PUFF—THE—BALL WANTS TO HAVE FRIENDS

李娜

Puff-the-Ball hasnt got parents. He wants to have friends. One day he goes out to look for friends. He walks on and on.

He sees a Cat. He says：“Hello， Pussy！ Im looking for a friend. Do you want to be my friend？”“Of course，”says the Cat. “Please， take me with you.”

“With great plasure. I want to have a friend. Come with me，” says Puff-the-Ball.

So Puff-the-Ball and Pussy-the-Cat walk on and on.

Then they see a little Dog. The Dog says，“Hi！Are you looking for a friend？ you are two and Im alone①. Please， take me with you.”

“And who are you？” ask Puff-the-Ball and Pussy-the-Cat.

“Im Rex-the-Dog.”

“OK. Come with us. We want to have a friend， too.”

Puff-the-Ball， Pussy-the-Cat and Rex-the-Dog walk on， and on， and on. Soon they see a Hare.

The Hare says：“Hi！ Are you looking for a friend？ You are three and Im alone. Please， take me with you. I want to be your friend.”

“And who are you？” asks Puff-the-Ball.

“Im Jack-the-Hare.”

“Then come with us. We want to have a friend， too.”

So Puff-the-Ball， Pussy-the-Cat， Rex-the-Dog and Jack-the-Hare walk on， and on. Soon they see a Frog.

“Hello！”says the Frog. “Are you looking for a friend？ Please， take me with you. You are four and I am alone.”

“And who are you？” asks Puff-the-Ball.

“I am Flop-the-Frog. I want to be your friend， too.”

So Puff-the-Ball， Pussy-the-Cat， Rex-the-Dog， Jack-the-Hare and Flop-the-Frog walk on， and on， and on. Soon they come to a nice house.

“Look. What a nice house，” says Puff-the-Ball. “The house is very big. We can all live in this house.”

“OK，” says Pussy-the-Cat.

“Good，” says Rex-the-Dog.

“Very good，” says Jack-the-Hare.

“Very， very good” says Flop-the-Frog.

Now Puff-the-Ball has got four friends： Pussy-the-Cat， Rex-the-Dog， Jack-the-Hare， Flop-the-Frog and now they are living happily in this nice big house.

Notes：

alone 作形容詞時意為“單獨的、獨自的”，一般只作表語，例如：

He is alone. 他孤身一人。

alone作副詞時意為“獨自，單獨，只有，僅僅”，用在行為動詞之前或句子末尾，例如：

He stays at home alone. 他一個人呆在家里。

He alone can do it. 只有他能做它。

既然提到alone我們就不能忘記lonely /?l??nlI/ adj 孤獨的、荒蕪的，它更強調心靈上的感覺，alone和lonely的辨析是各種考試常考語言點之一。下面這句話可要記牢了！

He was alone， but not lonely. 他雖孤身一個，但并不寂寞。