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，和顏悅色地

快樂的外公

布朗先生有一個女兒，他女兒有兩個女兒、兩個兒子。有一天，布朗先生的女兒打電話告

訴他，她又生了一個女兒。布朗先生非常高興，他決定去看望她。

星期五早上，布朗先生坐上了火車。他非常愉快。他說：“我要去看我的新外孫女了。”

火車上有三個空座位。其中一個空位旁坐著一位老人。布朗先生朝他走過去，友善地說：

“你是個祖父嗎？” “是的，”那個老人回答他，“我有三個孫女。” 布朗先生于是走到第二個空位。一位和藹的女士坐在這個空位旁邊。布朗先生問：“你做了祖母嗎？” 那位女士回答：“是的，我有兩個孫女、兩個孫子。”布朗先生又走到第三個空位子。坐在旁邊的是位男士，布朗先生又問：“你做了祖父嗎？” “不，我不是。”那位男士回答他。 布朗先生高興得笑著說：“好極了。”他在空位上坐下來，和藹地對那位男士說：“現在，我想和你說說我的外孫和外孫女們。”