Everyone Got Wet

David

Dad looked at the water butt.The water butt was leaking.

Mum looked at the hose. The hose was leaking. “Ohbother!” said Mum.

Dad mended the water butt. He put a patch on it. “What a trickyjob!” he said.

The water butt burst.All the water came out. Dad got wet.

Mum mended the hose. She put a patch on it. “What atricky job!” she said.

Mum put the hose on the tap.The top of the tap came off. Mum got very wet.

Dad got a new water butt. He put it on the bricks.

He got the hose. He filled up the water butt.

The water butt fell over. The water poured out. Dadgot wet again.

Mum got a new hose. She joined it to the old hose. Shewanted to water the roses.

Kipper wanted to help. He turned the tap on. Mum gotwet again. “Oh no!” said Mum.

The children got the paddlingpool. They put it on the grass.

Dad got the new hose. Biff turned on the tap.

No water came out of the hose. “Funny!” said Dad. Helooked down the hose.

Oh no! The children got wet.

1.        butt[英] [bʌt] n. 烟蒂，屁股；笑柄；（武器或工具的）粗大的一端；大酒桶

2.        waterbutt n. 集雨桶，大水桶

3.        patch[英] [pætʃ] n. 补丁，补片；碎片，碎屑；

4.        tricky[英] [ˈtrɪki:] adj. 狡猾的；（形势、工作等）复杂的；机警的；微妙的

5.        burst[英] [bə:st] vi. 爆裂，炸破；使爆炸；充满，塞满；爆发

6.        tap[英] [tæp] n. 龙头，阀门；塞子；

7.        paddlingpool[英] [ˈpædlɪŋ pu:l] n. <英>（通常在公园中供孩子们玩水的）嬉水池；