谁吃了爸爸的饺子？
Who ate Dad’s dumplings?
Name: ________________ Date: ________
妞妞七岁，快八岁了。她有一个小本子。本子上写着：小侦探妞妞。
星期一中午，爸爸买了十个饺子，放在桌子上。妈妈叫爸爸去帮忙。
一会儿，爸爸来吃饭：“我的饺子呢？少了两个！”
妞妞打开本子：“爸爸，别怕。我是小侦探！”
她问妈妈。妈妈说：“我没吃，我在洗衣服。”
她问爷爷。爷爷的门关着，他在里边说：“我没吃！我在睡觉！”
咪咪呢？咪咪是家里的大黑猫，正在床上睡觉。
在爷爷的门口，妞妞找到了一个饺子。饺子少了一口，很小很小的一口。
咪咪的嘴很大。妞妞在本子上写：吃饺子的，嘴很小。
爸爸看着爷爷的门，笑了：“没事儿，我不饿。”
爸爸不饿？爸爸天天都饿！
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 七 | qī | seven |
| 岁 | suì | years old; year (of age) |
| 八 | bā | eight |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; little |
| 上 | shàng | up; above; on |
| 中午 | zhōngwǔ | noon; midday |
| 爸爸 | bàba | dad; father |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy; to purchase |
| 十 | shí | ten |
| 饺子 | jiǎozi | dumpling (boiled, crescent-shaped) |
| 桌子 | zhuōzi | table; desk |
| 妈妈 | māma | mom; mother |
English (for the teacher)
Niuniu is seven, nearly eight. She has a little notebook. On the notebook it says: Little Detective Niuniu.
On Monday at noon, Dad bought ten dumplings and put them on the table. Mum called Dad away to help.
A little later, Dad came to eat: “Where are my dumplings? Two are missing!”
Niuniu opened her notebook: “Dad, don’t worry. I’m a little detective!”
She asked Mum. Mum said, “I didn’t eat them, I’m doing the washing.”
She asked Grandpa. Grandpa’s door was shut, and he called from inside, “I didn’t eat them! I’m asleep!”
What about Mimi? Mimi is the family’s big black cat, and she was asleep on the bed.
By Grandpa’s door, Niuniu found a dumpling. A bite was missing, a very, very small bite.
Mimi has a big mouth. Niuniu wrote in her notebook: the dumpling eater has a very small mouth.
Dad looked at Grandpa’s door and smiled: “Never mind, I’m not hungry.”
Dad, not hungry? Dad is hungry every single day!