Luyện nghe bài hát 14 Carrot Love

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

Polly Oh, hi there. My name is Polly Darton, and I'd like to sing a song 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 carrot in his mouth, hops by behind her, and stops to look on)

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

(she Benny)

Benny: Uh-oh. (tries to away)

Polly Darton: Look! Did you see that bunny 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! Don't me Bunny! The name is Benny!

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

Benny: (shocked) No! No way, no chance! No how! This is my carrot, and I 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, I'll (slowly counting carrots) 1, 2...

Benny: Yeah yeah...

Polly ...3, 4...

Benny: Come on, I get downtown!

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

Benny: Yeah yeah...

Polly ...9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 carrots.

14, yeah.

Polly Darton: And I can my song.

No, no way, forget it!

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

Benny: (Squeaks his teeth as he thinks about it) Oh, all right all 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 Okay, okay. Thank you! Thank you, you -

Yeah yeah yeah...

Polly ...wonderful little bunny, you!

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

(music starts, she now sings)

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

(unimpressed) Yeah...

Polly Darton: The has 13 carrots
But it takes a shove

(Benny starts into the beat)

To add carrot
And get 14 love!

14 love!

(Benny squeaking his teeth in time to the music)

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

(Benny's really getting it)

And all 'cause of you-ou
I this song to sing

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

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

Benny: 14 carrot love! 14 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 ...

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

Benny: (blown away) Oh! Oh gee, well, um ... but I don't what to say!

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

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

(squeaks his teeth as notes of the song replay)