Winnie Under the Sea

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夏日炎炎，美好的假日里，女巫溫妮和她的黑貓威爾伯動身去海島度假啦！那里有藍色的大海、金色的沙灘、高大的椰子樹，還有舒適的度假小屋。溫妮迫不及待地潛入海底，映入眼簾的是海豚、海龜和珊瑚，真美呀！黑貓威爾伯也想去海底看看，怎么辦呢？女巫溫妮舉起魔杖，念出咒語——ABRACADABRA！ 這下子，黑貓威爾伯會變成什么呢？快打開繪本，跟隨女巫溫妮和黑貓威爾伯一起開啟這場驚心動魄的海底奇旅吧！

It was holiday time for Winnie the Witch and her black cat，Wilbur.

“Where will we go this year， Wilbur？”asked Winnie.

She searched the internet and found a little island， with blue sea， golden sand， and coconut trees.

She packed her suitcase， Wilbur jumped onto her shoulder， and they zoomed up into the sky.

At last， there was the island. It did look lovely.

They landed on the golden sand， and found a comfortable hut.

Winnie was having a lovely time. The sea was full of fish.

There were dolphins， turtles and coral. It was so beautiful.

Wilbur wanted to see the fish， but he hated getting wet.

Then Winnie waved her magic wand， shouted， ABRACADABRA！

And Wilbur was no longer a cat. He was a cat-fish！

Wilbur the cat-fish dived into the waves and swam away.

He chased some tiny fish. Then he dived under a dogfish and played with a crayfish.

Wilbur the cat-fish was having so much fun. Winnie wanted to be a fish as well.

But she had to hold her magic wand. What could she be？

Winnie waved her wand， shouted， ABRACADABRA！

And she was an octopus with orange and yellow legs， holding a magic wand！

It was fun being an octopus. Thousands of fish swam with them.

Tiny fish， big fish， and suddenly ...

A sea lion flipped its tail， and Winnie lost her wand.

She grabbed at it， but missed.

Down， down， it sank into the wreck of an old sailing ship， and disappeared.

“Bubble， bubble， bubble，”wailed Winnie.

“Bubble， bubble， bubble，”cried Wilbur.

They didnt want to stay under the sea forever.

Where was the magic wand？ In the treasure chest！

Wilbur flipped it out. Winnie grabbed it， waved it five times，shouted，ABRACADABRA！

And a witch and a cat floated back to the shore.

“Too exciting. We wont do that again.”Winnie said.

Then Winnie had another wonderful idea.

A little yellow boat was bobbing on the waves.

Winnie waved her magic wand， shouted， ABRACADABRA！

And there was a yellow submarine.

Winnie and Wilbur went on board.

The fish swam up to the windows and looked in.

“Its lovely under the sea， isnt it， Wilbur？”said Winnie.

“Its lovely and dry in here，”Wilbur thought.

Funny knowledges：

英文單詞“catfish”的意思并不是“貓魚”，而是“鯰魚”。鯰魚也叫胡子魚，是亞馬遜地區最常見的魚類之一。這種魚的顯著特征是周身無鱗，頭扁口闊，上下頜各有四根胡須，背部較黑，而腹部呈白色。想一想，繪本中為什么黑貓威爾伯變成了“cat-fish”呢？

繪本中所呈現的海底世界有好多魚類啊！你認識哪些？可以圈畫出來，說出它們的英文名字，和伙伴們比一比，看誰的百科知識儲量更豐富吧！

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