Bruno and the Bath

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This is Bruno. Bruno is a dog. He is big and brown, and he has long ears. Bruno lives with the Klein family.

Ini Bruno. Bruno adalah seekor anjing. Dia besar dan cokelat, dan dia punya telinga panjang. Bruno tinggal bersama keluarga Klein.

Bruno loves lots of things. He loves sausage. He loves balls. He loves the park. And he loves mud.

Bruno suka banyak hal. Dia suka sosis. Dia suka bola. Dia suka taman. Dan dia suka lumpur.

But Bruno hates one thing. He hates water. He hates the bathtub. And he hates the word “bath”.

Tetapi Bruno benci satu hal. Dia benci air. Dia benci bak mandi. Dan dia benci kata “mandi”.

Today is Saturday. Tim and Anna go to the park with Bruno. It is raining a little. There is lots of mud in the park.

Hari ini hari Sabtu. Tim dan Anna pergi bersama Bruno ke taman. Hujan turun sedikit. Di taman ada banyak lumpur.

Bruno sees the mud. His eyes get big. Then he jumps. He jumps into the mud. He rolls in the mud. He is happy.

Bruno melihat lumpur. Matanya membesar. Lalu dia melompat. Dia melompat ke dalam lumpur. Dia berguling di lumpur. Dia bahagia.

“Bruno, no!” calls Anna. But it is too late. Bruno isn’t brown any more. Bruno is black. Black and wet and very happy.

“Bruno, jangan!”, teriak Anna. Tetapi sudah terlambat. Bruno tidak lagi cokelat. Bruno hitam. Hitam dan basah dan sangat bahagia.

Tim laughs. “Now Bruno is a mud monster!”

Tim tertawa. “Sekarang Bruno adalah monster lumpur!”

At home Mum is waiting at the door. She sees Bruno. She sees the children. She sees the mud. “Oh no,” she says. “Bruno needs a bath.”

Di rumah, Ibu menunggu di pintu. Dia melihat Bruno. Dia melihat anak-anak. Dia melihat lumpur. “Oh tidak,” kata Ibu. “Bruno perlu mandi.”

Bruno hears the word. Bath! He runs away at once. He runs into the house, through the kitchen and into the living room.

Bruno mendengar kata itu. Mandi! Dia langsung lari. Dia lari ke dalam rumah, lewat dapur, dan ke ruang tamu.

“Stop! Bruno! Not on the sofa!”

“Berhenti! Bruno! Jangan naik ke sofa!”

Too late. Bruno is lying on the sofa. The sofa is white. Or no: the sofa isn’t white any more.

Terlambat. Bruno berbaring di sofa. Sofa itu putih. Atau tidak: sekarang sofa itu tidak putih lagi.