AmeliaBedeliaisahousekeeperwhotakesherinstructionsquiteliterally.Readingthelistofchoresthatheremployerhaslefther,Ameliabeginswith“Dustthefurniture.“Howodd,Ameliathinkstoherself.“Atmyhouseweundustthefurniture.“Nonetheless,shedutifullylocatesthe“DustingPowder“inthebathroom,andproceedstosprinkleitallovertheliving-roomfurnitureandfloor.Nextsheisaskedto“Drawthedrapeswhenthesuncomesin.“Soofcourse,Ameliasitsdownwithasketchpadandgivesitherbestshot.ChildrenlovereadingabouttheanticsofsillyAmeliaBedeliaformyriadreasons.It’sanearlyreaderbook,sochildreninprimarygradescantakesatisfactioninreadingthebookontheirown.But,evenmorethrilling,childrenwhoare6andoldercansuccessfullyinterpretthefigurativemeaningbehindmostadultidioms.Beingtoldto“keepaneyeonthecat,“forexample,mightcompelsomepreschoolerstosticktheireyeballsonacat’sface,elicitingpealsoflaughterfromknow-it-allgrownups.Butolderchildrenknowbetter,andtheylovethefactthattheyknowbetter.Youngreaderswillfindthisbumblinglycharming,eager-to-pleasehousekeeperasirresistibleasAmeliaBedelia’semployersdo.(Ages6andolder)--GailHudson--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.
AmeliaBedelia到羅傑先生家上班的第一天，羅傑夫婦剛好要出門，該做的事羅傑太太都寫在一張紙條上。Amelia帶著愉快的心情，為表現自己，先做了一個拿手派希望給羅傑夫婦好印象。但做好被交付的事情才是重點。於是Amelia看著單子，開始動工。咦！這對夫妻真奇怪，毛巾這麼漂亮，卻要改變它(ChangetheTowels，換毛巾)；還要我灑些粉在沙發上(DusttheSofa，沙發除塵)，更怪的是要我畫窗簾(Drawthedrapes拉上窗簾)，Amelia對語文的解讀能力，就是跟一般人不一樣，當她把毛巾剪了幾個大洞、沙發上灑滿香粉、把燈泡拿出去曬(Putthelightsout)，幫雞穿衣服(Dressthechicken)，正洋洋得意完成所有工作時，羅傑夫妻回家一看大吃一驚！還好她的拿手派實在太好吃，使她免於被開除的命運。作者用語言的雙關特性，創作出這樣一位糊塗女傭的一連串有趣故事，深受大小讀者好評。
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