Name: 《偷煤賊》，克里斯蒂安-斯萊特閱讀 (The Coal Thief read by Christian Slater)
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Welcome to Storyline Online brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.

I'm Christian Slater and today I'm going to read "The Coal Thief" written by Alane Adams

One morning, Georgie went into the kitchen.

He poked around the potbellied stove, hoping to find a stray lump of coal.

"Don't bother, Georgie," Mamma said, "there's been no coal for three days."

Georgie took his coat down from the hook."When's papa coming home?"

"he's fixing a broken rail line. He should be home for supper."

Just then the door burst open, and his friend Harley rushed in.

"Grab your boots, Georgie, We're going on an adventure."

They walked to the train depot at the edge of town.

Harley crouch down behind a locomotive, so Georgie did the same.

Georgie's toes stuck out of the holes in his boots.

The blast of the a whistle made him jump.

They ran along the tracks to the end of the train.

Harley lifted him up the side of a rail car.

"Ain't you tired of being cold every morning?"

"Yes, but--" "Don't be a chicken, Georgie, or I'll tell on you and say it was your idea."

Georgie slowly climbed over the top and landed on hard lumps.

Georgie grabbed two lumps and dropped them down.

Georgie began throwing the pieces faster and faster.

but the mountain of coal had swallowed him up.

He tried to push off the coal, but he just sank deeper into the pile.

Then papa's head appeard over the top of the railcar.

"Time to go, Georgie" Papa reached out his hand and pulled Georgie free.

"If I hadn't seen you boys head this way, you'd be half way to Texas by now."

Georgie craned his neck, looking for Harley, but his friend had turned tail and run.

Georgie nodded, feeling the shame curl his toes.

They walked back to the little mountain of coal.

They rolled the wheelbarrow down the street to a house with a sagging front porch.

"This is widow Kolbach's house," Georgie said.

Papa handed him two large chunks of coal.