An I can read(Level 2) Frog and Toad Are Friends 08 ice cream

8-Ice Cream
One hot summer day Frog and Toad¹ sat by the pond.
“I wish we had some sweet, cold ice cream,” said Frog.
“What a good idea,” said Toad.
“Wait right here, Frog. I will be back soon.”
Toad went to the store.
He bought two big ice-cream cones².
Toad licked³ one of the cones.
“Frog likes chocolate best,” said Toad,
“and so do I.”
Toad walked along the path.
A large, soft drop of chocolate ice cream slipped down his arm.
“This ice cream is melting in the sun,” said Toad.
Toad walked faster.
Many drops of melting ice cream flew through the air.
They fell down on Toad’s head.
“I must hurry back to Frog!” he cried.
“I must hurry back to Frog!” he cried.
More and more of the ice cream was melting.
It dripped down on Toad’s jacket.
It splattered on his pant⁴ and on his feet.
“Where is the path?” cried Toad.
“I cannot see!”
Frog sat by the pond waiting for Toad.
A Mouse ran by.
“I just saw something awful!” cried the mouse.
“It was big and brown!”
“Something covered with sticks and leaves is moving this way!” cried a squirrel⁵.
“Here comes a thing with horns!” shouted a rabbit.
“Run for your life!”
“What can it be?” asked Frog.
Frog hid behind a rock.
He saw the thing coming.
It was big and brown.
It was covered with sticks and leaves.
It had two horns.
“Forg,” cried the thing.
“Where are you?”
“Good heavens!” said Frog.
“That thing is Toad!”
Toad fell into the pond.
He sank to the bottom and came up again.
“Drat,” said Toad.
“All of our sweet, cold ice cream has washed away.”
“Never mind,” said Frog.
“I know what we can do.”
Frog and Toad quickly ran back to the store.
Then they sat in the shade of a large tree and ate their chocolate ice-cream cones together.
 

1 toad   

n.蟾蜍，癞蛤蟆

参考例句：

• Both the toad and frog are amphibian.蟾蜍和青蛙都是两栖动物。
• Many kinds of toad hibernate in winter.许多种蟾蜍在冬天都会冬眠。

2 cones   

n.（人眼）圆锥细胞；圆锥体( cone的名词复数 )；球果；圆锥形东西；（盛冰淇淋的）锥形蛋卷筒

参考例句：

• In the pines squirrels commonly chew off and drop entire cones. 松树上的松鼠通常咬掉和弄落整个球果。 来自辞典例句
• Many children would rather eat ice cream from cones than from dishes. 许多小孩喜欢吃蛋卷冰淇淋胜过盘装冰淇淋。 来自辞典例句

3 licked   

舔( lick的过去式和过去分词 )； 打败； （波浪）轻拍； （火焰）吞卷

参考例句：

• He licked his fingers. 他舔了一下自己的手指。
• The flames of the fire licked the sides of the fireplace. 火焰卷烧着壁炉的边缘。

4 pant   

n.喘息，悸动；vt.气喘吁吁地说；vi.喘息，渴望；adj.裤子的

参考例句：

• You pant after running hard for a time.拼命跑一阵后便会觉得气短。
• When he bent over,he split his pant.他一弯腰就把裤裆裂开了。

5 squirrel   

n.松鼠，松鼠的毛皮；vt.贮藏以备用

参考例句：

• The squirrel makes a store of nuts for the winter.松鼠贮藏坚果以备过冬。
• A squirrel hoards nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬贮藏坚果。