At home, Tim's mother showed him the gift she had bought for Dana. It was a knitting spool(编织线轴)shaped like a mushroom. Mom said Dana could knit a scarf for her doll. Tim sighed that Dana
wasn't a knitting kind of person but a rat kind of person. Mom laughed after knowing whathad
happened. Together they drove to the pet store,where Tim searched and searched and selected a clear plastic ball,one in which the rat could run around on the floor safe from cats and dogs. Tim thought
of Nezumi's ear and decided Dana's new rat would need this ball.
The next day, Dana brought cupcakes to class. When she handed a cupcake to Tim,she asked if
Tim brought Nezumi to school as Nezumi liked to ride in backpacks. Tim was at a loss because
Nezumi was at home on his bed. Then Dana asked what gift he was giving her. Tim replied it was a
surprise. In silence they sat for a while before he heard Dana say her parents were giving her a new
bike for her birthday instead of a live rat because they thought rats would bite things.
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At home that afternoon, Tim stared at the plastic rat ball.
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All of a sudden,he had an idea.
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At home that afternoon, Tim stared at the plastic rat ball. Wondering about the use of the clear plastic ball if Dana had no rat, he started walking up and down the room with a frown on his face. Mom was surprised and asked him whatwas happening. Tim told her Dana wasn’t getting a live rat from her parents but a bike. As they were racking their brains to come up with an appropriate gift,Tim turned around and saw Nezumi on his bed.
All of a sudden, he had an idea. “What about buying a live rat for Dana as shelikes rats so much?” Tim asked. Mom smiled and gave him a thumbs-up. Again theydrove to the pet store, where Tim found some lovely small rats, each in its own cage running around full of energy. Carefully he examined them one by one and finally chose a gray one looking quite like Nezumi. “This certainly is a surprise yet the best!” Tim beamed at it.