Tom is only six years old．He loves animals very much．Many students in his class have pets (宠物)，but he doesn't have one．It's Sunday．Tom and his mother go shopping．
Tom asks, "Mom, could you buy me a pet?"
"" his mother asks．
"I want a monkey．It's so clever．I like it very much．"
"It will eat your bananas．"
"How about a panda? It is cute．It is my favorite animal．"
"A panda? No．"
"Well, mm …" Tom thinks for a while (一会儿)．"Oh，I can have an elephant(大象)．It is very kind．"
"It is so big and we don't have a big room for it," says his mother．"You can have a pet．"
Well, I know．
"What is it?"
"Dad!" Tom says happily．
A．You can't have a monkey． B．So he wants his mother to buy him a pet． C．But it can't be big, and it can't drink your milk or eat your bananas． D．What pet do you want? E．It will drink your milk． |
