今天的英文频道推出第43篇原创英语故事，作者兰梦醒。作品名称《橘子熊的破烂儿》，翻译是英国老师Ros Clitheroe，主播还是我们熟悉的美国小主播Kiara R.和她爸爸Rob Drex，绘画黄晓。喜欢收破烂的橘子熊有一颗注重友情的心，它房间里每一件别人看起来不重要又占地方的破烂玩艺儿，在它心目中都有特别重要的意义，上面铭记着一段段不可遗忘的友情往事，如何让这些有意义的破烂儿变得更美好呢？要看它朋友苹果兔怎么做了。这真是一个温暖的故事！

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　　Illustrated by Sonya Huang

　　VOICE CAST

　　Rob Drex / Narrator

　　Kiara R. / The Rabbit

　　Kiara R. / The Bear

　　Cick here to read the orginal story in Chinese:

　　有声故事丨橘子熊的“破烂儿”

　　The Bear's 'Junk'

　　Written by Mengxing Lan

　　When the rabbit went to find the bear, she found that his house was in a complete mess.

　　“Bear, you should do a spring-clean,” The rabbit said.

　　“I’m with you. My house is cluttered, and I often can't find what I’m looking for, but you know that I’m not very good at keeping things tidy”, the bear replied.

　　“It doesn't matter, I will help you tidy up!” The rabbit said.

　　“Bear, you have a lot of junk!” the rabbit said, after glancing around the bear’s room.

　　“I have a lot of junk? I have no idea what you mean. Everything in here is like a treasure to me,” The bear argued.

　　The rabbit discovered a box covered in dust under the bear’s bed. She opened the box to have a look inside, and it was filled with dry leaves.

　　“These leaves are junk, aren’t they? I will throw them away for you, bear!” said the rabbit.

　　“You mustn’t throw them away!” The bear took the box of leaves back off the rabbit and said, “These are not junk! These are the leaves we collected the first time we went on the Autumn outing together. Every winter, I take them out to have a look at them. Recalling that day when the mountain was covered in red leaves gives me a special warm feeling in Winter.”

　　“In that case, can you lend them to me then?”The rabbit asked.

　　“Of course I can! You’re my best friend!” said the bear.

　　The rabbit discovered a pile of large and small pebbles on the bear’s window sill.

　　“Bear, these pebbles are junk. Can they be thrown away? They are taking up too much space.”

　　“Certainly not!” The bear ran over and put his arms around the pebbles to protect them. “These pebbles are not junk. These are the pebbles we collected the first time we went to the river bank to go fishing. Every Summer, they remind me to call you to go to the river bank again. Happy times need to be recaptured every year.”

　　“OK, can you lend them to me instead?” The rabbit asked.

　　“Of course I can lend them to you! You aremy best friend,” said the bear.

　　After a while, the rabbit found an oily and muddy table cloth on top of the bear's bookshelf. It had several large holes in it.

　　“Bear, this tablecloth is unusable, can it be thrown away now that it is junk?” The rabbit asked in a loud voice.

　　“You mustn’t throw it out!" The bear marchedover and grabbed the tablecloth, then hid it behind his back.” This tablecloth is not a piece of junk. This is the tablecloth we used the first time we had a picnic."

　　“But it has so much oil and mud on it, why don't you wash it and put it away?” The rabbit was baffled.

　　“You mustn't wash it. It’s no ordinary mud!” The bear answered seriously. “Have you forgotten? I accidentally fell into apuddle on the way back that day. You used this tablecloth to help me wipe the mud off me. Seeing it reminds me of you, and what a good friend you are. It makes me feel happy and blessed.”

　　“I understand. Can you lend me this too?” The rabbit asked.

　　“No problem at all!” The bear agreed again.

　　After finishing the spring-clean, the rabbit took the items home.

　　In the evening, the bear felt very tired and went to bed early.

　　When she returned home, the rabbit took out the three things that the bear had lent her.

　　Using the dried leaves, she made a collage of a bear and a rabbit collecting the leaves in the woods; with the tablecloth,she painted over the stains and muddy footprints with bright colours to make an abstract painting; and as for the pebbles, she picked a few colours and painted the pebbles to make eggs.

　　That evening, the rabbit made use of the time when the bear was asleep. She hung the leaf collage and the abstract painting on the wall in his house; she placed the painted eggs made of pebbleson his window sill and bookshelf; and she arranged the left over pebbles around a small flowerbed in the bear’s garden, scattering some flower seeds on it.

　　The rabbit hoped from the bottom of her heart that when the bear woke up, he would love her surprise.

　　Retrospect

　　042The Giant, Giant, Giant Sneeze (巨巨巨大的喷嚏)

　　041The Little Rain Creatures (雨后小生灵）

　　040The Little Eggshell Finds Happiness （找到幸福的小蛋壳）

　　039Where Are The Nine Suns (九个太阳去了哪里）

　　038The Hibernating Buddy（冬眠好伙计）

　　037The Tale Of The King Toad（蛤蟆大王的故事）

　　036The Egg Princess（鸡蛋公主）

　　035Hello（你好）

　　034The Bus Eats Breakfast（一辆巴士吃早餐）

　　033Gnaw Gnaw Gnaw Story（啃啃啃的故事）

　　032If You Meet A Cat（如果你遇见一只猫）

　　031The Black Swan's Bus Ride（黑天鹅坐公交）

　　030The Small Volcano（星期二爆发的小火山）

　　029The Ink Monster （墨水怪）

　　028Seeds Drifting in Spring （在春天里漂游的种子）

　　027Freckles（我的雀斑）

　　026Star Flood Season（星星汛期）

　　025Happy Mushroom(这将是幸福的小蘑菇，树懒们都知道）

　　024The Witch Mountain (巫婆山）

　　023The Hungry Little Devil Umm(小恶魔厄厄小时候饿了）

　　022The Cat And The Peach Tree（猫和桃树）

　　021The Little Fairy (看烟火的小妖精）

　　020The Fox And The Flower (狐狸和花）

　　019Salty! Salty! Salty Egg Yolk! (咸的！咸的！咸蛋黄！）

　　018The Befuddled Little Fuzzy (糊涂的小怪物）

　　017Island of Animals（动物岛国）

　　016The Moon Was A Bird With One Wing（月亮原来是一只单翅鸟）

　　015The Little Clown（森林里的野生小小丑）

　　014Was I Once a Little Lamb (我曾是只小绵羊吗）

　　013The Story of the Blue Fish (一条小蓝鱼的由来）

　　012The Tale of Mr Rabbit and Mr Cat （被冤枉的猫先生）

　　011The Toy “Bandit” （爱做饭的强盗）

　　010Sky Ceiling（家里有一片天）

　　009The Cowardly Little Monster（胆小的小怪物）

　　008Bear Taking A Walk（小熊去散步）

　　007There's a Peach Fairy in the Watermelon（西瓜里有个桃子精）

　　006Tiny Fox in the Garden of Gems（宝石园里的小狐狸）

　　005The Pizza Prince（披萨王子的故事）

　　004Red Beard, Blue Beard, and Golden Beard（红胡子、黄胡子和蓝胡子）

　　003The Lime Green Lion（淡绿色狮子）

　　002Miss Broccoli And Purple Cabbage（西兰花和紫甘蓝）

　　001Bach The Elephant（我和肯尼亚的象）

　　000King of the Black Hole（黑洞大胃王）

　　ABOUT THE WRITER

　　Mengxing Lan

　　a Chinese children's story writer and a lover of nature and children. She is knitting her dream with words and pictures.

　　ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

　　Ros Clitheroe

　　Ros graduated with BA in Chinese language at Leeds University in 2007. She studied in Beijing for 1 year as part of course. She currently works as a manager of a cycling club and a freelance translator in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.

　　ABOUT THE VOICE ARTISTS

　　Rob Drex & Kiara R.

　　culture-mixed father and daughter. Rob is from the USA, a long time actor, entrepreneur, voice artist and musician. Kiara is 10-year-old, half American half Swiss girl, who is fluent in 4 languages. The Drex family lives on an ecological quinta in central Portugal where they grow biological food, hike in the forests and play music together.

　　ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

　　Sonya Huang

　　an angel who loves painting.

　　EDITORS

　　Jing/ Emma/ Tai

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