奖杯英文典范英语8-1刺猬女孩艾蜜

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刺猬女孩艾蜜



Amy the Hedgehogs Girl

Miserable Mr Peck

Her mum was in the kitchen when Amy rushed in.

‘
How was school?

‘
Itwas great,

hedgehog expert.
’

‘
A what?

’
said Mrs Harris.

‘
A hedgehog expert. Someone who knows all about hedgehogs.

’

’
asked Mrs Harris, expecting the usual answer,

‘
OK.
’

cried
’
Amy.

‘
Alady gave us a talk on wildlife

and she showed us a

‘
That

’
s good,said Mrs
’
Harris.

‘
You
’
ll need to go the library and see if you can find some

books.
’

‘
Ohdear, Amy
’
groaned.

Mr Peck was t he children

lived next door to Amy.

‘
I

’
ll have to see Mr Peck.

’

’
s librarian. He was a mean and miserable sort of person. He also

The library was almost empty when Amy arrived. She looked along the shelves, trying to

find a book on hedgehogs.

‘
What are you doing?

’
snapped a hindvoiceherbe.

Amy nearly jumped out of her socks. It was Mr Peck.

‘
I was looking for a book about animals.

‘
Animals, indeed,

’
sniffed Mr Peck.

’

’

‘
What sort of animals? Tame animals? Wild animals

Animals from Africa? India? Britain?

‘
Hedgehogs,said
’
Amy.

‘
Hedgehogs!

’
bawled Mr Peck.
‘
The very worst animals there are. They dig up vegetables

and bite lumps out of them.

’

He pulled a book from the shelves.

‘
If you must study the horrid things,this is the best I can do.

‘
Thank you, said Amy politely.

‘
Makesure you bring it back on time. And don

’
yout dare bring hedgehogs into your

garden. Your garden is next to mine, do n
’
t forget. If I see a hedgehognear my carrots, do you

know what I am going to do?

‘
No,said
’
Amy.

‘
I

’
m going to squirt it with my spray gun.

’

’

’

At home, Amy read the book on hedgehogs. She found out that they ate slugs and snails.

The book didn

’
t say anything about vegetables.

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The next day she took the book back to the library.

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‘
What
’
s this?

’
said Mr Peck.
‘
This book is not due back for another twenty days.


‘
But I



’
ve read it,

’
said Amy.

‘
Have you got any more books about hedgehogs?

‘
Over there,snapped
’
Mr Peck, pointing with his nose.

Amy walked slowly along the shelves. Where were the books about animals? She was just
about to risk asking Mr Peck, when she saw something. It was an old cassette tape, called



‘
Calls of the Wild
’
. It looked as if nobody had ever played it.

Amy took it down from the shelf. It was part of a set of animal noises. This was tape number
12 and it was called Hedgehogs.



Amy asked Mr Peck if she could borrow the cassette.

‘
Ofcourse you can,

’
he said rudely.

‘
Thoughanybody who wants to listen to horrid


animal noises must be mad.


’

He stamped the cassette box.


‘
And don

’
t forget to rewind the tape.



’

Hedgehog talk

Amy sat in her room listening to the sounds of hedgehogs on her personal stereo, over and


over again. Amy repeated the sounds herself.


‘
I

’
m talking hedgehog,


’
thought Amy.

’
m sure there

‘
I wish I knew what I was saying. I really need a

hedgehog to help me. I


he
’
tI make hedgehog noises, perhaps it

will hear me.



’

Amy ran down into the garden and made hedgehog noises as loudly as she could.

She stopped and listened, but no hedgehogs answered. Amy tried again. But only a cat
came into the garden.


‘
I

’
m going to keep trying,said Amy.
’ ‘
I

’
m surecan doI it.

’
At last she got cold and she

went
indoors.



The next night Amy tried again. She tried every night for a week.

‘
What are you doing out there? asked Mrs
’
Harris.


‘
Wait and see,



’
said Amy.

Just then the door bell rang. It was Mr Peck. He stood at the door in his dressing gown.

Amy noticed that his hair was wet.


‘
Mrs Harris,



’
said Mr Peck.

’

‘
Every night when I have my bath I can hear a noise. It seems

to be coming from your garden.

Amy giggled behind her hand.





‘
Noise?

’
said Mrs Harris.

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