94             A Happy Grandparent

Mr. Brown had a daughter who had two daughters and two sons. One day the daughter telephoned and said that she had a new daughter. Mr. Brown was very happy and decided to visit her.

On Friday morning, Mr. Brown got into a train. He was very happy. "I'm going to see my new grand-daughter,"he said. 

There were three empty places in the train. There was an old man beside one empty place, and Mr. Brown went to him and said nicely, "Are you a grandfather?""Yes,"the man answered, "I have three granddaughters."Mr. Brown went to the second empty place. A nice woman sat beside that. Mr. Brown asked, "Are you a grandmother?"The woman answered, "Yes, I have two granddaughters and two grandsons."Mr. Brown went to the third empty place. There was a man beside that, and Mr. Brown asked, "Are you a grandfather?""Do, I'm not,"the man answered. Mr. Brown smiled happily and said, "That's good. He sat down in the empty place and said to the man kindly, "Dow I'll tell you about my granddaughters and grandsons.

   nicely 和善地，和颜悦色地

                                 快乐的外公

布朗先生有一个女儿，他女儿有两个女儿、两个儿子。有一天，布朗先生的女儿打电话告

诉他，她又生了一个女儿。布朗先生非常高兴，他决定去看望她。 

星期五早上，布朗先生坐上了火车。他非常愉快。他说：“我要去看我的新外孙女了。” 

火车上有三个空座位。其中一个空位旁坐着一位老人。布朗先生朝他走过去，友善地说：

“你是个祖父吗？”  “是的，”那个老人回答他，“我有三个孙女。”  布朗先生于是走到第二个空位。一位和蔼的女士坐在这个空位旁边。布朗先生问：“你做了祖母吗？”  那位女士回答：“是的，我有两个孙女、两个孙子。”布朗先生又走到第三个空位子。坐在旁边的是位男士，布朗先生又问：“你做了祖父吗？”  “不，我不是。”那位男士回答他。  布朗先生高兴得笑着说：“好极了。”他在空位上坐下来，和蔼地对那位男士说：“现在，我想和你说说我的外孙和外孙女们。”