LESSON 2

BUBBLES

1. The boys have come out on the porch to blow bubbles. The old cat is asleep on the mat by the door.

2. “Ha! ha!” laughs Robert, as a bubble comes down softly on the old cat’s back, and does not burst.

3. Willie tries to make his bubble do the same. This time it comes down on the cat’s face, and makes her sneeze.

4. “She would rather wash her face without soap, ” says Harry, “Now let us see who can make the biggest bubble.”

5. “Mine is the biggest, ” says Robert, “See how high it floats in the air! I can see—ah! it has burst.”

6. “I can see the house and the trees and the sky in mine, ” says Willie, “and such beautiful colors.”

7. “How many, Willie?”

8. “Red, one; blue, two; there—they are all out. Let us try again.”

9. “I know how many colors there are, ” says Harry, “Just as many as there are in the rainbow.”

10. “Do you know how many that is?”

【中文阅读】

1. 男孩们在走廊外吹泡泡，一只老猫在门边的地毯上睡觉。

2. “哈哈！”当一个泡泡轻柔落到老猫背上还没有破裂时，罗伯特笑道。

3. 威利也想跟着吹个泡泡。这次泡泡落在了猫的脸上，令它打了个喷嚏。

4. “它不想用肥皂洗脸，”哈里说，“现在让我们看谁能吹一个最大的泡泡吧。”

5. “我的最大，”罗伯特说，“看它在空中飘得多高！我可以看到——哈！它破了。”

6. “在我吹的泡泡里，能看到房子、树林和天空。”威利说，“还有这么多漂亮的颜色。”

7. “威利，一共有几种颜色啊？”

8. “红的一种，蓝的第二种。那儿——它们都出来了。让我们再试着数一遍。”

9. “我知道一共有多少种颜色，”哈里说，“正好和彩虹的颜色一样多。”

10. “你知道彩虹有几种颜色吗？”