Miss Nelson Is Missing!

宁灵供稿

全校最差的班級要数207班了！上课了，教室里却依旧闹个不停：纸团儿粘到了天花板上，纸飞机在空中飞来飞去，孩子们窃窃私语，挤眉弄眼……于是，第二天，他们的那个声音甜美、性格温柔的尼尔森老师不见了！一个粗粗的嗓音从远处传来，走进教室的是可怕的斯旺普老师。207班的孩子们多么想念他们的尼尔森老师呀。为什么尼尔森老师不见了？她到底去哪儿了？她还会回来吗？

The kids in Room 207 were misbehaving again.

They were the worst-behaved class in the whole school.

“Now settle down，” said Miss Nelson in a sweet voice.

But the class would not settle down. They whispered and giggled and made faces.

And they always refused to do their lessons.

“Something will have to be done，” said Miss Nelson.

The next morning Miss Nelson did not come to school.

“Wow！” yelled the kids. “Today let’s be just terrible！”

“Not so fast！” hissed an unpleasant voice.

A woman in an ugly black dress stood before them.

“I am your new teacher， Miss Viola Swamp.”

They could see that Miss Swamp was a real witch.

Right away she put them to work.

And she loaded them down with homework.

“Keep your mouths shut，” said Miss Swamp.

“Sit perfectly still，” said Miss Swamp.

“And if you misbehave， you’ll be sorry，” said Miss Swamp.

The kids missed Miss Nelson！ “Maybe we should try to find her，” they said.

Some of them went to the police.

Detective Mc Smogg listened to their story.

“Hmmmm，” he said，“Hmmm.”

“I think Miss Nelson is missing.”

Other kids went to Miss Nelson’s house. They saw the wicked Miss Swamp coming up the street. They got away just in time.

Maybe something terrible happened to Miss Nelson！

“Maybe she was gobbled up by a shark！”

“Maybe Miss Nelson went to Mars！”

It seemed that Miss Nelson was never coming back.

“Hello， children，” someone said in a sweet voice.

It was Miss Nelson！

“Did you miss me？” she asked.

“We certainly did！” cried all the kids.

“Where were you？”

“That’s my little secret，” said Miss Nelson.

During story hour no one was rude or silly.

“What brought about this lovely change？” Miss Nelson asked.

“That’s our little secret，” said the kids.