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艾伦六岁了。在六岁生日那天，奶奶送她一只胖乎乎的小老鼠。小老鼠长着长尾巴，粉红鼻子，粉红耳朵，还长了许多胡须。艾伦给他起名鼠仔。 鼠仔跟艾伦一块去幼儿园。一天中他最开心的时刻是吃点心时间，他最喜欢吃花生酱奶酪饼干了。 鼠仔也喜欢逛动物园。每次他都朝老虎吼叫——咯吱吱吱——当然是安全地躲在艾伦的衣兜里叫。 每周他们都跟艾伦的爸爸一块去购物。鼠仔在购物车里走来走去，照看赠券票据等东西。 在图书馆里，鼠仔让艾伦给他读老鼠英雄们的故事。他还喜欢看书中的插图。 周六吃早饭时，艾伦的爸爸宣布今天天气太好了，我们不要呆在家里。咱们去海滩野炊吧。 艾伦和她姐姐丽莎都赶紧去准备。艾伦回到房间喊鼠仔起床，他竟然没在她的枕头上!艾伦察看了床单和床底下，都没有发现鼠仔。 "妈妈，爸爸，丽莎！你们见鼠仔了吗？我找不到他了！"艾伦大喊。 “艾伦，妈妈昨晚给我们念故事的时候，他还和你在—块儿呢。”丽莎说，"他可能掉到哪个地方了，我帮你找找吧。” 一家人都在找鼠仔。他们找遍了艾伦的房间、丽莎的房间、父母的房间、起居室、厨房、走廊、浴室、地下室,甚至连车库也找了，还是没有找到鼠仔。 最后,妈妈说：“女儿们，咱们还是先去野炊吧。我相信大家不久就能见到鼠仔，他可能给自己放了一个短假。” 沙滩上很暖和，水很清澈。但艾伦没有下水，没有陪丽莎打水漂儿，也没有修沙堡。（鼠仔喜欢沙堡，他把自己当成城堡里的国王。）她和妈妈坐在布垫上，挖了一个很大很深的沙坑。 回到家后，爸爸提议："咱们再找找鼠仔吧。他那么小，我们早晨找的时候可能没注意到他。" 晚饭时间到了，他们只好先不找鼠仔了，停下来吃饭。餐桌上放着通心粉和奶酪，这些都是鼠仔最爱吃的食物。没有了鼠仔，艾伦连饭也不想吃。 、 妈妈叫：“艾伦早点上床睡觉，你没有午睡，现在一定很累了。别担心鼠仔，我们会一直留意他的。” 没有了鼠仔，艾伦无法入睡。她一直醒着，这时家里的猫咪萨姆进了她的房间。萨姆的毛很柔软，上面有橙色的花纹，进屋后他呜呜地叫着。 "今天我很伤心，萨姆，不想和你玩了。你去别的地方睡觉吧。”艾伦说道。这时萨姆突然跳到她床上。他嘴里有东西！萨姆有时摆弄自己的玩具玩，但现在他嘴里的不像是他的玩具，看起来正是——鼠仔！ "妈妈，爸爸，丽莎！快来看！萨姆找到鼠仔了！”艾伦拥抱着萨姆。 艾伦躺在床上，鼠仔睡在她的枕头上，萨姆偎依在她怀里，她很快就睡着了。 Mousie’s Adventures Ellen is six years old. On her sixth birthday, her grandmother gave her a little, stuffed mouse. The mouse had a long tail, pink nose, pink ears, and lots of whiskers. Ellen named him Mousie. Mousie went to kindergarten with her. His favorite part of the day was snack time. His favorite snack was cheese crackers with peanut butter. He also liked going to the zoo. Mousie always growled Grrrrr at the tigers from the safety of Ellen's pocket. When they helped Ellen's dad do the weekly grocery shopping，Mousie rode around in the grocery cart and guarded the coupons. At the library, Mousie wanted Ellen to read stories about other brave mice. He liked looking at the pictures in the books too. One Saturday at breakfast, Ellen’s dad announced, “It's too nice to stay inside today. Let’s take a picnic lunch and go to the beach.” Ellen and her older sister, Lisa, both ran to get ready. Ellen went to her room to wake up Mousie. He wasn’t on her pillow! She looked through her sheets and under the bed. She couldn't find Mousie. “Mom, Dad, Lisa! Have you seen Mousie? I can't find him!” Ellen cried. “You had him last night, Ellen, when mom read to us，，，Lisa said. “He probably just fell down somewhere. I’ll help you look.” The whole family looked for Mousie. They looked all over Ellen's room, Lisa's room, their parents' room, the living room, the kitchen, hallway, bathrooms, basement, and even the garage. They couldn't find Mousie. Finally, their mom said, “Let’s go on that picnic anyway, girls. I’m sure Mousie will turn up soon. He’s probably just taking a little vacation himself. ’’ The sand on the beach was warm. The water was clear. Ellen did not wade. She did not skip stones with Lisa. She did not build a sandcastle. ( Mousie loved sandcastles： he pretended he was king of the castle. ) She sat on a towel with her mom and dug a big hole in the sand. When they returned home, their dad suggested, “Let’s look for Mousie again. He’s small and we might have missed him this morning.” At dinnertime, they had to stop looking for Mousie and eat. They had macaroni and cheese, Mousie’s favorite dinner. Ellen could not eat much without Mousie. Her mom sent Ellen to bed early, “You must be tired, since you missed your nap. Don’t worry. We’ll keep our eyes open for Mousie.，’ Ellen could not sleep without Mousie. She was wide awake when Sam, the family cat, came into her room. He had soft, orange-striped fur and a loud purr. “I’m too sad to play with you today, Sam. Why don't you go sleep somewhere else?” Ellen said. Sam jumped onto her bed anyway. He had something in his mouth. Sam sometimes carried his toys. But this did not look like one of his toys. It looked just like. Mousie! “Mom，Dad, Lisa! Come see! Sam found Mousie!” Ellen hugged Sam. With Mousie on the pillow and Sam snuggled against her stomach, Ellen fell right asleep. |
