Jenna woke up and looked at her alarm1 clock. It was 10 o’clock.“Oh， no！ ”she cried.“We’re late for school！ ”Jenna ran downstairs2. Her brother， Jesse， satat the kitchen table. He was eating a bowl of cereal3.“We’re not late，”he said.“Look out the window.”

Jenna looked out the kitchen window. Everything was covered in snow. Big flakes4 were still falling5. Jenna ate her breakfast quickly. The two children hurriedto get dressed for the snow. The brother and sister each put on a warm coat， gloves6and a hat. Then they ran out into the bright white backyard7.

“Let’s make a snowman！ ”said Jenna. She began to make a snowball in herhands. Then she put it on the ground and rolled it around. The snow ball got biggerand bigger as she worked. “I’ll make the head while you do the body，”said Jesse.He made his own smaller snowball to put on top of Jenna’s.

They looked at the snowman. He still needed a face. “I can use my buttoncollection for the eyes，”said Jenna.“What about the nose？”“I’ll get a carrot fromthe kitchen，”said Jesse. They went inside to get the things.

Back outside， Jenna put two big， blue buttons8 on the top snowball for eyes.She also added a line of red buttons for a smiling mouth. Jesse came outsidelooking sad.“We’re out of carrots，”he said.

Jenna and Jesse sat down in the snow to think. Jenna was out of buttons.Suddenly， the back door opened. Their dog， Max， ran out in the snow to play， too.In his mouth was a bright yellow tennis ball.

“What about Max’s ball？”asked Jesse.“It would make a big nose！ ”

“Is that okay， Max？”asked Jenna. The dog wagged9 his tail and put the ballin front of the snowman.“Woof！ ”he said.

So Jenna and Jesse gave their snowman a big yellow nose.

珍娜醒來后看了看她的鬧鐘，10 點鐘了?！鞍パ剑缓?！”她喊道，“我們上學要遲到了！”珍娜跑下樓。她的哥哥杰西坐在餐桌旁，正在吃一碗麥片?！拔覀儧]有遲到?！彼f，“看看窗外?！?/p>

珍娜望著廚房窗外。一切都被雪覆蓋了，大片雪花仍在飄落。珍娜很快吃完了早餐。兩個孩子匆忙穿好衣服準備去玩雪。兄妹二人都穿上了暖和的外套，戴上了手套和帽子。然后他們跑到明亮的白色后院。

“我們堆雪人吧！”珍娜說。她開始用手捏一個雪球。然后她把雪球放在地上滾來滾去。當她這么做時，雪球變得越來越大。“我來做頭部，你來做身體?！苯芪髡f。他自己做了一個小雪球堆在珍娜的雪球上。

他們看著雪人，它還需要一張臉?！拔铱梢杂梦业募~扣做眼睛。”珍娜說，“那鼻子呢？”杰西說：“我去廚房拿根胡蘿卜?！彼麄冞M屋拿東西了。

回到屋外，珍娜在雪球頂部放了兩個藍色的大紐扣做眼睛。她還加了一排紅色鈕扣當作微笑的嘴。杰西走了出來，看起來很難過，說：“我們沒有胡蘿卜了。”

珍娜和杰西坐在雪地里思考。珍娜已經(jīng)用完紐扣了。突然，后門開了。他們的狗馬克斯也跑到雪地里玩耍。它嘴里叼著一個亮黃色的網(wǎng)球。

“用麥克斯的球怎么樣？”杰西問道，“那會是個很大的鼻子！”

“可以嗎，麥克斯？”珍娜問道。狗搖著尾巴，把球放在雪人面前，叫道：“汪汪！”

于是珍娜和杰西給了他們的雪人一個黃色的大鼻子。

（英語原文選自：readingvine.com）