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(huì)提出一些意想不到的問(wèn)題。

比如：“撓癢癢是什么呀？”

其實(shí)我們都知道這個(gè)問(wèn)題的答案，對(duì)不對(duì)？

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(guān)語(yǔ)。bark有兩種意思：一是樹(shù)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(guān)語(yǔ)。trunk有兩種意思：一是樹(shù)干，二是象鼻。tusk意為象牙。"

好奇小姐住在問(wèn)號(hào)小屋里，旁邊是平凡小屋。

平凡小屋里住著一個(gè)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(shù)下，對(duì)各種事物提出疑問(wèn)。他們既好奇：“為什么樹(shù)有皮，卻不能汪汪叫呢？”

又好奇：“為什么樹(shù)干壯如大象，卻沒(méi)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(duì)好朋友在蘋果樹(shù)下相遇了。那天喬治剛好有一件激動(dòng)人心的事要告訴好奇小姐。“你看！”喬治喊著，笑著咧開(kāi)了嘴，“我掉了第一顆牙！”

“多奇怪??！”好奇小姐說(shuō)，“我很好奇牙齒為什么會(huì)掉呢？”

“為了給后長(zhǎng)的大牙騰地方?！眴讨谓忉尩溃敖裢砦乙堰@顆牙齒放在枕頭底下?！?/p>

“為什么呢？”好奇小姐問(wèn)。

“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(wù)的仙女，反映了歐美人民對(duì)牙齒的重視和愛(ài)護(hù)。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(huì)來(lái)取走我的牙，并在枕頭下面放一枚硬幣?！眴讨位卮鹫f(shuō)。

“牙仙子長(zhǎng)什么樣子呢？”好奇小姐問(wèn)。

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(wèn)題真多啊。”好奇小姐說(shuō)，“現(xiàn)在你讓我對(duì)牙仙子感到非常好奇。”

Key points

grin咧嘴笑 broadly 咧開(kāi)嘴地fall out掉落 space空間

grow生長(zhǎng) 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?！彼f(shuō)，“你知道牙仙子長(zhǎng)什么樣子嗎？”

“黃羽毛，鷹鉤鼻?！焙肯壬卮鸬馈?/p>

好奇小姐對(duì)這個(gè)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(cuò)誤先生。

“你好，錯(cuò)誤先生?！焙闷嫘〗阏f(shuō)，“我正在想一個(gè)問(wèn)題，你知道牙仙子住在哪里嗎？”

“住在樹(shù)里?！卞e(cuò)誤先生回答。

好奇小姐覺(jué)得這個(gè)回答也不對(duì)。

Key points

muddle糊涂；混亂 feather羽毛

beak鷹鉤鼻；鳥(niǎo)喙 wrong錯(cuò)誤；不對(duì)

reply回復(fù) either也（用于否定詞組后）