ANNA'S NEW COAT 安娜的新大衣（多谢melaniezengxing的分享！）
Anna's new coat安娜的新大衣
Winter had come and Anna needed a new coat. The
fuzzy blue coat that she had worn for so many winters
was no longer fuzzy and it was very small.
Last winter Anna’s mother had said, “When the war is
over, we will be able to buy things again and I will get
you a nice new coat.”
But when the war ended the stores remained empty.
There still were no coats. There was hardly any food.
And no one had any money.
Anna’s mother wondered how she could get Anna a
new coat. Then she had and idea.
“Anna, I have no money,”she said, but I still have
Grandfather’s gold watch and some other nice
things. Maybe we can use them to get what we
need for a new coat. First we need wool. Tomorrow
we will visit a farmer and see about getting some.”
The next day Annaand her mother walked to a near
by farm.
“Annaneeds a new coat,”Anna’s mother told the
farmer.
“I have no money, but I will give you this fine goldwatch if you give me enough wool from your sheepto make a coat.”
The farmer said, “What a goodidea! But you will
have to wait until spring when Ishear my sheep’s
winter wool. Then I can tradeyou their wool for your
gold watch.”
Anna waited for spring to come. Almost every Sunday
she and her mother visited the sheep.
She would always ask them, “Is your wool growing?”
The sheep would always answer, “Baaa!”Then she
would feed them nice fresh hay and give them hugs.
At Christmastime Anna brought them paper
necklaces “
When spring came the farmer sheared the sheep’s wool. “Does it hurt them?”asked Anna.
“No, Anna,”said the farmer, “It’s just like getting a haircut.”
When he had enough woolto make a coat, the
farmershowed Anna how to card the wool. “It’s like untangling the knots in your hair,”he told Anna.
Then he gave Anna’s mothera big bag of wool and Anna’smother gave him the gold watch.
Anna and her mother took the bag of wool to an old woman who had a spinning wheel.
“Anna needs a new coat,”Anna’s mother told the woman. “I have no money, but I will give you this beautiful lamp if you will spin this wool into yarn. The woman said, “A lamp. That’s just what I need. But I cannot sin quickly, for I am old and my fingers are stiff. Come back when the cherries are ripe and I will have your yarn.”
When summer came, Anna and her mother returned. Anna’s mother gave the old woman the lamp and the old woman gave the yarn and a basket of delicious red cherries.
“Anna what color coat would you like?”Anna’s mother asked.
“A red one!”Anna answered.
“Then we will pick some lingonberries,”said Anna’s mother，“They make a beautiful red dye.”
At the end of summer, Anna’s mother knew just the place in the woods to find the ripest lingonberries.
Anna andher mother boiled water in a big pot and
put theberries into it.
The water turned deep red.
Anna’s mother dipped the yarn into it.
Soon theyarn was hanging up to dry on a clothesline strungacross the kitchen.
When it dried, Anna and hermother wound the yarn into balls.
They took the yarn to the weaver.
“Anna needs anew coat,”Anna’s mother said，“I have no money, but I will give you this garnet necklace if you will weave this yarn into cloth.”
The weaver said, “What a pretty necklace. I will be happy to weave your yarn. Come back in two weeks.” When Anna and her mother returned, the weaver gave them a bolt of beautiful red cloth. Anna’s mother gave the weaver the sparkling garnet necklace.
The next day Anna and her mother set off to see the tailor. “Winter is coming and Anna needs a new coat,” Anna’s mother told the tailor. “I have no money, but I will give you this porcelain teapot if you will make a coat from this cloth.”
The tailor said, “That’s a pretty teapot. Anna I’d be very happy to make you a new coat, but first I must take your measurements.”He measured her
shoulders.
He measured her arms. He measured from the back of her neck to the back of her knees. The he said, “Come back next week and I will have your coat.”
The tailor set to work making a pattern, cutting the cloth, pinning and sewing and stitching and snipping. He worked and worked for almost a whole week. When he was finished, he found six pretty matching buttons in his button box and sewed them on the coat.
He hung the coat proudly in the window for everyone to see.
When Anna and her mother returned tothe tailor’s
shop, Anna tried on her new coat. Shetwirled
around in front of the mirror. The coatwas perfect! Anna thanked the tailor. Anna’smother thanked him, too, and gave him the prettyporcelain teapot.
Anna wore her new coat home. She stopped at every store to look at her reflection in the window. Whey they got home her mother said, “Christmas will soon be here, and I think this year we could have a little celebration.”
Anna said, “Oh, yes, and please could we invite all the people who helped to make my coat?”
“Yes,”said Anna’s mother. “And I will make a Christmas cake just like I used to.”Anna gave her mother a big hug.
On Christmas Eve the farmer, the spinner, the weaver, and the tailor came to Anna’s house. They all thought Anna looked beautiful in her new coat.
The Christmas cake the Anna’s mother had baked was delicious. Everyone agreed that this was the best Christmas they had had in a long time.
On Christmas Day Anna visited the sheep.
“Thank you for the wool, sheep,”she said， “Do you like my pretty new coat?”
The sheep seemed to smile as they answered, “Baaa! Baaa!”
ANNA'S NEW COAT 安娜的新大衣（多谢melaniezengxing的分享！）
Anna's new coat安娜的新大衣
Winter had come and Anna needed a new coat. The
fuzzy blue coat that she had worn for so many winters
was no longer fuzzy and it was very small.
Last winter Anna’s mother had said, “When the war is
over, we will be able to buy things again and I will get
you a nice new coat.”
But when the war ended the stores remained empty.
There still were no coats. There was hardly any food.
And no one had any money.
Anna’s mother wondered how she could get Anna a
new coat. Then she had and idea.
“Anna, I have no money,”she said, but I still have
Grandfather’s gold watch and some other nice
things. Maybe we can use them to get what we
need for a new coat. First we need wool. Tomorrow
we will visit a farmer and see about getting some.”
The next day Annaand her mother walked to a near
by farm.
“Annaneeds a new coat,”Anna’s mother told the
farmer.
“I have no money, but I will give you this fine goldwatch if you give me enough wool from your sheepto make a coat.”
The farmer said, “What a goodidea! But you will
have to wait until spring when Ishear my sheep’s
winter wool. Then I can tradeyou their wool for your
gold watch.”
Anna waited for spring to come. Almost every Sunday
she and her mother visited the sheep.
She would always ask them, “Is your wool growing?”
The sheep would always answer, “Baaa!”Then she
would feed them nice fresh hay and give them hugs.
At Christmastime Anna brought them paper
necklaces “
When spring came the farmer sheared the sheep’s wool. “Does it hurt them?”asked Anna.
“No, Anna,”said the farmer, “It’s just like getting a haircut.”
When he had enough woolto make a coat, the
farmershowed Anna how to card the wool. “It’s like untangling the knots in your hair,”he told Anna.
Then he gave Anna’s mothera big bag of wool and Anna’smother gave him the gold watch.
Anna and her mother took the bag of wool to an old woman who had a spinning wheel.
“Anna needs a new coat,”Anna’s mother told the woman. “I have no money, but I will give you this beautiful lamp if you will spin this wool into yarn. The woman said, “A lamp. That’s just what I need. But I cannot sin quickly, for I am old and my fingers are stiff. Come back when the cherries are ripe and I will have your yarn.”
When summer came, Anna and her mother returned. Anna’s mother gave the old woman the lamp and the old woman gave the yarn and a basket of delicious red cherries.
“Anna what color coat would you like?”Anna’s mother asked.
“A red one!”Anna answered.
“Then we will pick some lingonberries,”said Anna’s mother，“They make a beautiful red dye.”
At the end of summer, Anna’s mother knew just the place in the woods to find the ripest lingonberries.
Anna andher mother boiled water in a big pot and
put theberries into it.
The water turned deep red.
Anna’s mother dipped the yarn into it.
Soon theyarn was hanging up to dry on a clothesline strungacross the kitchen.
When it dried, Anna and hermother wound the yarn into balls.
They took the yarn to the weaver.
“Anna needs anew coat,”Anna’s mother said，“I have no money, but I will give you this garnet necklace if you will weave this yarn into cloth.”
The weaver said, “What a pretty necklace. I will be happy to weave your yarn. Come back in two weeks.” When Anna and her mother returned, the weaver gave them a bolt of beautiful red cloth. Anna’s mother gave the weaver the sparkling garnet necklace.
The next day Anna and her mother set off to see the tailor. “Winter is coming and Anna needs a new coat,” Anna’s mother told the tailor. “I have no money, but I will give you this porcelain teapot if you will make a coat from this cloth.”
The tailor said, “That’s a pretty teapot. Anna I’d be very happy to make you a new coat, but first I must take your measurements.”He measured her
shoulders.
He measured her arms. He measured from the back of her neck to the back of her knees. The he said, “Come back next week and I will have your coat.”
The tailor set to work making a pattern, cutting the cloth, pinning and sewing and stitching and snipping. He worked and worked for almost a whole week. When he was finished, he found six pretty matching buttons in his button box and sewed them on the coat.
He hung the coat proudly in the window for everyone to see.
When Anna and her mother returned tothe tailor’s
shop, Anna tried on her new coat. Shetwirled
around in front of the mirror. The coatwas perfect! Anna thanked the tailor. Anna’smother thanked him, too, and gave him the prettyporcelain teapot.
Anna wore her new coat home. She stopped at every store to look at her reflection in the window. Whey they got home her mother said, “Christmas will soon be here, and I think this year we could have a little celebration.”
Anna said, “Oh, yes, and please could we invite all the people who helped to make my coat?”
“Yes,”said Anna’s mother. “And I will make a Christmas cake just like I used to.”Anna gave her mother a big hug.
On Christmas Eve the farmer, the spinner, the weaver, and the tailor came to Anna’s house. They all thought Anna looked beautiful in her new coat.
The Christmas cake the Anna’s mother had baked was delicious. Everyone agreed that this was the best Christmas they had had in a long time.
On Christmas Day Anna visited the sheep.
“Thank you for the wool, sheep,”she said， “Do you like my pretty new coat?”
The sheep seemed to smile as they answered, “Baaa! Baaa!”