04. TALES OF AMANDA PIG

TALES OF AMANDA PIG

小猪阿曼达的故事

AMANDA'S EGG Father and Mother and Oliver and Amanda sat at the table eating breakfast.

阿曼达的鸡蛋 爸爸、妈妈、奥利弗和阿曼达坐在餐桌边吃早餐。

Father took his last bite of egg. "I am going outside to rake leaves," he said. "Will you excuse me? "Yes," said Mother. "Eat your egg, Amanda." Amanda looked at her egg. It looked back at her with its funny yellow eye. She didn't eat it. Oliver took his last bite of toast. "May I go outside too?" he asked. "Yes," said Mother. "Eat your egg, Amanda." Amanda looked at her egg. If she touched it with her fork, it would wiggle. She didn't eat it.

爸爸吃完了最后一口鸡蛋。 “我要去外面耙树叶。”他说。 “我可以离开餐桌了吗？” “好的。”妈妈说。 “阿曼达，把你的鸡蛋吃了。” 阿曼达看着自己的鸡蛋。 鸡蛋好像也用它那只滑稽的黄眼睛回看着她。 她没吃鸡蛋。 奥利弗吃完了最后一口吐司。 “我也可以去外面吗？” 他问道。 “可以。”妈妈说。 “阿曼达，把你的鸡蛋吃了。” 阿曼达看着自己的鸡蛋。 要是她用叉子碰一下，鸡蛋肯定会晃来晃去的。 她没吃鸡蛋。

Mother took her last sip of tea. "I am going to wash the dishes," she said. "Eat your egg, Amanda." Amanda looked at her egg. The yellow part would run out all over her nice clean toast. She didn't eat it. Mother washed all the dishes. "Amanda," she said. "You still haven't eaten your egg." "It is cold," said Amanda. "It is cold because you didn't eat it," said Mother. "Eggs are good for you, Amanda. Eggs make you big and strong."

妈妈喝完了最后一口茶。 “我要去洗碗啦。”她说。 “阿曼达，把你的鸡蛋吃了。” 阿曼达看着自己的鸡蛋。 蛋黄肯定会流出来，弄脏她干干净净的美味吐司。 她没吃鸡蛋。 妈妈把所有碗都洗完了。 “阿曼达。”她说。 “你还没吃鸡蛋呢。” “鸡蛋凉了。”阿曼达说。 “鸡蛋凉是因为你一直没吃呀。”妈妈说。 “鸡蛋对你身体好哦，阿曼达。 吃了鸡蛋你能长得又高又壮。”

Amanda looked at her egg. It felt funny going down too, not like real food, but slippery. She didn't eat it. "I will close my eyes and count to ten," said Mother. "When I open my eyes, your egg will be gone." Mother closed her eyes. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten." Mother opened her eyes. Amanda's egg was still there. Mother sat at the table looking out the window. Amanda sat at the table looking at her egg. "Oh, there's Father," said Mother. "He is raking leaves. And Oliver is helping him."

阿曼达看着自己的鸡蛋。 而且鸡蛋滑溜溜的，咽下去的感觉怪怪的，根本不像正经食物。 她没吃鸡蛋。 “我要闭上眼睛数到十。”妈妈说。 “等我睁开眼，你的鸡蛋就会不见啦。” 妈妈闭上了眼睛。 “一，二，三，四，五，六，七，八，九，十。” 妈妈睁开了眼睛。 阿曼达的鸡蛋还好好摆在那儿。 妈妈坐在餐桌边，望着窗外。 阿曼达坐在餐桌边，盯着自己的鸡蛋。 “哦，是爸爸呀。”妈妈说。 “他在耙树叶呢。 奥利弗也在给他帮忙。”

Amanda looked at her egg. "They are raking the leaves into a big pile," said Mother. "Now they are jumping into the pile and covering each other with leaves." "I'm all done," said Amanda. "What?" said Mother. "Look at my plate," said Amanda. "I don't see your egg," said Mother. "Did you throw it on the floor?" "No," said Amanda.

阿曼达看着自己的鸡蛋。 “他们正把树叶堆成好大一堆哦。”妈妈说。 “现在他们正往树叶堆里跳，还用树叶往对方身上盖呢。” “我吃完啦！”阿曼达说。 “什么？”妈妈问。 “你看我的盘子呀。”阿曼达说。 “我没看到你的鸡蛋呀。”妈妈说。 “你是不是把它扔到地上了？” “没有呀。”阿曼达说。