日课｜英文故事：The Clumsy Cat
Jessie老师英语美文朗读，今天给大家讲一个英文小故事。
纯正美音，适合模仿学习。
The Clumsy Cat
Once there was a clumsy cat named Ouch. People say that cats always land on their feet. Not Ouch. She always landed on her head. This is how she got the name “Ouch.”
Her brothers and sisters teased her. They jumped down from trees and from roofs. They landed on all four feet. “Jump, Ouch! Jump!” they cried. Ouch jumped down from the tree. She landed on her head. “Ouch!” she said.
With bruises and sores, the clumsy cat went to her father. “I need to learn how to land on my feet,” she said.
Father Cat thought and thought. Then he spoke. “Climb up to the top of that tree,” he told Ouch. “Jump into the air and do a somersault and a half-twist.”
Slowly, Ouch climbed the tree. She jumped into the air. Then she did a somersault and a half-twist. Like magic, she landed on her feet.
“Hurrah!” she cried. “Thank you, Father!”
她的兄弟姐妹取笑她。他们从树上和屋顶上跳下来，四脚着地。“跳，哎哟！跳起来！“他们叫着。哎哟从树上跳下来，她头部着地了。“哎哟！”她说。
那只笨手笨脚的猫又伤又痛地去找她父亲。她说：“我需要学会如何用脚着地。”
猫爸爸想了又想。然后他开口了。“爬到那棵树的顶端，”他对哎哟说。“跳到空中，翻个筋斗，再转半圈。”
慢慢地，哎呦爬上了树。她跳到空中。然后她翻了个筋斗，再旋转了半圈。她神奇地双脚着地了。
“太棒了！”她叫道。“谢谢你，爸爸！”
clumsy 笨拙的；不灵巧的
land 降落；着陆
tease 取笑；戏弄
bruise 青肿；淤伤
sore 痛处；伤处
somersault 空翻；筋斗
half-twist 旋转90°
like magic 像魔术一样；神奇地