Besideselectricity,alionfearswaterthemostandarainstormwiththunderandlightningbringsboth.ForthatreasonIalwayshaveawritten1thatfreesmefrom2whenit’sraining.
Fortwodaysitwasrainingwithoutstopping.Bythethirdnight,itwasn’trainingatall.Igavethesigntotheannouncer,andthebandbeganplayingmymusic.
Theanimalswentthroughtheirtricks,buttheywerefarfrombeing3aboutthewetness.
Andsowecametothehead-in-mouth4.WhenIpulledLeo’smouthopen,raisinghisfaceandnosetothe5,Inoticedthatthemusclesofhisjawsweretense.Then,asIputmyheadin,arainbeganpouringdown.IfeltLeobecome6allover.
Myheadwasinnow.Icountedtotenandthengavehimthetaponjaw7toletmego.Butthistime8happened.
I9againonhisjaw.Leo'smouthwaslikeasteeltrap(夹子).Iheard10mentryingtogetLeo’s11.Butalready,withmyface12inthebackofhismouth,Iwasfindingit13tobreathe.Iknewwhathadhappened:withtherainbeatingonhisface,Leohad14me.Iheardthegunfireagain...
Iawokewithanoxygenmask(氧气罩)15myface,andadoctorwasworkingoverme.“You’relucky,”saidthedoctor,“assoonasyouwentfaint(晕倒),thelion16you.Fornearlythreeminutesyouhadnoheart-beat!”
Bythenithadstoppedraining.IcalledLeobackand17hisjaw.“Don'tbeafool!”thedoctorsaid,18Iputmyheadinandcountedtoten.ThenIgaveLeothetaponjaw,andheobeyedimmediately.
Yet,whenItriedthetrickagainthenexttime,Leo19.Ibelievedhewasunwillingto20measecondtime.Ineverdidthetrickagain.
1.A.suggestion B.noticeC.agreementD.decision
2.A.performing B.trying C.acting D.training
3.A.happy B.sad C.sorry D.anxious
4.A.joke B.trick C.play D.attempt
5.A.sky B.earthC.cageD.ceiling
6.A.angry B.excited C.tenseD.frightened
7.A.markB.sign C.order D.information
8.A.something B.it C.everythingD.nothing
9.A.hitB.beat C.pulled D.tapped
10.A.shouts B.cheers C.gunfire D.drum
11.A.silenceB.controlC.attention D.death
12.A.buried B.hidden C.put D.sunk
