1、Franklin_02_02Franklin could count by twosand tie his shoes,He liked to help his mothermake cookies and he liked tohelp his father rake leaves,But one day,Franklin wastired of being a helper,See you later,Mom!Whoooa!Aaah!Oh dear!Sorry Mrs,Muskrat,Not a problem Franklin,I always enjoyrunning into a f
2、riend,Oh,I get it,So,where are you headed toin such a hurry?Im going swimming!A perfect day for it,Its going to be a real scorcher,Whats all that stuff for?Oh,just a few things I need tofix up my old boat,A boat!?I love boats!Yes,I want it ship-shape forthe Cherry Festival fireworks,Fireworks!?I lov
3、e fireworks!I do too,And this year,Im going towatch them from the water,That is,if I get my boatready in time,Do you need any helpfixing your boat?Oh,I could,but its going tobe a lot of work,Thats okay,I like working,Then were a team,Drop by my shed after yourswim and Ill get you started,Thanks!Than
4、k you,And when she seeshow hard I work.,she might even ask me to bethe captain of the boat,Hey,if youre the captain,youcould pick me to beone of your crew,And me,And me!Yahooo!And me!Is the boat big enoughfor all of us?Oh,for sure,Wow!Ooooo,Itll be just like this one,only bigger,This is your boat?I
5、told you it neededa lot of work,But trust me,with a littleelbow grease,well soon have itIooking like new again,While Im taking the oarIocks off,you canstart sanding the bow,Okay,Um,where is it?Right here,The bow is the front of the boat,The back end is called the stern,Oh,Dont worry,Youll know all k
6、inds of fancyboat words by the time weset sail for the fireworks show,Yeah,I cant wait,Its so hot in here,Ooh!Like an oven,A swim would feel goodabout now,But this ol boat needs too muchwork to take a break yet,Hmmmm,Ill have to get some moresupplies from the hardware storeby the looks of things,Ill
7、 get what you need,Alright,Then Ill just keep right onworking and you cangive this to Mr,Mole,No problem,This is worse than sanding,Hey Franklin!Over here Franklin!Hi Franklin!Hi!You guys are still here?!Yeah,its too hotto do anything else,Thats for sure,Are you having funat Mrs,Muskrats?Sort of,Is
8、the sailboat almost done?Its not exactly a sailboat,Its a rowboat,And its a lot more work thanI thought it would be,Oh well,Just think about tomorrow,You can spend the whole dayswimming at the pond,Thats where Ill be,Me too,For sure,Yeah,thats what Ill do,Ill think about tomorrow,See you later guys,
9、Bye!Bye Franklin,See you Franklin,Oh!Heres a fun job for you,Really?What is it?I want you to scrape the nameoff the boat,Oh,Trooper,Its a trooper alright,There have been manyspring floods where its beenfilled past the gunwaleswith families and furnitureand it never tipped once,Yes sir,Trooper has we
10、atheredsome bad storms in its daybut it never let me down,Well,this boat wont get finishedwith me nattering all day,Here you go Franklin,Ah!Owwww,Oh,oh,Did you get a sliver?No,a sore spot,Aw,Tsk tsk,Youve got a blister,I do?!Well,youve been working hard,Will it go away?Oh yes,Itll go away,Here,Ive g
11、ot something in mypocket to help soothe blistersand slivers and aches and pains,What is it?Butterscotch toffee,Oh,Thank you,Thank you forcoming to help me,We make a good team,Mmmm,Weve accomplished a lot today,I think we can call it quitting time,I think we can too,Bye Mrs,Muskrat,Goodbye Franklin,I
12、ll see you tomorrow,Tomorrow?I cant believe Mrs,Muskratwants me to help heragain tomorrow,I thought you were excitedabout fixing the boat?I was,but I didnt knowit was going to be so much work,Some jobs are like that,They turn out to bemore than you bargained for,Thats for sure,The thing to remember
13、is,that if you stick to it,even when the going gets tough,in the end,the results are worth it,Thats right,Its hard to stick to it when its sohot out and my friendsare all swimming,Maybe tomorrow you could goto the pond for a short swimbefore you work on the boat,Yeah,thats what Ill do,I win!Lets go
14、again,Franklin!I cant race very well today Bear,My arms are too stiff fromworking on Mrs,Muskrats boat,Oh no,What is it?Mrs,Muskrat!I dont want her to see me!I just got here!Quick!Hide!Oof,Look,She dropped her paint,Ill take it to her later,Thatll be okay,wont it?What if she thinks its really lostan
15、d she goes to the storeto buy more?You give it to her Bear,then I can keep swimming,I dont know Franklin,Please,I might not get to swim againfor a long time,Okay,Mrs,Muskrat,you dropped something!Oh,my paint,Thank you,Bear,Youre welcome,Its a good thingyou spotted this,I need it for my surprise,What
16、s your surprise?Well,I dont want togive too much away,But Im doing something specialfor Franklin,Fixing that old boat of mine,has been a tough go,and he hasnt complained once,He just buckles downand gets the job done,Yeah,thats what Franklins like,Anyway,I must be going,Hell be coming soonand I want
17、 to be ready for him,Goodbye Bear,Bye,Mrs,Muskrat,Those were nice things she saidabout me Bear,But theyre not really true,Sure they are,Franklin,You worked hard,Not as hard as I could have,And Ive been complaininga lot too,She doesnt think so,Thats because shes really nice,She said we were a team,I
18、shouldnt be hiding from her,I should be helping her,See you later Bear,See you Franklin,Hi,Mrs,Muskrat,Sorry Im late,Youre not late,Youre right on time,Ive got somethingI want to show you,Franklin?Thats right,After my dedicated helper,Gee,thanks,Restoring this old boat has beena bigger jobthan both
19、of us expected,But youve stuck to itIike a real trooper,And Im going to stick with itright to the end,You are a trooper,And were a team,Wow!This is great out here!Yeah,its wonderful!Its the best view in the world!I can see everything!Thanks for letting my friendscome on the boat too,Mrs,Muskrat,Im glad to have them aboard,But,you know,I wouldnt havefinished the boat on time if itwerent for all your hard work,It wasnt easy,but it sure was worth it,
