第21课

Lesson Twenty-One

Little Gecko Borrows A Tail

1. A gecko was catching mosquitoes in a wall corner, and a snake bit his tail.

2. The little gecko struggled and broke his tail to run away.

3. How ugly was a gecko who did not have tail!

4. The little gecko thought: who can I borrow a tail from?

5. Gecko crawled and crawled and got to a river.

6. He saw a little fish wagging its tail and swimming in the river.

7. The little gecko said, "sister fish, can you lend me your tail?"

8. The little fish said, "no, I use my tail as a paddle in water."

9. Little gecko crawled on and he climbed up a big tree.

10. He saw the old bull wagging its tail and grazing under the tree.

11. The little gecko said, "Uncle Bull , can you lend me your tail?"

12. The old bull said, "no, I use my tail to drive flies."

13. Little gecko crawled and came under the eaves.

14. He saw a swallow flying in the air and wagging her tail.

15. The little gecko said, "Auntie swallow, can you lend me your tail?"

16. The swallow said, "no, I use my tail to grasp the direction."

17. The little gecko could not borrow a tail and felt very sad.

18.He crawled home to see his mother.

19. The little gecko told his mother about his borrowing tail.

20. His mother said with a smile, "silly child, turn to have a look."

21. The little gecko turned to have a look, and cried out happily, "I have grown a new tail!"

生词表：

gecko 壁虎

borrows 借（第三人称单数）

tail 尾巴

was catching 正在捉（过去进行时）

mosquitoes 蚊子（复数）

corner 角落

snake 蛇

bit 一点

struggled 努力（过去式）

broke 断

ugly 难看

thought 想

crawled 爬（过去式）

got to 开始

wagging 摇（进行时）

swimming 正在游（进行时）

sister 姐姐

lend 借给

paddle 拨

crawled on 爬上（过去式）

climbed up  爬上去了（过去式）

bull 老牛

grazing 正在吃草（进行时）

drive 赶走

flies 苍蝇

auntie 阿姨

grasp 掌握

direction   方向

felt 感到（过去式）

sad 难过

told 告诉

about 关于

borrowing 借（进行时）

a smile 笑着

silly 傻的

turn 转

cried out 喊道（过去式）

happily 高兴地

have grown  长出（现在完成时）

小壁虎借尾巴

1.小壁虎在墙角捉蚊子，一条蛇咬住了他的尾巴。

2.小壁虎一挣，挣断尾巴逃走了。

3.没有尾巴多难看哪！

4.小壁虎想：向谁去借一条尾巴呢？

5.小壁虎爬呀爬，爬到小河边。

6.他看见小鱼摇着尾巴，在河里游来游去。

7.小壁虎说：“小鱼姐姐，您把尾巴借给我行吗？”

8.小鱼说：“不行啊，我要用尾巴拨水呢。”

9.小壁虎爬呀爬，爬到大树上。

10.他看见老牛甩着尾巴，在树下吃草。

11.小壁虎说：“牛伯伯，您把尾巴借给我行吗？”

12.老牛说：“不行啊，我要用尾巴赶蝇子呢。”

13.小壁虎爬呀爬，爬到房檐下。

14.他看见燕子摆着尾巴，在空中飞来飞去。

15.小壁虎说：“燕子阿姨，您把尾巴借给我行吗？”

16.燕子说：“不行啊，我要用尾巴掌握方向呢。”

17.小壁虎借不到尾巴，心里很难过。

18.他爬呀爬，爬回家里找妈妈。

19.小壁虎把借尾巴的事告诉了妈妈。

20.妈妈笑着说：“傻孩子，你转过身子看看。”

21.小壁虎转身一看，高兴得叫了起来：“我长出一条新尾巴啦！”