HSK 2 · Chapter 7 · 166 characters · Listen: mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-kittens-upstairs

楼上的小猫

The kittens upstairs

Name: ________________ Date: ________

星期五xīngqīwǔ下午xiàwǔ，妞妞niūniū去qù楼上lóushàng找zhǎo大伟dàwěi。

大伟dàwěi的de妈妈māma看见kànjiàn她tā，笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“妞妞niūniū来lái了le？请qǐng进jìn，请qǐng坐zuò。”

大伟dàwěi家jiā有yǒu一yì只zhī白bái猫māo。上个月shànggèyuè，白bái猫māo有yǒu了le孩子háizi。

大伟dàwěi家jiā的de门口ménkǒu，有yǒu一个yígè小xiǎo床chuáng。小xiǎo床chuáng上shàng有yǒu三sān只zhī小猫xiǎomāo，都dōu是shì白bái的de。

妞妞niūniū打开dǎkāi本子běnzi，写下xiěxià：白毛báimáo，很hěn小xiǎo。

“大伟dàwěi，你nǐ家jiā有yǒu几jǐ只zhī小猫xiǎomāo？”

“三sān个gè。不bú对duì，四sì个gè。不bú对duì，不bú对duì，是shì三sān个gè！”

“还有háiyǒu一个yígè呢ne？”

大伟dàwěi的de脸红liǎnhóng了le：“它tā去qù了le一个yígè好hǎo地方dìfang。”

“什么shénme地方dìfang？”

“我wǒ不能bùnéng说shuō！星期六xīngqīliù你nǐ就jiù知道zhīdào了le！”大伟dàwěi跑pǎo进jìn房间fángjiān，关上guānshàng了le门mén。

星期六xīngqīliù？妈妈māma的de本子běnzi上shàng，也yě写xiě着zhe星期六xīngqīliù！

Key words

On Friday afternoon, Niuniu went upstairs to see Dawei.

Dawei’s mum saw her and smiled: “Niuniu, is that you? Come in, sit down.”

Dawei’s family has a white cat. Last month, the white cat had babies.

By Dawei’s front door there was a little bed. In the little bed were three kittens, all white.

Niuniu opened her notebook and wrote: white hairs, very small.

“Dawei, how many kittens do you have?”

“Three. No, four. No, no, three!”

“Where’s the other one?”

Dawei’s face went red: “It’s gone somewhere nice.”

“Where?”

“I can’t tell you! You’ll know on Saturday!” Dawei ran into his room and shut the door.

Saturday? Mum’s notebook said Saturday too!