MR. MEN and the Tooth Fairy

Little Miss Curious was the sort of person who wanted to know everything.She was the sort of person who asked impossible questions.

Questions like, “What does a tickle look like?”

Although, we know the answer to that one, don’t we?

好奇小姐是那種什么事都想知道的人。

她總是會提出一些意想不到的問題。

比如：“撓癢癢是什么呀？”

其實我們都知道這個問題的答案，對不對？

Little Miss Curious lived in a curious shaped

cottage next door to an ordinary shaped cottage.And in the ordinary shaped cottage there lived a little boy called George.

George and Little Miss Curious were good friends.They sat out in the garden together under the

apple tree and wondered about things.

They wondered about things like, “Why do trees

have bark, but don’t go woof?①Why do trees have bark, but don't go woof ? 是雙關語。bark有兩種意思：一是樹皮，二是狗叫。woof也有“狗叫”的意思。"

And things like, “Why do trees have trunks, but

they don’t have tusks?②Why do trees have trunks, but they don't have tusks? 也是雙關語。trunk有兩種意思：一是樹干，二是象鼻。tusk意為象牙。"

好奇小姐住在問號小屋里，旁邊是平凡小屋。

平凡小屋里住著一個名叫喬治的小男孩。

喬治和好奇小姐是很好的朋友。

他們一起坐在花園的蘋果樹下，對各種事物提出疑問。他們既好奇：“為什么樹有皮，卻不能汪汪叫呢？”

又好奇：“為什么樹干壯如大象，卻沒有象牙呢？”

Key points

curious 好奇的 everything 每件事 impossible不可能的 tickle撓癢

cottage小屋 ordinary平凡的；普通的 garden花園 wonder好奇；納悶

Not very long ago, the friends met under

the apple tree and on this day George had

something exciting to tell Little Miss Curious.“Look!” he cried, grinning broadly. “I’ve lost

my fi rst tooth!”

“How strange,” said Little Miss Curious. “I

wonder why teeth fall out?”

“It’s to make space for your big teeth to

grow,”George explained. “I’m going to put my tooth under my pillow tonight.”

“Why are you going to do that?” asked Little Miss Curious.

不久前，這對好朋友在蘋果樹下相遇了。那天喬治剛好有一件激動人心的事要告訴好奇小姐?！澳憧?！”喬治喊著，笑著咧開了嘴，“我掉了第一顆牙！”

“多奇怪啊！”好奇小姐說，“我很好奇牙齒為什么會掉呢？”

“為了給后長的大牙騰地方?！眴讨谓忉尩?，“今晚我要把這顆牙齒放在枕頭底下?！?/p>

“為什么呢？”好奇小姐問。

“So that the Tooth Fairy①Tooth Fairy牙仙子，又叫牙仙、牙齒仙女，歐美文化中專管兒童牙務的仙女，反映了歐美人民對牙齒的重視和愛護。will come and take my tooth and put a coin in its place,” replied George.“I wonder what the Tooth Fairy looks like?”

asked Little Miss Curious.

George didn’t know.

“I wonder where the Tooth Fairy lives?”

Again, George didn’t know.

“What a lot of questions needing answers,” said Little Miss Curious. “Now you have made me very curious.”

“這樣牙仙子就會來取走我的牙，并在枕頭下面放一枚硬幣?！眴讨位卮鹫f。

“牙仙子長什么樣子呢？”好奇小姐問。

喬治也不知道。

“那她們住在哪里呢？”

喬治還是不知道。

“需要解答的問題真多啊?！焙闷嫘〗阏f，“現在你讓我對牙仙子感到非常好奇?！?/p>

Key points

grin咧嘴笑 broadly 咧開嘴地fall out掉落 space空間

grow生長 explain解釋

pillow枕頭 coin硬幣

After lunch Little Miss Curious met Mr Muddle.

“Hello, Mr Muddle,” she said. “Do you

know what the Tooth Fairy looks like?”“Yellow feathers and a beak,” replied

Mr Muddle.

Little Miss Curious was sure that this was not the right answer.

午飯后，好奇小姐遇到了糊涂先生。

“你好啊，糊涂先生。”她說，“你知道牙仙子長什么樣子嗎？”

“黃羽毛，鷹鉤鼻?！焙肯壬卮鸬?。

好奇小姐對這個回答很不滿意。

Later that day she met Mr Wrong.“Hello, Mr Wrong,” she said. “I was wondering, do you know where the Tooth Fairy lives?”

“In a tree,” replied Mr Wrong.

Little Miss Curious was sure this

was not the right answer either.

不久，她又碰到了錯誤先生。

“你好，錯誤先生?！焙闷嫘〗阏f，“我正在想一個問題，你知道牙仙子住在哪里嗎？”

“住在樹里。”錯誤先生回答。

好奇小姐覺得這個回答也不對。

Key points

muddle糊涂；混亂 feather羽毛

beak鷹鉤鼻；鳥喙 wrong錯誤；不對

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