爷爷的秘密
Grandpa’s secret
Name: ________________ Date: ________
“当然是一个人。”爷爷说完，就去厨房做饭了。
乐乐走到门口，爷爷的衣服挂在那儿。她从口袋里拿出了一包鱼干。
“爷爷！”
爷爷从厨房出来，看见那包鱼干，只好坐了下来。
原来，每天早上六点，豆腐都在三号楼门口，等着爷爷。爷爷走一圈，它就跟着走一圈。它走在前面，看看左边，看看右边，就像一只警犬。
“所以我叫它‘警犬’。”爷爷说，“走完了，我就给它两条小鱼。就两条！”
乐乐问：“那你为什么不说？”
“赵老师说了，谁也不能喂它。我当了三十年警察……”
“这句话你说过了。”
爷爷接着说：“我怎么能让别人知道，我也偷偷喂它？”
他又说：“星期天早上，它也跟着我，我去哪儿，它就去哪儿。可是它走得很慢，走几步就躺一会儿。我还以为它老了，今天早上它没来，我也没多想。”
乐乐在本子上写：早上六点，爷爷的鱼干。一天五顿饭。
这时候，电话响了。是赵老师。她在哭：“老周，我没有说真话。”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爷爷 | yéye | grandpa; paternal grandfather |
| 走 | zǒu | to go; to leave |
| 门口 | ménkǒu | doorway; entrance; gate |
| 包 | bāo | bag; sack |
| 等 | děng | etc.; and so on |
| 前面 | qiánmiàn | in front; ahead |
| 左边 | zuǒbiān | left; left side |
| 右边 | yòubiān | right side; the right |
| 条 | tiáo | strip; slip (as in 纸条) |
| 过 | guò | (particle) marks a past experience: have ever |
| 慢 | màn | slow; to slow down |
| 一会儿 | yíhuìr | a moment; a while |
English (for the teacher)
“On my own, of course.” With that, Grandpa went off to the kitchen to cook.
Lele went to the door, where Grandpa’s coat was hanging. From the pocket she pulled out a bag of dried fish.
“Grandpa!”
Grandpa came out of the kitchen, saw the bag of dried fish, and had no choice but to sit down.
So that was it: every morning at six, Tofu waited for Grandpa outside Building 3. When Grandpa walked a lap, it walked the lap with him. It went in front, looking left, looking right, just like a police dog.
“So I call it ‘Police Dog’.” Grandpa said, “When we’ve finished, I give it two little fish. Only two!”
Lele asked, “Then why didn’t you say?”
“Teacher Zhao said nobody’s allowed to feed it. I was a policeman for thirty years…”
“You’ve said that before.”
Grandpa carried on, “How could I let anyone know I was feeding it on the sly too?”
Then he said, “On Sunday morning it followed me too. Wherever I went, it went. But it walked very slowly and kept lying down after a few steps. I thought it was just getting old, so when it didn’t come this morning, I didn’t think much of it.”
In her notebook Lele wrote: six in the morning, Grandpa’s dried fish. Five meals a day.
Just then, the phone rang. It was Teacher Zhao. She was crying. “Old Zhou, I didn’t tell you the truth.”