Flood!

Flood.

洪水

It had been raining for days. All this rain, said Biff. I wish it would stop. I'm taking Floppy for a walk, said Mum. Who wants to come? Biff and Chip looked at her. Not us, they said. It's raining!

雨已经下了好几天了。 雨下得没完没了。比夫说。 真希望雨能停下来。 我要带弗洛皮去散步。妈妈说。 有没有人想一起去呀？ 比夫和奇普看着她。 我们才不去呢。他们说。 外面在下雨啊！

In the end, Biff said she would go with Mum. They went into the park. It was not much fun in the rain. Look at Floppy, said Mum. He can't help getting muddy. The ground is so wet and squelchy. Biff and Mum walked across the park. They wanted to cross the little bridge, but the stream had flooded. I've never seen it this high, said Mum. Biff was excited. Oh look, she said. The bridge is under water.

最后，比夫说她愿意跟妈妈一起去。 他们走进了公园。下雨天逛公园一点意思都没有。 你看弗洛皮，妈妈说，他搞得浑身是泥，根本没法子。 地上太湿了，踩上去咯吱咯吱响。 比夫和妈妈穿过公园。 他们想过那座小桥，可是小溪涨水漫出来了。 我从来没见过水位这么高。妈妈说。 比夫可兴奋了。 哇你看，她说，桥被水淹没啦。

Biff began to wade across the bridge, but Mom called her back. It's not a good idea, said Mom. The stream is flowing really fast, and you can't see the edge of it. What if you slipped in? If it goes on raining, the water will flood across the park, said Biff. Mom looked thoughtful. I hope the rain stops, she said. We don't want the flood to get as far as our house.

比夫开始蹚水想要过桥，妈妈赶紧把她叫了回来。 这可不行。妈妈说。 小溪水流特别急，而且你都看不到桥的边缘在哪。 万一你滑进去怎么办？ 要是雨继续下的话，水就会漫得整个公园都是啦。比夫说。 妈妈看起来若有所思。 真希望雨快点停。她说。 我们可不想洪水一直淹到咱们家去。

The next morning, when Biff and Chip were at school, it was still raining. The children couldn't go out to play. Another wet playtime, sighed Chip. I wish it would stop raining. So do I, sighed Mrs. May too. In the afternoon, it stopped raining. Hooray! Now we can play football! said Wilf. But there were big puddles on the field. I'm sorry, said Mrs. May. We can't play football today. The ground is too wet.

第二天早上，比夫和奇普上学的时候，雨还在一直下。 小朋友们都没法出去玩。 又是一个没法出去玩的课间。奇普叹着气说。 真希望雨快点停啊。 我也是。梅老师也叹了口气。 到了下午，雨停了。 太棒啦！我们现在可以踢足球啦！威尔夫说。 可是操场上有好多大水坑。 很抱歉哦。梅老师说。 我们今天不能踢足球哦，地面太湿了。

That evening, Biff, Chip and Kipper were watching television. The weather forecast came on. Some bad storms were coming with a lot more rain. Not more rain? sighed Chip. The storm came in the middle of the night. The rain beat on the roof of the house and it lashed against the windows. It was so loud that Biff and Chip couldn't sleep. Mom brought them a hot drink. Poor Floppy, said Biff. He hates this.

那天晚上，比夫、奇普和基珀正在看电视。 天气预报开始了。 强风暴要来了，还会下更多的雨。 还要下雨啊？奇普叹着气说。 风暴半夜的时候来了。 雨点噼里啪啦打在屋顶上，又狠狠砸在窗户上。 声音太大了，比夫和奇普都睡不着。 妈妈给他们端来了热饮。 可怜的弗洛皮，比夫说，他最讨厌这种天气了。