10 A Crane for Grandma

A Crane for Grandma Grandma, from high up on the rooftop, could see everything that was going on and she didn't like what she saw. She wanted to be the centre of attention and nobody was taking the slightest notice of her. George and Mr Kranky were running round and getting excited about the enormous animals. Mrs Kranky was washing up in the kitchen, and Grandma was all alone on the rooftop. 'Hey you!' she yelled. 'George! Get me a cup of tea this minute, you idle little beast!' 'Don't listen to the old goat,' Mr Kranky said. 'She's stuck where she is and a good thing, too.' 'But we can't leave her up there, Dad,' George said. 'What if it rains?' 'George!' Grandma yelled. 'Oh, you horrible little boy! You disgusting little worm! Fetch me a cup of tea at once and a slice of currant cake!'

奶奶在高高的屋顶上，可以看到发生的一切，但她不喜欢她所看到的。 她想成为大家注意的中心，但没有人注意到她。 乔治和克朗奇先生跑来跑去，对这些巨大的动物感到很兴奋。 克兰基太太在厨房洗碗，奶奶一个人在屋顶上。 “嘿!她喊道。“乔治!马上给我倒杯茶，你这个懒鬼!“别听那老山羊的话，”克朗奇先生说。 “她被困在这里了，这也是一件好事。“可是我们不能把她留在那儿，爸爸。”乔治说。 “要是下雨怎么办?”“乔治!”奶奶喊道。 “哦，你这个讨厌的小男孩!”你这个恶心的小虫子!马上给我拿一杯茶和一块葡萄干蛋糕来!”

'We'll have to get her out, Dad,' George said. 'She won't give us any peace if we don't.' Mrs Kranky came outside and she agreed with George. 'She's my own mother,' she said. 'She's a pain in the neck,' Mr Kranky said. 'I don't care,' Mrs Kranky said. 'I'm not leaving my own mother sticking up through the roof for the rest of her life.'

“我们得把她弄出来，爸爸。”乔治说。 “如果我们不这样做，她不会给我们任何安宁的。”克朗基太太走了出来，她同意乔治的说法。 “她是我的亲生母亲，”她说。 “她是个讨厌鬼，”克朗基先生说。 “我不在乎。”克朗基太太说。 “我不会丢下我的亲生母亲，让她的下半辈子都住在屋顶上。”

So in the end, Mr Kranky telephoned the Crane Company and asked them to send their biggest crane out to the house at once. The crane arrived one hour later. It was on wheels and there were two men inside it. The crane men climbed up on to the roof and put ropes under Grandma's arms. Then she was lifted right up through the roof… In a way, the medicine had done Grandma good. It had not made her any less grumpy or bad-tempered, but it seemed to have cured all her aches and pains, and she was suddenly as frisky as a ferret. As soon as the crane had lowered her to the ground, she ran over to George's huge

所以最后，克朗奇先生打电话给起重机公司，要求他们马上把他们最大的起重机送到房子里来。 一小时后，起重机来了。 它有轮子，里面有两个人。 吊车工人爬上屋顶，把绳子放在奶奶的胳膊下。 从某种意义上说，这药对奶奶有好处。 这并没有使她的坏脾气和坏脾气减少，但似乎治好了她所有的病痛，她突然像雪貂一样活泼起来。 吊车一把她吊到地上，她就跑到乔治的大房子那里

pony, Jack Frost, and jumped on to his back. This ancient old hag, who was now as tall as a house, then galloped about the farm on the gigantic pony, jumping over trees and sheds and shouting, 'Out of my way! Clear the decks! Stand back, all you miserable midgets or I'll trample you to death!' and other silly things like that. But because Grandma was now much too tall to get back into the house, she had to sleep that night in the hay-barn with the mice and the rats.

小马杰克·弗罗斯特跳到了他的背上。 这个老妖婆现在有一幢房子那么高了，她骑着那匹巨大的小马在农场里疾驰，跳过树木和棚子，喊着:“让开!”清理甲板!退后，你们这些可怜的侏儒不然我就把你们踩死!诸如此类的傻话。 但是因为奶奶现在已经长得太高了，回不去了，那天晚上她不得不和老鼠们一起睡在干草棚里。