“Oh, where is my baby chick?” said Mother Hen. "She has run off again!”

where - 在哪裡

baby - 寶貝

chick - 小雞

hen - 母雞

run off - 逃跑

Little Jenny chick wanted to explore. She did not want to stay on the farm all the time. She ran off towards the gate.

explore - 探索

did not want - 不想

stay - 留

farm - 農場

gate - 大門

Suddenly, she stopped! Hunter, the dog who guarded the gate, growled at her. Jenny was terrified!

suddenly - 忽然

stopped - 停止

dog - 狗

growled - 咆哮

terrified - 嚇壞了

"Help! Mama, help!” She said. Her mother heard her and came to rescue her.

help - 幫

heard - 聽說

rescue - 營救

“Mama, I was so scared!” Jenny cried.

“Don’t worry, Jenny”, Mama said. “The dog just wanted to stop you from going outside the gate and getting lost or eaten by a cat.”

scared - 恐怕

cried - 哭了

Don't worry - 不用擔心

stop - 預防

outside - 外面

lost - 迷路

eaten - 吃掉

cat - 貓

"Oh," said Jenny. She understood why her mother asked her not to leave the farm.

Suddenly, it started to rain. But Jenny wasn't scared, because she was safe with her mother.

rain - 下雨

safe - 安全

After some time, lightning came down from the sky and struck Farmer Jones’ house.

"Oh no! The lightning has hit Farmer Jones' house!" said Molly the horse.

lightning - 閃電

sky - 天空

struck - 擊中

house - 房子

farmer - 農民

horse - 馬

"What can we do? We have to save the farmer!" said the cow.

"I have an idea,” said the rooster. "We can make a lot of noise! The neighbors will hear us and come to help."

"Good idea," said the animals.

save - 救

cow - 牛

rooster - 公雞

noise - 噪音

neighbors - 鄰居

idea - 想法

Mr. Brown was drinking a cup of coffee with his wife when he heard a lot of noise coming from the farm. Then he saw smoke.

coffee - 咖啡

wife - 妻子

smoke - 煙霧

"Quick!" he said to his wife. "Call the fire station. Our neighbors need help!" As fast as he could, he drove to Farmer Jones’ house.

quick - 快

fire station - 消防局

Soon the firefighters came. They put out the fire and saved Farmer Jones and his farm.

firefighters - 消防員

put out the fire - 大火撲滅

saved - 保存

“Thank you so much!” said Farmer Jones to Mr. Brown.

“Well, Farmer Jones,” said Mr. Brown, “Your animals saved you. They made a lot of noise and got my attention.”

animals - 動物

The animals were so happy! They had helped save the farmer and his farm.

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