) h% y/ t5 E' |- R. r! Y' ^廖彩杏英文书单：Kipper's Christmas Eve译文分享
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"Which is best？" said Kipper
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to himself. "Christmas Day？
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2 ` y7 t! V8 w$ Wtop of Big Hill and stopped. 6 w' p5 d1 n* L, ^3 Z
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"Presents？Or expecting presents？" . m* W/ B1 p/ b2 P$ h5 r, G/ ~# j
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/ ]5 a3 x; @6 `, r$ Wexcited to decide，he just whcoped，
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and went charging down the slope
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towards the wood.
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It was Christmas Eve and
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' r' T' ^: X: b: ?% ghe was looking for a Christmas
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) p! I, k$ w3 Z; f7 R“哪个最好呢？”Kipper自言自语的说：
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1 t; m6 h) M1 U2 K7 L) P“圣诞节？还是平安夜？”
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7 H" M/ }$ t4 w) e他爬到大山的山顶上，然后停了下来： - ^7 l7 X7 q1 O, D
3 S( a, D, e9 i- Y6 l“礼物？还是期盼礼物的心情？” % j# f* H# h/ \: e
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然后，他越想越兴奋，
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于是他大喊着从山坡上一路跑到了 : m- n: j2 ?1 o& Y7 X! M' [5 {+ L
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山脚下的小树林。 ( [' m6 |1 O. T- X
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这天是平安夜，Kipper要去小树林里 : Z4 g% v4 ]& k ^' z, @, O% N" H
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In the middle of the , c K8 C5 O0 m! p0 j
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"That's the one！" said Kipper.
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He dug away the snow with
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his spade. Then he grabbed the " a) W1 l( f4 j- h
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: K) G5 k. j# O- C) KHe pushed it，shook it，twisted 2 p4 _: `/ S: L6 I! |1 n
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and lifted it. Then he looped his 8 y7 I% R) h* |% }8 e4 J4 e5 [+ e
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scarf around it， % }# H5 a' c0 ^9 s
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and heaved，
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and heaved， # g2 B5 v+ O0 `$ P3 E' K/ W+ |
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and heaved， * k( X, _/ F; z ?& X* `. ]$ f6 ^
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until ... ( j0 H: Q% b2 f# U, P# \; n
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树林中央，有一棵小小的冷杉树。
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“就是这棵了。”Kipper说。
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然后他抓住这棵树，用力的拉。 g3 n% D6 S: W3 j
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可是，小树，一动也不动。 1 ?1 s- b9 v/ n
% `8 |( [2 v- Q: G' e4 u他又试着推它，摇晃它，拔起它。
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8 j6 I1 s$ i, A* ^, @7 Q最后，他把自己的围巾绕在树上，
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然后用力的拖啊，拖啊，拖啊，终于…… 3 d# u' ~) e7 s
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It did！ ( ^* O T4 h7 R* q
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小树被拔出来了！
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8 h+ `7 r+ y& \/ ]: Y9 O"I wonder what Father Christmas
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will bring me？" thought Kipper
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as he dragged the tree home. - ]1 S `. ?. j7 T( z# [/ o O( Z/ ]
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This year，as every year，Kipper
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couldn't think what sort of present 7 l$ N9 |. P1 O# o3 M, s8 U$ r
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he would like. 9 A% x9 w) P! a
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"I expect I'll know what I want
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when I see what it is，" # t! a8 y4 e' V1 z
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said Kipper. 2 ~, D$ y$ O" U1 o! l
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“不知道圣诞老人会送 7 Y: `( ?9 ^( N! y* w
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什么样的礼物给我呢？”Kipper在把
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, u' Z' [5 T K% s5 X6 ?* `今年，Kipper还是和往年一样，
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想不出自己想要什么样的礼物。“ , h3 p) |7 h8 T- y6 y0 E A
9 M$ C; Q" i! Q0 n% R; H' C希望当我看到它的时候，
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8 N& ]- |+ c" d2 ?能想到自己想要什么。”Kipper说。
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He was still thinking 8 T2 {/ \. L( R7 k
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about presents when he
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saw Pig and his little cousin $ w }. T5 ~: @! a% C
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' I; q: Q+ \1 {Kipper正想着他的礼物呢，
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Pig和他的表弟Arnold也来到了山上。 8 M/ O9 ~/ u, r, \- Y$ B9 E
5 c4 | D: b' V+ j" s"Hello Kipper！" said Pig. 8 C. u& N4 L3 e j6 N
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"Do you want a hand with that？"
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Pig tied his own scarf to the
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" l* Q7 H( d+ _8 X. qfir tree and together they heaved
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toddled along behind，
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sucking his thumb.
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1 d/ ]: K! f9 R) w2 n4 L' w/ cHe was pointing at something 3 v. i2 R4 w# F- i2 k
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: d9 a; [6 Z4 Q* r- m }were too busy talking
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% U1 w0 H$ F0 Z4 v“你好，Kipper！”Pig说：“需要帮忙么？”
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Pig把自己的围巾也系在了冷杉上，
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' i2 O3 o5 s' Z5 d/ T5 J然后和Kipper一起把冷杉拉上山坡。 / |- b7 P: y6 d, Z
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Arnold正吮着他的拇指
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他指着树上的什么东西，
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可是Kipper和Pig正忙着讨论礼物，没注意到。 , i/ r; g3 R- M
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At Kipper's house they stood the
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tree in a bucket. Arnold peered + A/ ]' W' T4 K( r; }$ S1 J
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into the branches，walking round and 1 t# f, `0 |+ R* I f
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+ ~# g& `0 k& u) g& c4 H! ma pile of Christmas presents. 7 g' g' @" s D: E) I% g# r- J( s. F
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One of them had a label with his
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name on it. "Happy Christmas，Arnold.
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Love from Kipper，" it said.
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"You mustn't open that until ( X! |* O# ]) Y8 L$ t/ q! J7 ]5 ?
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tomorrow！" said Pig. ' F0 N, D/ I, K3 D7 t
; Z6 U Q0 n4 R0 F6 X. H. J: YBut he already had.
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$ Y Q0 R* x8 T( ~2 O3 C回到Kipper家，他们把冷杉立在一个桶里。
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9 x9 ? D+ G1 P+ c8 n0 {Arnold在树枝里看来看去，
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绕着冷杉转啊转，最后跳进了一堆礼物里。
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其中有一个礼物上的小纸条上面 $ _) k" M( }& D* {; q0 i) B0 V L
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写着Arnold的名字。 , M: X5 U$ K" b+ d! V$ S4 z" ~
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纸条上写着：“圣诞快乐，Arnold！ " [, y) u& X* \) |
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爱你的Kipper。”
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“你要等到明天才可以拆开礼物！”Pig说。
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可是，Arnold已经打开了他的礼物。
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. Z& J" W& K e: s% qKipper's present to Arnold was . J3 }) W- i, g+ f! m. D
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a reindeer hat.
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"The red nose lights up！" said Kipper 9 [2 V& [1 }( }, M% w6 n
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enthusiasically. "And it flashed too！"
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* g+ D( V1 M5 a0 G% E( v! IBut then his face fell.
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He had forgotten to
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Arnold didn't mind. 2 i3 W1 Z5 l/ X: \/ |! u
7 t" r( O5 b9 s4 y; A5 s# mHe loved his hat， 5 e1 y2 i+ d( J4 j# j" A3 M
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operated flashing red nose.
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是一顶驯鹿的帽子。“ - U- ]* F1 z/ ^
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Kipper热情的说：“还可以一闪一闪的。”
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7 }0 x" o4 \$ j/ A: D然后，他脸色暗下来了，
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% f; M' C9 R# n4 X因为他忘记买电池了。 + g( {, G9 n) T6 l2 R& `$ R
) u( ~9 B' M2 @) Q不过Arnold并不在意。
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虽然没有电池，帽子上的鼻子就不会亮起来，
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"That reminds me！" said Pig. # W3 \5 A( B: H: q, L5 }; Q+ V2 _
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"I haven't wrapped up your
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present yet！" So Pig went home，while
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$ c3 y; z# }% l( fArnold stayed with Kipper to help him
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"What shall we put on top，Arnold？"
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, \" l S( G+ \3 Nsaid Kipper. "A snowman？Or a star？" , B5 r7 x2 `, }; w7 R7 \& o
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But Arnold didn't seem to be
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: Q! Z2 r5 O0 O# I/ M; B“这提醒我了！”Pig说：
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5 o) U" {2 _1 n M; t- i' p; [/ Z“我还没包好给你们的礼物呢！” # B! H, ~ u' ~2 ] U& d
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% c' v7 L% U+ S, S! d7 F9 ~: `% hArnold则和Kipper一起开始装饰圣诞树了。 / S" j' r' H* U1 L* \7 [- T- I8 e
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Kipper问：“一个雪人？还是一颗星星？”
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可是Arnold好像对装饰圣诞树并不感兴趣。 9 L, w- d* g- V4 l8 p
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Arnold climbed on to the stool，
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took off his hat，and plopped it
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Arnold爬上一个凳子，拿下他的帽子， $ S/ \# z$ N$ X* L( [5 c; T5 s. f
0 t7 @$ G( b7 g2 {盖在一只小老鼠上。凳子晃了晃，然后倒了。
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, |+ }6 T1 p! P6 Q"Are you all right，Arnold？" . i7 s! U9 Z) U* w( y) Z+ b2 X
$ y4 T8 {/ |0 O4 Usaid Kipper. Arnold sat up ! C5 a0 g2 t5 c7 N" U, U% G; a+ j
) {5 r) S3 a/ n" Land pointed.
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0 {: X" }6 R+ a+ Q3 p( D& D"Clever old you！" he said to Arnold. / t& y' p' u" m) x; z9 B2 P
# p5 c' x. K: T8 B, \ y# D9 T4 i& v"It's just right！"
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- A( ?% ?5 { G M w“你没事吧，Arnold？”Kipper问。
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Arnold坐起来，指了指。
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7 V% x$ ?7 @/ k! g; x, GKipper看到那个驯鹿帽子
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/ ?$ a9 U D% X, }3 z“你真聪明！”Kipper对Arnold说：
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“这样真棒！”所以他们就用驯鹿帽子 ! _5 [8 X* }6 Q) d
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a Merry Christmas. And to throw a
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他们刚刚装饰好圣诞树，
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- h1 i" T! r* q( g5 s4 t8 r门铃响了。是Tiger。
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9 S) Z0 h* _4 _他是来祝Kipper圣诞快乐的。 ' x* m8 D* j. }6 U/ `
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还朝Kipper扔了一个雪球。
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"Sorry it's a bit lumpy." said Pig， ( K6 y0 `+ ^3 `5 [
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"I'm not very good at wrapping thing up."
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"I like lumpy present，" said Kipper.
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# F+ z% p) ?2 v3 t- g"It makes you wonder what's inside." 7 }* u1 \) D6 h
* c9 s2 i& O2 u+ h2 N& kPig也回来了。“不好意思，
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这礼物包的疙疙瘩瘩的。”
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/ T# C4 K& W+ H# Q2 E+ r- N7 l! ]Pig说，“我不太会包装东西。” ! `. h1 p! [/ l+ k4 X& l$ D
7 x0 g1 L2 A9 G2 h: ^“我喜欢这样疙疙瘩瘩的礼物，”
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Kipper说，“这会让我很想知道， 0 @2 Z/ M# c9 k) z
T! r; r# T! ?* r5 N+ ^里面装着什么。”
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7 Y; c4 L' \0 O6 H' U. d+ Q3 \9 x"Time to go home，" said Pig to 5 h3 f0 `$ h" v# E' V; S
* C+ V" @, ]2 p( E9 UArnold. Kipper took Arnold's hat 9 y3 d [) I' m$ ^; ^9 [
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from the tree and gave it back to him.
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& Y1 h4 G" N/ C9 c7 i8 j2 ^Arnold looked inside. There was no mouse. * }; i/ Z/ b( r/ |
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"Merry Christmas，Kipper！" said Pig.
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" w2 l1 X! N( t1 R) i"Merry Christmas，Kipper！" said Tiger. 6 _1 m) K2 V: z+ w; ]( @" t
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"Merry Christmas，everyone！" said Kipper， " e7 P" \9 A2 g* H' l/ O) o, D
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& N9 s5 P: X( y0 q8 k& c0 L! z"Look out for Father Christmas！"
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Arnold waved and looked
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9 j' U& `9 k$ l* J3 S5 F7 ]inside his hat once more，
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just to make sure there
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really was nothing there. 2 Q% K7 }. t% |7 h, @
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“该回家啦！”Pig对Arnold说。 4 y3 {: P3 f' [6 e
6 n1 y7 F" \7 J0 o$ s$ b! }7 y9 NKipper从树顶上拿下驯鹿帽子，
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$ m" R5 \" `# H- a6 b& Q4 {$ U' k+ t递给Arnold。Arnold朝帽子里看看，
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没有老鼠。 5 O% _' ?$ R# F; d/ d& _" E9 p
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“圣诞快乐，Kipper！”Pig说。 9 K; w1 R, H+ m6 @0 K
* W/ o4 m3 Q/ ^' V) t“圣诞快乐，Kipper！”Tiger说。
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% i7 f' @" d8 A4 z M, D% k7 Z“你们也圣诞快乐！”
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当大家走入外面的雪地时，Kipper说，
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+ I, ^$ D: V$ Y“看看有没有圣诞老人啊！”
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: k/ N% S: \0 @3 p4 bArnold挥挥手，然后又看看他的帽子里面， ; Y6 f9 O) | B2 }: p. M, j
! b" o" x# p( ~# O, d6 _/ H L; B0 P想要确认他的帽子里确实什么都没有。
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"I think Christmas Eve is best，" " g+ V6 J( p- v& T j. [0 a
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said Kipper，putting out some 3 q! t/ K1 G' v# P8 u$ t3 b
* t% X( z4 h- B1 U+ ]biscuits for Father Christmas.
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He pegged Sock Thing to $ N8 U+ h: A# Q; \* W4 [' I
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his basket with a note.
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"To Father Christmas.
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{( @! k/ ?& e& E( O) gAnything please. Think you. 8 Q, q$ W* i" N& `
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Love from Kipper." + f2 M8 X' V8 X$ ^& v8 d8 m: |
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He pulled the blanket up
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5 e" z" c h% O; X0 k, x3 Pand lay staring out of
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the window at the stars. # I+ L% t- E6 [& D" o3 m
% [2 p1 a- E0 M: L/ aHe was wide awake.
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* ]; K4 e# s/ \) Z2 N# E! OHe wasn't sleepy at all.
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2 i' K7 G5 |8 O4 u% F! GHe couldn't wait for
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Father Christmas to come ...
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“我觉得，还是平安夜最好。” 4 B7 v9 j P0 K+ x/ D$ }) t
+ n, Y+ Y% T! M) {; uKipper说着，为圣诞老人准备了一些饼干。
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/ X/ K$ l; P; s一张给圣诞老人的字条夹在他的篮子上。
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0 }+ F% M. M. s) t# d字条上写着：“圣诞老人， # J" A1 h1 s8 ?# m
- M7 e) g j3 ]' i- y, s- E什么礼物都可以。
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谢谢你。爱你的Kipper。”
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- v4 |/ n/ `. _+ D" F" q7 MKipper盖好毯子，躺在篮子里，
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0 B [9 g* O# V( S7 P; m凝视着窗外的星空。他很清醒，
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一点都不想睡觉。
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1 h( C9 _2 w; E% a' f# x他已经快等不及圣诞老人的到来了。 , ?2 _3 J, U2 b' H o; G& {
- H0 u# j; ?! o0 y0 G0 yNor could the mouse ... , h; o. h& f6 t4 F
3 S: h7 H0 W2 `, K... and nor could Arnold. & I' o; c' ?! \0 m# z& `& ]* z
$ ?' U4 u% j/ M# H+ x; j小老鼠也等不及了。 X! w2 U' ~9 Y7 U" ?% x, K9 }, K
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Arnold也是……
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