Luyện nghe bài hát 14 Carrot Love

Polly by a country fence, looking over 13 carrots, laid out in a row)

Polly Darton: Oh, hi there. My name is Polly Darton, and I'd like to sing a for you, but I can't. The song I'd like to sing's called, "14 Carrot Love", but as you can see, I only have (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 carrots. Mm-hmm.

(Benny Rabbit, with a in his mouth, hops by behind her, and then stops to look on)

How can I sing a song about 14 carrot love, I only have 13 carrots?

(she Benny)

Uh-oh. (tries to sneak away)

Polly Look! Did you see that bunny with that carrot?

(Benny stops, skyward, his escape foiled)

I wonder if he'd let me borrow it. (calls) bunny, bunny, bunny!

Benny: (spitting out the carrot) Hey! call me Bunny! The name is Benny!

Polly Darton: Well, I'm sorry, Benny. I was wondering if I could borrow that there.

Benny: (shocked) No! No way, no chance! No how! is my carrot, and I gotta get downtown, so goodbye! (picks up carrot in his mouth again)

Polly Darton: Oh please? You have one carrot and I have 13 carrots. (Benny puts carrot back down) If I add your carrot and my 13, have (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2...

Benny: yeah yeah...

Darton: ...3, 4...

Benny: on, I gotta get downtown!

Darton: ...5, 6, 7, 8...

Benny: Yeah yeah...

Darton: ...9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 carrots.

14, yeah.

Polly Darton: And I can my song.

No, no way, forget it!

Polly Darton: Aw, Don't do it for me - do it for the little children! Please?

Benny: (Squeaks his teeth as he thinks about it) Oh, all all right all right. You can borrow my carrot. But you have to give it back. And you can't, I say you can't nibble on it, okay?

Polly Darton: Okay, okay. you! Thank you, you -

Benny: Yeah yeah...

Darton: ...wonderful little bunny, you!

Benny: (appalled) Don't call me Bunny! The is BENNY!!!

(music starts, she now sings)

Darton: These carrots from the garden
Are as you see
In one big bunch
As as can be

(unimpressed) Yeah...

Polly The bunch has 13 carrots
But it only takes a

(Benny starts getting the beat)

To add carrot
And get 14 love!

14 love!

(Benny squeaking his teeth in time to the music)

14 love!
That is what we got -
14 love!
It's than some flowers
Or candy on a

(Benny's really getting it)

And it's all 'cause of
I have this song to

Together: 14 love!
14 love!
what we got here -
14 love!

(music ends, but keeps singing, leaning back on the fence)

Benny: 14 love! 14 carrot love!

Polly Darton: (calling to him) Hey hey! Benny! over, Benny!

Benny: (still singing) That's what we've got here! 14 ca- (stops) Oh yeah yeah yeah, right right, well I go anyway. Yeah yeah, I'm just gonna take my carrot here, and get outta here ...

Polly Darton: Hey, hey you can all those carrots, Benny. Just my way of sayin' thank you.

Benny: (blown away) Oh! Oh gee, well, um ... but I know what to say!

Polly Darton: Aw, you he really is a sweet little bunny!

Benny: (shouting) Don't call me Bunny! The is Benny!

(squeaks his teeth as last notes of the replay)