Wonderful Winter

Wonderful Winter, written by Lacey Finn Borgo, illustrated by Joel Snyder.

《美妙的冬天》，作者：莱西·芬恩·博尔戈 绘者：乔尔·斯奈德

Elton hopped off the school bus, his cheerful yellow galoshes going clump to clump, clump to clump. The season's first snow made most kids cheerful. Elton's galoshes were cheerful, but Elton was not. He clump to clumped his way home with an unhappy look on his face.

埃尔顿跳下校车， 他明黄色的雨靴踩得啪嗒啪嗒、啪嗒啪嗒响。 今年入冬的第一场雪让大多数孩子都兴高采烈。 埃尔顿的雨靴看着欢欢喜喜的，可埃尔顿却一点也不高兴。 他耷拉着一张不高兴的脸，啪嗒啪嗒地走回了家。

Elton, it's snowing, said his mother as he entered the house. I know, Elton replied in his grumpiest voice. Tomorrow is Saturday and there will be nothing to do. Elton loved to be outside during the summer. He loved swimming, hiking, and riding his bike. When the first snow of the winter came, Elton was always sad. He couldn't swim, hike, or ride his bike until spring.

埃尔顿，下雪啦，他刚进门妈妈就对他说。 我知道。埃尔顿用最闷闷不乐的语气回答。 明天就是周六了，可我啥好玩的都干不了。 夏天的时候埃尔顿可喜欢待在户外了。 他喜欢游泳、远足，还喜欢骑自行车。 每当冬天的第一场雪落下，埃尔顿总是很难过。 要等到来年春天，他才能再游泳、远足、骑自行车。

Elton's mother knew he was unhappy. She tried to make him feel better with warm cookies. It only took him a few minutes to eat them all, and then his unhappy face returned.

埃尔顿的妈妈知道他不开心。 她试着拿热曲奇哄他开心。 他没几分钟就把曲奇全吃光了， 紧接着又挂上了那张不高兴的脸。

Why don't you do your homework? She suggested. I finished it at school. He answered, okay, clean your room. She suggested. In 15 minutes, Elton's room was clean and he was still wearing his unhappy face. For an outside boy, winter was a terrible time of year.

你怎么不写作业呀？ 她提议道。 我在学校就写完了。 他回答道，那行，去打扫你的房间吧。 她又提议。 才15分钟，埃尔顿的房间就打扫干净了，可他还是一脸不高兴的样子。 对一个爱往外跑的小男孩来说，冬天可真是一年里最糟糕的时节。

Just then the doorbell rang. It was Penelope, Elton's friend and next door neighbor. Elton, would you like to come outside and make a snow person with me? Penelope asked. Elton wrinkled his nose. He didn't like snow and he didn't like winter.

就在这时门铃响了。 是佩内洛普，她是埃尔顿的朋友，也是他的隔壁邻居。 埃尔顿，你要不要出门和我一起堆雪人呀？ 佩内洛普问道。 埃尔顿皱了皱鼻子。 他不喜欢雪，也不喜欢冬天。