Meet Kathleen the mouse and Mark the elephant. Kathleen is very brave and likes adventure, but Mark is very shy and scared of many things. But friends stay together, so Mark follows Kathleen wherever she goes. Sometimes they get into some very sticky situations.
見見老鼠凱薩琳和大象馬克。凱薩琳非常勇敢又喜歡冒險，但馬克的個性十分害羞，對許多事情都感到害怕。不過，朋友都喜歡黏在一塊兒，所以凱薩琳走到哪兒，馬克就會跟到哪兒。有時候，牠們也會碰上非常棘手的情況...
"Are you ready? Do you have your bathing suit on? Let's go!" Kathleen yelled.
"I thought we were going to the beach next week," Mark answered, looking confused.
"We are! That's why you need to learn to swim today," Kathleen said as she pulled him out of the house.
Ten minutes later they were at the pool. Kathleen kicked off her shoes and jumped into the water. She swam a few strokes of freestyle, and then turned to face Mark, who was still standing by the side of the pool. "Come on, the water feels great!" she said.
Mark put one foot in the pool. "Brrr, that's cold," he said. Kathleen gave him an angry look, so he stepped in the shallow part of the pool.
"OK, that's great," Kathleen called. "Now walk out here to where it's deep. First, you need to learn how to float."
Mark walked out into the pool until his whole body was underwater, except his head.
"Look Kathleen!" he cried. "I'm floating!"
"Are your feet on the ground?" Kathleen asked with a knowing look.
Mark looked embarrassed.
"That's what I thought," Kathleen said. "OK, forget floating. Let's start with doggy paddling," she said, and she began doggy paddling around the pool. (Kayleen Hartman, staff writer)
「你準備好了沒？穿上泳衣了嗎？我們出發吧！」凱薩琳嚷嚷著。
「我以為我們下星期才要去海邊，」馬克一臉困惑地回答。
「是啊！所以你今天得學游泳啊！」凱薩琳說著就把馬克拖出家外。
十分鐘後，他們抵達了游泳池，凱薩琳踢掉鞋子，跳進水裡，她划了幾下自由式，然後看著依然站在池邊的馬克。她說：「快來啊！水好清涼喔！」
馬克把一隻腳伸進池子裡，「好冷喔！」他說。
凱薩琳惡狠狠地看了他一眼，馬克就踏進水池的淺水區。
「好，很好！現在走過來水位較深的地方。首先你得學會怎麼漂浮。」凱薩琳大喊著。
馬克走進水池，直到頭以下的身體都浸在水裡。
馬克大喊：「凱薩琳妳看！我會漂浮了。」
「你是不是雙腳還踏在地上？」凱薩琳似乎能看穿馬克似地問。
馬克則有點不好意思。
「我就知道！算了！別管漂浮了！我們來學狗爬式吧！」凱薩琳說完，就開始用狗爬式在水池裡游來游去。 （翻譯：鄭湘儀）
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