2级01-08.五个孩子和沙精.Five.Children.And.It.docVIP

2级01-08.五个孩子和沙精.Five.Children.And.It 1 Beautiful Children 　 　　The house was about four kilometres from the station，but after only a minute or two the children began to ask， Are we nearly there？And every time they saw a house they said， Oh， is this it？But it never was. Then they came to the top of a hill， and there was a White house with a green garden and lots of fruit trees. Here we are！Mother said. 　　Everyone hurried to get out of the carriage—— Robert，Anthea， Jane， Cyril， and Martha， the nursemaid， with the baby. But Mother did not hurry. The children ran round the house and all through the garden to see what there was. But Mother stood and watched the driver while he carried the boxes into the house. 　　The children loved the house. They knew immediately that they were going to be happy there. Mother did not like the house very much because it was old and there were no cup-boards. But it was deep in the country and after two years in London the children thought that it was wonderful. If you live in London and your family is not rich， you get bored because you cannot go to shops and theatres ，and people say， Dont do this and Dont go there. In the country you can go any-where and do anything. 　　The white house was on the hill， with a wood behind it and a gravel-pit on one side . It was at the gravel-pit， a week later，that the children found a fairy. Well， that was what it called itself. But it was different from other fairies. 　　It happened when Mother had to go and stay with Grand-mother，who was ill. Martha stayed with the children，of course. But the house was very quiet and empty. The children did not know what to do. Then Cyril said， Lets go to the gravel-pit. 　　The gravel-pit was very large， with grass and wild flowers round the sides at the top. When they got there， the children decided that they would go down into the pit to play in the sand. 　　 Lets dig a deep hole— perhaps we can get all the way down to Australia，said Robert. 　　The other