Clifford 小時候個子特別小，Emily 和他玩也得倍加小心。一天，Emily 的.阿姨來作客。她走了以後，Clifford 就不見了。他們找遍了所有房間也沒有找到。Clifford 去哪裡了呢?快看故事吧。本文適合國小四年級學生閱讀。
1. When Clifford was a puppy, he was very small. I had to be careful when I played with him.
Clifford小時候個子非常小。所以我和他玩的時候得非常小心呢。
2. Clifford liked to play ball, but he was too small to catch it.
Clifford喜歡玩球，但是因為他那時太小了，連球都抓不住。
3. Clifford also liked to sleep in my hat on cold winter days.
冬天的時候，Clifford還喜歡睡在我的帽子裡呢。
4. One day, my aunt came to visit. When she left, we looked all over for our small red puppy.
一天，我阿姨來拜訪我們。她走的時候，我們到處找Clifford這傢伙。
5. My aunt found him in a cake shop. Clifford was scared. He ran about on the cakes.
後來阿姨在蛋糕店找到了他。Clifford很害怕。居然在蛋糕上跑來跑去。
6. What a mess! My aunt didn't know what to do. She didn't want to bring Clifford home like that.
太糟糕了!阿姨也不知道該怎麼辦。她可不想把這滿身奶油的Clifford帶回來。
7. A small boy with a big dog had an idea. He said his dog liked cream very much. A moment later, Clifford was clean.
這時一個帶著大狗的小男孩想到了一個辦法。他說他的狗狗可喜歡奶油啦。不一會兒，Clifford就乾淨啦。
8. I was so happy to have Clifford home again.
看到Clifford回來後我可高興啦!
【練一練】請小朋友試著回下以下問題：
Why does Emily's aunt don't want to bring Clifford home at that time?
