Reading Aloud
John and the Green Dragon
9, 10
比賽年齡：
An extract from
John and the Green Dragon
by Jamila Gavin
It was Chinese New Year and the moon hung like a huge lantern.
A shadow crossed the moon like a rustling wind. John woke up. Outside
his window, John saw a green dragon’s head bobbing up and down with
red glowing eyes and a long flaming tongue darting in between huge,
spiky, white teeth. The dragon squeezed himself between the open
windows and coiled himself round the room.
“Hello,” said John politely. “Can I help you?”
“I’ve flown all the way from China,” said the Green Dragon. “Over
snowy mountains and lakes, over winding rivers and smoking factories,
over vast fields of rice and wheat – and now I’m so hungry I could
swallow up your mother’s kitchen.”
“Oh, please don’t do that,” cried
John. “My mother and father are
proud of their kitchen. They say we
cook the best Chinese food outside
London. I help with the sorting out of
the knives, forks and spoons and our
customers call me “Hong Kong John”
.
“Well then, Hong Kong John,”
said the dragon, “since I’m so hungry
and since it is Chinese New Year, I
think I should savour some of your
famous food.”