英语初级口语教程：ThreeWishes三个愿望

　　 He gave me three small seeds. 　　 "Put each seed into a small box filled with dirt. Then care for them. Talk to them if you wish. They will grow with you. " 　　 Now they are in larger boxes. One of t.he plants has grown up to my knee. I sometimes wonder what else it is up to. 　　 Another time we were walking in the field when we saw two birds on a telephone line. They seemed so peaceful. Then suddenly they flew away. My uncle just laughed. 　　 "See," he said."Someone said something they didn't like.& careful what you tell the birds." 　　 One night I passed by the office of the orphanage. A man I don't iike very much was on the phone. He was angry and loud.

　　 When he'left, I went into the office and picked up the phone. I heard the funniest sound. 　　 "Listen," I said. "Listen, liirds. Come on back, never mind what he says. We like you. " 　　 One day-Unele did not come: I waited and waited but he did not come. The man I don't like at the orphanage said Uncle was sick. 　　 "May I go and see him?" I asked. 　　 "No," he said. "He may be contagious. " 　　 "May I call him?" 　　 "No, " he said. "I'll call him for you. " 　　 "Don't do that," I said. 　　 "Why not?" . 　　 "You'll make the birds fly away. " 　　 I sneaked into the office one night and called Uncle. 　　 "Are you all right?" I asked. 　　 "Yes, but I must go away. " 　　 "Why?" 　　 "To make room for something else. " 　　 "Will you come back?" 　　 "I will help you remember me, if you want me to. " 　　 "I do. . . . Ido. . . ." 　　 When I went to bed at night, I would try to imagine that he was there. He was harder and harder to see. One night, he was not there at all. There was only a grcen ficld. 　　 I went back to our field. It was raining. T'he sky was dark, the way I was inside. I looked for Uricle everywhere. I called his name. 　　 I was angry for a while. I said some things out loud that I shouldn't have said. Two birds flew out of the trec.I made them get wet. 　　 On the way back, I saw something that was only an inch or two tall. It was where that hird dropped the acorn. I didn't tell anybody, but I knew. 　　 Someday Uncle will be fifty feet tall.