Four mice
I am a mouse, My name is Frederick
I lived in a wall in the field with other three mice.
Summer was coming, and so the mice came out of the wall to collect berries, nuts, corn and straw. Everyone was working very hard, day and night.
Everyone was working very hard, except me.
“Why aren’t you working, Frederick?” my friends asked me. “oh,but I am.” I told them. “I’m collecting the sunshine for the cold, dark winter.”
A few days later my friends asked me again “why aren’t you working,Frederick?” “Oh, but I am.” I told them. “I’m collecting colors for the long, grey winter.”
A few days later my friends asked me again “why aren’t you working, Frederick?” “Oh, but I am.” I told them. “I’m collecting words for the long, quiet winter.”
Soon, the first snow came, and we went back into the wall.
We ate our berries and we ate our nuts and we ate our corn and we ate our straw. But time passed, and time passed, and soon there were no more berries, and soon there were no more nuts and soon there were no more corn and soon there were no more straw.
Now the winter was cold and dark, long and quiet. The mice were sad and hungry. Then they remembered me.
“Hey, Frederick, can you show us what you collected for the winter.”
“Ok,”I said “close your eyes. Here is my sunshine for the cold, dark inter.” And I began to tell my friends some stories, and the mice feel warmer and warmer.
“Great, Frederick! How about the colors and the words?”
“Ok,” I said , “close your eyes” and I told them about the blue skies, and I told them about the red poppies, and I told them about the green grass, and I told them about the purple berries, and I told them about the yellow corn of summer.
“That’s wonderful, Frederick, thank you.” Said the mice. “We’ve learned something about you”, they told him.
What do you think they learned?
我是一只老鼠,我的名字是弗雷德里克
我和其他三只老鼠住在田野里。
夏天来了,老鼠们走出墙外去收集浆果、坚果、玉米粒和稻草。他们从早到晚玩
努力工作,除了我。
“弗雷德里克,你为什么不工作?”我的朋友们问我。“我在工作吖。”我说,"我在为寒冷的深冬收集阳光呢。”
几天过后,我的朋友们再一次问道,“弗雷德里克,你为什么不工作?”。“我在工作吖。”我说,"我在为漫长的灰白色冬天收