It Rained, Where Did They Go?

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下午xià wǔ下雨xià yǔ了le,外面wài miàn很hěn冷lěng。It rained in the afternoon, and it was very cold outside.小猫xiǎo māo和hé小狗xiǎo gǒu不能bù néng玩wán了le。The kitten and the puppy couldn't play anymore.

小猫xiǎo māo说shuō“我们wǒ men去qù哪儿nǎr?”The kitten said, 'Where should we go?'

小狗xiǎo gǒu说shuō“去qù我家wǒ jiā吧ba,我家wǒ jiā不远bù yuǎn。”The puppy said, 'Let's go to my house, it's not far.'

他们tā men跑pǎo啊ā跑pǎo,到dào小狗xiǎo gǒu的de家jiā了le。They ran and ran, and arrived at the puppy's house.小狗xiǎo gǒu的de家jiā很hěn暖和nuǎn huo。The puppy's house was very warm.他们tā men坐zuò下来xià lai,看kàn雨yǔ,听tīng雨yǔ,觉得jué de很hěn开心kāi xīn。They sat down, watched the rain, listened to the rain, and felt very happy.

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