文档介绍:肥猫塔比和小男孩安迪的故事
小男孩安迪晚上总是不按时睡觉,这让爸爸妈妈很头疼。可是自从一只大腹便便的小肥猫来到他家,他就变得异常自觉。你能猜到小肥猫是怎么“制服”安迪的吗?
Andy never wanted to go to bed on time. His parents had explained to him how important it was to go to bed early and get a good rest. But Andy paid no attention to them, and they didn't know what to do. Things continued like that until one weekend when they were visiting Andy's grandparents.
Grandpa Peter heard all about it and said, "This sounds like a job for Tubby, my pot-bellied cat." So Andy's parents loaded the cat into the car and took him home. Tubby was a slow, inflated1)-looking kind of a cat. He wasn't much of a bother because most of the time no one knew where he was.
That night, at bedtime, the same problem arose. Andy had no intention of going to bed, and even though his parents waited a while to see if Tubby would solve the problem, nothing happened.
"Grandpa really does make up some nonsense," said Andy's father. "I really think he's starting to lose it."
Hours later, Andy finally decided to go to bed. But what a surprise when he entered his bedroom! Tubby was in his bed, totally sprawled2) out, pot-belly in the air, and snoring3) like an express train4). Andy tried to shift the cat, but there was no way of moving him an inch. That night h
e hardly slept a wink5), pushed over into one tiny corner of his bed.
The next day the same thing happened, even thoug