•Was in aller Welt soll ich mit einem Alligator anfangen? •fragte Allison.
•In der Kiste, Alex gähnte. •Alex steckte seine Beine durch die Löcher an der Unterseite der Kiste und ging gemächlich auf der Suche nach einer Mahlzeit ins Haus.
•"Oh nein, du tust es nicht!" •schrie Allison. •"Du kannst nicht im Haus leben. •Du sollst im Bach hinter dem Apfelgarten bleiben."
•Allison setzte Alex in den kleinen Bach. •Dann errichtete Allison einen stabilen Zaun entlang des Bachs, damit Alex nicht versuchen würde, Mrs. Chorys Hühner zu fressen.
•Alex mochte den Bach und sein Gehege. •Er mochte besonders die Steaks, die Allison ihm jeden Morgen und Abend gab.
•Eines Tages im August fiel ein roter Apfel von einem Baum und rollte unter dem Zaun und in Alexs Gehege. •Alex schnüffelte etwas an ihm und nahm dann einen Bissen.
•Es war das köstlichste, was Alex je gegessen hatte. •Alex schlüpfte unter den Zaun und schlenderte in den Apfelgarten. •Alex fand eine Reihe von Körben, die unter einem Baum standen. •Alex frass all die Äpfel in den Körben. •Dann wanderte er unter einen anderen Baum und fraß alle Äpfel in den Körben, die er dort fand. •Er war sehr glücklich. •Und sehr satt. •Er ging zurück zu seinem Käfig.
•Allison kam später vorbei mit seinem Steak. •Alex schnupperte daran, aber er war nicht sehr hungrig.
•"Weisst du was jemanden gemacht hat, Alex?" •fragte Allison. •Alex gähnte. •"Jemand hat alle meine Äpfel gestohlen. •Sie haben die Körber umgeworfen und die Äpfel gestohlen. •Wenn das noch mal passiert, werde ich die Polizei rufen."
•In der folgenden Nacht, Alex hat einen sehr angenehmen Traum von Äpfel. •Nach seinem Steak schlüpfte Alex am nächsten Morgen unter den Zaun und hinaus in den Obstgarten. •Dort war ein Haufen Leute dabei, Leitern mit Körben hoch und runter zu klettern. •Alex schaute für eine Kurze Zeit zu. •Dann bemerkte er, dass die Körbe der Leute voller Äpfel waren, wenn sie von den Leitern stiegen.
•Alex wanderte rüber zu der nächstgelegenen Leiter. •Ein kleines Mädchen stieg mit einem Korb voller Äpfel herunter. •Alex grinned at her. •The little girl screamed and dropped the basket. •She ran away, yelling for her mother. •Alex stuck his head in the basket and began eating apples. •He heard voices coming towards him.
•"Now April, you know what I've said about fibbing. •There are no alligators in this orchard." •said April's mother. •Alex pulled his head out of the basket and grinned at April's mother.
•"Ahhhh!" •she screamed. •April and her mother ran away as fast as they could.
•Alex walked over to another tree. •A man was climbing down the ladder. •He stepped on Alex's back. •Alex grunted and tried to walk away. •The man looked down at Alex and yelped. •The man dropped his basket and ran toward the house. •Alex ate all the apples in his basket.
•Just then, Allison came running into the orchard.
•"Alex!" •she yelled. •Alex took one look at Allison and bolted back into his pen. •Allison followed him.
•"So you're the one who ate all my apples." •she said. •"I'd better fix your cage."
•Once Alex's cage was fixed, he could no longer go into the apple orchard. •Alex stared longingly at the trees full of apples.
•At dinner time, Allison brought Alex a steak as usual.
•"You are a bad boy, Ales," she said. •"But I can't blame you for liking apples. •I brought you a surprise."
•Allison went outside the cage, and picked up a basket. •It was full of apples! •Alex ate all the apples before he ate his steak.
•Allison laughed. •"I'll bring you apples every night Alex," she said. •Das ist genau was Allison tat.
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Allison's Alligator
A Tongue Twister Tale
by
S. E. Schlosser
Alex alligator arrived at Allison Arthur's apple farm in April, when the apple trees were covered with blossoms.
"Whatever am I to do with an alligator?" Allison asked.
Inside the box, Alex yawned. Alex stuck his legs through the holes at the bottom of the box and ambled into the house in search of dinner.
"Oh no you don't!" cried Allison. "You cannot live in the house. You are to stay in the stream behind the apple orchard."
Allison put Alex in the small stream. Then Allison put a strong fence around the stream so Alex did not try to eat Mrs. Chory's chickens.
Alex liked the stream and his pen. He especially liked the steaks Allison gave him every morning and evening.
One day in August a red apple fell off a tree and rolled under the fence and into Alex's pen. Alex sniffed it a bit and then took a bite.
It was the most delicious thing Alex had ever eaten. Alex slipped under the fence and ambled into the apple orchard. Alex found a line of baskets sitting under a tree. Alex ate all the apples in the baskets. Then he wandered under another tree and ate all the apples in the baskets he found there. He was very happy. And very full. He went back into his cage.
Allison came by later with his steak. Alex sniffed at it, but he was not very hungry.
"Do you know what someone did Alex?" asked Allison. Alex yawned. "Someone stole all my apples. They knocked over the baskets and stole the apples. If it happens again, I'm calling the police."
That night, Alex had a very pleasant dream about apples. After his steak the next morning, Alex slipped under the fence and out into the orchard. There were a bunch of people climbing up and down ladders with baskets. Alex watched for a few moments. Then he realized that when the people came down the ladders, their baskets were full of apples.
Alex wandered over to the closest ladder. A small girl descended with a basket full of apples. Alex grinned at her. The little girl screamed and dropped the basket. She ran away, yelling for her mother. Alex stuck his head in the basket and began eating apples. He heard voices coming towards him.
"Now April, you know what I've said about fibbing. There are no alligators in this orchard." said April's mother. Alex pulled his head out of the basket and grinned at April's mother.
"Ahhhh!" she screamed. April and her mother ran away as fast as they could.
Alex walked over to another tree. A man was climbing down the ladder. He stepped on Alex's back. Alex grunted and tried to walk away. The man looked down at Alex and yelped. The man dropped his basket and ran toward the house. Alex ate all the apples in his basket.
Just then, Allison came running into the orchard.
"Alex!" she yelled. Alex took one look at Allison and bolted back into his pen. Allison followed him.
"So you're the one who ate all my apples." she said. "I'd better fix your cage."
Once Alex's cage was fixed, he could no longer go into the apple orchard. Alex stared longingly at the trees full of apples.
At dinner time, Allison brought Alex a steak as usual.
"You are a bad boy, Ales," she said. "But I can't blame you for liking apples. I brought you a surprise."
Allison went outside the cage, and picked up a basket. It was full of apples! Alex ate all the apples before he ate his steak.
Allison laughed. "I'll bring you apples every night Alex," she said. That is exactly what Allison did.