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典范英语8-1 刺猬女孩艾蜜 Amy the Hedgehogs Girl 第 PAGE 5页 共5页 Amy the Hedgehogs Girl Miserable Mr Peck Her mum was in the kitchen when Amy rushed in. ‘How was school?’ asked Mrs Harris, expecting the usual answer, ‘OK.’ ‘It was great,’ cried Amy. ‘A lady gave us a talk on wildlife and she showed us a hedgehog expert.’ ‘A what?’ said Mrs Harris. ‘A hedgehog expert. Someone who knows all about hedgehogs.’ ‘That’s good,’ said Mrs Harris. ‘You’ll need to go the library and see if you can find some books.’ ‘Oh dear,’ Amy groaned. ‘I’ll have to see Mr Peck.’ Mr Peck was the children’s librarian. He was a mean and miserable sort of person. He also lived next door to Amy. The library was almost empty when Amy arrived. She looked along the shelves, trying to find a book on hedgehogs. ‘What are you doing?’ snapped a voice behind her. Amy nearly jumped out of her socks. It was Mr Peck. ‘I was looking for a book about animals.’ ‘Animals, indeed,’ sniffed Mr Peck. ‘What sort of animals? Tame animals? Wild animals? Animals from Africa? India? Britain?’ ‘Hedgehogs,’ said Amy. ‘Hedgehogs!’ bawled Mr Peck. ‘The very worst animals there are. They dig up vegetables and bite lumps out of them.’ He pulled a book from the shelves. ‘If you must study the horrid things, this is the best I can do.’ ‘Thank you, said Amy politely. ‘Make sure you bring it back on time. And don’t you dare bring hedgehogs into your garden. Your garden is next to mine, don’t forget. If I see a hedgehog near my carrots, do you know what I am going to do?’ ‘No,’ said Amy. ‘I’m going to squirt it with my spray gun.’ At home, Amy read the book on hedgehogs. She found out that they ate slugs and snails. The book didn’t say anything about vegetables. The next day she took the book back to the library. ‘What’s this?’ said Mr Peck. ‘This book is not due back for another twenty days.’ ‘But I’ve read it,’ said Amy. ‘Have you got any more books about hedgehogs?’ ‘Over there,’ snapped Mr Peck, pointing with his nose. Amy walk