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　　YOU say that father writes a lot of books, but what he writes I don't understand.

　　你說(shuō)爸爸寫(xiě)了許多書(shū)，但我卻不懂得他所寫(xiě)的東西。

　　He was reading to you all the evening, but could you really make out what he meant?

　　他整個(gè)黃昏讀書(shū)給你聽(tīng)，但是你真懂得他的意思么?

　　What nice stories, mother, you can tell us! Why can't father write like that, I wonder?

　　媽媽?zhuān)憬o我們講的故事，真是好聽(tīng)呀!我很奇怪，爸爸為什么不能寫(xiě)那樣的書(shū)呢?

　　Did he never hear from his own mother stories of giants and fairies and princesses?

　　難道他從來(lái)沒(méi)有從他自己的媽媽那里聽(tīng)見(jiàn)過(guò)巨人和神仙和公主的故事么?

　　Has he forgotten them all?

　　還是已經(jīng)完全忘記了?

　　Often when he gets late for his bath you have to go and call him an hundred times.

　　他常常耽誤了沐浴，你不得不走去叫他一百多次。

　　You wait and keep his dishes warm for him, but he goes on writing and forgets.

　　你總要等候著，把他的菜溫著等他，但他忘了，還盡管寫(xiě)下去。

　　Father always plays at making books.

　　爸爸老是以著書(shū)為游戲。

　　If ever I go to play in father's room, you come and call me, "what a naughty child!"

　　如果我一走進(jìn)爸爸房里去游戲，你就要走來(lái)叫道：“真是一個(gè)頑皮的孩子!”

　　If I make the slightest noise, you say, "Don't you see that father's at his work?"

　　如果我稍為出一點(diǎn)聲音，你就要說(shuō)：“你沒(méi)有看見(jiàn)你爸爸正在工作么?”

　　What's the fun of always writing and writing?

　　老是寫(xiě)了又寫(xiě)，有什么趣味呢?

　　When I take up father's pen or pencil and write upon his book just as he does,--a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i,--why do you get cross with me, then, mother?

　　當(dāng)我拿起爸爸的鋼筆或鉛筆，像他一模一樣地在他的書(shū)上寫(xiě)著，a，b，c，d，e，f，g，h，i，——那時(shí)，你為什么跟我生氣呢，媽媽?

　　You never say a word when father writes.

　　爸爸寫(xiě)時(shí)，你卻從來(lái)不說(shuō)一句話(huà)。

　　When my father wastes such heaps of paper, mother, you don't seem to mind at all.

　　當(dāng)我爸爸耗費(fèi)了那末一大堆紙時(shí)，媽媽?zhuān)闼坪跞辉诤酢?/p>

　　But if I take only one sheet to make a boat with, you say, "Child, how troublesome you are!"

　　但是，如果我只取了一張紙去做一只船，你卻要說(shuō)：“孩子，你真討厭!”

　　What do you think of father's spoiling sheets and sheets of paper with black marks all over on both sides?

　　你對(duì)于爸爸拿黑點(diǎn)子涂滿(mǎn)了紙的兩面，污損了許多許多張紙，你心里以為怎樣呢?