1TomandHisMother

　　"Mother,"saidlittleTom,"didyoutellfatherIwanteda

　　newbicycle.'?"

　　"Yes,dear,"saidhismother."Itoldhim,buthesaidhe

　　couldn'taffordtobuyyouone."

　　"Ofcoursehewouldsaythat.Butwhatdidyoudo?"

　　Itoldhimhowbadlyyouwanteditandarguedinfavorofit,

　　butherefused.

　　"Argued?Ah,mother,ifithadbeensomethingyouwanted

　　youwouldhavecriedalittleandthenyou'dhavegotit!"

　　汤姆和妈妈

　　“妈妈,”小汤姆说,“你告诉爸爸我想要一辆新自行车

　　了吗?”

　　“是呀,亲爱的,”妈妈说.“我告诉他了,可是他说没

　　钱给你买.”

　　“他当然会那么说.可是你怎么做的呢?”

　　我告诉他你有多么想要,并且也站在你这边据理力争

　　了,可是他还是拒绝了.

　　“据理力争?啊!妈妈,如果是你想要什么东西,你就

　　哭一会儿,然后你就得到了!”

　　2IsThereaCribinYourStomach

　　Whenmysister-in-lawLeahwasexpectinghersecondchild,

　　hersonBrianwouldsometimestouchhismother'stummytofeel

　　thebabymove.Oneday,whiletouchingherstomachandnot

　　feelinganything,heasked,"Howcomethebabyisn'tmoving?"

　　"Thebabyissleeping,"repliedhismother.

　　Brianthoughtforamomentandthensaid,"Youmeanyou

　　gotacribinthere,too?"

　　你的肚子里有个小床吗

　　我嫂子利亚准备生第二个孩子的时候,她的儿子布莱

　　恩有时就会摸摸她的肚子,感觉一下胎儿的动静.一天,

　　他摸着妈妈的肚子,却没感觉到任何动静,他便问道：“小

　　孩为什么不动了?”

　　他妈妈回答道：“小孩睡着了.”

　　布莱恩想了一会儿,说道：“你是说你的肚子里有个小

　　床吗?”

　　3MotherandSon

　　OnedayMotherlookedatTom'sshoesandsaid,"Tom,

　　lookatyourshoes.Howdirtytheyare!Youmustcleanthem."

　　"Oh,Mother,butIcleanedthemonlyyesterday,"saidtheboy.

　　"Buttheyaredirtynow.Youmustcleanthemagain"

　　"Idon'twanttocleanthemtoday;evenifICleanthemto-

　　day,theywillbedirtyagaintomorrow."

　　Tom'smotherthoughtforamomentandsaid,"Allright,

　　don'tcleanthemthen."

　　IntheeveningTomcamebackfromschool.Hewasvery

　　hungry.

　　"Mother,givemesomethingtoeat,please,"hesaid

　　"Youhadyourbreakfastinthemorning,Tom,andyouhad

　　yourlunchatschool,"hismothersaid,smiling.

　　"I'mhungryagainnow,"criedtheboy.

　　"Oh,really.'?ButevenifIgiveyousomethingtoeattoday,

　　youwillbehungryagaintomorrow."

　　母亲和儿子

　　一天,妈妈看了汤姆的鞋子说道：“汤姆,看看你的鞋

　　子.真脏啊!你得洗洗了.”

　　“哦,妈妈,可我昨天刚洗的啊!”汤姆说.

　　“可是,现在又脏了啊.你要再洗洗.”

　　“今天我不想洗；就算今天我洗了,明天还是会脏的.”

　　汤姆的妈妈想了一会儿,说：“好吧,那就不要洗了.”

　　晚上,汤姆放学回来.他饿极了.

　　“妈妈,请给我些吃的吧.”他说.

　　“汤姆,你早上吃了早饭,中午又在学校吃了午餐.”

　　他妈妈笑着说.

　　“我现在又饿了啊.”汤姆叫着.

　　“哦?真的?可是就算我今天给你吃了东西,明天你也

　　会又饿的.”

　　4QuickService

　　Amantookapairofshoestoashoerepairshopandsaidtotheshoemaker,"I'dlikeyoutorepairtheseshoesforme,please."

　　"Certainly,sir,"theshoemakersaid.

　　"Whenwilltheybeready?"themanasked.

　　"I'mabitbusy,butthey'llbereadyforyouonThursday."hesaid.

　　That'sfine,"themansaid,andlefttheshop.

　　Thenextmorninghereceivedaletter,offeringhimajobinanothercountry.Within24hourshewasonanairplanetohisnewjob.

　　Twentyyearspassedandhereturn