High and Lifted Up（上）

It was a windy day. The mailman (邮差)barely(仅仅,勉强) made it

to the front door. When the door opened, Mrs. Pennington

said, "hello", but, before she had a real chance to say

"thank you", the mail blew out of the mailman's

hands, into the house and the front door slammed (砰然声,猛然)in

his face. Mrs. Pennington ran to pick up the mail.

"Oh my," she said. Tommy was watching the

shutters open and then shut, open and then shut.

"Mom," he said, "may I go outside?" "Be careful,"

she said. "It's so windy today." Tommy crawled

down from the window-seat and ran to the door.

He opened it with a bang(重击,突然巨响).

The wind blew fiercely(猛烈地,厉害地) and

snatched (抢夺,碎片,一阵)the newly recovered(回升)

mail from Mrs. Pennington's

hands and blew it even further into the house.

"Oh my," she said again. Tommy ran outside and the

door slammed shut. Outside, yellow, gold, and red

leaves were leaping (跳跃)from swaying trees, landing on

the roof, jumping off the roof, and then chasing one

another down the street in tiny whirlwinds

(旋风) of merriment(欢乐).

Tommy watched in fascination(魔力,～迷,魅力 )

"If I was a leaf, I

would fly clear across the world," Tommy thought

and then ran out into the yard (庭院,码)among

the swirl(漩涡,涡状形) of colors.

Mrs. Pennington came to the front porch(门廊). "Tommy, I have

your jacket. Please put it on." However, there was no

Tommy in the front yard. "Tommy?" Tommy was a leaf.

He was blowing down the street(街道)

with the rest of his play-mates.

A maple leaf came close-by, touched him

and moved ahead. Tommy met him shortly,

brushed against him, and moved

further (更远的)ahead. They swirled

around and around, hit cars and poles(极), flew up into the

air and then down again. "This is fun," Tommy thought.

to be continue............

notes:I learned many words

in this interesting story.