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Walrus Joins In
1 What will Walrus do?
Everyone at the North Pole was very excited. There was going to be a show and ANYONE could be in it.
“I will do skating,‟ said Arctic Fox. “I’m good at that!””I’ll do tumbling,” said Polar Bear. “No one tumbles quite like me!”“I’ll do singing,” said Seal. “Everyone says I have a very fine
voice!” “Then I’ll do diving,”said Whale. “I won a prize for diving at school, you know!” They all looked at Walrus. “What will YOU do?”they asked.
But Walrus was not good at anything. He wasn’t good at skating, and he wasn’t good at tumbling. He was terrible at singing, and when he tried to dive, he always got water up his nose.
He sat and chewed his whiskers sadly. “Never mind,” said Arctic Fox. “You can watch us.”Arctic Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and
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Whale practiced hard for the big show. Walrus hid behind a snowdrift and watched, and chewed his whiskers. He wished he was good at something.
2 The big night
At last, the big night arrived. Everyone sat down and waited for the show to begin. Walrus sat in the front row. He was very excited.
Fox came onto the ice and bowed. Everyone cheered. Then Fox began to skate. Fox skated forwards and backwards and sideways. She skated in perfect circles and figures of eight. She was elegant and amazing! Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Fox made it all look so easy. Walrus was sure that if he really tried he could skate just like Fox. He couldn’t stop himself. He just had to leap onto the ice and join in with Fox. “I can skate,” he cried. “Look at me!” But Walrus couldn’t skate at all. He could only trip up and fall over. He bumped into Fox, and Fox went flat on her face. FLOMP! Fox was very upset. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” she wailed. Next, it was
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Polar Bear’s turn. He rolled out across the ice like a big, white snowball. Everyone clapped wildly. Then Polar Bear began to tumble. He did jumps and spins and somersaults, and stood on his head. Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Polar Bear made it all look such fun. Walrus was sure that this time, if he really tried, he could tumble just like Polar Bear. All of a sudden, Walrus just couldn’t stop himself, and he leaped onto the ice. “I can tumble too,” he cried. “Look at me!” But Walrus couldn’t tumble at all. He could only trip up and fall over. He tripped up Polar Bear, who came down with a WALLOP! Of course, Polar Bear was pretty angry. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” he wailed.
3 From bad to worse
It was Seal’s turn next. She gave Walrus a don’t-you-dare stare, and then she started to sing: “O, how many hearts rejoices when I see the Northern Lights. My ear is filled with voices sweetly singing in the night!” Walrus listened.
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What a beautiful song! Surely if he really tried, he could sing as beautifully as Seal? Oh, dear. Walrus just couldn’t stop himself again. “I know that song,” he cried. “I can sing it too!” He leaped up and started singing along with Seal. But Walrus couldn’t sing! He sounded terrible. In fact, he sounded like a rusty old bucket. Seal stopped
singing and burst into floods of tears. “Walrus has RUINED my song,” she wailed. Whale was last. He was pretty certain that Walrus could not ruin his act. Whale leaped high out of the water. Then he fell back with an enormous splash! Walrus watched. He wished that he could dive like that. His flippers began to twitch, and his whiskers bristled with excitement. He tried and tried his very best not to join in. But then he had a brilliant idea. “I’ll hold my nose when I dive,” he thought. “Then the water won’t go up it!” Walrus just couldn’t stop himself. He had to join in.
“Everybody, look at me!” he cried, as he leaped into the water. “I can dive too!” But just at that moment, Whale was getting ready to spout a big jet
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of water. WHOOSH! Whale spouted Walrus high into the air! Everyone was watching Walrus now. They clapped and cheered as Walrus landed back in the sea with a SPLOSH! Whale was furious. “You are a meddling, incompetent BUFFOON!” he roared. “You have RUINED my act. Now GET OUTOF MY SIGHT!” Whale was pretty scary when he was angry. Walrus turned tail and fled. He hid behind a snowdrift, feeling sad and very sorry.
4 The show will go on!
The show was over. Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and Whale stood in a line, blushing and wishing that Walrus had not ruined everything.
But everyone was cheering like mad.
“Well done, Polar Bear, well done, Seal! Well done, Fox and Whale!” they shouted. “But where’s the clown? Why isn’t he here? Where’s
Walrus?”Behind his snowdrift, Walrus heard the cheers. Were they really cheering for him, too?Yes! They were!He shuffled up to Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and Whale. “I’m very sorry,” he said. “So
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you should be,” said Fox. “At least everyone thought you were part of the show,” said Polar Bear. “I suppose,” said Seal, “if Walrus was really part of our next show, it couldn’t be any worse.” Walrus was overjoyed. “Me?” he cried. “Truly? Can I be part of the show? Can I join in next time?” “Yes,” said Whale. “It will be a lot safer that way. You can be the clown. As long as you do it properly.” Walrus practiced hard and became a very good clown indeed. Now he is so good that Fox, Polar Bear, Seal and Whale are glad he is taking part. Sometimes, when Walrus is clowning around, they really just can’t stop themselves. They have to join in too!
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Walnus海象 North Pole北极
show ANYONE do skating Arctic Fox 北极狐 Polar Bear 北极熊 Whale鲸 Seal海豹
do tumbling表演翻跟头 quite like me有我那么好 do diving表演潜水 won a prize得过奖 terrible很糟
chewed his whiskers嚼着胡须 go up his nose进到鼻子里 sadly伤心地 never mind没关系
practiced hard刻苦训练 hid behind藏在„后面 snowdrift (风吹成的)雪堆 the big night大晚会 front row前排 bowed鞠躬
cheered喝起了彩；叫起好来
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forwards向前 backwards向后 sideways向两侧 circles圆圈
figures of eight 8字 elegant (举止)优雅 amazing令人惊叹 sure确信 leap跳，跳跃 trip up站不稳 fall over摔倒
bumped into撞上了
went flat on her face摔了个大马趴 flomp扑通一声 upset不高兴 ruined毁了
wailed大声叫道
it was Polar Bear’s turn轮到北极熊了 rolled out打着滚出来 clapped鼓掌，拍手 wildly狂热
did jumps and spins and somersaults 表演了跳跃、旋转和翻跟头
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stood on his head倒立，拿大顶 look such fun看起来十分好玩 All of a sudden突然
tripped up Polar Bear把北极熊绊倒了 wallop哗啦一声 pretty很
gave Walrus a don’t-you-dare stare 瞪了海象一眼（意思说“看你敢”）
rejoices高兴
the Northern Lights北极光 sweetly甜美地
along with跟„一起 rusty生了锈的
burst into floods of tears哭得泪流满面 with an enormous splash哗的一声巨响 flippers鳍肢 twitch颤动 bristled竖起了
tried his very best竭尽全力 brilliant绝妙的
hold my nose捏住鼻子
spout a big jet of water喷出一大柱水 whoosh（鲸喷气发出的声音）噗嗤
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landed落
splosh扑通一声 furious气疯了 meddling瞎搅合的 incompetent没本事的 buffoon小丑 roared吼道
Get out of my sight!（=Go away!）滚开 scary吓人 fled逃走了
blushing满面通红 like mad疯狂；拼命 clown小丑
cheers叫好声，喝彩声 shuffled一步一拖地走
it couldn’t be any worse也坏不到那里去 overjoyed欣喜若狂 do it properly好好干
clowning around到处做小丑表演 As long as只要
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