Old Mother Wind was talking with the Tall Tree in the forest, “I passed by the grass just now, and there I saw the Best Thing in the World.”
Bobby Mouse happened to sit under the tree and heard those
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1
. “The Best Thing in the World—
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can that be?” he thought. “Well, it must be plenty of delicious nuts! I’ll go and find them.” Then Bobby Mouse ran towards the
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. He was running so
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that he didn’t see Peter Rabbit until Peter Rabbit jumped out and asked, “Why are you going in such a hurry?”
“To find the Best Thing in the World,” Bobby Mouse
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.
“The Best Thing in the World? I really look forward to eating carrots. That
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be lots of carrots. I’ll go and
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you.”
Before long, they met Johnny Chuck and he asked the
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question as Peter Rabbit just did.
“To find the Best Thing in the World! Would you like to join
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?” they shouted.
“The Best Thing in the World?” said Johnny Chuck. “
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is more wonderful than my own little home, the warm sunshine and the beautiful blue sky. I will never go with you!” So he stayed at home and played among the flowers with Old Mother Wind
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.
When Bobby Mouse and Peter Rabbit finally reached the grass, they ran far and fast all day long and still they didn’t find the Best Thing in the World. When the
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came, they started going back home. Now they didn’t hurry
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they were very tired and hungry.
They met Old Mother Wind on the way home.
“Did you find the Best Thing in the World?” asked Old Mother Wind.
“No!” Their
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sounded very sad.
“Johnny Chuck has it,” she said. “You should be
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with the things you have. The Best Thing in the World is already around you.”
(
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) 1. A. words B. noises C. places D. stories
(
C
) 2. A. How B. Why C. What D. Who
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B
) 3. A. tree B. grass C. hill D. river
(
A
) 4. A. fast B. slow C. late D. early
(
B
) 5. A. read B. answered C. thought D. talked
(
C
) 6. A. need B. can C. must D. may
(
A
) 7. A. join B. take C. leave D. help
(
A
) 8. A. same B. easy C. difficult D. interesting
(
C
) 9. A. you B. them C. us D. him
(
D
)10. A. Something B. Anything C. Everything D. Nothing
(
C
)11. A. sadly B. suddenly C. happily D. quickly
(
B
)12. A. day B. night C. rain D. wind
(
D
)13. A. and B. but C. so D. because
(
D
)14. A. songs B. poems C. tapes D. voices
(
C
)15. A. busy B. kind C. happy D. friendly
