Mozzles on the farm- Celine Claire
「建議年紀」- 3~7歲

艾力克和安迪住在他們奶奶的農場。
奶奶講了一個關於Mozzles的故事。
這些毛茸茸的生物叫Mozzles, 是奶奶故事裡的小怪物。有一天，艾力克和安迪在農場看到Mozzles! 這是真的嗎？這些小怪獸不是不存在嗎？Mozzles好像跟它們的媽媽走散了，艾力克和安迪跟它們一起玩，並且照顧它們，到了晚上，出現了一個奇怪的聲音，Mozzles聽見了，不但不感到害怕，還朝向樹叢跑去！它們找到媽媽了！艾力克和安迪原本很難過，以為從此要跟Mozzles分開了，但Mozzles吹起愛心泡泡，他們之間有了約定，以後，艾力克和安迪還是會常常來找它們玩！ 

Farm農場
Tidy整理
Straw 稻草
Barn穀倉
Floating漂浮
Bubble泡泡
Mozzle（在故事裡，是一種奶奶編的毛茸茸生物）
Stare盯
Loppy 下垂的(在故事裡，是兔子的名字)
Juggle 雜耍
Exist存在
tractor拖拉機
scrub擦洗
crunch 嘎吱作響地咀嚼
mess around打發時間
hay乾草
terrifying可怕的
scream尖叫
woods樹叢
scramble up爬上
amazement 驚愕 
cling 緊貼
fur動物的皮毛
whisper 耳邊輕輕說話 
plop 東西掉進水裡的聲音

There was always plenty to do on the farm.
Eric and Andy were busy tidying away the straw in the barn.
Suddenly, they noticed something floating through the air.
It was a sort of round ball, bright yellow like the sun.
“It’s a bubble!” Eric said.
The two boys stared at the bubble.
Then they heard something moving and scratching in the corner.
Suddenly, a hand, two ears and a nose popped up from behind the straw…
And then there were bubbles everywhere.
Andy said, “What is it?”
“Look!” said Eric.
“There‘s another one!”
They look like the baby mozzles, in that story Granny told us! 
“Can’t be,” said Andy.
“Mozzles don’t exist!”

The baby mozzles ran out of the barn at top speed.
One muzzle jumped on Loppy the rabbit’s back.
Loppy seemed to think it was funny.
The second muzzle began juggling eggs.
The chicks looked surprised.
Eric could not believe it.
“Wooooow! So mozzles do exist… and they’re really naughty!”
Andy laughed. 
“And they make bubbles all the time!”
The baby mozzles’ bubbles floated up into the sky.
Andy said, “Look out, there’s Dad! If he sees the mozzles, he won’t let us keep them.”
Eric and Andy caught hold of the two babies.
“Come one, let’s hide behind the tractor!”
Shush… Eric, Andy and the mozzles stayed very quiet.
They heard Dad calling, “Boys! Are you there? Where are all these bubbles coming from?”

Then Dad left, Phew!
But the baby mozzles were looking sad.
Andy said, “Do you think they miss their mum?”
Eric sighed, “Maybe… But we don’t know where she is. Let’s give them a bath. They will like that!”
The baby mozzles jumped into the water and splashed around happily.
Andy took some chocolate out of his pocket.
“Are you hungry?” he said.
“Do you want a snack?”
The baby made a face and pushed away the chocolate.
Eric grabbed the soap and said, “Come one, I’ll scrub you clean!”
Suddenly… Crunch! The baby muzzle bit into the soap.
“Yuck,” said Eric.
“That must taste disgusting!”

That was enough messing around.
It was time for the mozzles to go to bed.
Eric and Andy filled a cardboard box with hay for them.
Eric cut some pieces of soap for them to suck on.
He said, “There are for you… since you love soap so much! Sleep well, little mozzles!”

Suddenly… “Whoohoohoo!!!”
They heard a long, terrifying scream coming from the woods.
Eric felt his heart beating like a drum.
“What’s that?” he said.
The baby mozzles jumped out of their box and ran off.
“Come back,” shouted Andy.
“It might be dangerous!”

But the baby mozzles didn’t listen.
They ran towards the woods as fast as their little legs would go.
The boys ran after them.
Suddenly the baby mozzles stopped.
They looked up at a tree.
What could they see?
The scary sound came again, 
“Woooohoohooo!!!”
Andy said, “it’s coming from that tree!”

The baby mozzles scrambled up into the branches of the huge tree and disappeared among the leaves.
“Oh no!” cried Andy.
A great big bubble floated out from the branches.
Eric said, “I think they’ve found their home… and their mum too!”

The two children stared in amazement as the mummy muzzle slowly and carefully climbed down from the tree.  
Her babies were clinging to her fur.
She held out her long hand to Eric.
Eric gently put out his hand to her.
“I think she’s saying ‘Thank you’…” he whispered to Andy.
But Andy was worried. 
“Will we be able to play with them again?”

The baby mozzles seemed to understand because they took a deep breath, puffed out their cheeks and plop, plop, plop…
They blew little bubbles at the boys.
The bubbles were heart-shaped.
Eric was happy.
He said, “So you agree? We can come back and play with you!”
Andy said, “And we promise to bring plenty of soap!”

Quiz time!
Number one: What is the setting for this story?
On the farm.
Number two: What are the boys’ names?
Eric and Andy
Number three: Where did they first see the mozzles?
In the barn.
Number four: What does “naughty” mean?
Not nice? Or not behaving?
Not behaving
Number five: What do mozzles make?
They make bubbles
Number six: Why did they like soap?
To make bubbles
Number seven: What kind of bubbles did the mozzles give at the end?
Round shaped? Or heart shaped?
Heart shaped
Number eight: Why could the mozzles not talk?
They did not know how? Or bubbles came out of their mouths.
Bubbles came out of their mouths.

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