它不是胖
It isn’t fat at all
Name: ________________ Date: ________
第二天一早，乐乐和爷爷拿着手机，敲开了钱阿姨的门。
钱阿姨看了看照片，又打喷嚏了。然后，她笑了：“这不是胖！豆腐要当妈妈了！”
爷爷张大了嘴：“警犬……是妈妈？”
钱阿姨问：“什么警犬？”
“没什么，没什么。”
钱阿姨说，猫要生小猫以前，常常吃得很多，走得很慢，喜欢躺着。生的前一天，它会不想吃东西。
“它还会去找一个地方：又暖和，又安静，没有人，还要有软软的东西。”
乐乐看着本子上的衣柜和旧毛衣。豆腐不是生气了，它是要生小猫了！
他们马上跑下楼，告诉了赵老师。赵老师听了，又哭又笑：“我一直叫它儿子！”
可是钱阿姨不笑了。“今天晚上有大雪。刚生的小猫，最怕冷。”
四个人你看看我，我看看你。小区里，哪里又暖和，又安静，又没有人？
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿姨 | āyí | aunt (term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation) |
| 照片 | zhàopiàn | photo; picture |
| 胖 | pàng | fat; plump |
| 嘴 | zuǐ | mouth |
| 以前 | yǐqián | before; previously; formerly |
| 常常 | chángcháng | often; frequently |
| 地方 | dìfang | place |
| 安静 | ānjìng | quiet; peaceful; calm |
| 旧 | jiù | old; used; worn |
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be mad |
| 哭 | kū | to cry; to weep |
| 一直 | yìzhí | always; all along; continuously |
English (for the teacher)
Early the next morning, Lele and Grandpa took the phone and knocked on Auntie Qian’s door.
Auntie Qian looked at the photos and sneezed again. Then she laughed. “That’s not fat! Tofu’s going to be a mum!”
Grandpa’s mouth fell open. “Police Dog… is a mum?”
Auntie Qian asked, “What police dog?”
“Nothing, nothing.”
Auntie Qian explained that before a cat has kittens, it often eats a lot, walks slowly and likes to lie down. The day before, it doesn’t want to eat.
“It also goes looking for a place that’s warm and quiet, with no people, and ideally something soft.”
Lele looked at what was in her notebook: the wardrobe, the old sweaters. Tofu wasn’t angry. It was about to have kittens!
They ran straight downstairs and told Teacher Zhao. Teacher Zhao laughed and cried at once. “I’ve always called it my son!”
But Auntie Qian had stopped laughing. “There’s heavy snow tonight. Newborn kittens can’t stand the cold.”
The four of them looked at one another. Where in the compound was warm, quiet and empty?