Before the dawn of time, all the animals looked the same.
Normally this was fine, but some of the cheekier animals likes to play tricks on Mother Earth and pretend to be other animals.
Since they looked exactly the same, even Mother Earth who had created them couldn't tell the difference!
To try to fix this problem, she decided to make each different animal look different, so they couldn'tswap(交换) identities.
Now, there were some animals who liked flying through the air, or climbing trees more than anything, but not Platypus. He liked swimming.
At the time Mother Earth sent out her message that she was going to change what everyone looked like, Platypus was under the water, playing with his friend Fish.
Platypus stayed in the water even after Fish had got out, and since sound doesn't travel that well under water, Platypus didn't get to hear Mother Earth's message. It was only when Fish came back looking like a beautiful river fish, with his scales gleaming, that Platypus even knew about the message.
He left immediately for Mother Earth's home, so he too could look different. But by the time he got there, there was only left overs left. Platypus so wanted to be like everyone else, that he took the left overs.
He ended up with a beavers(海狸) tail, a ducks bill and flippers, and a bears fur and claws at the end of the flippers.
When he got back to the lake to show his friends, they all just laughed at him.
Platypus was so embarrassed that he went and dug a hole in the ground near the river bank to live in.
After awhile though, Fish came along and apologised.
They become friends again, and Platypus even made another opening to his home underwater just so fish could come and visit.
外研版八年级英语上册课文翻译:Module 4
人教版八年级英语上册--Review of units 1-6
人教版八年级英语上册--Tapescripts
外研版八年级英语上册课文翻译:Module 7
人教版九年级英语:Unit 3 Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.--2
外研版八年级英语上册课文翻译:Module 8
人教版九年级英语:Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark.--3
初二年级英语课文 Module 4 New technology
人教版八年级英语上册--Unit 9 When was he born?
初二年级英语课文 Module 1 hobbies
人教版八年级英语上册--Unit 6 I’m more outgoing than my sisiter
人教版九年级英语:目录页(4)
人教版八年级英语上册--Unit 8 How was your school trip?
人教版九年级英语:Unit 4 What would you do?--2
初二年级英语课文 Module 10 my perfect holiday
人教版九年级英语:Unit 1 How do you study for a test?--1
人教版九年级英语:Unit 1 How do you study for a test?--3
初二年级英语课文 Module 9 Heroes
外研版八年级英语上册课文翻译:Module 1
外研版八年级英语上册课文翻译:Module 9
人教版八年级英语上册--Unit 11 Could you please clean your room?
人教版九年级英语:版权页
人教版八年级英语上册--Unit 10 I’m going to be a basketball player.
人教版八年级英语上册--Review of units 7-12
人教版九年级英语:Unit 3 Teenagers should be allowed to choose their own clothes.--3
人教版九年级英语:Unit 1 How do you study for a test?--2
人教版八年级英语上册--Unit 4 How do you get to school?
外研版八年级英语上册课文翻译:Module 12
人教版九年级英语:Unit 2 I used to be afraid of the dark.--1
人教版九年级英语:目录页(3)