公园里的朋友
Friends in the park
Name: ________________ Date: ________
高爷爷有一个朋友。三年了，他们没说过话。
天天早上八点，两个人在公园里下棋。十点，站起来，点点头，回家。
有一天早上，朋友没来。
高爷爷一个人坐着，等了一上午。
第二天，朋友也没来。第三天，还是没来。
高爷爷想找他。他没有朋友的电话，不知道他住在哪儿，也不知道他叫什么名字。
第四天，来了一个小女孩儿。
“爷爷，您是我爷爷的朋友吗？我爷爷生病了，在医院。他说，想和您下棋。”
高爷爷马上站起来：“走！”
在医院里，两个老人下了一上午的棋。
最后，高爷爷说话了：“你叫什么名字？”
朋友笑了：“三年了，你今天才问？”
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朋友 | péngyǒu | friend |
| 三 | sān | three |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to say |
| 早上 | zǎoshang | morning |
| 八 | bā | eight |
| 点 | diǎn | to point out; to bring up |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 十 | shí | ten |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit |
| 上午 | shàngwǔ | morning |
English (for the teacher)
Grandpa Gao has a friend. In three years, they have never said a word to each other.
Every morning at eight, the two of them play chess in the park. At ten, they stand up, nod, and go home.
Then one morning, his friend doesn’t come.
Grandpa Gao sits there alone and waits all morning.
The next day, his friend doesn’t come either. On the third day, he still doesn’t come.
Grandpa Gao wants to find him. But he doesn’t have his friend’s number, he doesn’t know where he lives, and he doesn’t even know his name.
On the fourth day, a little girl comes.
“Grandpa, are you my grandpa’s friend? My grandpa is ill. He’s in hospital. He says he’d like to play chess with you.”
Grandpa Gao stands up at once: “Let’s go!”
In the hospital, the two old men play chess all morning.
At last, Grandpa Gao speaks: “What’s your name?”
His friend laughs: “Three years, and you’re only asking now?”