Today was the school carnival3.Jimmy was excited. He wanted to win aprize4 at the game table.

Jimmy went to Mr. Ames.“Hello，there！ ”called Mr. Ames. He was theschool music teacher.“Would you like totry my game？ Just toss5 a small ball intoone of these fishbowls6 to win a prize.”

Jimmy took three small， white ballsin his hand. He tossed the first ball hard.It went to the ground. “Not too hard，”said Mr. Ames.

Jimmy tossed the second ball verylightly7 into the air. It still went down tothe ground. Another miss. Now he wasdown to his last ball. He tossed the ball，and this time it went into the fishbowl.

“You win！ ”said Mr. Ames. He pickedthe fishbowl up and took out the ball.“I’llkeeptheball，butyoucanhavethefishbowl.”

When Mr. Ames handed Jimmy thefishbowl， he could see a bright orange fishswimming very fast.

今天學(xué)校舉行游園會(huì)。吉米很興奮，他想在游戲里贏得獎(jiǎng)品。

吉米來(lái)到艾姆斯先生面前?！澳愫?！”艾姆斯先生喊道。他是學(xué)校的音樂(lè)老師?！澳阆朐囃嫖业挠螒騿?？只要把一個(gè)小球扔進(jìn)其中一個(gè)魚(yú)缸里就能獲得獎(jiǎng)品?！?/p>

吉米手里拿了三個(gè)白色的小球。他用力擲出第一個(gè)球，它掉到地上了?！皠e太用力。”艾姆斯先生說(shuō)。

吉米將第二個(gè)球輕輕拋向空中。它還是掉到地上了。又一次失誤，現(xiàn)在他只剩最后一個(gè)球了。他把球扔了出去，這次球進(jìn)了魚(yú)缸里。

“你贏了！”艾姆斯先生說(shuō)。他拿起魚(yú)缸，取出球，“球歸我，魚(yú)缸歸你?！?/p>

當(dāng)艾姆斯先生把魚(yú)缸遞給吉米時(shí)，他看到一條亮橙色的魚(yú)在里面飛快游動(dòng)。

Wow！ I’ll name her Golda，”saidJimmy. The goldfish looked right atJimmy and hid behind a small treasurechest8 in the fishbowl. Jimmy laughed.

“Are you hiding？ Don’t be afraid.”He turned the fishbowl around in hishands so he could see the fish.“Foundyou！ ”Golda looked at Jimmy again.Then she swam to the other side of thetreasure chest as fast as possible.

“Well， I guess you are here，”saidJimmy.“Comeout，comeout，whereveryouare！ ”He slowly turned the fishbowl againandfoundGolda.“You’re here now！ ”

This time Jimmy turned the fishbowland ducked9 his head down low， sothe treasure chest was between him andGolda. He waited.

Soon Golda swam around to Jimmy’sside of the fish bowl. “Now you foundme，”Jimmy said. “I didn’t know a fishcould be so much fun！ ”

“哇！我給她起名叫戈?duì)栠_(dá)吧?！奔渍f(shuō)。金魚(yú)看著吉米，然后躲到魚(yú)缸里的一個(gè)小寶箱后面。吉米笑了。

“你在躲嗎？不要害怕?！彼咽掷锏聂~(yú)缸轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)來(lái)，這樣就能看到那條魚(yú)了。“找到你了！”戈?duì)栠_(dá)又看了看吉米，然后以最快的速度游到寶箱的另一邊。

“嗯，我猜你在這里?！奔渍f(shuō)“，出來(lái)，出來(lái)，不管你在哪兒！”他又慢慢地轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)魚(yú)缸，找到了戈?duì)栠_(dá)?！罢业侥懔?！”

這次吉米轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)了魚(yú)缸，然后低下頭，這樣寶箱就擋在他和戈?duì)栠_(dá)之間了。他等待著。

很快，戈?duì)栠_(dá)就游到了靠近吉米的這一邊?！艾F(xiàn)在你找到我了?！奔渍f(shuō)“，我都不知道一條魚(yú)可以這么有趣！”

（英語(yǔ)原文選自：readingvine.com）