Reading

 I read "Mirror Island".

 Chip was in his bedroom. He was busy drawing. "Chip!" called Biff. "Wilf and Wilma are here!" Chip went downstairs. Chip showed them his drawing. He had made a pattern. "What is it?" asked Wilf. "It looks like a word," said Wilma. "Come up to my room," said Chip. "Then I can show you."

 I want to find the treasure chest too! And if I find the treasure chest, I convert it into the money and donate it to poor people.

 Vocabulary

pirate：海賊

spade：スコップ

Roderick,H.(2002) Mirror Island, New York

Reading

 I read "The Laughing Princess".

 Chip had a new book. It was about a princess who couldn't laugh. Nobody could make her laugh. Chip had an idea. "Try and make me laugh," he said. Biff made a funny face, but she couldn't make Chip laugh. Biff put on a funny wig. She told a funny joke, but she still couldn't make Chip laugh. "It's no good," she said.

 I couldn't understand why the princess laugh and why people were laughed by the teeth.

Vocabulary

groan：不満を言う

Roderick,H.(1994) The Laughing Princess, New York

Reading

 I read "Little Mouse Deer and the Crocodile".

One day Little Mouse Deer went to the river. He was hungry. He could see leaves and fruit on the other side of the river. Now in the river there was a Crocodile. The Crocodile was hungry too. He wanted to eat Little Mouse Deer. When Crocodile saw Little Mouse Deer he said, "Do you want to get to the other side of the river?"

 I thought that this Little Mouse Deer was very clever to fake Crocodile. But if this Little Mouse Deer fell down the river, he will be eaten by the Crocodile. So he was very brave too.

 Vocabulary

deer：シカ

Monica,H.(2004) Little Mouse Deer and the Crocodile, New York

Reading

 I read "The New Baby".

 Jo had some good news. She was expecting a baby. "What good news!" said everyone. Wilma's mum found the old buggy. "Oh look!" said Wilma's dad. "Wilf had it when he was a baby." The buggy looked a bit scruffy.A wheel had come off. "We can do it up," said Wilma's mum.

 It was very kind of people around the baby that they gave something good for the baby. So I thought that this baby would grow to a good person.

Vocabulary

baggy：ベビーカー

scruffy：みすぼらしい

cot：ベビーベッド

rattle：ガラガラ鳴るおもちゃ

Roderick,H.(1996) The New Baby, New York