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【中英文绘本故事】图书馆狮子上集library lion1
One day, a lion came to the library. He walked right past the circulation desk and up into the stacks.
Mr. McBee ran down the hall to the head librarian’s office.
“Miss Merriweather!” he shouted.
“No running,” said Miss Merriweather, without looking up .
“But there’s lion!” said Mr. McBee. “In the library!”
“Is he breaking any rules?” asked Miss Merriweather. She was very particular about rule breaking.
“Well, no,” said Mr. McBee. “Not really.”
“Then leave him be.”
The lion wandered all around the library. He sniffed the card catalog.
He rubbed his head against the new book collection.
Then he padded over to story corner and went to sleep.
No one was sure what to do. There weren’t any rules about lions in the library.
Soon it was time for story hour. There weren’t any rules about lions at story hour, either.
The story lady looked a little nervous. But she read out the first book’s title in a good, clear voice. The lion looked up. The story lady kept reading.
The lion stayed for the next story. And the story after that. He waited for another story, but the children began to walk away.
“Story hour is over,” a little girl told him. “It’s time to go.”
The lion looked at the children. He looked at the story lady. He looked at the closed books. Then he roared very loud.
RAAAHHRRRR!
Miss Merriweather came striding out of her office. “Who is making that noise?” she demanded.
“It’s the lion,” said Mr. McBee
Miss Merriweather marched over to the lion.” If you cannot be quiet, you will have to leave,”
She said in a stern voice. “Those are the rules!”
The lion kept roaring. He sounded sad.
The little girl tugged on Miss Merriweather’s dress. “If he promise to be quiet, can he came back for story hour tomorrow?” she asked.
The lion stopped roaring. He looked at Miss Merriweather.
Miss Merriweather looked back. Then she said, “Yes. A nice, quiet lion would certainly be allowed to come back for story hour tomorrow.”
“Hooray!” said the children.
The next day, the lion came back.
“You are early,” said Miss Merriweather. “Story hours is not until three o’clock.”
The lion did not budge.
“Very well,” said Miss Merriweather. “You might as well make yourself useful.” She sent him off to dust the encyclopedias until it was time for story hour.
The next day, the lion came early again. This time, Miss Merriweather asked him to lick all the envelopes for the overdue notices.
Soon the lion began doing things without being asked. He dusted the encyclopdedias. He licked the envelopes. He let small children stand on his back to reach books on the highest shelves.
Then he curled up in the story corner to wait for story hour to begin.
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