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满分练5 读后续写(人与动物)
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读后续写
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Test on the Mountain
Mohan was excited. His father had finally declared him old enough to help take the sheep to graze. It was no ordinary grazing (放牧), though. During the summer, the men stayed far away from home with their flocks (羊群).
As Mohan waved his mother good bye, “Take care of your father,” she said.
“I will,” he replied, trying to look as grown-up as possible. But he worried, will I be able to handle the challenges of life in the mountains?
Mohan, his father, and their sheep dog, Sona, along with Kishan, a neighbor, took their sheep northward.
Then they received good news. Some villagers coming down the mountain had seen meadows thick with grass only a day’s walk ahead.
“But be careful,” one of them cautioned.“We have heard there is a leopard in that area.”
The next day, the pasture was a welcome sight. Green grass sparkled under a brilliant blue sky. The sheep rushed down to eat well. As Mohan cleaned up after dinner, he hummed. His father and Kishan had taken their flocks to different ends of the pasture. The sun was setting.
Suddenly, Sona started to bark. Mohan looked up to see his father’s sheep rushing down. Something was wrong. He waited for the sheep to reach him. Then he turned to Sona and said, “Stay and guard the sheep. I must look for Father.”
Mohan picked up a lantern and his shepherd’s staff (牧羊人手杖) and hurried in the direction from which the sheep had come. The tall rocks threw dark shadows. “Father, where are you?” he called out.
Mohan stopped and listened. The frightened bleating (咩咩叫) of a lamb cut through the silence of the evening. Then came a low, deep growl. Mohan shouted, “Father!”
A voice answered, “I’m here.”
Mohan rushed up a slope and almost fell into a ditch. Mohan spotted his father lying in the ditch, holding a lamb. He looked up and found himself looking straight into the eyes of a leopard. Mohan froze with terror.
“Use your lantern.” His father’s voice s