20090922 -- Dusty Earns His Keep (1)

Dusty Earns His Keep

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Dusty the pup was keeping busy.
"Splashing in the pond, chasing chickens, and digging in the garden sure make a farm dog tired!" he yelped.
"Why, there's so much to do, I can hardly keep up with it all. In fact," he yawned,
"I'm so tired. I'll just find a shady spot where I can keep cool until my master comes home."
So he trotted to the pasture to rest under the oak tree where the dairy cows were lying.
"And what are you doing here?" mooed Mrs Milkmaker.
"Why," barked the puppy,
"I'm looking for a shady place to rest."
"Well, then, keep on looking," the cow continued.
"We don't want you here with us.
We give the farmer our finest milk," she mooed proudly.
"But what do you give? Can you give milk?"

"Well, I, uh ..."
"Of course you can't!" bellowed the cow.
"So, keep moving! You're not welcome here."
Dusty sadly went on his way.
Noticing the barn door was open he went inside.
"I'll nap in here," he though.
And he settle down in a stack of hay and closed his eyes.
"Baaa, baaa," sad Sweaterby the lamb, interrupting the puppy's sleep.
"Why, you're no good at all. You're baaad, baaad, baaad."
The lamb kept it up.
"Why does the farmer keep you around anyhow?
We sheep give him our finest wool," he bragged.
"But what do you give? Can you give wool?"
"Well, I, uh ..."
"Of course you can't! You're baaad, baaad, baaad!"
Sweaterby the lamb kept at it until the puppy finally got up and went sadly out of the barn.


trot v. 小跑
trot trotted trotted
=> walking some place very quickly
eg: The wild horse trotted around in circle.
eg: The horse was trotting through the woods.
eg: We trotted along the beach while walking our dog.

bellow v. 動物大聲的吼叫
=> talk in a very low voice
eg: I can hear ship's horn bellowing through the fog.
eg: The horse bellowed and started to run wildly.
eg: You can hear the sergeant(士官長) bellowing at the rookies.

earn one's keep 賺自己的生活費
keep n. 生活費
eg: She babysits her neighbor's kids to earn her keep.

earn a living 以此謀生


yelp v. (狗)吠
yawn v. 打呵欠
pasture n. 牧草地/放牧場
barn n. 穀倉/糧倉

dairy adj. 乳品的/產乳的
dairy cow n. 乳牛


brag v. 吹牛/自吹/自誇

keep up with
=> trying to keep going the same pace as someone or something else

keep on Ving 持續...
=> continue

kept something up

kept at something
=> keep something even though it is difficult

//== Chat room ==//

hay n. 乾草
hit the hay 上船就寢
= hit the sack
=> 古時候人們的床都是用sack(帆布大袋子)裝hay(乾草)
=> go to bed
eg: It's time to hit the hay.


power nap
=> 不超過三十分鐘的睡覺