Test 25

My grandfather was a fine man . I loved him wery much .But one day I tod him a lie (谎话）. I can not tell you now what the lie was .I was only seven years old then .Grandfather was not cross with me.

"Ask Jim to get a long ladder ,"he said .My boy now jumps from the tops of houses,up to the roof （屋顶）."

Jim brought the big ladder .Then Grandfather said ,"My boy now jumps from the tops of houses .The ladder is for him ."

I knew at once what he was telling me .I had often heard the old saying " A lie is a jump from the top of a house ."

I said nothing .But I felt like crying .

Ten minutes went by .What would people think about the ladder ? It stood by the front door .I was afraid it might be there a long time .I had to do something !

At last I went to Grandfather .He was reading a book .I went up to him and put my face on his arm .

"Grandfather ," I said , " I will not tell a lie again .We don*t need the ladder now ." Grandfather seemed very happy said ," My boy does not jump from the tops of houses."

我爷爷是个慈祥的人，我很爱他。但那天我对他撒了谎。我撒了什么谎现在记不得了，我当时只有7岁。爷爷并没有对我动气。

“叫吉姆拿把长梯子来，”他说，“我的乖乖现在从屋顶往下跳，要上屋顶。”

吉姆扛来一把大梯子，然后爷爷说：“我的乖乖现在从屋顶往下跳，这梯子是给他用的。”

我马上知道他想跟我说什么了。我常听过一句古话“撒谎就是从屋顶往下跳”。

我一声不吭，但几乎哭出来了。

十分钟过去了。大家会怎么看待这把梯子呢？它竖在前门那儿，我怕它得搁那儿好久呢！我得有所行动啊。

最后，我走向爷爷，他正在看书呢。我走过去用脸贴着他的胳膊。

“爷爷，”我说，“我再也不撒谎了，咱现在不要那梯子。”爷爷好象很高兴，他说：“我的乖乖不从屋顶往下跳了。”