CHAPTER IV MAKING COOKIES

 "Oh! oh! oh!" cried Susan Cotton­Tail, "I have lost my glasses again!" Susan Cotton-Tail was always los­ing her glasses.

 

Bunny and Little Bear looked all over the house. They looked up-stairs, and they looked down-stairs, but they could not find Susan's glasses.

 

Susan Cotton-Tail could not see a thing without her glasses, so she sat down in a chair by the fire.

 

Bunny Cotton-Tail had to get breakfast that morning, and Little Bear helped him.

 

Little Bear went back and forth¹ and called:

 

"Susan, where is the sugar?" and "Susan, where is the salt?"

 

Just as they sat down at the table, some one knocked at the door. Little Bear opened the door. There stood Bushy Tail.

 

He said: "I want to come in. I must come in. I will come in! I do not mean mischief² this time!"

 

With that Bushy Tail came bound­ing into the room. He helped himself to a plate of cookies, and began to eat very fast.

 

"Ha! ha!" he said. "How I do like cookies!"

 

Bunny Cotton-Tail was busy feed­ing Susan, because she could not see to eat without her glasses.

 

Pretty soon Bunny laid down the spoon and said: "Bushy Tail, what do you want this morning?"  Bushy Tail stopped eating cookies then.

 

He pulled out a roll of paper from his pocket and read:

 

"Resolved³, that all the animals in the woods will help to start a news­paper.

 

"Resolved, that Bushy Tail shall edit⁴ the same!"

 

"Hear! hear!" cried Susan. "We are going to have a newspaper!"

 

"Now," said Bushy Tail, "we must all advertise in the newspaper, for it pays to advertise!"

 

Bunny Cotton-Tail winked⁵ and said: "We might advertise for Susan's glasses!"

 

Susan Cotton-Tail laughed and said in a whisper:

 

"We might advertise for a name for Little Bear!"

 

Susan whispered so loud that Little Bear heard, and he was so pleased with the idea of getting a name that he danced up and down and shouted:

 

"We will all advertise in the paper, Bushy Tail!"

 

"Hurrah⁶!" cried Bushy Tail, "we surely shall find a name for Little Bear!"

 

Susan Cotton-Tail said she hoped her glasses would be found some day, and she passed Bushy Tail the cookies again.

 

Bushy Tail said he must go and talk to the other animals about the news­paper.

 

Bunny Cotton-Tail said: "Be sure to bring us a copy of the paper, Bushy Tail.

 

Little Bear ran half-way down the walk with Bushy Tail and said: "Be sure to find me a name, be sure to find me a name."

 

Bushy Tail went off laughing a short, foxy little laugh.

 

I wonder what Bushy Tail was laughing about.

 

"You might put your receipt⁷ for cookies in the paper," said Bunny Cotton-Tail.

 

Little Bear said: "Can you make cookies, grandmother?"

 

"Can I make cookies?" said Susan Cotton-Tail. "Well, if you will find my glasses we shall see!"

 

Then they all looked again, but they could not find Susan's glasses. "Let me make the cookies, this time," said Bunny Cotton-Tail.

 

They gave Susan a chair in the kitchen, and Bunny got a bowl and spoon, and Little Bear helped to stir⁸ the cookies.

 

"Put in plenty of cinnamon," said Susan, and Bunny put in the cinna­mon.

 

"A-kit-chew!" cried Susan.

 

"A-kit-chew!" cried Bunny.

 

"A-kit-chew!" cried Little Bear.

 

"Do close the door!" cried Susan. "We are all taking cold."

 

"How about sugar?" asked Bunny,

 

"Put in plenty of sugar," said Susan.

 

Soon the cookies were all baked.

 

"Can I not make cookies?" cried Bunny proudly.

 

Just then the most surprising thing happened!

 

Susan took a bite of a cookie, and she began to laugh and sneeze!

 

Bunny took a bite of a cookie, and he began to cough and choke. Little Bear took a bite of a cookie, and he cried, "oh! ma! I want my ma!"

 

"We put in pepper instead of cinna­mon," cried Bunny.

 

"Don't tell Bushy Tail," said Susan, "he would laugh at the mistake!"

 

Then they all laughed. They thought it was a great joke for Bunny to put pepper in the cookies.

1 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 mischief   

n.损害，伤害，危害；恶作剧，捣蛋，胡闹

参考例句：

• Nobody took notice of the mischief of the matter. 没有人注意到这件事情所带来的危害。
• He seems to intend mischief.看来他想捣蛋。

3 resolved   

adj.下定决心的，断然的；坚决的；已解决的v.做决定，分解(resolve的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• I was resolved not to see him. 我决意不见他。
• The union resolved to strike by 40 votes to 18. 工会以40票对18票通过决议举行罢工。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 edit   

vt.编辑，校订，主编，编辑，剪辑（影片等）

参考例句：

• You'll have to edit that tape,it's too long.那盘录音带太长，你得把它剪辑一下。
• It is not yet decided who will edit it.由谁校订未决。

5 winked   

v.使眼色( wink的过去式和过去分词 )；递眼色（表示友好或高兴等）；（指光）闪烁；闪亮

参考例句：

• He winked at her and she knew he was thinking the same thing that she was. 他冲她眨了眨眼，她便知道他的想法和她一样。
• He winked his eyes at her and left the classroom. 他向她眨巴一下眼睛走出了教室。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 hurrah   

int.好哇，万岁，乌拉

参考例句：

• We hurrah when we see the soldiers go by.我们看到士兵经过时向他们欢呼。
• The assistants raised a formidable hurrah.助手们发出了一片震天的欢呼声。

7 receipt   

n.收据，收条；收到，接到

参考例句：

• We are in receipt of your letter of the 10th.我们收到了您十日的来函。
• I asked for a receipt.我要一张收据。

8 stir   

n.感动(激动，愤怒或震动)，搅拌，骚乱；vt.激起，惹起，搅和；vi.挪动，活动，离开，搅拌，激动

参考例句：

• Give the soup a stir.把汤搅拌一下。
• Don't stir up trouble between them.不要在他们之间惹麻烦。