读前想一想
1. Do you like to tell stories?______
2. How can you let others listen to your story carefully (认真地)?______
3. Can you describe (描述) an elephant in English?______
The Elephant Story
Mr. Smith always tells Jenny a story at bedtime, but he always tells the story wrong. Why? Because he wants to know that Jenny is listening.

"Dad, tell me a story."
"Okay. One day, a girl was riding a bike on a lake."
"Dad! That's wrong! A girl can't ride a bike on a lake!"
"Oh! You're right! One day, a girl was in a boat. The boat was on the lake. She was going to visit her grandparents. They lived under the lake."
"Dad! That's wrong."
"Oh! Right! They lived beside the lake. The girl had a little, little boat. She wanted to bring her grandfather and grandmother a big, big elephant."
"No, Dad! That's wrong! A big, big elephant can't go in a little, little boat."
"You're right. Okay, it was a little, little elephant and a big, big boat."

"Dad! Elephants are always big!"
"Right! Okay. It was a big, big elephant and a big, big boat."
"A big, big boat."
"Yes. Soon the girl arrived at the house of her grandmother and grandfather. She carried the elephant to the house."
"That's wrong, Dad! A girl can't carry an elephant!"

"This girl was strong! And the elephant was sleeping!"
"No, Dad."
"Okay. The elephant was sleeping, but he woke up. Then he walked to the house. The girl showed her grandmother and grandfather the elephant. They looked at the elephant. They walked around and around the elephant. They walked through the elephant."
"That's wrong!"

"Oh! You're right. The elephant walked through their house."
"Dad! An elephant is too big to go in a house."
"The elephant didn't go in the house. He went through the house. The grandmother and grandfather were mad. The girl was mad. The elephant felt scared. He ran up a tree."
"Dad!"
"Oh! Right! He ran down the tree."
"No, Dad!"
"Finally, he ran to the boat. He jumped in the boat. They never saw him again."
"Why did she bring her grandparents an elephant?"
"Because he was too big to send in an envelope!"
"Dad! That's wrong!"
"No, that's right! Can you put an elephant in an envelope?"

读后做一做
Read and fill in the blanks. 读一读,根据故事内容填空。
Mr. Smith always tells the story because he wants to know that Jenny is . "A girl takes a boat with an to visit her grandparents. Her grandparents live beside the . The elephant is too to go in a house. Of course, you can't an elephant in an envelope," says Mr. Smith.
你能理解 Jenny 爸爸的做法吗？父爱像一缕阳光,即使在寒冷的冬天也让你感到温暖如春。

Yes, I do./No, I don't.
I can try to tell the story more carefully.
Yes, I can. It's big and it has a long nose.
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