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，他們也會碰上非常棘手的情況...
“A daring escape” 險境逃生！"Psst! Mark, are you awake?" Kathleen whispered from her cage.
"Yeah, I can't sleep either," Mark replied. When Terry the tiger had kidnapped Kathleen, Mark had followed her to this Science lab.
Now they were both stuck in cages in a dimly lit room.
"How are we going to get out of here?" Kathleen sounded quite worried. They had been locked up for a whole day, but they hadn't seen anyone since being locked up.
Mark thought hard. He scanned the room. On a table outside his cage, he could see a flask, some scary pliers and a screwdriver.
"I have an idea," Mark said. He reached his trunk through the bars, grabbed the nearby screwdriver.
Once he had the screwdriver, Mark used it to pick the lock on his cage.
"I'm out!" he gasped as he opened the door. He crawled over to Kathleen's cage and picked her lock too.
When her door opened, Kathleen bolted out and stood next to Mark. "Now what?" she asked.
"Now you're in big trouble!" Terry the tiger roared. He was standing in the doorway.
"Not if I can help it," Kathleen said between clenched teeth. She charged straight for Terry ...(Jason cox, staff writer)
「嘶！馬克，你醒著嗎？」凱薩琳從她的籠子裡輕聲呼叫。
「是啊，我也睡不著，」馬克回答。老虎泰瑞綁架凱薩琳時，馬克就跟著她來到這個科學實驗室。
現在他們都被關在這昏暗房間的籠子裡。
「我們該如何逃離這裡？」凱薩琳聽起來憂心忡忡，他們已經被關了一整天，但自從被關起來後，他們還沒看到任何人。
馬克用力思索，他環視房間，在籠子外的桌上看到一個燒瓶、一些恐怖的鉗子和一把螺絲起子。
「我有個主意，」馬克說著，他把象鼻伸出欄杆外，拿起離他最近的螺絲起子。
一拿到螺絲起子，馬克就用來撬開他籠子的鎖。
「我出來了！」他開門時吸了一口氣。他爬到凱薩琳的籠子，也撬開她籠子的鎖。
她的門開了之後，凱薩琳衝出來，站在馬克身旁，「現在該怎麼做？」她問。
「你現在有大麻煩了！」老虎泰瑞怒吼，他正站在門口。
「我可不這麼認為，」凱薩琳咬緊牙關地說著，就衝向泰瑞…
（翻譯：鄭湘儀）
FINISH IT 故事接龍
Write your own ending to the story! 寫下你的故事結局:
Idea 1: Kathleen slams into Terry and the two of them begin to wrestle. Does Mark come to Kathleen's aid or hide? Do Mark and Kathleen manage to get past Terry or out of the building?
想法一: 凱薩琳衝向泰瑞，兩個人纏鬥在一起，馬克會過來幫助凱薩琳，還是躲起來？馬克跟凱薩琳設法閃過泰瑞，還是逃出建築物？
Idea 2: Kathleen's courage scares Terry, who throws his hands up in surrender. Do Mark and Kathleen lock him up or are they nice to him? Are they able to leave the lab safely?
想法二: 凱薩琳的勇氣嚇到泰瑞，泰瑞舉雙手投降，馬克跟凱薩琳會把他關起來，還是友善待他？他們能安全離開實驗室嗎？
Idea 3: Mark is frightened and retreats, but runs into the table and breaks the flask. The liquid in the flask catches fire when it hits the ground. How do Mark, Kathleen and Terry stop the fire? Is anyone hurt? What happens when the fire is out?
想法三: 馬克感到害怕，開始往後退，卻撞到桌子，打破了燒瓶，燒瓶裡的液體在滴落地時著了火，馬克、凱薩琳和泰瑞該如何停止火勢？有人受傷嗎？火被撲滅後發生了什麼事？
WHAT HAPPENED? 究竟怎麼回事?
1. Where are Mark and Kathleen?
a. At home.
b. In the science lab.
c. At work.
d.Outdoors.
2. What does Mark use to pick the lock?
a. The beaker.
b. The table.
c. The screwdriver.
d. The pliers.
Ans: 1.b 2.c
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