HSK 2 · Chapter 5 · 147 characters · Listen: mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-strange-sound-at-night

晚上的声音

A strange sound at night

Name: ________________ Date: ________

星期四xīngqīsì晚上wǎnshang，妞妞niūniū睡不着shuìbuzháo。

十一shíyī点diǎn，她tā听见tīngjiàn：“喵miāo……”

很hěn小xiǎo，很hěn高gāo。咪咪mīmī就jiù在zài她tā的de床chuáng上shàng睡觉shuìjiào呢ne。那nà是shì谁shéi在zài叫jiào？

妞妞niūniū拿ná上shàng本子běnzi，走zǒu到dào爷爷yéye的de门口ménkǒu。声音shēngyīn就jiù在zài里边lǐbian！

“爷爷yéye，你nǐ的de房间fángjiān里有yǒu什么shénme？”

里边lǐbian没有méiyǒu声音shēngyīn了le。一会儿yíhuìr，爷爷yéye说shuō：“是shì我wǒ！我wǒ，我wǒ在zài唱歌chànggē。”

“唱歌chànggē？”

爷爷yéye就jiù唱chàng了le起来qǐlai：“喵miāo——喵miāo——”

妞妞niūniū笑xiào了le。爷爷yéye唱歌chànggē真zhēn不bù好听hǎotīng。

她tā在zài本子běnzi上shàng写xiě：晚上wǎnshang，爷爷yéye的de房间fángjiān，喵miāo。

第二天dì’èrtiān早上zǎoshang，爷爷yéye从cóng房间fángjiān里出来chūlái。他tā手shǒu上shàng拿ná着zhe妞妞niūniū的de红hóng杯子bēizi！

Key words

On Thursday night, Niuniu couldn’t sleep.

At eleven o’clock, she heard: “Meow…”

Very small, very high. But Mimi was right there on her bed, asleep. So who was meowing?

Niuniu took her notebook and walked to Grandpa’s door. The sound was right inside!

“Grandpa, what’s in your room?”

The sound stopped. After a moment, Grandpa said, “It’s me! I, I’m singing.”

“Singing?”

So Grandpa began to sing: “Meow… meow…”

Niuniu laughed. Grandpa’s singing was really terrible.

She wrote in her notebook: night, Grandpa’s room, meow.

The next morning, Grandpa came out of his room. In his hand was Niuniu’s red cup!