柳林风声(纯英文)/床头灯英语.3000词读物

　　《床头灯英语·3000词读物（纯英文）：柳林风声》：　　"Just a moment!" the Mole heard a voice nearby. It was an old rabbit. "It will cost you money to pass by this private road!" But the Mole didn't listen to him. Many other rabbits were watching him pass by， whispering to each other. Mole just laughed at the rabbits. He thought they were very stupid animals.　　Mole thought that everything around him seemed too beautiful and good to be real. In every tree， birds were building their nests and laying eggs. Flowers and new leaves were growing. Mole didn't care that he still had much more cleaning to do. He suddenly felt as if he was on a vacation， after the long， cold winter.　　Just when the Mole thought that things couldn't get any better， he saw something amazing that he had never seen before. It was a river. Mole ran over to the river's edge and stared at the shining water. It was so beautiful and mysterious! Moles are animals that live under the ground， and so Mole had never been in the water before. As the river water passed him by， it made strange noises. To Mole it seemed that the river was laughing. Mole walked slowly along the river's edge for a while. When he felt tired， he sat down on the warm grass and listened to the beautiful sounds of the water.　　As he rested， Mole noticed something on the other side of the river. It was a small hole in a hill. He thought about how nice it would be to live inside that hole. You could always hear the river water flowing by your house. As he stared at the hole， he saw something moving inside it. Mole looked more closely. He realized that there was someone in the hole， and he was watching him!　　Soon a little brown animal with small ears， a long tail， and bright shining eyes came out of the hole. It was the Water Rat!　　……