Compost

Compost Mike was the youngest in his family.His older brother and sister did important chores,like babysitting and mowing the lawn.Mike wanted to do an important chore too. One day,Mom said,"You can be in charge of the compost.”This didn't sound too important,but Mike started working anyway. He collected his family's kitchen waste.He put it in a bucket that his mom kept in the backyard and covered it. Every Saturday,Mike mixed the waste with a shovel.It was smelly.And Mike could see worms in there."This doesn't seem like an important chore,"thought Mike.Still,he did his chore faithfully for ten long weeks. “How is the compost coming along,Mike?”asked Mom.“Is it ready?”

堆肥 迈克是家里最小的。他的哥哥和妹妹做一些重要的家务，比如照看孩子和修剪草坪。迈克也想做一些重要的家务。 有一天，妈妈说:“你可以负责堆肥。”这听起来不太重要，但迈克还是开始工作了。 他收集家里的厨房垃圾。他把它放在他妈妈放在后院的一个桶里，盖上盖子。每到星期六，迈克就用铲子把垃圾搅在一起。 它是臭的。麦克能看到里面有虫子。“这看起来不像是一项重要的工作。”迈克想。尽管如此，他还是忠心耿耿地干了十个星期。 “迈克，堆肥做得怎么样了?”妈妈问。“这是准备好了吗?”

“Ready for what?”asked Mike.“Follow me,”said Mike's mom. She spread the compost around her vegetable garden.“This will help my vegetables grow.You made great compost!” Mike was proud.

“准备干什么?”迈克问。“跟我来，”迈克的妈妈说。 她把堆肥撒在菜园周围。“这将有助于我的蔬菜生长。你做了很棒的堆肥!” 迈克感到自豪。