The Jet-Propelled Flatbed Cart
Hippo and Little Mouse were good friends. One day, Hippo suddenly fell ill. He lay in bed, looking pained and unable to move.
The enthusiastic Little Mouse, Ah Cong, found out and hurried to Hippo’s house to check on him. “Oh no! You have a fever; you need to go to the hospital right away!” Ah Cong said urgently after feeling Hippo’s forehead. Hippo replied, “But I can’t move!” Ah Cong said, “Then I’ll go find someone to help!”
“Here we come!” Ah Cong led the members of the mouse family, dragging a flatbed cart.
“Heave ho! Heave ho!” The little mice worked hard to push the big Hippo onto the cart.
With a sigh, Hippo said, “If it’s too much trouble, let’s not go.” “No, we must go!” Ah Cong said firmly.
The mice struggled to push the cart. Ah Cong’s eyes darted around, and he came up with a clever idea. He told the mice, “You all get on the cart! I have a way to make it move.” The mice, half-believing, sat on the cart. Ah Cong flicked his long, thin tail into Hippo’s big nostril and wiggled it. Hippo sneezed several times, propelling the cart forward.
After a while, the cart slowed down and gradually stopped. Ah Cong tickled Hippo’s nostril again with his tail, causing an even bigger sneeze, and the cart shot forward again. “Haha! A jet-propelled cart! A jet-propelled cart!” In this stop-and-go fashion, Hippo quickly reached the hospital.
After arriving at the hospital, Hippo soon recovered with the doctor’s treatment and was able to play with the little mice again. They enjoyed themselves on the grass, eating, drinking, and playing to their hearts’ content.
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