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"It's Harry!" smiled the grown-up.
"We can put a picture of him on your wall, and we can talk about all the funny things he used to do.
That was we will never forget him, and he can never really be gone while we still think about him."

And it was true.
Harry didn't scamper on his wheel any more, but he lived in Alice's heart, and she knew that he was happy there.

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13. Magic moon

Gino' dad had to go away for a while.
"You'll be fine," he told Gino.
"I'll take you to Aunty Mary's house, and she will look after you until I get back.
She really loves you."

But Gino really loved his dad.
And his home.
And all his toys.
And his friends.
He didn't want to stay with someone he could hardly remember.
And deep inside, so deep he couldn't even think about it, he was worried that his dad wouldn't come back.

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"I promise it will be okay," whispered Dad. I'll be thinking about you every day."

Gino wasn't sure.
The big, dark, deep worry was still there.
The next day, after work, Dad put Gino's case in the car and drove him to Aunty Mary's house.
It was a long way.
Gino looked out of the window and saw the moon, huge and white and shining.
"Goodbye, Moon," he whispered.

It was very late when they arrived.
Gino got out of the car,  stiff and unhappy.
Then he looked up.
"Dad, there's a moon here as well!" He said.
"It followed me!" Gino gasped. "All the way here!"

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Dad looked down. "Yes," he said.
"And you know what, it will stay with you every night until I come to get you.
And the moon is even more magic than that, because it will follow me as well, to make sure I am okay, too, until I see my own boy again."

Gino suddenly felt strange and solemn and a little bit grown up.
The big, dark, deep worry had gone.

So each night, he looked at the moon, and the moon looked at him.
And it looked at Dad, too, far away.
Until the day came when the moon looked down and smiled to see a boy and his dad---together again.

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The Rainbow 彩虹

It was a dark miserable day. Allie sat by the window and watched the raindrops running down the glass. Outside, all she could see were wet rooftops and chimneys. "I hate the rain," she said. "There's nothing good about it at all."

"Well, that's not true," said her granny, who was taking care of her. "Plants need rain. Withought rain, we couldn't have trees and flowers and grass to play on."

这是乌云密布，令人沮丧的一个下雨天。Allie坐在窗边，注视着雨水沿玻璃窗滚滚而落。她望向窗外，目光所及之处，不是湿漉漉的屋顶，就是湿漉漉的烟囱。“我讨厌下雨，” 她说。“下雨一点好处也没有。”

“哦，那不对，” 照顾她的奶奶说。“植物需要雨水，不下雨的话，你玩的地方就不会有树木、鲜花和草坪啦。

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"I can't see any trees and flowers and grass up here," said Allie. She lived high up in a building in the city. "And I couldn't play on the grass today anyway. It's too wet."

"Sweetheart, don't be so miserable," said granny. "You should try to look on the bright side. Something good always comes out of something bad. I really believe that."

“可我这里看不到任何树，也看不到鲜花和草坪，”Allie说。她家住在城里，而且在高高的楼上。“还有我今天也不能出去玩了，外面太湿了。”

“宝贝儿，别这么可怜见儿的，” 奶奶说。“你试着往好的方面想一想，坏事也会转变成好事的，我坚信这一点。”

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Allie frowned. That was the kind of thing her granny was always saying. She didn't think it was true at all. Because of the rain, they couldn't go out. Because of the rain, Amir couldn't come to play. Because of the rain, she felt bored and unhappy.

Then, around lunchtime, the rain stopped. The sun came out. And something magical happened to the sky.

"Look at that!" Cried Allie. "Look what the sun did!"

Allie皱了皱眉头，奶奶总是说这种话，可Allie根本就不相信事情真的会这样。因为下雨，她们不能出去，因为下雨Amir也不能过来玩儿，因为下雨，她感到无聊和不开心。

然后，差不多到了午饭时间，雨停了，太阳出来了，天空像是被施了魔法。

“快看那儿！” Allie喊道。 “看太阳画出一道美丽的彩虹”。

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Granny grinned. "The sun couldn't do it on its own," she said. "It needed the rain. It's like I said. Something good always comes out of something bad."

Allie smiled, too. That was the kind of thing her granny was always saying. Well, maybe she was right.

奶奶咧嘴笑了，“只靠太阳自己是画不出彩虹的，”她说。“这需要雨水的帮忙才行，就像我说的那样，坏事也可以转变成好事的。”

Allie也笑了，奶奶总是这么说，也想奶奶是对的。

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A Kiss Like This

Do you like kiss? Augustus did not!
When aunts pursed their lips,
He was off like a shot!

“I don’t want to be smeared with gluey lipstick!
The smell of their perfume makes me feel sick!

And the one with the poodle
(who wants kisses too)
has a face that is furry!
She should be in a zoo!

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Pursed their lips

Was off like a shot

To be smeared

Poodle

linegar

Summer Kisses Winter Tears

https://youtu.be/kHK0DO7Bujc

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linegar 发表于 2017-10-15 21:05
Summer Kisses Winter Tears  

https://youtu.be/kHK0DO7Bujc

喜欢这首歌，居然还自带歌词的。

Floral

Me too is learning, sooooo hard.

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Floral 发表于 2017-10-16 18:02
Me too is learning, sooooo hard.

加油，日积月累。