巨人杰弗瑞

　　Jeffery the Giant had many friends. Everyone liked Jeffery because he was so kind. He liked to help his friend.
　　巨人杰弗瑞有很多的朋友。大家都很喜歡他，因為他很善良。他很喜歡幫助朋友。
　　If Peter's ball got stuck in the tree, Jeffery would get it down. "Thanks, Jeffery." "Oh you're welcome, Peter."

　　如果彼得的球掛到樹上，杰弗瑞就會把它拿下來。“謝謝你，杰弗瑞。”“不客氣，彼得。”

　　If Mary hurt herself, Jeffery would carry her home. "Oh! My leg!" "Mary, are you OK? Here let me help you up." "Ouch! It hurts. I can't walk." "I'll take you home." "Thanks, Jeffery."
　　如果瑪麗受傷了，杰弗瑞會把她送回家。“哦，我的腿！”“瑪麗，你還好嗎？讓我拉你站起來。”“哎呦！腿受傷了。我不能走路。”“我送你回家。”“謝謝你，杰弗瑞。”

　　Jeffery liked all his friends, but Jeffery was sad. It was too hard for Jeffery to play with friends, because...
　　杰弗瑞喜歡他的朋友們，但他很傷心。杰弗瑞很難和朋友們一起玩，因為……

　　... their hide-and-seek hiding spots were too small. ... their jump ropes were too short.
　　玩捉迷藏藏身的地方太小了。跳繩的繩子又太短了。

　　... their basketball hoops were too low. ... their seesaws always went up, but they never came down.
　　籃球框太低了。蹺蹺板一頭壓下去就再也起不來了。

　　One day Jeffery came home early. He sat down under the biggest tree he could find. He didn't want to be at the playground anymore. "I am too big to play with my friends," said Jeffery to himself.
　　有一天杰弗瑞很早就回家了。他坐在一棵特別大的樹下。他再也不想在操場上玩了。“我個頭太大了，不能跟朋友們一起玩。”杰弗瑞自言自語道。

　　"Hi, my name is Eddy. I'm new here. Do you want to play with me?" Jeffery didn't look up. He kept his head hidden in his hands. "I'm too big to play with anyone," cried Jeffery.
　　“嗨，我叫埃迪。我是新來的。你愿意跟我一起玩嗎？”杰弗瑞沒有抬頭看他。他依然用手捂著頭。“我個頭太大了，不能跟任何人玩。”杰弗瑞哭著說。

　　"I don't think you're that big," said Eddy. "Really?" asked Jeffery hopefully.
　　“我并不認(rèn)為你很大。”埃迪說。“真的嗎？”杰弗瑞滿懷希望的問。

　　"Yes, really," said Eddy. "You're big like me." Jeffery took his head out of his hands. "Oh, hi," said Jeffery shyly. "My name is Jeffery."
　　“是真的。”埃迪說，“你和我一樣大。”杰弗瑞把頭從手里伸出來。“哦，你好，”杰弗瑞害羞的說，“我叫杰弗瑞。”

　　Eddy smiled. "See, I am big. Why were you crying, Jeffery?" "Oh, I was crying because I am too big to play with my friends."
　　埃迪笑著說：“看，我很大呀。你為什么哭呢，杰弗瑞？”“哦，我哭是因為我太大了沒有辦法跟朋友們一起玩。”

　　"You're not too big," said Eddy. "Their games are just too small. Let's go to the playground together and I'll show you how to make their games bigger."
　　“你不大，”埃迪說，“他們的游戲太小了。我們一起去操場吧，讓我告訴你怎么讓他們的游戲變大。”

　　Jeffery and Eddy went to the playground together, and Jeffery learned how to play bigger games.
　　杰弗瑞和埃迪一起來到操場，杰弗瑞學(xué)會了如何玩大游戲。

　　Jeffery and Eddy became best friends. They had fun with the other children too. Jeffery was glad to have such a big friend.
　　杰弗瑞和埃迪成了很好的朋友。他們和孩子們玩得很開心。杰弗瑞很高興能有那么大一個好朋友。