1、典范英语 6-10第 1 页 共 10 页典范英语 2up 打印版，打印前请将版面分页设置为“2up”，即可在一张 A4 纸上打印两页。Jellyfish Shoes1Laura had some new jelly shoes.She was really proud of them. They were pink and see-through like raspberry jelly.She ran down to the beach in them. Wherever she walked, they left little tracks in the sand.Like this:L
2、ook, Scott, Laura called to her brother. My new jelly shoes are leaving stars in the sand.Squidge. Laura trod in something slippery. She lifted up her shoe.Ughhh! she said. Whats that mess?Its only a jellyfish, said Scott. The sea washes them up on the beach.Well, I dont like it, said Laura. It look
3、s like a jelly cow-pat.Slosh. The sea washed up some more jellyfish. Pink ones this time. They spread out in pink puddles on the sand.典范英语 6-10第 2 页 共 10 页Watch out, said Scott. Jellyfish can give you a nasty sting.Yuk! cried Laura. There are loads of them! And, phew, what a pong! I hate them. Theyl
4、l spoil my new jelly shoes!Scott looked at the jellyfish on the sand. He looked at Lauras new shoes. An idea popped into his head.I dont know why you hate jellyfish, said Scott. What do you think your new shoes are made of?Laura looked down at her shoes. They were see-through and pink. The jellyfish
5、 on the beach were see-through and pink too.Dont be silly, she told Scott. But her voice was shaky.2I thought you knew, said Scott. Dont you know what happens to all these washed-up jellyfish?Laura shook her head.典范英语 6-10第 3 页 共 10 页Ill tell you what happens, said Scott, who was good at stories. Th
6、e jelly workers come round. They come round at night with bin bags. And they shovel all the jellyfish into the bags. And they take them away to the Jelly Shoe Factory.He went on, And they make them into shoes. Just like the ones youve got on. I thought everyone knew that!Laura looked down at her new
7、 shoes. I dont think I like my new shoes any more, she said.Then she tore them off.Yuk! she said. I dont want pongy jellyfish shoes that sting me!She threw them into the sea.They didnt sink. Jellyfish shoes dont sink. They just bobbed about on the waves. And washed further and further away from the
8、shore.Good riddance! shouted Laura, waving them goodbye.典范英语 6-10第 4 页 共 10 页Then she tiptoed back to the house in her bare feet.3That night Laura dreamed about the jellyfish workers. She dreamed they crept along the beach with bin bags in their hands. They bent down and shoveled up jellyfish. Soon
9、they had whole shivering sackfuls of them. Flies were buzzing all around them.Oh no! cried Laura, waking up. The jelly workers are coming!But it was all right. She was safe in her own bed. It was just a bad dream, she told herself.Yet down on the dark beach, something was moving. Something was bobbi
10、ng about on the waves.It was Lauras jellyfish shoes. They were coming back home.Gently, they washed in on the wave tops until at last a big wave tops until at last a big wave washed them up on the sand. Neatly side by side.典范英语 6-10第 5 页 共 10 页What a bit of good luck! said Mum the next morning. Gues
11、s what I just found on the beach?Dont know, said Laura.Mum held up the jellyfish shoes. These! I bet you didnt even know youd lost them.Mum tipped up one of the shoes. A winkle fell out of the toe.Here you are, she said, handing the shoes to Laura. You can put them back on now.Laura pushed the shoes
12、 away: I wont put them back on! she shouted. You cant make me!Mum stared at her. What on earth is the matter? I thought youd be pleased to get them back.I dont want them. I dont want smelly shoes that make flies buzz all around me! Why did you do it, Mum? Why did you buy me shoes made of jellyfish?A
13、nd Laura rushed out of the door.Mum shook her head, puzzled. Shoes made of jellyfish? she said. Whats she talking about? Do you know, Scott?典范英语 6-10第 6 页 共 10 页Dont ask me, said Scott. But he looked a bit guilty.4Laura rushed down to the beach without her jellyfish shoes. Scott came running after h
14、er. He had the shoes in his hand.Mum says youve got to put them on.No! Im never wearing those horrible shoes again! Not ever!Look, began Scott. Theres something Ive got to tell you. What I said yesterday, about the Jelly Shoe Factory-But he didnt get time to finish. Whats that？ said Laura. Whats tha
15、t in the sea?The sea was full of tiny, frilly parachutes. They were pink and brown and purple.Theyre beautiful! cried Laura. What are they?Theyre baby jellyfish, said Scott. Hundreds of them.Jellyfish! Laura jumped back.典范英语 6-10第 7 页 共 10 页And if we dont save them, said Scott, the sea will wash the
16、m up. Theyll get splatted on the sand. Theyll all die.I hate jellyfish! said Laura. They pong. They sting you. They get made into jellyfish shoes.Well, Im going to save them, said Scott. And he raced back to the house.Laura couldnt help watching the jellyfish. They sparkled like jewels. But they wer
17、e getting closer and closer to the beach. Soon they would be dried-up puddles on the sand.And she couldnt help thinking, Poor babies.Just then, Scott came racing back with two buckets. And suddenly Laura changed her mind.Ill help you to save them, said Laura. She grabbed a bucket.Well tip them into
18、that rock pool, said Scott. But weve got to hurry!Dont touch them, he warned. Even the babies sting.They scooped up the babies in buckets. Then they ran to the rock pool and tipped them in. 典范英语 6-10第 8 页 共 10 页Hurry! cried Scott. The seas going out!5Laura dashed to the rock pool. Slosh! The babies
19、poured out like rainbows.She ran back again and again. Until her legs wouldnt work any more.I-cant-run-another-step! she gasped, setting down on the sand.Its all right, said Scott. Look! The tides coming in!Laura lifted her head. It was true!Hurray! She yelled. Weve saved them. We saved the jellyfis
20、h babies!Scott and Laura went to look in the rock pool. Its like jellyfish soup in there! said Laura.But theyre safe, said Scott. And when the tide comes in, itll take them out to the deep, deep sea-where they belong.I like jellyfish now, said Laura. Theyre beautiful, arent they? Im really glad we s
21、aved them. And now the jelly worker wont get them. 典范英语 6-10第 9 页 共 10 页They wont be taken to the Jelly Shoe Factory and made into jellyfish shoes.Scott looked very guilty.I was going to tell you about that, he said. There isnt any jelly shoe Factory. There isnt any jelly workers. They dont make jel
22、ly shoes out of washed-up jellyfish.How do you know? said Laura.Because its just a story. I made it all up!No you didnt ! said Laura.I did, I did, honest! said Scott.But Laura didnt believe him.Where are my jellyfish shoes anyway? she asked Scott.Scott looked around. I dont know. I put them down whe
23、n I went to get the buckets. They cant have walked off by themselvesLaura looked around too. The beach was empty. Then she saw a line of stars, in the sand. They led right down to the sea.There they are! Scott pointed.典范英语 6-10第 10 页 共 10 页Laura saw her jellyfish shoes. They were bobbing about on th
24、e waves. They were heading out to sea.Scott waded into the water. Im going to get them back! he said. Laura thought for a minute. Then she said, No. Let them go.She waved at them. Bye bye, jellyfish shoes, she said, a little sadly.What are you going to tell Mum? asked Scott. Shell be very angry!But Laura wasnt listening. She was smiling a secret smile. She was thinking about her jellyfish shoes having a lovely time swimming with whales and dolphins and octopuses back in the deep, deep sea where they belonged.
