Losing Grandpa

Losing Grandpa, written by Kira Freed. Illustrated by Anik McGroory.

《失去爷爷》，作者：基拉·弗里德。 插画：阿尼克·麦格鲁里。

Chapter 1. Where's Mom? What are you doing here? Hannah asked as she walked up the front path to her house. Coming home from school, she saw her mom's friend Laura standing at the door. Hannah's mom's car was gone. Where's Mom? She's always here when I get home from school. Sweetie, something's happened. Why don't you put down your things and we'll talk?

第一章。 妈妈在哪儿？ 你怎么在这里呀？ 汉娜沿着门前小路往家走，开口问道。 放学刚到家，她就看见妈妈的朋友劳拉站在门口。 汉娜妈妈的车不在这儿。 妈妈去哪儿了？ 我放学回家她总在家的呀。 宝贝，出了点事。 你先把东西放下，我们慢慢说好吗？

Hannah rushed upstairs with her backpack and then hurried back downstairs. What happened? Laura began, Honey, your grandpa got very sick today and had to go to the hospital. Your mom went with him to find out what's wrong and stay with him for a while. What happened? Is he real sick? Is he going to stay at the hospital? The questions tumbled out of Hannah's mouth. The doctors aren't sure what's wrong with him yet. Your mom promised she'd call soon after you got home from school and let us know if there's any news.

汉娜背着背包冲上楼，又急匆匆跑下楼。 出什么事了？ 劳拉开口说：亲爱的，你爷爷今天突然病重，必须去医院了。 你妈妈陪他去查清楚情况，会在那里陪他一阵子。 到底怎么了？ 他病得很重吗？ 他要一直住在医院吗？ 问题一个接一个从汉娜嘴里蹦出来。 医生现在还没确诊爷爷到底哪里出了问题。 你妈妈答应了，你放学回家后就会打电话，告诉我们最新消息。

Hannah went to the kitchen to get some juice and a peanut butter cookie. As she nibbled on her cookie, she found herself staring into space. The house just didn't feel the same with Grandpa missing. He had lived with Hannah and her mom ever since Hannah was two. That was eight years ago, and he was as much a part of her life as her mom was.

汉娜走到厨房，倒了杯果汁，拿了一块花生酱曲奇。 她小口咬着曲奇，不知不觉就发起呆来。 爷爷不在，整个房子的感觉都不对了。 从汉娜两岁起，爷爷就和她、妈妈住在一起了。 那已经是八年前的事，爷爷早就像妈妈一样，是她生命里不可缺少的一部分。

Hannah and her grandpa were good friends. When she was younger, he used to take her for walks around the neighborhood. He had to walk slowly because he had arthritis in his knees. Walking slowly was fine with Hannah because grandpa had very long legs, and even with his arthritis, she had trouble keeping up with him. As they walked, Grandpa would make Hannah laugh by making up silly stories about the people who lived in each of the houses. Those people in that gray house over there, they have one hundred basset hounds. All day they take pictures of themselves with their dog's ears draped around their heads.

汉娜和爷爷是一对好朋友。 汉娜小时候，爷爷常常带她在街区散步。 爷爷膝盖有关节炎，只能走得很慢。 走慢一点汉娜也很乐意，因为爷爷腿很长，就算有关节炎，她都很难跟上脚步。 散步的时候，爷爷总会编出每个房子住户的傻故事，逗得汉娜哈哈大笑。 你看那边灰房子里的人，他们养了一百只巴吉度猎犬。 他们一整天都在拍照，把狗狗的大耳朵绕在自己头上。

And that yellow house on the corner? The people who live there think they can fly. Every night after the sun goes down, they open their second story windows, stand in the moonlight, twirl their arms, and holler for all the world to hear, We're getting ready to take off. Just give us a moment to get our wings warmed up. Hannah thought Grandpa was the silliest person on Earth. And in truth, he probably was.

那街角的黄房子呢？ 住在那儿的人都觉得自己能飞。 每天太阳下山后，他们就打开二楼窗户，站在月光下挥胳膊转圈，对着全世界大喊：我们准备好起飞啦！ 再给我们一小会儿，翅膀就热身好了。 汉娜觉得爷爷是全世界最有趣的人。 说真的，爷爷大概确实是。