7-01 The Tale of the Turnip

名称：7-01 The Tale of the Turnip
内容简介：
体验英语少儿阅读文库-7级，适合12-14岁儿童，快乐阅读，强调阅读通畅性和趣味性，满足学生的成就感。
Once upon a time, an old man planted some turnip seeds.
The sun shone, and the rain fell, and soon the seeds began to grow,
But one of the turnips grew bigger than the others.
It grew and it grew until it was enormous.

One day, the old man said, “Let us have some turnip soup.”
And he went out into the garden to pull up the enormous turnip.
He pulled……and he pulled……
But the enormous turnip would not come up out of the ground.

So the old man asked his wife to come and help him.
“Wife! Wife! Please come and help me pull up the enormous turnip”
“I will hold on to you”.
“And I will hold on to the turnip”
The old woman held on to the old man,
and the old man held on to the turnip.
They pulled and they pulled, and they both gave a shout,
But they still couldn’t make the big turnip come out.

So the old woman asked the little boy to come and help.
“Little boy! Little boy! Please come and help us pull up the enormous turnip”
“I will hold on to you”.
“I will hold on to the old man”
“And I will hold on to the turnip”
The little boy held on to the old woman,
And the old woman held on to the old man,
and the old man held on to the turnip.
They pulled and they pulled,
And they all gave a shout,
But they still couldn’t make the big turnip come out.

So the little boy asked the little girl to come and help.
“Little girl! Little girl! Please come and help us pull up the enormous turnip”
“I will hold on to you”.
“I will hold on to the old woman”
“I will hold on to the old man”
“And I will hold on to the turnip”
The little girl held on to the little boy,
And the little boy held on to the old woman,
And the old woman held on to the old man,
and the old man held on to the turnip.
They pulled and they pulled,
And they all gave a shout,
But they still couldn’t make the big turnip come out.

So the little girl asked the cat to come and help,
“Cat! Cat! Please come and help us pull up the enormous turnip”
“I will hold on to you”.
“I will hold on to the little boy”
“I will hold on to the old woman”
“I will hold on to the old man”
“And I will hold on to the turnip”
The cat held on to the little girl,
And The little girl held on to the little boy,
And the little boy held on to the old woman,
And the old woman held on to the old man,
and the old man held on to the turnip.
They pulled and they pulled,
And they all gave a shout,
But they still couldn’t make the big turnip come out.

So the cat asked a little mouse to come and help,
“Mouse! Mouse! Please come and help us pull up the enormous turnip”
“I will hold on to you”.
“I will hold on to the little girl”
“I will hold on to the little boy”
“I will hold on to the old woman”
“I will hold on to the old man”
“And I will hold on to the turnip”

The mouse held on to the cat,
And the cat held on to the little girl,
And The little girl held on to the little boy,
And the little boy held on to the old woman,
And the old woman held on to the old man,
and the old man held on to the turnip.
They pulled and they pulled,
And they all gave a shout,
And, this time……
Yes, this time, the turnip came out.
“Hooray! Hooray! At last the turnip is out!”

And that night, the old man, and the old woman,
And the little boy, and the little girl, and the cat, and the mouse…………all had turnip soup for dinner.

Plant种植　turnip 萝卜　seed 种子 shone (shine的过去式)
fell（fall的过去式）
Enormous 巨大的　held on to 抓住