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哎,彼得多么希望自己会吹口哨呀！ 他看见一个男孩和他的狗玩耍。男孩不管何时吹口哨，狗都会径直跑向他。 彼得一次次地尝试吹口哨，但是他怎么也不会。因此他开始转圈儿，转呀转，他旋转起来了……转的越来越快……他停下来的时候，周围的一切上上下下……下下上上……也旋转起来了。 彼得看见他的狗,威莉来了。眨眼工夫，彼得藏在放在人行道上的空纸板箱里了。 "如果我吹口哨会不会很滑稽可笑呢？”彼得想着，“威莉会停下来看看周围是谁。” 彼得又试着吹口哨，但是他还是吹不响。于是威莉走开了。 彼得从纸板箱里出来回家去。回家的路上，他从口袋里拿出一些彩色粉笔画了很长很长的直线，一直画到他家门口。他站在那里又试着吹口哨。他吹呀吹直到吹累了，但还是吹不响。 他回到家里戴上爸爸的旧帽子让自己显得很成熟。他对着镜子又练习吹口哨，但仍然没有口哨声！ 妈妈正想看看他在做什么，彼得却装成是自己的爸爸。他说：“亲爱的，我今天早回家。彼得在家吗？" 妈妈答道："没有，什么事？他和威莉出去了。" “噢，那我出去找找他们。"彼得说。 一开始，他沿着人行道的地板缝走，后来他试着从他的影子中跑开，想跳出自己的影子。但落地时他们又在一起了。他来到放纸板箱的角落里，看见威莉在那。 彼得在纸板箱下趴着。他吹呀吹，突然，传来一声口哨声。 威莉停下来看看四周想知道是谁。 "是我。"彼得大喊着站起来。威莉径直向他飞奔而来。 彼得跑回家向爸爸妈妈展示自己能吹口哨了。他们都喜欢彼得的口哨声,威莉也喜欢。彼得妈妈叫他和威莉去水果店买东西。去的一路上他一直吹着口哨，回家的路上也如此。 Whistle for Willie Oh, how Peter wished he could whistle! He saw a boy playing with his dog. Whenever the boy whistled, the dog ran straight to him. Peter tried and tried to whistle, but he couldn't. So instead he began to turn himself around—around and around he whirled ... faster and faster... When he stopped， everything turned down ... and up ... and up ... and down ... and around and a- round. Peter saw his dog, Willie, coming. Quick as a wink, he hid in an empty carton lying on the sidewalk. “Wouldn’t it be funny if I whistled?” Peter thought, “willie would stop and look all a- round to see who it was. ’， Peter tried again to whistle—but still he couldnt. So Willie just walked on. Peter got out of the carton and started home. On the way he took some colored chalks out of his pocket and drew a long，long line right up to his door. He stood there and tried to whistle again. He blew till his cheeks were tired. But nothing happened. He went into his house and put on his father’s old hat to make himself feel more grownup. He looked into the mirror to practice whistling. Still no whistle! When his mother saw what he was doing，Peter pretended that he was his father. He said, “I’ve come home early today, dear. Is Peter here?” His mother answered, “Why no, he’s outside with Willie.” “Well, I'll go out and look for them.” said Peter. First he walked along a crack in the sidewalk. Then he tried to run away from his shadow. He jumped off his shadow. But when he landed they were together again. He came to the corner where the carton was，and who should he see but Willie! Peter scrambled under the carton. He blew and blew and blew. Suddenly, out came a real whistle! Willie stopped and looked around to see who it was. “It’s me.” Peter shouted, and stood up. Willie raced straight to him. Peter ran home to show his father and mother what he could do. They loved Peter's whistling. So did Willie. Peter’s mother asked him and Willie to go on an errand to the grocery store. He whistled all the way there, and he whistled all the way home. |
