HSK 3 · Chapter 2 · 241 characters · Listen: mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandpas-missing-glasses

爷爷的眼镜

Grandpa’s missing glasses

Name: ________________ Date: ________

星期二xīngqī’èr早上zǎoshang，爷爷yéye在zài家里jiālǐ大dà叫jiào：“我wǒ的de眼镜yǎnjìng呢ne？”

爷爷yéye常常chángcháng找zhǎo东西dōngxī。妈妈māma常常chángcháng说shuō：“在zài你nǐ头上tóushang！”今天jīntiān，妈妈māma看kàn了le一下yíxià爷爷yéye的de头tóu。没有méiyǒu！

妞妞niūniū打开dǎkāi本子běnzi：“爷爷yéye，别bié怕pà。我wǒ是shì小xiǎo侦探zhēntàn！我wǒ去qù你nǐ的de房间fángjiān看看kànkan吧ba？”

“不用búyòng！不用búyòng！”爷爷yéye马上mǎshàng关上guānshàng了le门mén，“你nǐ在zài外边wàibian找zhǎo吧ba。”

妞妞niūniū问wèn爸爸bàba，爸爸bàba说shuō：“我wǒ没méi看见kànjiàn。”她tā问wèn妈妈māma，妈妈māma说shuō：“我wǒ也yě没méi看见kànjiàn。”

妞妞niūniū在zài桌子zhuōzi下边xiàbian找zhǎo，在zài门mén后边hòubian找zhǎo，在zài爸爸bàba的de衣服yīfu里找zhǎo，都dōu没有méiyǒu。

最后zuìhòu，在zài门口ménkǒu，她tā找到zhǎodào了le。爷爷yéye的de眼镜yǎnjìng在zài她tā的de鞋xié里！

眼镜yǎnjìng上shàng有yǒu一些yìxiē白毛báimáo，很hěn小xiǎo很hěn小xiǎo。

妞妞niūniū想xiǎng了le一会儿yíhuìr。咪咪mīmī是shì黑hēi猫māo，咪咪mīmī没有méiyǒu白毛báimáo。

她tā在zài本子běnzi上shàng写xiě：白毛báimáo，很hěn小xiǎo，不是búshì咪咪mīmī的。

爷爷yéye说shuō：“谢谢xièxie！谢谢xièxie！”他tā拿ná了le眼镜yǎnjìng，就jiù回到huídào了le他tā的de房间fángjiān。

妞妞niūniū看kàn着zhe她tā的de鞋xié。爷爷yéye的de眼镜yǎnjìng，怎么zěnme会huì在zài她tā的de鞋xié里？

Key words

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
爷爷	yéye	grandpa; paternal grandfather
头	tóu	head
打开	dǎkāi	to open
门	mén	door; gate
门口	ménkǒu	doorway; entrance; gate
一会儿	yíhuìr	a moment; a while
本子	běnzi	book; edition
拿	ná	to take; to hold; to carry
常常	chángcháng	often; frequently
怕	pà	to fear; to be afraid of
不用	búyòng	need not; don't have to
最后	zuìhòu	finally; in the end; last; final

On Tuesday morning, Grandpa shouted through the flat: “Where are my glasses?”

Grandpa is always looking for things. Mum always says, “They’re on your head!” Today, Mum took a look at Grandpa’s head. Nothing!

Niuniu opened her notebook: “Grandpa, don’t worry. I’m a little detective! Shall I go and look in your room?”

“No need! No need!” Grandpa shut his door at once. “You look out there.”

Niuniu asked Dad, and Dad said, “I haven’t seen them.” She asked Mum, and Mum said, “I haven’t seen them either.”

Niuniu looked under the table, behind the door and in Dad’s clothes, but they weren’t there.

In the end, by the front door, she found them. Grandpa’s glasses were in her shoe!

There were some white hairs on the glasses, very, very small.

Niuniu thought for a while. Mimi is a black cat; Mimi has no white hairs.

She wrote in her notebook: white hairs, very small, not Mimi’s.

Grandpa said, “Thank you! Thank you!” He took his glasses and went straight back to his room.

Niuniu looked at her shoe. How did Grandpa’s glasses get into her shoe?