Emre has only five dollars. Tomorrow is his mother's birthday. He wants to give her a card.
埃姆雷只有五美元。明天是他妈妈的生日。他想送她一张贺卡。
On the way home, he looks at the cards in a shop. One has a big yellow flower on it. It is beautiful, but it costs four dollars. Then he will have almost nothing left.
回家的路上，他看了看一家店里的贺卡。有一张上面印着一朵大大的黄花。它很漂亮，可是要四美元。那样他就几乎一分钱不剩了。
At home, he takes paper and colored pens from his desk. "I will make my own card," he thinks.
到家后，他从书桌上拿出纸和彩笔。“我要自己做一张卡片，”他想。
He draws a flower. The lines are not straight, and the colors are too dark. It looks like a green potato. Emre laughs, but he also feels sad. He puts the paper in the bin and puts on his shoes.
他画了一朵花。线条不直，颜色也太深。看起来像一个绿色的土豆。埃姆雷笑了，可心里也有点难过。他把纸扔进垃圾桶，穿上了鞋。
"I will just buy the card," he says to himself.
“我还是直接买一张吧，”他对自己说。
At the door, he stops. He looks at the kitchen. The blue kettle sits on the stove. His mother's red cup stands by the window, next to the plants. Every morning she sits there and drinks her tea.
走到门口，他停住了。他看着厨房。蓝色的水壶放在炉子上。妈妈的红杯子立在窗边，挨着那些植物。每天早上，她都坐在那里喝茶。
Emre goes back to his desk. He takes a new paper and draws the kitchen. He draws the kettle, the cup, the plants and the window. It takes an hour. This time he does not worry about straight lines.
埃姆雷回到书桌前。他拿了一张新纸，画下了厨房。他画了水壶、杯子、植物和窗户。画了一个小时。这一次，他不再担心线条直不直了。
The next morning, he gives the card to his mother. She looks at it for a long time.
第二天早上，他把卡片送给了妈妈。她看了很久很久。
"This is our kitchen," she says. "And that is my cup."
“这是我们的厨房，”她说，“那是我的杯子。”
She takes a magnet. She puts the card in the middle of the fridge door.
她拿来一块磁铁。她把卡片贴在了冰箱门的正中央。
