HSK 2 · Chapter 10 · 222 characters · Listen: mandarinthewild.com/library/read/inside-grandpas-room

爷爷的房间

Inside Grandpa’s room

Name: ________________ Date: ________

爷爷的房间里,有一个小床。小床上有一只小小的白猫,正在用妞妞的红杯子喝牛奶。

爸爸、妈妈、爷爷,还有大伟,一起说:“妞妞,生日快乐!”

妞妞看着他们:“今天是我的生日?”

爸爸说:“对!今天,你八岁了!”

他们都笑了。小侦探什么都知道,就忘了今天是她的生日。

爷爷说:“这个星期,小猫住在我的房间里。它吃了你爸爸的饺子,玩了我的眼镜,还吃了咪咪的鱼。”

大伟说:“我家白猫的孩子,现在是你的了!”

咪咪也走了进来,看了一会儿,就在小床旁边睡下了。

爸爸说:“小猫还没有名字。妞妞,你说叫什么?”

妞妞打开本子。第一页上写着:谁吃了爸爸的饺子?

她笑了。她写下两个字:饺子。

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
房间fángjiānroom
小xiǎosmall; little
上shàngup; above; on
只zhīonly; just
猫māocat
杯子bēizicup; glass; mug
喝hēto drink
牛奶niúnǎimilk; cow's milk
爸爸bàbadad; father
妈妈māmamom; mother
说shuōto speak; to say
看kànto look at; to see; to watch

English (for the teacher)

In Grandpa’s room there was a little bed. In the little bed was a tiny white kitten, drinking milk from Niuniu’s red cup.

Dad, Mum, Grandpa, and Dawei too, all said together: “Happy birthday, Niuniu!”

Niuniu looked at them: “Today is my birthday?”

Dad said, “Yes! Today, you’re eight!”

They all laughed. The little detective knew everything, but she forgot that today was her birthday.

Grandpa said, “All week, the kitten has been living in my room. It ate your dad’s dumplings, played with my glasses, and ate Mimi’s fish.”

Dawei said, “My white cat’s baby is yours now!”

Mimi walked in too, watched for a while, and lay down to sleep beside the little bed.

Dad said, “The kitten doesn’t have a name yet. Niuniu, what shall we call it?”

Niuniu opened her notebook. On the first page it said: Who ate Dad’s dumplings?

She smiled. She wrote down two characters: Jiaozi.