24 Scruff

Scruff

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One day, Tina and Rita found a dog. She was sitting at their door. "Doggy!" said Rita. "Cool!" said Tina. "Shoo!" said Mum. But the dog did not shoo. She ran into their house.

一天，蒂娜和丽塔发现了一只狗。 她坐在他们的门口。 “狗!”丽塔说。“酷!”蒂娜说。 “嘘!”妈妈说。但是狗没有叫。 她跑进了他们的房子。

"She wants to be our dog," said Tina. "Can we keep her?" "No," said Mum. "She has her own family. Look at her tag. Her name is Scruff." Mum looked at the dog. "I can see why she's called Scruff," she said. There was a phone number on the tag too. Mum phoned the number, but no one answered. So she left a message. Just then, their cat Ginger meowed. Scruff was eating Ginger's dinner! "Bad dog!" said Rita.

“她想成为我们的狗，”蒂娜说。 “我们能留下她吗?”“不,”妈妈说。 “她有自己的家庭。看她的标签。 她叫斯库夫。”妈妈看着狗。 “我知道她为什么叫Scruff了，”她说。 标签上还有一个电话号码。 妈妈拨通了电话号码，但没人接。 所以她留了口信。就在这时，他们的猫金杰喵喵地叫了起来。 斯库夫在吃金杰的晚餐!“坏狗!”丽塔说。

"She wants some food," said Tina. Mum put some food down for Scruff. "There you go, you scruffy dog," she said. Ginger looked cross. Then Scruff got into Ginger's bed! "Meow!" cried Ginger, looking even more cross. "You bad little dog!" said Mum. "That bed belongs to Ginger."

“她想要一些食物，”蒂娜说。 妈妈为斯克鲁夫准备了一些食物。 “给你，你这邋遢的狗，”她说。 姜了十字架。然后Scruff上了金杰的床!“喵!”金格叫道，看起来更生气了。 “你这只坏小狗!”妈妈说。 “那张床是金格的。”

Later, Dad came home. He looked at Scruff. "Who is this scruffy dog?" he asked. "It's Scruff!" said Rita. "I can see that," said Dad. At dinner, Dad's food went missing. "Where's my food gone?" he asked. Scruff was eating it! "You bad dog!" said Tina.

后来，爸爸回家了。他看着斯克鲁夫。 “这只邋遢的狗是谁?”他问。 “是斯克鲁夫!”丽塔说。“我看得出来，”爸爸说。 晚饭时，爸爸的食物不见了。 “我的食物去哪儿了?”他问。 斯库夫在吃它!“你这只坏狗!”蒂娜说。

No one phoned back about Scruff. Tina was pleased, but Mum was not. She put a notice in the newspaper. "If no one phones about Scruff, can I keep her?" Tina asked Mum. FOUND LITTLE DOG NAMED SCRUFF. Please Call 559876 "No," said Mum. "If no one phones, we'll take her to the animal shelter." "Please!" cried Tina. "No," said Mum. "We don't want a dog — not a scruffy, bad one like Scruff."

没人回电话说斯库夫的事。 蒂娜很高兴，但妈妈不高兴。 她在报纸上登了一则通知。 “如果没人打电话问斯库夫的事，我能养她吗?”蒂娜问妈妈。 发现了一只叫scruff的小狗。 请拨打559876“不，”妈妈说。 “如果没人打电话，我们就带她去动物收容所。” 蒂娜叫道。“请!”“不,”妈妈说。 “我们不要狗——不要像斯库夫那样又脏又坏的狗。”