大家都喜歡聰明可愛(ài)的Clifford，可他的飯量太大，每周光給他買狗糧就是一筆不小的開銷，Emily 的爸爸媽媽要把他送人。大紅狗不想離開，他決心找份工作掙錢養(yǎng)活自己。他能辦到么？

1. Hi， Im Emily. I love my dog Clifford a lot. But he eats a lot of food. And a lot of food costs a lot of money.

嗨！我是 Emily。我很愛(ài)我的狗狗 Clifford。但是他要吃很多狗糧，所以就要花很多錢。

2. Mum and Dad are very worried. “We will have to send Clifford away，” they say. Clifford doesnt want to go away. He decides to get a job and pay for his own food.

媽媽和爸爸很發(fā)愁。“我們將不得不把 Clifford 送出去，”他們說(shuō)。Clifford 不想離開，他決定要找份工作，自己掙錢買吃的。

3. We go to a farm. The farmer says Clifford can work for him. Clifford brings a wagon full of hay. He is doing well.

我們?nèi)チ艘粋€(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)，農(nóng)場(chǎng)主說(shuō) Clifford 可以為他工作。Clifford 拉了滿滿一車干草，他干得不錯(cuò)。

4. Then he sees a rat running to the barn. Clifford chases the rat.

然后，他看見(jiàn)一只老鼠朝谷倉(cāng)跑去，他就去追趕老鼠。

5. Oh， Clifford is too big， he destroys the barn. The farmer is angry and asks Clifford to leave.

哦！Clifford 太大了，把谷倉(cāng)都撐壞了。農(nóng)場(chǎng)主一怒之下把 Clifford 趕走了。

6. We feel sad. Suddenly a car goes past us fast. And right behind it comes a police car. They are chasing robbers！ Clifford runs fast and catches the robbers.

我們感到難過(guò)。突然一輛汽車從我們身邊飛馳而過(guò)，后面緊跟著一輛警車，警察在追強(qiáng)盜！Clifford飛快地跑起來(lái)，抓住了強(qiáng)盜。

7. “Good job！ You can work as a police dog.” says the policeman. Clifford is happy.

警察說(shuō)：“干得漂亮！你可以做我們的警犬。”Clifford好開心。

8. Now Clifford goes to work every day. They dont pay him money. But every week， they send Clifford a lot of dog food. So we can keep him.

現(xiàn)在 Clifford 每天去上班。警察并不付給他錢，但是每周他們會(huì)給 Clifford 送來(lái)很多狗糧。這樣，我們可以養(yǎng)得起他了。

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同學(xué)們，看完這則小故事后小編想給大家留個(gè)問(wèn)題：

Question： Why does Clifford want a job？

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