维奥莱特和小火山

Violet is a 9 -year -old little girl.She recently1 got taught about volcanoesin school， and she would like tosee one of them up close. That day，when Violet was leaving school， she puther hand in her pocket2 to take out thehouse keys， but suddenly3 the keys fellout of her hand and fell into a hole！

No matter4 how much Violet triedto get her key out of the hole， shecouldn’t！ A strange5 sound could beheard from inside the hole. Violet gotscared and quickly ran away！ But thewhole night， she was thinking about thesound she heard from that hole.

The next day， Violet was goinghome from school with her friendHannah. The apple in Hannah’shands fell into the hole when theyarrived at the hole. Hannah bent6down to pick up the apple， but Violetshouted， “Not！ Do not get close tothat hole！ It is a volcano！ ”“Whatare you saying？ A volcano must be abig mountain！ But this is only a littlehole！ ”Hannah said in surprise.

Violet was afraid and said，“Well， maybe this is a child volcanoand has not grown up yet！ ”Hannahsaid， “Where do you know？”Violetreplied， “Because yesterday heswallowed7 my keys and when Iwanted to take them off， I heard astrange sound！ ”

Hannah， who couldn’t believe8Violet’s words， bent down to pickup her apple， but suddenly sheheard the strange sound thatViolet had said. They ran awayand thought about how to savethe city from this dangerous9volcano. How should they notlet that volcano grow big？

The next day in science class，Violet and Hanna decided to ask theirteacher some questions about volcanoes：How does a volcano form？ How todestroy10 a volcano？ How to take careof a volcano？ How to bury11 a volcanoin the middle of the street？ Theirteacher was surprised by thesequestions; she didn’t know the answerto many of them.

After school， Hanna and Violetwent back to their little volcano andnoticed that the hole was bigger thanthe day before！ Hannah and Violet，who were very scared， went home asfast as they could.

At dinner， Violet asked her bigbrother， “What will you do if you findout that a volcano is growing in thestreet？”Violet’s brother， who did notbelieve her words， said with a laugh，“Iwill blow it， so it goes out！ ”Violet，who was angry12， said， “I am notkidding13！ I do not know！ Maybe I’llcall the fire department14！ ”

The next day， Violet and Hannadecided to go to the city fire station. Nomatter how hard they tried， they could notmake the firefighters15 believe that avolcano had appeared16 on the street！ Butone of the firemen agreed17 to go with themandseethelittlevolcano.

When they got to the hole， they saw ithad become bigger， and water was runningout of it！ Hannah and Violet shouted“， Thevolcano has erupted18！ ”And then they hid19 behind the fireman！ But the firemansaid with a laugh， “Do not be scared！ Thisis not a volcano！ The water pipe20 isbroken！ But you did a great help to thecity with this good work！ I will work it outvery quickly now！ Don’t worry at all！ ”

Hannah and Violet looked at eachother. Violet said to Hanna， “I think youwere right！ Volcanoes are in the mountains，not holes in the middle of thestreet！ ”

维奥莱特是一个9 岁的小女孩。她最近在学校学了关于火山的知识，她想近距离观察其中一座火山。那天，当维奥莱特离开学校的时候，她把手放进口袋里拿出家里的钥匙，但钥匙突然从她手中掉了下来，落进了一个洞里。

不管维奥莱特怎么努力想把钥匙从洞里拿出来都做不到，她还可以听到洞里传来一种奇怪的声音。维奥莱特吓坏了，赶紧跑开了。但是整个晚上，她都在想从那个洞里听到的声音。

第二天，维奥莱特和她的朋友汉娜一起从学校回家。当她们到达那个洞口时，汉娜手中的苹果掉进了洞里。她弯下腰去捡苹果，但维奥莱特喊道：“别靠近那个洞！那是个火山！”“你在说什么？火山得是一座大山！但这只是一个小洞！”汉娜惊讶地说。

维奥莱特感到害怕，说：“嗯，也许这是一个幼年火山，还没有长大！”汉娜说：“你从哪里知道的？”维奥莱特回答说：“因为昨天它吞下了我的钥匙，当我想把它们拿出来的时候，我听到了一种奇怪的声音。”

汉娜不相信维奥莱特的话，弯腰捡起她的苹果，突然她听到了维奥莱特说的那个奇怪的声音。她们逃跑了，思考着如何把这座城市从这个危险的火山中拯救出来。她们怎么才能不让那个火山长大呢？

第二天的科学课上，维奥莱特和汉娜决定问老师一些关于火山的问题：火山是如何形成的？如何摧毁一座火山？如何处理一座火山？如何掩埋一座街道中间的火山？她们的老师对这些问题感到惊讶；许多问题她都不知道答案。

放学后，汉娜和维奥莱特回到她们的小火山那儿，然后注意到这个洞比前一天更大了！汉娜和维奥莱特非常害怕，以最快的速度回家了。

吃饭的时候，维奥莱特问她哥哥：“如果你发现街上有座火山在变大，你会怎么做？”维奥莱特的哥哥不相信她的话，笑着说：“我会吹口气，然后它就熄了！”生气的维奥莱特说：“我不是在开玩笑！我不知道怎么办！也许我应该给消防部门打电话！”

第二天，维奥莱特和汉娜决定去市消防局。无论她们怎么努力都无法让消防员们相信街上出现了火山。但有一个消防队员同意和她们一起去看看那个“小火山”。

当她们到达那个洞口时，发现洞口越来越大，水正从洞里流出来。汉娜和维奥莱特喊道：“火山爆发了！”然后她们就躲到消防员身后。消防员大笑着说：“不要害怕！这不是火山！是水管破了！但是你们做了一件好事，对这个城市有很大的帮助！现在我会很快解决它！一点都不用担心！”

汉娜和维奥莱特面面相觑。维奥莱特对汉娜说：“我想你是对的！火山只会在大山里，不会是街中间的一个洞！”