Tom was three years old.
汤姆三岁了。
He liked to watch TV with his parents after super, but his parents never let him stay long.
他喜欢吃过晚饭后和父母一起看电视,但他的父母从来不让他待很久。
His mother often said, "It's nine o'clock now. It's time to go to bed, Tom."
他的妈妈经常说,“现在九点了。到了上床睡觉的时候了,汤姆。”
"But why don't you go to bed, mummy?" Tom always asked.
“那为什么你们不去睡觉呢,妈妈?”汤姆总是这样问道。
"We are adults," mother answered, "and adults go to bed late."
“我们是大人,大人很晚才睡觉”,妈妈回答道。
One evening, Tom asked his mother for an apple.
有天晚上,汤姆向他的妈妈要一个苹果吃。
"But it's too late."
“但现在很晚了。”
His mother didn't want to give him anything to eat at bedtime.
妈妈不想在他睡觉的时候给他吃任何东西。
"The apples are already asleep." she said.
“苹果们都睡着了”,她说。
"But not all of them, mummy," Tom said.
“不是所有的苹果,妈妈”汤姆说道。
"Perhaps the baby apples are asleep, but their parents are surely awake."
“可能苹果宝宝睡着了,但它们的父母肯定醒着。”