One hot summer afternoon Tony, John and Pip were cutting the long grass. The sun was hot and they were tired. Mr Wood came into the field.
"Now, boys," he said, "I have a job for you."
"He always has a job for us!" said Pip very quietly. The other boys smiled. The farmer liked to keep them busy. They walked with him to an old wooden building near the farmhouse.
一个炎热的夏日午后，托尼、约翰和皮普在割着那些高高的草。太阳很毒，他们都累坏了。伍德先生突然来到田里。
“喂，孩子们，”他说，“我给你们找了点活儿干。”
“他总是有活儿给我们干！”皮普小声说，另外两个孩子都笑了。农场主喜欢让他们忙个不停。他们随他一起走到农场不远处的一幢破旧的木屋那儿。
"Now," said Mr Wood. "My new car will arrive here next week. I want this building for a garage. Get the rubbish out of the building. Then clean it really well. I want to keep the car in it."
"What shall we do with the rubbish, Mr Wood?" asked Pip.
"Get rid of it, of course!" answered the farmer. "Now stop asking questions, young Pip. I'm a busy man." He walked away.
“是这样的，”伍德先生说道，“我的新车下个星期就要到了，我想把这幢房子变成车库。你们把屋里的垃圾都弄出去，然后把屋子彻底收拾干净。我想把汽车放在这里面。”
“那么垃圾怎么处理呢，伍德先生？”皮普问道。
“当然是把它们都扔掉！”农场主答道，“别问那么多了，小皮普，我忙着呢。”他说完便走了。
The three boys opened the doors of the building. They looked at the rubbish, then they looked at each other.
"This is going to take a long time," said Tony.
He went to the back of the building. He saw something behind a lot of old boxes. It was very big.
"What's this?" asked Tony.
三个孩子打开屋门，他们看看那些没用的东西，又互相瞧瞧。
“这得花上好一会儿呢。”托尼说。
他走到屋子后面，瞧见在一大堆旧盒子后头有样东西。是个大家伙。
“这是什么？”托尼问道。