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七楼 · 第三天

The Seventh Floor, Episode 3: The Locked Iron Door

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昨天zuótiān早上zǎoshang，乔安的de桌子zhuōzi上shàng多duō了le一片yípiàn干gān叶子yèzi。宁宁níngníng说shuō，六liù号hào楼lóu的de最zuì上面shàngmiàn有yǒu一个yígè门mén，他tā从来没cóngláiméi看见kànjiàn它tā打开dǎkāi过guò。

可是kěshì昨天zuótiān放学fàngxué以后yǐhòu，宁宁níngníng没méi来lái。他tā妈妈māma说shuō，他tā得děi在家zàijiā写xiě作业zuòyè。

今天jīntiān下午xiàwǔ五wǔ点diǎn，快递kuàidì站zhàn的de门mén一下子yíxiàzi开kāi了le。是shì宁宁níngníng，他tā还hái没méi放下fàngxià书包shūbāo就jiù大声dàshēng说shuō：“作业zuòyè写xiě完wán了le！走zǒu吧ba，去qù六liù号hào楼lóu！”

六liù号hào楼lóu没有méiyǒu电梯diàntī，他们tāmen一yì层céng一yì层céng往wǎng上shàng走zǒu。一楼yìlóu放fàng着zhe几jǐ辆liàng自行车zìxíngchē，二楼èrlóu有人yǒurén在zài做饭zuòfàn，很hěn香xiāng。到dào了le三sān楼lóu、四sì楼lóu、五wǔ楼lóu，楼lóu里越来越yuèláiyuè安静ānjìng。

到dào了le六liù楼lóu，宁宁níngníng停tíng下来xiàlai说shuō：“就是jiùshì这儿zhèr。”

楼梯lóutī只zhǐ到dào六liù楼lóu。旁边pángbiān有yǒu一个yígè小小xiáoxiǎo的de铁门tiěmén，门mén上shàng有yǒu一把yìbǎ大dà锁suǒ。

乔安走zǒu过去guòqu，推tuī了le推tuī铁门tiěmén，门mén没méi动dòng。她tā又yòu拉lā了le拉lā那nà把bǎ锁suǒ，也yě拉不开lābukāi。

“我wǒ说shuō过guò吧ba，”宁宁níngníng说shuō，“上面shàngmiàn没有méiyǒu路lù。”

乔安看kàn着zhe这个zhège铁门tiěmén。门mén很hěn旧jiù，很hěn脏zāng，好像hǎoxiàng很hěn多年duōnián没méi人rén打开dǎkāi过guò。可是kěshì那nà把bǎ锁suǒ不bù一样yíyàng：它tā很hěn新xīn，也yě很hěn干净gānjìng。

“宁宁níngníng，你nǐ看kàn。门mén这么zhème旧jiù，锁suǒ为什么wèishénme这么zhème新xīn？”

宁宁níngníng想xiǎng了le想xiǎng，眼睛yǎnjing亮liàng了le：“因为yīnwèi有人yǒurén常常chángcháng用yòng它tā！”

乔安把bǎ耳朵ěrduo放fàng在zài铁门tiěmén上shàng，听tīng了le听tīng。里面lǐmiàn好像hǎoxiàng有一点儿yǒuyìdiǎnr声音shēngyīn，很hěn轻qīng。是shì风fēng吗ma？还是háishì有yǒu什么shénme东西dōngxī在zài动dòng？

就jiù在zài这时候zhèshíhou，他们tāmen后面hòumiàn，六liù楼lóu的de一个yígè门mén开kāi了le。

一yí个gè老人lǎorén的de声音shēngyīn问wèn：“你们nǐmen两liǎng个gè，在zài这儿zhèr做zuò什么shénme？”

Key words

WordPinyinMeaning
上面shàngmiànabove; on top of; on the surface of
门méndoor; gate
打开dǎkāito open
过guò(particle) marks a past experience: have ever
站zhànstation; stop
书包shūbāoschoolbag; bookbag
走zǒuto go; to leave
楼lóubuilding (with more than one story)
干gāndry
放学fàngxuéto finish school for the day; to get out of school
以后yǐhòulater; afterwards; in the future
作业zuòyèwork; operation

English (for the teacher)

Yesterday morning, a dry leaf turned up on Qiao An's desk. Ningning said there was a door at the very top of Building Six, and he had never seen it open.

But after school yesterday, Ningning didn't come. His mum said he had to stay home and do his homework.

At five this afternoon, the parcel station door suddenly flew open. It was Ningning, and before he had even put down his schoolbag he shouted: "Homework's done! Let's go, to Building Six!"

Building Six has no lift, so they climbed up floor by floor. A few bikes stood on the first floor, and on the second someone was cooking, and it smelled good. By the third, fourth and fifth floors, the building was getting quieter and quieter.

On the sixth floor, Ningning stopped and said, "This is it."

The stairs only went as far as the sixth floor. Beside them was a small iron door with a big lock on it.

Qiao An went over and pushed the iron door, but it didn't move. Then she pulled at the lock, but it wouldn't open either.

"Told you," said Ningning. "There's no way up."

Qiao An looked at the iron door. It was old and dirty, as if no one had opened it for years. But the lock was different: it was new, and clean.

"Ningning, look. The door is so old, so why is the lock so new?"

Ningning thought for a moment, and his eyes lit up: "Because someone uses it a lot!"

Qiao An put her ear to the iron door and listened. There seemed to be a faint sound inside. Was it the wind? Or was something moving?

Just then, behind them, a door on the sixth floor opened.

An elderly voice asked, "You two, what are you doing here?"