"What's the matter,Bob?"asked his mother."Why do you look so sad?" "I don't have anyone to play with,"Bob said."Why don't we just stay in Salt Lake City?I had friends there." "You will soon make friends here,"said his mother."wait and see!" Just then there was a tap on the door.Mrs.Miller opened it. There stood a woman with red hair. "Hello,"she said."I'm Mrs.Carey.I live next door." "Come in."said Mrs.Miller."Bob and I are so glad you came." "I came to ask for two eggs,"said Mrs.Carey."I want to bake a cake." "You may have the eggs,"said Mrs.Miller."But do sit down.Let's have coffee and talk a little." That afternoon there was another tap on the door.Mrs.Miller opened it. There stood a boy with red hair. "My name is Tom Carey,"he said."Mymother sent you this cake and these two eggs." "Why,thank you,Tom,"said Mrs.Miller."Come in and meet my son Bob." Tom and Bob were about the same age.Soon they were having cake and milk. "Can you stay and play with me?"asked Bob. "Yes,I can stay an hour,"Tom said. "Then let's play ball,"said Bob."My dog will waht to get in the game,too." Tom found it was fun to play with Trix.He has no dog of his own. "I'm glad you live next door,"said Bob."Now I have someone to play with." "Mother said we would soon be good friends,"Tom answered. "l'm glad your mother needed two eggs,"said Bob. Tom laughed. "she didn't really need two eggs,"he said."she just wanted to make friends with your mother!" “你怎么啦，鲍勃？”妈妈问道。“你为什么看上去不高兴？” “没有人跟我玩，”鲍勃说道。“我们为什么不住在盐湖城？那里我有很多朋友。” “你很快就会在这里交上朋友的，”妈妈说道。“等着瞧吧！” 这时传来了敲门声。米勒太太把门打开。 门外站着一位红头发的妇女。 “你好，”她说道。“我是凯里女士。我住在隔壁。” “进来吧，”米勒太太说道。“欢迎你，鲍勃和我都很高兴。” “我来借两个鸡蛋，”凯里太太说道。“我想烤个蛋糕。” “我这里有鸡蛋，”米勒太太说道。“快坐下吧。我们先来喝点咖啡聊聊天。” 当天下午又传来了敲门声。米勒太太把门打开了。 门外站着一个红头发的小男孩。 “我叫汤姆·凯里，”他说道。“妈妈送给你们这块蛋糕，还有两个鸡蛋。” “哎呀，谢谢你，汤姆，”米勒太太说道。“请进来，来认识一下我的儿子鲍勃。” 汤姆和鲍勃年龄差不多。他们很快就一起吃起了蛋糕，喝着牛奶。 “你能不能留下来和我玩一会儿？”鲍勃问道。 “可以，我可以呆一个小时。” “那么我们来玩球吧，”鲍勃说道。“我的狗也想加入比赛。” 汤姆发现和狗一起玩非常有趣。他没有养狗。 “我真高兴你住在隔壁，”鲍勃说道。“现在我有伙伴玩了。” “妈妈说我们很快就会成为好朋友的。”汤姆回答道。 “我真高兴你妈妈需要两个鸡蛋，”鲍勃说道。
