The Friendly Ghost

善良的鬼魂

A nice woman lived by a large river. She loved children. She wanted to help them in any way. She loved her community, and everyone in the community loved her. She lived a very long time and became very wise.

河邊住著一位善良的婦女，她很愛孩子，想盡辦法幫助他們。她和同一小區里的人互愛互助。她很長壽，也因此變得很睿智。

When she died, she became a ghost. She was dead, but every night she returned to her community. She wanted to help children and not to cause them fright. But she had a scary voice. Children were afraid of her, but the ghost was a good one. She only scared them to help them.

她死后變成了一個鬼魂。她雖然死了，但每天晚上還是會回原來生活的地方看看。她希望幫助孩子們但又不想嚇著他們。然而，她的聲音是那樣令人害怕。孩子們無一不怕她，但她并不會傷害他們。她嚇唬他們只是為了幫助他們。

One night, some children and a dog were playing by the river. They were having fun with their pet. But they were far from home. Then the weather became bad. It rained and rained. The river was rising. It was very dark. The children knew they were lost. They needed to go north, but they didn’t know which direction it was. When the moon came out, they saw a ghost by the river. The ghost said, “Go away!”

有一天晚上，幾個孩子帶著一只狗到河邊玩耍，大家和寵物玩得很開心。但他們離家太遠了，而且天氣突然變化，開始不停的下雨，造成河水一只在上漲。天很黑，他們知道迷路了。家的方向在北邊，但大家都分不清東西南北。月亮出來后，孩子們發現了河邊的鬼魂。鬼魂對他們說道：“快走開！”

The children felt great fright. They knew it was a ghost. Then the ghost moved closer. She yelled again, “Go away!” The children became very upset. Some of them began to cry. The children knew they had a choice: they could escape, or they could stay and face this scary individual in the dark.

孩子們知道那是鬼，大家都非常害怕。隨后那只鬼又向他們靠近并再次大喊道：“快走開！”孩子們都不知所措，其中有人開始哭了起來。孩子們知道，他們只有兩個選擇：要么跑，要么留在黑暗中面對這只嚇人的鬼。

The children ran a long distance away. The ghost followed them all the way. Finally, the children reached home. The ghost was very happy. Soon the river rose higher and higher. It was very dangerous. The ghost had helped the children survive! She had saved them from the rising water. She also used her power to lead them home. Sometimes, meeting a ghost has advantages. A ghost can save your life!

孩子們跑了很遠，那只鬼一路上也跟著他們。終于，孩子們都到家了。那只鬼魂感到很欣慰。很快，河水越漲越高，危險異常。她用自己的力量帶著孩子們回到了家，救了他們，不然他們就要被水沖走了。有時候，見鬼也不見得是件壞事，說不定還能救命呢！

單詞

advantage n.優勢

cause v.引起，使發生

choice n.選擇

community n.社區

dead adj.死亡的

distance n.距離

escape v.逃離

face v.面對

follow v.跟隨

fright n.驚嚇，驚駭

ghost n.鬼魂

individual n.個人

pet n.寵物

reach v.到達

return v.返回

survive v.生存

upset adj.沮喪的

voice n.聲音

weather n.天氣

wise adj.明智的