第5章 THE RABBITS 小兔子

There is George looking at the rabbits. Let us go and see them too.“Oh, how pretty they are! Can they eat anything?”

Yes, Lily. You may give them these green leaves.

Now they see the leaves. Oh, how they are feasting! They seem very hungry.

Their little mouths go round and round the edges of the fresh green leaves, and soon they will eat them all up.

Wild rabbits go into holes which they make in the ground. There they are safe, and do not fear either dogs or cats; or even men, who would like to catch them.

In the evening, they come out of their holes to feed in the fields. They sit very close to the ground, amongst the grass, and you can hardly see the little gray things.

But if you clap your hands, they will all run off to their holes, and you may see lots of little white tails bobbing over the field.

It is a pretty sight, to see wild rabbits running over the fields.

On the hills near the sea-shore, where Lily lives, there are hundreds and hundreds of them.

There is quite a large rabbit town there, with its streets and houses, all under the ground.

Lily must go with me some day, and perhaps we shall see some of the little creatures that live in the rabbit town.

Questions

What do rabbits eat? How do they eat them? Where do wild rabbits live? Where are there hundreds of them? When a great many of them live together, what do you call the place?

Pronunciation

look'-ing pret'-ty edg'-es a-mongst' hous'-es

rab'-bits feast'-ing ei'-ther run'-ning per-haps'

Lil'-y hun'-gry eve'-ning hun'-dreds crea'-tures

Write

green wait round sight

George leaves catch quite

乔治在看小兔子，让我们也过去看看它们。

“哦，它们好漂亮！他们能吃东西吗？”

是的，莉莉。你可以给它们一些绿叶子。它们看见叶子了。哦，它们正在享受大餐。它们看上去很饿。它们的小嘴来回蹭着这些新鲜的绿色叶子边，不久它们就会全部吃光。

小野兔进入自己打的地洞里。在那儿他们很安全，不用害怕狗或者猫，甚至是那些想捉他们的人类。

晚上，它们出洞去田野间寻找食物。它们在草丛中紧紧贴着大地，你几乎看不到这些灰色的小东西。

但是如果你拍掌，它们就全部都会跑回洞中，你会看到许多小白尾巴在田野间跳动。

看到许多小野兔在田间跑，是一道美丽的风景线。

临近海岸的小山上，是莉莉住的地方，也有无数只小兔子。

那儿有一个很大的兔子镇，街道和房子都在地下。

将来莉莉一定要和我一起去，或许我们将会看到住在兔子镇上的许多小动物。