The Old House
老房子
There was a very old house in a street.
在街上有一套已经有些年代的老房子。
A boy liked this house very much.
一个小男孩很喜欢这套房子。
An old man was living in that house.
有个老人住在这所房子里。
The old man always looked out of the window.
老人总是朝窗外望去。
That's why they made a friendship with each other.
这就是为什么他们成了好朋友。
The next Sunday morning, the boy visited the old house,
之后的周日早上，男孩拜访了老房子，
and he talked to the old man."I have two toy soldiers, and this is one of them.
他对老人说道："我有两只玩具士兵，这是其中的一个。
I will give you one, because you look so lonely.
因为你看起来很孤单我把这个送给你。"
"Little friend, thank you for giving me such a nice gift and visiting me."
"小朋友，谢谢你来拜访我还给我这么好的礼物，"
The old man welcomed the boy and said.
老人很欢迎小男孩。
The old man and the boy were so happy together.
老人和男孩在一起玩的很开心。
But the toy soldier started to complain.
但玩具士兵开始抱怨。
"I can't stand this house any more.
"我再也忍受不了这老房子了。
I am too lonely and bored in this house."
我太寂寞了，已经厌倦了这座房子了 。"
"Don't be sad. Instead, this house is beautiful, isn't it?"
"别泄气，这房子很漂亮，不是吗？"
"I am sick and tired everyday in here."
"我每天又累又难受，"
" You have to stay here because you were the gift for my friend. Don't you understand that?"
"但是你必须待在这里，因为你是我送给朋友的礼物。你不明白吗？"
"I will go to a battlefield." The toy soldier yelled.
"我要上战场，"玩具士兵喊道。
The toy soldier fell to the ground, but nobody could find him.
玩具兵掉在地上，但没有人找得到他。
"I will find where he is." But he couldn't find the toy soldier.
"我会找到他在哪里的，"但他哪都找不到玩具士兵。
It was too far away to be found.
要找到玩具士兵太难了。
After dark the boy went back to his house.
天黑后，男孩回到自己家里去了。
When the winter came, the old man died.
冬天来了，老人不幸去世了。
A few days later after the old man's death, the old house was cleared away and a new house was built in that place.
老人死后几天旧房子被拆除了，一个新的房子重新建立起来。
After many years, the little boy grew into a young man, and he married.
许多年后，小男孩长大成人，他也结婚了。
He moved to the old man's house with a beautiful garden.
之后，他搬到了老人带有美丽花园的房子里。
"Ouch! What is this?" His wife shouted out in pain.
"哎哟！这是什么？"他的妻子在痛苦地大叫。
There was something sharp on the ground. Can you guess what it was?
"地面上有尖东西。你知道它是什么吗？"
It was the toy soldier that he and the old man had been searching for.
那就是他和那个老人一直在寻找的玩具士兵。
"Let me see."The boy, now a grown-up, looked at the toy soldier carefully and smiled.
"让我看看。"那个男孩，也就是现在的这个成年小伙，仔细看了看玩具士兵，笑了。
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