【英语原版童书】爸爸，请为我摘月亮（3）

 "Here"said Papa to Monica,"I have the moon for you."

She hugged the moon and threw it into the air.

Monica jumped and danced with the moon.

But the moon kept getting smaller and smaller and 

smaller,and finally it disappeared altogether.

Then,one night,Monica saw a thin sliver¹ of the moon reappear.

Every night,grow and grow

 

1 sliver   

n.裂片，细片，梳毛；v.纵切，切成长片，剖开

参考例句：

• There was only one sliver of light in the darkness.黑暗中只有一点零星的光亮。
• Then,one night,Monica saw a thin sliver of the moon reappear.之后的一天晚上，莫尼卡看到了一个月牙。