树上的风筝
Flying a kite in Chinese: the kite in the tree
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春天到了，公园里有很多人在放风筝。爸爸给我买了一只燕子风筝，黑色的，很漂亮。
爸爸说：“我小时候，村里放风筝最好的就是我。看我的！”
他拿着线，往前走了几步。风来了，燕子飞上了天，飞得越来越高。旁边的小朋友都在看。爸爸很得意。
可是风突然变了。燕子一下子掉了下来，掉到了一棵大树上，线也挂在了树上。
爸爸用力拉了几下，风筝就是不下来。他跳了几下，还是拿不到。最后，他脱下一只鞋，往树上一扔。
鞋也没有下来。
那天，我们是这样回家的：我手里拿着一根线，爸爸只穿着一只鞋。妈妈开门看见我们，笑得说不出话来。
第二天，我们又去了公园。大树下站着一个老爷爷，手里拿着一根很长的竹竿。
老爷爷说：“这棵树啊，每年春天都要‘放’很多风筝。”他把竹竿往树上一伸，拿下来了三只风筝，还有两只鞋。
爸爸高兴地拿起一只鞋，看了看，又放下了：“这只不是我的。”
老爷爷笑了：“那一只是去年的。”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 春天 | chūntiān | spring; springtime |
| 公园 | gōngyuán | park |
| 最好 | zuìhǎo | best |
| 风 | fēng | wind |
| 突然 | tūrán | suddenly; abruptly; sudden; unexpected |
| 变 | biàn | to change; to become; change; transformation |
| 树 | shù | tree |
| 跳 | tiào | to jump; to leap |
| 最后 | zuìhòu | finally; in the end; last; final |
| 鞋 | xié | shoe |
| 步 | bù | step; pace |
| 得意 | déyì | pleased with oneself; proud; complacent |
English (for the teacher)
Spring had come, and lots of people were flying kites in the park. Dad bought me a swallow kite, black and very pretty.
Dad said, “When I was little, the best kite flyer in the village was me. Watch this!”
He held the string and took a few steps forward. The wind came, the swallow rose into the sky, and it flew higher and higher. The kids nearby were all watching. Dad was very pleased with himself.
But then the wind suddenly changed. The swallow came straight down and landed in a big tree, and the string got caught in the branches too.
Dad tugged on the string, but the kite wouldn't come down. He jumped a few times and still couldn't reach it. In the end he took off one shoe and threw it up into the tree.
The shoe didn't come down either.
This is how we went home that day: me holding a piece of string, and Dad wearing one shoe. When Mum opened the door and saw us, she laughed so hard she couldn't speak.
The next day we went back to the park. Under the big tree stood an old man holding a very long bamboo pole.
The old man said, “Ah, this tree flies a lot of kites every spring.” He reached up into the tree with the pole and brought down three kites, and two shoes.
Dad happily picked up one of the shoes, looked at it, and put it down again. “This one isn't mine.”
The old man laughed. “That one's from last year.”