VIP Class Notes (Lily) [R]

Vocabulary

1.barnyard = farm
ex: there are lots of animals in the barnyard like sheep and cows.

2. fierce = xiong hen
ex: Some animals are very fierce like tigers and lions.

3. beast= ye shou
ex: Beauty and the Beast is my favorite movie

Squeaky was a little gray mouse, who lived with his mother in a dark hole in a cellar. One day he came running to his mother, he was so frightened that his tail shook. Oh Squeaky, said his mother, what has happened, why do you shake so? Mother, answered Squeaky, I have been out to see the world. I was tired of staying in our little dark home, I went to the barnyard. There I saw a beautiful animal which looks a little like me. Looks like yoU! said Mother Mouse. Nono, squeaky, there’s no animal in the barnyard that looks like you, yes mother, said Squeaky. It really does.

t has a smooth gray coat like mine, but it is much bigger than I am. Mother mouse began to be frightened too. Squeaky went on, it was sitting I the sun and singing a little song, it looked so kind that I wanted to talk to it. I thought it would like little mice. Oh no my dear little Squeaky, that is a terrible cat! She does like little mouse, she likes to eat them! I hope you didn’t talk to her. No mother, said Squeaky, I did not have time. Just then, I saw another animal. How it frightened me.

Tell me about this strange beast, said mother mouse. Squeaky said, he has a long sharp nose and a strange red chin that shakes when he walks. he looked very fierce. Oh my, how he frightened me. Mother Mouse thought and thought, what animal could that be? It must be some beast that she had never seen. But Squeaky went on talking. He has something red on top of his head, he has only two legs. He made a terrible noise. Cock a doodle doo!

Then mother laughed so hard that she almost cried. Ohoh she said, what a funny little mouse you are, that is only rooster. He would not hurt a poor little mouse.