听绘本故事丨《面包房里的猫》:挽救了城市的英雄

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Every morning, Mrs. Jones started to knead dough to make bread as soon as she woke up.

琼斯太太每天早上起来就开始和面，做面包。

Her kitten Mogg did not understand: How can a small piece of dough turn into a large piece of bread?

Mrs. Jones told it that it was because of the baking powder ...

她的小猫莫格不明白：小面团怎么会变成大面包呢？琼斯太太告诉它，这是因为加了发酵粉的缘故……

Mogg wanted to make it-self a little bigger. One day, Mogg secretly ate a lot of baking powder. Mogg began to get bigger ...

莫格想让自己变得大一点儿。一天，它偷吃了好多发酵粉。莫格开始变大了……

At first, it was as big as a sheep. Then it was as big as a donkey.

Later on, it was as big as a hippopotamus. Fi-nally ...

起初，它大得像一只绵羊。接着，它大得像一头驴子。后来，它大得像一只河马。到最后……

"My goodness, it is bigger than the house! Such a big cat is too scary. Make it go away!"

“天哪，它比房子还要大！这么大的猫太可怕了，快把它赶走吧！”

It rained heavily, and the poor Mogg was

driven away. Mrs. Jones felt terribly sad ...

天正下着大雨，可怜的莫格被赶走了。琼斯太太特别伤心……

The rain became heavier, and suddenly, roar-ing torrents were flowing down from the moun-tain. People all went up to climb the mountain. At this time, they saw the big cat Mogg sit-ting in the valley, blocking the flood.

雨越下越大，突然，咆哮的山洪冲下来。人们都往山上跑去。这时，他们看见大猫莫格正坐在山谷中，挡住了洪水。

Mrs. Jones said to the mayor: "If you scratch Mogg's chin, it will always sit still." Everyone took turns to scratch Mogg's chin, while also repairing the dam. The dam was finally repaired.

琼斯太太对镇长说：“挠挠莫格的下巴，它就会一直老实地坐着。”

大家一边轮流挠莫格的下巴，一边修堤坝。堤坝终于修好了。

Mogg saved the town and many people's lives. Now, everyone loves it.

莫格救了小镇，救了许多人的命。现在，人们都很喜欢它。