Finding New Friends

Finding New Friends

寻找新朋友

Summer passed quickly. The leaves started to fall from the trees. Thumbelina was tired and her clothes were torn. Thumbelina noticed some nuts on the ground. She picked up a small one. “ Hey, that’s mine! ” yelled a squirrel. “ I found it first, ” she said stubbornly. “ Okay, I guess you’re getting ready for the winter too, ” replied the squirrel.

夏天过得很快。 树叶开始从树上掉下来。 拇指姑娘累了，衣服也破了。 拇指姑娘注意到地上有一些坚果。她拿起一个小的。 “嘿，那是我的！”松鼠喊道。 “我先找到了，”她固执地说。 “好吧，我想你也准备好过冬了，”松鼠回答。

“ Winter?” said Thumbelina. “ What’s that?” Surprised, the squirrel shook her tail. “ Winter is when it gets cold, silly, ” said the squirrel. “ Food is hard to find. You have to gather and store food. That’s what I’m doing. ”

“冬天？”拇指姑娘说。“什么是那？” 松鼠惊讶地摇了摇尾巴。 “冬天是冷的时候，傻了。”松鼠。“食物很难找到。你必须收集和储存食物。这就是我正在做的。”

The squirrel grabbed another nut and quickly ran up a tree. The days did get colder. And food was hard to find. One day, hungry and tired, Thumbelina fell asleep. She had a dream she was in a warm bed. Beautiful voices were singing. Thumbelina woke up. She wasn’t dreaming.

松鼠抓起另一颗坚果，迅速爬上一棵树。 天气确实变冷了。 食物很难找到。 一天，拇指姑娘又饿又累，睡着了。 她做了一个梦，梦见自己躺在温暖的床上。 美丽的声音在歌唱。 拇指姑娘醒了。 她不是在做梦。

“ Where am I?” she “ asked, rubbing her eyes. “ You’re safe, dear, ” said a bird. Thumbelina sat up. She was inside a bird’s nest. “ We thought you needed help. So we brought you to our house, ” said the bird. “ I’m Maggie. ”

“我在哪里？”她揉着眼睛问道。 “你很安全，亲爱的，”一只鸟说。 拇指姑娘坐了起来。 她在一个鸟巢里。 “我们认为你需要帮助。所以我们把你带到我们家来了。”小鸟说。“我是玛吉。”

“ I heard something lovely, ” Thumbelina said after introducing herself. “ We were singing, ” said the other bird. “ My name is Kris. ” “ I haven’t sung in a long time, ” said Thumbelina. “ I used to sing when I was happy. ” “ Well, not all songs are happy ones, ” said Maggie.

“指姑娘自我介绍后说：“我听到了一些可爱的声音。”。 “我们在唱歌，”另一只鸟说。“我叫克里斯。” “我很久没唱歌了，”拇指姑娘说。“我曾经在快乐的时候唱歌。” “嗯，并不是所有的歌曲都是快乐的，”玛吉说。