Nancy was excited. Her friend Jennyjust called and told her about the circus. Shewanted to go and watch the show. Her dadsaid he could take her there 30 minuteslater. Now she could see bright red flags1 ontop of a large tent2 just across the street.Jenny was right. The circus was here！

南希很興奮。她的朋友珍妮剛剛打電話告訴她馬戲團(tuán)的事，她想去看演出。爸爸說30 分鐘后可以帶她去?，F(xiàn)在她可以看到街對(duì)面一個(gè)大帳篷頂上鮮紅的旗幟。珍妮是對(duì)的。馬戲團(tuán)就在這里！

She held her dad’s hand as theycrossed the street. Nancy wanted to run， butthat wouldn’t be safe. She jumped up anddown once they got to the sidewalk3 infront of the tent.

過馬路時(shí)，她牽著爸爸的手。南希想跑過去，但那樣不安全。他們一走到帳篷前的人行道上，她就歡呼跳躍起來。

“This is the big top4，” said Dad.“Inside we can sit down to watch the show.There will be clowns5 and animals andmagic6 tricks. We will have great fun.”

“這是大帳篷?！卑职终f，“在里面我們可以坐下來看表演，有小丑、動(dòng)物和魔術(shù)表演。我們會(huì)玩得很開心?！?/p>

Nancy felt very happy. She would like towatch the show right away. But it wasn’t time to" go inside the big top yet， so she and Dadhad time to walk around the rest of the circus.

南希感到非常高興。她想馬上看到表演，但是現(xiàn)在還沒到進(jìn)入大帳篷的時(shí)候，所以她和爸爸有時(shí)間去馬戲團(tuán)的其他地方逛。有一個(gè)人在賣氣球，一些人在賣小吃，拐了個(gè)彎，南?？吹搅艘活^灰色的大象。

There was a man selling balloons7 andpeople were selling some food. They turned acorner and Nancy saw a big gray elephant.

The elephant was very tall. Even Dadhad to look up to see the elephant’s face.

這頭大象非常高，就連爸爸也必須仰起頭才能看到大象的臉。

The elephant had a blanket on itsback. On top of the blanket was a smallseat with a handle8.

這頭大象背上有一條毯子，毯子上面有一個(gè)帶把手的小座椅。

“Would you like to ride the elephant，Nancy？”Dad asked.

“南希，你想騎大象嗎？“爸爸問。

Nancy jumped up anddown again. “Oh， yes！ ”shecried. She had never rid anelephant before. It would bevery interesting to ride the elephant.

南希又歡呼了起來?！鞍パ剑?！”她大喊。她以前從未騎過大象。騎大象會(huì)很有趣。

Dad gave money to the man in chargeof 9 the elephants. Nancy climbed a specialstaircase10， so she could reach the top of theelephant’s back. The man helped her ontothe special seat.“Hold on tight11！ ”he said.

爸爸把錢給了負(fù)責(zé)照顧大象的人。南希爬上了一個(gè)專用的樓梯，這樣她就可以爬到大象的背上。那個(gè)男人扶她坐上了那個(gè)特別的座位?！白ゾo了！”他說。

Slowly， the elephant began to walkin a large circle. Each step made Nancy’sseat rock12 back and forth. She heldtightly to the handle and was not afraidat all.

慢慢地，大象開始繞著一個(gè)大圈行走。每走一步，南希的座位都會(huì)前后搖晃。她緊緊抓住把手，一點(diǎn)也不害怕。

She was so high up that she couldlook down on Dad’s head. She couldalso see the top of the elephant’s head.It was gray and had some wiry13 hairs.

她身處的位置很高，可以俯視爸爸的頭。她還能看到大象的頭頂。那兒是灰色的，有一些硬毛。

Suddenly14， the elephant flapped15his ears. Nancy laughed. This was fun！

突然，大象扇動(dòng)了一下耳朵。南希笑了。這很有趣！

When the elephant got back to thespecial staircase， Nancy climbed backdown to Dad.

當(dāng)大象回到專用樓梯那兒時(shí)，南希爬下樓梯回到爸爸身邊。

“Did you like it？”he asked.

“你喜歡騎大象嗎？”他問。

“Yes！ I like it very much，”saidNancy. “Can I have an elephant for mybirthday？”

“是的！我非常喜歡?！蹦舷Ｕf，“我能得到一只大象作為生日禮物嗎？”

“I am afraid you can’t， honey，”Day said. “But I can take you to watchmore shows today.”

“恐怕不行，親愛的。”爸爸說，“但我今天可以帶你去多看幾場(chǎng)節(jié)目?！?/p>

（英語原文選自院readingvine.com）