1 A Marble and a Toad

1 A Marble and a Toad "Give me back my marble!" Violet Briggs was yelling at a toad. The toad hopped away from her. It held a large marble in its mouth. It was Violet's favorite marble. The best one in her collection. She had been in her backyard playing with the marbles. Then the toad came. It picked up the marble and hopped away.

弹珠和蟾蜍“把我的弹珠还给我！”维奥莉特·布里格斯对着一只蟾蜍大喊大叫。 蟾蜍从她身边跳开了。 它嘴里衔着一个大弹珠。 那是维奥莱特最喜欢的大理石。 这是她收藏中最好的一张。 她一直在后院玩弹珠。 然后癞蛤蟆来了。它捡起弹珠跳走了。

"Come back here!" Violet yelled. Violet chased the toad. It hopped across the green grass. Violet reached for it. She almost had it... Hop! It landed on a rock. Violet reached out again. Hop! It landed on a small patch of yellow buttercups. Violet tried to grab it... Hop! The toad landed on the roots of an old oak tree. Violet stopped running. She got down on her knees. The damp grass soaked through her pants.

“回来！”紫喊道。 维奥莱特追赶癞蛤蟆。它跳过绿草地。 维奥莱特伸手去拿。她差一点就成功了…… 跳!它落在一块岩石上。维奥莱特又伸出手来。 跳!它落在一小块黄色毛茛上。 维奥莱特想抓住它…… 跳!癞蛤蟆落在一棵老橡树的树根上。 维奥莱特停止了奔跑。她跪了下来。 湿草浸透了她的裤子。

The toad sat still on the roots of the tree. Slowly, Violet crawled to the toad. "I don't want to hurt you," she whispered. "I just want my marble back!" Violet held out her hand. She was so close! She could almost touch the toad's brown, bumpy skin. Hop! The toad hopped right into a hole in the tree trunk and disappeared. "No!" Violet cried. She looked inside the hole. A face looked back at her. But it wasn't a frog face. In fact, it wasn't the face of an animal at all! It was the face of a tiny person.

癞蛤蟆静静地坐在树根上。 维奥莱特慢慢地爬向蟾蜍。 “我不想伤害你，”她低声说。 “我只想要回我的弹珠！”维奥莱特伸出手。 她就差那么一点！她几乎可以摸到癞蛤蟆那凹凸不平的棕色皮肤。 跳!癞蛤蟆直接跳进树干的一个洞里，消失了。 “不!”紫哭了。她往洞里看。 一张脸回望着她。 但那不是一张青蛙脸。 事实上，那根本不是动物的脸！那是一张小人儿的脸。