It's a Friday afternoon. Madeline and her family are at the library. Madeline is carrying five books. The librarian (图书管理员) sees her and says," You are really a bookworm (书虫).""Madeline wants to know what a bookworm is. She asks her brother Sam.
"A bookworm is a worm that eats books," says Sam.
"Does the librarian want me to eat my books?" 'Madeline asks.
"I don't think so," says Sam. "Ask Scott."
Their brother Scott is in the reading room. Madeline comes to him and asks, "What's a bookworm?"
"You know those worms on our tomatoes? It's like that, only for books," says Scott. "You can check with Mum."
Then Madeline finds her mum in the computer room. "Mum, what's a bookworm?" "A bookworm is someone who loves to read, like you," says Mum.
Madeline is happy now." Good! I love to read books, but I don't want to eat them!"
