A long wait

槐荫小学英语

Every spring two good things happen to Maddie. First Grandma comes and then the cranes.

每到春天，对于Maddie来说，有两件好事要来到，首先是奶奶来了，接着，仙鹤也来了。

Every morning grandma and Maddie get up early and walk down to the lake to watch the cranes.

每天早上，Maddie和奶奶都早早起来，走到湖边去看仙鹤。

First the cranes dance. They bow and jump. Then they call to one another.

它们先是翩翩起舞。它们弯曲身体，跳来跳去。然后它们互相呼唤。

All afternoon,grandma and Maddie watch the cranes build their nest.

一整个下午，奶奶和Maddie 都在看仙鹤筑巢。

“Look, grandma, an egg!”

“奶奶，看，有一只蛋！”

“No, two eggs.”

“不，是两只。”

Every evening they watch the cranes feed. The cranes catch dragonflies and frogs.

每天的傍晚，他们一起看仙鹤吃东西，仙鹤会抓蜻蜓和青蛙来当作食物。

“Look at the baby cranes!”

“看那些仙鹤宝宝！”

The hot summer months pass and the baby cranes grow. The days are long and lovely.

炎热的夏天终于过去，小仙鹤宝宝也在长大。白天时间很长，也很美好。

“Which season do you like best?”

奶奶问我“你最喜欢哪个季节？”

“I like summer best, because you are here.”

“我最喜欢夏天，因为有奶奶在这里。”

But as the season changes the days get cooler. So it will be time for grandma to leave.

随着季节变化，天气越来越凉。奶奶离开的时间也到了。

“The cranes will leave too,” thinks Maddie.

仙鹤也要离开了。

Autumn turns into winter. Maddie misses grandma very much.

秋去冬来。Maddie 非常想念奶奶。

Grandma misses Maddy too. She makes a paper crane and sends it to Maddie.

奶奶也非常想念Maddie. 她用纸折了一只仙鹤，寄给了Maddie.

Maddie loves the paper crane. She makes lots of them and hangs them up.The cold winter months pass more quickly.

Maddie 非常喜欢纸鹤。她做了很多很多纸鹤，然后挂起来。寒冷的冬天，好像过去得很快。

In the spring Maddie watches the sky every day.Who will come back first? Grandmaor the cranes?

春天到了，Maddie 每天看着天空想，谁会先来到呢？是奶奶还是仙鹤？

But mom has some bad news. Grandma is sick she can’t come.

但是妈妈有个坏消息。奶奶病了，她不能来了。

Day after day, Maddie watches the sky.Spring is here but the cranes aren’t.

一天又一天，Maddie 望着天空，春天来了，但是仙鹤们却没有来。

Maddie hangs the paper cranes on the tree by the lake. She waits and waits.

Maddie 把纸鹤挂在了湖边的树上，她等待着。

It is nearly summer when the cranes return. The babies arrive first. No longer brown.But white!

到了快夏天仙鹤们才回来。幼鹤们先到达，它们不再是棕色了，全都变成了白色！

“Where have you been ?”cries Maddie.

Maddie 哭着问，你们去哪里了？

“They were waiting for me.”says Grandma.

“它们在等着我呢”奶奶也来了。