MR. MEN and the Tooth Fairy

Little Miss Curious was the sort of person who wanted to know everything.She was the sort of person who asked impossible questions.

Questions like, “What does a tickle look like?”

Although, we know the answer to that one, don’t we?

好奇小姐是那种什么事都想知道的人。

她总是会提出一些意想不到的问题。

比如：“挠痒痒是什么呀？”

其实我们都知道这个问题的答案，对不对？

Little Miss Curious lived in a curious shaped

cottage next door to an ordinary shaped cottage.And in the ordinary shaped cottage there lived a little boy called George.

George and Little Miss Curious were good friends.They sat out in the garden together under the

apple tree and wondered about things.

They wondered about things like, “Why do trees

have bark, but don’t go woof?①Why do trees have bark, but don't go woof ? 是双关语。bark有两种意思：一是树皮，二是狗叫。woof也有“狗叫”的意思。"

And things like, “Why do trees have trunks, but

they don’t have tusks?②Why do trees have trunks, but they don't have tusks? 也是双关语。trunk有两种意思：一是树干，二是象鼻。tusk意为象牙。"

好奇小姐住在问号小屋里，旁边是平凡小屋。

平凡小屋里住着一个名叫乔治的小男孩。

乔治和好奇小姐是很好的朋友。

他们一起坐在花园的苹果树下，对各种事物提出疑问。他们既好奇：“为什么树有皮，却不能汪汪叫呢？”

又好奇：“为什么树干壮如大象，却没有象牙呢？”

Key points

curious 好奇的 everything 每件事 impossible不可能的 tickle挠痒

cottage小屋 ordinary平凡的；普通的 garden花园 wonder好奇；纳闷

Not very long ago, the friends met under

the apple tree and on this day George had

something exciting to tell Little Miss Curious.“Look!” he cried, grinning broadly. “I’ve lost

my fi rst tooth!”

“How strange,” said Little Miss Curious. “I

wonder why teeth fall out?”

“It’s to make space for your big teeth to

grow,”George explained. “I’m going to put my tooth under my pillow tonight.”

“Why are you going to do that?” asked Little Miss Curious.

不久前，这对好朋友在苹果树下相遇了。那天乔治刚好有一件激动人心的事要告诉好奇小姐。“你看！”乔治喊着，笑着咧开了嘴，“我掉了第一颗牙！”

“多奇怪啊！”好奇小姐说，“我很好奇牙齿为什么会掉呢？”

“为了给后长的大牙腾地方。”乔治解释道，“今晚我要把这颗牙齿放在枕头底下。”

“为什么呢？”好奇小姐问。

“So that the Tooth Fairy①Tooth Fairy牙仙子，又叫牙仙、牙齿仙女，欧美文化中专管儿童牙务的仙女，反映了欧美人民对牙齿的重视和爱护。will come and take my tooth and put a coin in its place,” replied George.“I wonder what the Tooth Fairy looks like?”

asked Little Miss Curious.

George didn’t know.

“I wonder where the Tooth Fairy lives?”

Again, George didn’t know.

“What a lot of questions needing answers,” said Little Miss Curious. “Now you have made me very curious.”

“这样牙仙子就会来取走我的牙，并在枕头下面放一枚硬币。”乔治回答说。

“牙仙子长什么样子呢？”好奇小姐问。

乔治也不知道。

“那她们住在哪里呢？”

乔治还是不知道。

“需要解答的问题真多啊。”好奇小姐说，“现在你让我对牙仙子感到非常好奇。”

Key points

grin咧嘴笑 broadly 咧开嘴地fall out掉落 space空间

grow生长 explain解释

pillow枕头 coin硬币

After lunch Little Miss Curious met Mr Muddle.

“Hello, Mr Muddle,” she said. “Do you

know what the Tooth Fairy looks like?”“Yellow feathers and a beak,” replied

Mr Muddle.

Little Miss Curious was sure that this was not the right answer.

午饭后，好奇小姐遇到了糊涂先生。

“你好啊，糊涂先生。”她说，“你知道牙仙子长什么样子吗？”

“黄羽毛，鹰钩鼻。”糊涂先生回答道。

好奇小姐对这个回答很不满意。

Later that day she met Mr Wrong.“Hello, Mr Wrong,” she said. “I was wondering, do you know where the Tooth Fairy lives?”

“In a tree,” replied Mr Wrong.

Little Miss Curious was sure this

was not the right answer either.

不久，她又碰到了错误先生。

“你好，错误先生。”好奇小姐说，“我正在想一个问题，你知道牙仙子住在哪里吗？”

“住在树里。”错误先生回答。

好奇小姐觉得这个回答也不对。

Key points

muddle糊涂；混乱 feather羽毛

beak鹰钩鼻；鸟喙 wrong错误；不对

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