小学二年级英语阅读材料：狗狗童年时代

　　Clifford 小时候个子特别小，Emily 和他玩也得倍加小心。一天，Emily 的阿姨来作客。她走了以后，Clifford 就不见了。他们找遍了所有房间也没有找到。Clifford 去哪里了呢?快看故事吧。本文适合小学四年级学生阅读。

　　1. When Clifford was a puppy, he was very small. I had to be careful when I played with him.

　　Clifford小时候个子非常小。所以我和他玩的时候得非常小心呢。

　　2. Clifford liked to play ball, but he was too small to catch it.

　　Clifford喜欢玩球，但是因为他那时太小了，连球都抓不住。

　　3. Clifford also liked to sleep in my hat on cold winter days.

　　冬天的时候，Clifford还喜欢睡在我的帽子里呢。

　　4. One day, my aunt came to visit. When she left, we looked all over for our small red puppy.

　　一天，我阿姨来拜访我们。她走的时候，我们到处找Clifford这家伙。

　　5. My aunt found him in a cake shop. Clifford was scared. He ran about on the cakes.

　　后来阿姨在蛋糕店找到了他。Clifford很害怕。居然在蛋糕上跑来跑去。

　　6. What a mess! My aunt didn't know what to do. She didn't want to bring Clifford home like that.

　　太糟糕了!阿姨也不知道该怎么办。她可不想把这满身奶油的Clifford带回来。

　　7. A small boy with a big dog had an idea. He said his dog liked cream very much. A moment later, Clifford was clean.

　　这时一个带着大狗的小男孩想到了一个办法。他说他的狗狗可喜欢奶油啦。不一会儿，Clifford就干净啦。

　　8. I was so happy to have Clifford home again.

　　看到Clifford回来后我可高兴啦!

　　【练一练】请小朋友试着回下以下问题：

　　Why does Emily's aunt don't want to bring Clifford home at that time?