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妙语短篇Counting Chickens
It was Mary's birthday.she received a letter from her uncle who was a farmer.
"dear Mary,"the letter said."happy birthday."
I am sending you some chickens.they will arrive tomorrow.I hope you like them.Best wishes,uncle toby."
Mary was very pleased.she liked eating eggs and she liked eating chicken."I can keep the chickens for their eggs or eat them,"she thought.
When the chickens arrived the next day,they were in the box.Mary was very excited.she took the box off the back of the truck and began to carry it into her garden.
However,the box of chixkens was heavy and she dropped it.
The box fell to the ground and brock.the chickens all ran out.
They ran everywhere-into neighbors'gardens,into the road,into shops,even into the next street.Mary spent hours trying to find them and take them back to her garden.
A few days later her uncle came to visit her.
"Did the chickens arrive salfly?"he asked Mary.
"Yes,Uncle Toby,"Mary said."But I had a lot of trouble with them.I dropped the box.It brock open and the chickens ran everywhere.I spent the whole morning looking for them."
"Did you find them all?"her uncle asked.
"I hope so,"Mary replied."I caught eleven of them."
"That's very interesting,"her uncle said with a smile,"because I only sent you six."
译文
那天是玛丽的生日。她接到了一封来自是农场主的他叔叔的来信。 “亲爱的玛丽”那封信说道。“生日快乐。我要送给你一些鸡。他们明天就到达。我希望你喜欢他们。万事如意。你的叔叔---涛比” 玛丽特别高兴。她喜欢吃蛋也喜欢吃鸡肉。“我会饲养这些就直到下蛋或吃掉他们。”她想到。
当第二天那些鸡到达的时候，他们在一个箱子里。玛丽特别兴奋。她把箱子从卡车后面拿下来并开始把箱子搬到她的花园去。 然而，那箱子的鸡太重了，她把箱子掉了。 箱子掉到地上而且摔坏了。鸡全都跑出去了。
他们到处跑---跑进邻居的花园的，跑到公路的，跑进商店的`，甚至跑到下一条街道的。玛丽花了好几个小时试图找到他们而且把他们带回到她的花园中。 几天以后她的叔叔来串门看她。
“那些鸡都安全到达了吗？”他问玛丽。
“对，涛比叔叔。”玛丽说道。“但是我因为他们呢而有了很多的麻烦。我把箱子掉了，箱子坏了鸡跑的到处都是。我花了整个上午去找他们。” “那你把他们全都找到了吗？”她叔叔问道。
“我希望是这样的，”玛丽回答道。“我抓到了他们中的11只。” “那可太有意思了，”他叔叔微笑着说道，“因为我只送你6只。”
