go and have your eyes checked one of these days, Ed said. Its easy enough to do, and only costs a mouse or two.Ive been meaning to get my eyes checked, replied Ellen, but you know how it is. Every day it just seems that there are new mice to
4、 catch, new things to do for the nest, and new nature shows to be in.True, the nature shows do put the dead mice on the table, but they take away from the hunting and stalking I really like to do.Ill put it on my calendar as something to do next week. Although, Ive got to say, I would feel a little
5、self-conscious wearing glasses out in public. What would the other eagles sayHoney, what other eagles think doesnt matter at all. Its more important that your eyesight be sharp and in focus. Anyway, these days they can fit you with contact lens that you hardly notice are even there.Ellen sighed. May
6、be it was time for her to get her eyes checked. Could she really afford to keep bringing back lawn chairs for her hungry childrenSo the next day she flew over to the eagle optometrist to have her eyes checked. The optometrist sat her down in a comfortable chair and asked her to identify the small an
7、imals on the tiny chart two miles away. Mouse, chipmunk, gopher, squirrel, rabbit, she said, trying to sound confident. It was difficult telling the difference between a mouse and a chipmunk. The shapes of these two animals were so similar.Okay, you did well on that line of animals, said the optomet
8、rist. Now see if you can read the animals on the line below it.Ellen concentrated all her mental powers on trying to see what the animals were on the next line. She could barely make out what the small animals were, so she made her best guess, Hippo, elephant, giraffe, and rhinoceros, she said in a
9、voice that lacked confidence.Im sorry, but you missed a few animals on that line. Your eyesight is far below the normal 2000/2000 eyesight of regular eagles. Im going to recommend you get glasses or contact lens.Can you tell me more about the contact lens inquired Ellen.These days they have contact
10、lens that are far more comfortable and far less bother than they were in the past, the optometrist explained. And we happen to have a sale on them this week.For three dead mice you can walk away with a pair of contact lens you can be proud of.Three dead mice declared Ellen in a surprised voice. I th
11、ought you could buy a decent pair of contact lens for two dead mice.Well, it is true you could buy contact lens at other stores for two dead mice, replied the optometrist, but they are inferior quality contact lens. If you bought the cheaper contact lens, you might not be able to read the numbers on
12、 a license plate that was two miles away.Ellen shuddered at the thought. Not being able to read the numbers on a license plate two miles away was a sure sign that an eagles eyesight was fading.Ill take the three dead mice contact lens, she said quickly. As she flew out of the store she said to herse
13、lf, So it costs me an extra dead mouse. Whats an extra dead mouse when you need to buy something to help your eyesightHer husband Ed leaped out of the lawn chair when she landed on the nest. Honey, youre back so soon. Did you get a new pair of glasses or contactsSure did, Ellen replied with a renewe
14、d confidence in her voice. She hopped over to the back of the nest and casually nudged the lawn chair over the edge of the nest.No more lawn chairs in this nest, she announced smugly. Only dead mice, rabbits, and fish are going to show up here in the future.Honey, I was just getting used to the lawn
15、 chair when you nudged it over the side of the nest. Do you think you could find me another lawn chair sometimeNo more lawn chairs in this nest, ever, said Ellen. Okay, Ed, its time we flew off to find something for the kids to eat for dinner. Theres no use in just sitting around in lawn chairs all day.
