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STORY XXIII MRS. NO-TAIL AND NELLIE CHIP-CHIP
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Nellie Chip-Chip, the little sparrow girl, flew along over the trees after school was out, with a box of chocolate under her wing. And under her other wing was a purse, with some money in it that rattled1 like sleigh bells.
“What are you going to do with that chocolate?” asked Bully2 No-Tail, the frog boy, as he and his brother, who were hopping3 to a ball game, happened to see Nellie.
“Oh, I guess she’s going to eat it,” said Bawly. “If you want us to help you, we will, won’t we, Bully?” he added.
“Sure,” said Bully, hungry like.
“Oh, indeed, that’s very kind of you boys,” replied Nellie, politely, “but you see I’m not eating this chocolate. I am selling it for our school. We want to get some nice pictures to put in the rooms, and so I’m trying to help get the money to buy them by selling cakes of chocolate.”
“Ha! That’s a good idea,” said Bully. “Say, Nellie, if you go to our house maybe our mamma will buy some chocolate.”
“I’ll fly right over there,” declared the little sparrow girl, “for I want very much to sell my chocolate, and, so far, very few persons have bought any of me.”
“I guess our mamma will,” said Bawly, and, then when Nellie had flown on with her chocolate, Bawly winked4 both his eyes and spoke5 thusly: “Say, Bully, if mamma buys the chocolate from Nellie I guess she’ll give us some.”
“I hope so,” replied his brother, and then they went on to the ball game and had a good time. Well, as I was telling you, Nellie flew over to Mrs. No-Tail’s house, and knocked at the door with her little bill.
“Don’t you want to buy some chocolate so I can make money to get pictures for our school?” the sparrow girl politely asked.
“Indeed I do,” replied Mrs. No-Tail. “I just need some chocolate for a cake I’m baking. And if you would like to come in, and help me make the cake, and put the chocolate on, I’ll give you some, and you can take a piece home to Dickie.”
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rattled
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| 慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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| n.恃强欺弱者,小流氓;vt.威胁,欺侮 | |
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| 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 | |
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| n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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| adj. 喃喃鸣不平的, 出怨言的 | |
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delightful
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| adj.令人高兴的,使人快乐的 | |
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