给健的饭团

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由纪七岁。她和妈妈、爸爸还有奶奶住在大阪。大阪是日本的一个大城市。

Yuki is seven years old. She lives with Mum, Dad and Grandma in Osaka. Osaka is a big city in Japan.

明天由纪的班去公园郊游。所有的孩子都带饭。妈妈总是给由纪做饭。但是明天由纪想自己做饭。

Tomorrow Yuki’s class goes on a trip to the park. All the children bring some food. Mum always makes the food for Yuki. But tomorrow Yuki wants to make her food herself.

“我做饭团，”由纪说。妈妈笑了。“好。我帮你。”“不！”由纪叫道。“我自己做！”

“I’m making rice balls,” says Yuki. Mum laughs. “Good. I’ll help you.” “No!” shouts Yuki. “I do everything by myself!”

由纪煮米饭。饭很热，很软。她把饭放在手里。哎哟！太热了。她等了等。然后她把饭压成一个球。

Yuki cooks the rice. It is hot and soft. She takes the rice in her hands. Ouch! It is too hot. She waits. Then she presses it into a ball.

球散开了。米饭粘在手上，在桌子上，还在鼻子上。由纪又做一个球。它也散开了。又做一个。散开了！

The ball falls apart. The rice sticks to her hands, to the table and to her nose. Yuki makes another ball. It falls apart, too. And another one. Apart!

由纪很难过。“我不会做，”她说。妈妈什么也不说。她只是笑了笑，走出了厨房。

Yuki is sad. “I can’t do this,” she says. Mum says nothing. She only smiles and goes out of the kitchen.

奶奶走进厨房。她看见到处都是米饭。“嗯，”她说。由纪看着奶奶。“奶奶，请教我方法。但是我还要自己做。”奶奶笑了。“很好。”

Grandma comes into the kitchen. She sees rice everywhere. “Hmm,” she says. Yuki looks at Grandma. “Grandma, please show me the trick. But I do it myself.” Grandma laughs. “That is good.”

“手弄湿，”奶奶说。“一点点盐。不要太用力。轻轻地！米饭像一个小宝宝。”由纪把手弄湿。她拿了一点点盐。她轻轻地压。

“Wet hands,” says Grandma. “A little salt. And don’t press too hard. Softly! The rice is like a baby.” Yuki wets her hands. She takes a little salt. She presses softly.

饭团不散了！由纪做了三个饭团。每个饭团里有一块鱼。这些饭团不好看。一个方方的，一个扁扁的，一个有一点点歪。但是它们不散。

The ball holds! Yuki makes three rice balls. In every ball there is a piece of fish. The balls are not pretty. One is square, one is flat, one is a little bent. But they hold.