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Paddy the park-keeper sat down on a grassy bank in his park and mopped his brow.

“The west wind was blowing hard last night. It blew the litter baskets over and scattered all round my nice clean park.”And Paddy mopped his brow again.

“Ive been picking up litter all day long. My back aches and Im hot and tired！”

Now the hedgehog family happened to be playing hide and seek under the bushes. They heard what Paddy the parkkeeper said， and they felt sorry for him.

“Well have all this paper picked up in a jiffy， and have some fun at the same time！” giggled the oldest hedgehog.

Very soon all the little hedgehogs began to roll over and over and over， squealing and laughing. The paper stuck to their prickles， and the litter in the park was cleared up in no time.

公園管理員帕蒂坐在自己管理的公園里芳草萋萋的河岸上，擦去額頭上的汗水。

“ 昨晚的西風刮得很猛烈，把垃圾筐都吹翻了，垃圾在我美麗干凈的公園里四處散落。”帕蒂再次拭擦自己額頭上的汗珠。

“我一整天都在撿垃圾。腰酸背痛，又熱又累！”

此時刺猬一家子碰巧正在灌木叢下玩捉迷藏。他們聽到了公園管理員帕蒂的話，他們?yōu)樗械诫y過。

“我們馬上就把這些廢紙都撿起來，同時從中找些樂子！”年紀最大的刺猬咯咯地笑著說。

很快，所有的小刺猬開始不斷地翻滾翻滾再翻滾，尖叫著，嬉笑著。廢紙都粘到了他們的刺上，公園里的垃圾立刻就被清理干凈了。

王文華摘自《瘋狂英語·小學版 》