100个儿童英语小故事: The Old House 老房子

 

025 The Old House

There was a very old house in a street. A boy liked this house very much. An old man was living in that house.

The old man always looked out of the window. That's why they made a friendship with each other. The next Sunday morning, the boy visited the old house, and he talked to the old man.

"I have two toy soldiers, and this is one of them. I will give you one, because you look so lonely. ""Little friend, thank you for giving me such a nice gift and visiting me." The old man welcomed the boy and said.

The old man and the boy were so happy together. But the toy soldier started to complain. "I can't stand this house any more. I am too lonely and bored in this house." "Don't be sad. Instead, this house is beautiful, isn't it?"

"I am sick and tired everyday¹ in here."" You have to stay here because you were the gift for my friend. Don't you understand that?" "I will go to a battlefield²." The toy soldier yelled³. The toy soldier fell to the ground, but nobody could find him.

"I will find where he is." But he couldn't find the toy soldier. It was too far away to be found. After dark the boy went back to his house. When the winter came, the old man died. A few days later after the old man's death, the old house was cleared away and a new house was built in that place. After many years, the little boy grew into a young man, and he married⁴. He moved to the old man's house with a beautiful garden.

"Ouch! What is this?" His wife shouted out in pain. There was something sharp⁵ on the ground. Can you guess what it was? It was the toy soldier that he and the old man had been searching for. "Let me see."

The boy, now a grown-up⁶, looked at the toy soldier carefully and smiled.

1 everyday   

adj.每天的，日常的，平常的

参考例句：

• Sweeping the floor is his everyday work.扫地是他的日常工作。
• He practices speaking English everyday.他每天练习说英语。

2 battlefield   

n.战场；争论点

参考例句：

• Her son died on the battlefield.她儿子死在了战场上。
• The battlefield flowed with rivers of blood.战场上血流成河。

3 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。

5 sharp   

adj.刺耳的，锋利的，急剧的；adv.[时刻]正，准；夏普(财富500强公司之一，总部所在地日本，主要经营电子电气)

参考例句：

• This knife isn't sharp.这把餐刀不锋利。
• Dogs have sharp sense of smell.狗有敏锐的嗅觉。

6 grown-up   

adj.成熟的，已经成人的；n.成人，大人

参考例句：

• She has a grown-up daughter who lives abroad.她有一个已经长大成人的女儿，在海外生活。
• The boy eats like a grown-up.那男孩的食量像个成人。