35 Franklin’s sailboat 富兰克林的帆船

Franklin could count by twos and tie his shoes.

He could drive pretend children to school in his school bus and

Put out pretend fires with his toy fire truck.

But one day, Franklin wondered if his toy sailboat was good enough to win a real race.

I could hang the broom and rake on these wall hooks.

Oh, all those nuts and bolts could go into these storage bins!

I have an idea, Dad.

Just build a new shed and you won’t have to clean up the old one.

Now there’s a simple solution. But I think I’ll do it the more affordable way.

I know it looks like overwhelming job,

but once there’s a place to put everything, it shouldn’t get so messy again.

I need some shelf brackets but I don’t see any here.

I’ll help you find some.

Wow! Dad, look at this!

That doesn’t look like a shelf bracket to me.

It’s called the Rainbow Wind-Racer.

We’re racing sailboats on the pond this Saturday. This is just what I need.

It’s a sharp looking boat. But you already have a sailboat at home.

The S.S. Snapper? It’s really old, Dad. This one’s way better!

Newer doesn’t always mean better, Franklin.

In fact, your old boat has a few things this one doesn’t…

like a movable rudder and a double sail.

Yeah, but it’s scratched and there are some pieces coming off.

Can’t I get this one? I’ll use my own money. Please?!

Well, it’s up to you Franklin,

but if we fixed up the S.S. Snapper it could be a sharp-looking boat too.

Why don’t you wait and see?

Yeah… I guess… but can you fix it today?

I’ll tidy up the shed first so we have a place to work on it.

Somewhere in that shed there’s a workbench.

I remember seeing it a long time ago.

The S.S. Grizzly looks great Bear!

Thanks.

I wish my boat was ready.

Don’t worry Franklin, your dad will help you fix it.

I know. As soon as he’s done cleaning the shed.

And who knows how long that will take.

Sounds like your Dad’s pretty busy in there.

He was busy in there all day yesterday too.

Oh, hello boys. What are you up to today?

I’m going to the pond to practice sailing my boat.

We’re having a race on Saturday.

That’s the day after tomorrow. Dad.

I know my days of the week, Franklin.

We’ll have time to get the S.S. Snapper shipshape, don’t you worry.

How’s your work going in the shed anyway?

As a matter of fact, it’s coming along just great!

Franklin said it was really messy in there.

Does the whole neighborhood have to know messy our shed is?

Uh… Sorry Dad, I won’t tell anyone else.

Well, soon you’ll be able to tell everyone that you have the best-looking shed in town.

And the best-looking sailboat?

That too.

Come on Franklin, let’s go to the pond.

Okay! See you later, Dad.

Goodbye!

Anchors away! Doesn’t it look great?

It’s the best-looking boat on the pond.

It’s the only boat on the pond.

Not for long.

Check this out. I put new sails on the H.M.S.B.T.

The H.M…T.B. what?

Her Majesty’s Ship the Beaver Tail

Who’s “Her Majesty”?

Beaver is. I know that because I asked her this morning too.

Aren’t you sailing the S.S. Gosling?

This is the S.S. Gosling. Mom helped me paint it.

Gee, it looks like new.

Yeah, everyone’s boat does.

I’ve been wanting to sail it for days,

but it takes a long time for the paint to dry.

Days?

There’s the Grizzly.

Where’s your boat, Franklin?

Um… it’ll be ready soon. It needs some repairs before the race.

Well, you’d better hurry. The race is on Saturday you know.

I know it is. You don’t have to remind me.

Well, sorry… Come on Goose.

Let’s sail our boats on the other side of the pond.

There won’t be any crabs over there.

I don’t see any crabs.

She’s talking about me Bear. I’m the crab. And she’s right.

It’s not her fault I still don’t have my boat.

You will though. And it’ll look just like new.

Yeah, my boat will look like new. Because it will be new!

What? Where are you going?!

To the store! Come on!

Hey Franklin, wait up!

It looks pretty nice, Franklin.

I know. A lot nicer than S.S. Snapper.

I can’t wait to see how it sails.

Me too.

What’s wrong with it Bear?

Hmm. It goes crooked.

I know that. It shouldn’t go crooked. It’s new!

Maybe the top part is too heavy.

Or the bottom isn’t heavy enough.

Find some stones Bear.

Good idea, Franklin.

It just needs more weight below deck.

More weight, coming right up.

Oh yeah. That’ll make it better.

Now we’ll see how it sails.

Awwwww, no!

That boat has big problems.

What should I do Bear?

I can’t race this.

Maybe your Dad could help you fix it so it sails straight.

No… I don’t want to ask him.

He didn’t think buying a new boat was such a good idea in the first place.

I guess I’ll just have to race the old S.S. Snapper.

That’s not so bad, Franklin.

I’ll even help you decorate it with flags like mine.

Thanks Bear.

What do I do with this now?

Well, maybe you could take the sails off and make it into a submarine.

Bear!

Whoa!

Are you sure the S.S. Snapper is in your room, Franklin?!

I’ve looked through here twice and I don’t see it.

I don’t know where else it could be. We’ve looked everywhere.

Except the shed. Maybe Dad got the shed cleaned and

now he’s working on my boat.

Come on Bear, let’s go see.

Wait up, Franklin.

Hey, Dad!

Hey Dad! Are you working on my sail...boat?

Whoa.

This looks worse than your closet.

What’s Dad been doing out here?

Hey, Franklin, look at this! A new sailboat!

Wow! That’s not new. That’s the S.S. Snapper, Bear!

Surprise!

Well, how does it look?

It looks great! I can hardly believe it’s my old boat. Thanks Dad.

I’m glad you like it.

I love it!

Now isn’t this boat better than that new one?

… Oh yeah. Way better.

That’s for sure.

You probably can’t wait to go down to the pond and test it out, can you?

I’ll test it out later. I’ve got something else I want to do right now.

Oh, alright. Let me get out of your way here.

No, it’s in here Dad. I want to help you clean up the shed.

And I can help you too.

Thank you, boys. That’s great.

As you can see, I need all the help I can get.

Okay Dad, where should we start?

Why don’t we start in the kitchen.

We can’t tackle a job this big on an empty stomach.

Great idea Mr. Turtle. Let’s go!

Go! Snapper! Go!

Go Beaver Tail!

Come on Grizzly!

Yaaaay! / I got second! Yahoo!

Congratulations, Franklin.

Way-to-go Franklin!

Thanks.

So the old boat didn’t do so badly after all, did it?

Thank to you Dad.

Oh yeah, I’ve got something for you.

Now it’s my turn to be surprised.

Tah dah! To the best Dad in the world!

This is an impressive-looking trophy.

Franklin made it!

Well, I made the bottom part anyway.

This boat on top reminds me of one I saw in the store not so long ago.

It reminds me of something you said not so long ago.

Newer isn’t always better.

You were right.

The Rainbow Wind-Racer may not be the best sailboat ever made.

But I think it’s one of best trophies I’ve ever seen.

Thanks, Dad.

Come on, Franklin. Let’s get our boats and have one more race.

Great idea Bear.

中文翻译：

富兰克林已经会数奇偶数了，他还学会了自己系鞋带。

他可以假装开车送孩子们去学校，假装开着校车。

也可以假装灭火，用他的玩具救火车。

可是有一天，富兰克林很担心他的玩具帆船能不能赢得正式的帆船比赛。

我可以把扫把和耙子挂到这些墙钩上。

哦，那些螺母和螺钉可以放进这些储物盒里!

我有一个主意，爸爸，

新建一个储物房，这样你就不用收拾这个就的了。

是个简单的办法，不过我想我还是选择经济能够承受的办法。

我知道这看起来像是一个难以完成的工作，

不过一旦有地方放那些东西，就不会再变得乱糟糟了。

我需要一些架子的支架，可是我在这没有看到。

我来帮你找。

哇!爸爸，快来看这个。

我看不出像是一个架子的支架呀。

这个叫作彩虹风力竞技者!

我们有帆船比赛，这个周六在池塘。这只船正是我需要的。

这只船看起来很不错，不过你已经有一只帆船了，在家里。

啮龟号?它太旧了，爸爸。这只比那只好很多。

新的不一定是好的，富兰克林。

其实，你的旧船有一些东西是这只船没有的，

比如可移动的方向舵，还有双层帆。

是，但是它被划伤了，而且有一些零件掉下来了。

我能不能把这只买回来?我用自己的钱，求求你了!

好吧，你自己决定，富兰克林，

但是如果我们修理一下我们的啮龟号，它会和这只船一样又帅又亮!

你为什么不等等看呢?

好吧…也许可能…你能今天把它修好吗?

我要先把储物房整理好，这样我们就有地方可以修理了。

在储物房的某个地方有个工作台，

我记得很久以前看见过。

灰熊号看起来这棒，小熊。

谢谢你。

我真希望我的船也已经修好了。

别着急，富兰克林，你爸爸会帮你修好的。

我知道，要等他把储物房清理好。

可是谁知道那要等多久呀!

听起来你爸爸好像在那忙着呢。

他一直在那忙着。昨天也是一整天。

哦，你好，孩子们，你们今天打算做什么?

我打算到池塘去试我的船，

我们在周六有比赛。

就是后天!爸爸!

我知道今天是星期几，富兰克林。

我们有时间让啮龟号恢复一新的，别担心。

你的工作怎么样了?储物房现在如何了?

事实上，进行得非常顺利!

富兰克林说那里非常乱!

是不是每个邻居都该知道我们的储物房很乱?

哦，对不起爸爸，我不会再告诉别人了。

好吧，不久你就可以告诉大家你有城里最漂亮的储物房了。

是不是也有最漂亮的帆船呢?

也会的。

来吧，富兰克林，我们去池塘吧。

好的，爸爸，再见!

拜拜!

起航了!看起来是不是非常不错?

是最漂亮的船!整个池塘上。

也是池塘上唯一的船。

很快就不是了!

来试试这个。我给我的尊皇海号换了新的帆。

尊什么海号?

尊贵的女皇海狸号。

谁是尊贵的女皇?

是海狸。我知道是因为我早上也问过她这个问题。

你是不是要试航你的小鹅号?

这就是我的小鹅号!妈妈帮我刷了颜色。

哇!看起来像新的一样。

唉，每个人的船看起来都很新。

我已经等了好几天了，

可是等了好长时间油漆才干。

几天?

灰熊号过来了。

富兰克林，你的船呢?

嗯…很快就好了。需要做些修理。在比赛前。

哦，你最好快点。比赛在星期六就开始了。你知道的。

我知道的。你不必提醒我。

是么，那对不起了。来，小鹅。

我们去航船。到池塘另一边去。

那边不会有螃蟹的。

我没有看到螃蟹呀。

她是指我，小熊。我像螃蟹一样带刺。她说得对。

我没有船不是她的错，是我自己的问题。

可是你会有的，而且它会看起来像新的一样。

是的，我的船看起来一定像新的一样，因为它就是新的。

什么?你去哪?

去商店!来吧!

嘿，富兰克林，等等我!

它看起来很棒，富兰克林。

我知道，比我的啮龟号棒多了。

我等不及了，要马上看它航行。

我也等不及了。

它怎么了，小熊?

哦，好像被钩住了。

我知道，可是它不该被钩住，它是新的。

可能上面的部分太重了。

或者说下面的部分不够重。

小熊，找些石子来。

好主意，富兰克林。

只需要增加些重量。在甲板下面。

多些重量，这就来了。

好!这样子会好多了。

现在我们可以看到它航行了。

哦，不!

这只船好像有大问题。

那我该怎么办，小熊?

我不能用它来参加比赛了。

大概你爸爸可以帮你把它修好，使它正常航行。

不，我不想去找他。

他一直觉得买一只新船不是什么好主意。一开始的时候就是。

我看，我好像不得不用我的旧啮龟号参加比赛了。

那也很好，富兰克林。

我还会帮你在船上插些小旗子，像我的一样漂亮。

谢谢小熊。

那这只船怎么办呢?

这个么，你可以把帆拿下来把它作成一个潜水艇。

小熊。

喔!

你确定啮龟号在你的屋里吗，富兰克林?

我已经把这里翻了两遍了，可是我还是没有看到啊。

我不知道它还有可能在哪。我们已经找过所有的地方了。

储物房还没有找。可能爸爸已经把储物房收拾好了，

现在正在帮我修船呢!

快来，小熊，我们去看看。

等等我，富兰克林。

嘿，爸爸!

嘿，爸爸，你在修我的帆…..船吗?

哇!

这看起来更糟糕，比你的衣橱还乱。

爸爸在做什么?把这弄成这样?

嘿，富兰克林，看这个!一只新的帆船!

哇!它不是新的，它是那只啮龟号，小熊!

惊喜吧!

嗯，它看起来怎样?

非常棒!我几乎不敢相信它是我的那只旧船。谢谢爸爸。

你喜欢我就高兴了。

我好爱它!

这只是不是比那只新的还好?

…是的，好多了。

那当然了。

你大概已经等不及要去池塘试航了，对吧?

我过会再去。我还有别的事情需要现在做。

哦，好吧，那我不耽误你了。

爸爸，就是这里了。我要帮你把储物房收拾干净。

我也可以帮忙。

谢谢，孩子们，太好了。

你们看到的，我实在太需要有人帮忙了。

好的，爸爸，我们从哪开始呢?

那就从厨房开始吧。

我们做这么复杂的工作不先吃些东西怎么行。

好主意，乌龟先生，我们走吧。

加油，啮龟号，加油!

加油海狸号!

加油灰熊号!

耶!我得了第二名!好耶!

恭喜你，富兰克林。

富兰克林，太棒了。

谢谢。

所以说旧船不一定不行的，对吧?

多亏了你，爸爸。

对了，我有东西要送给你。

该轮到我有惊喜了。

来了!送给世界上最好的爸爸。

这是个好感人的奖品。

富兰克林亲自做的。

我只是做了下面的部分。

上面的船让我想起在商店见到的那只，就是不久前。

它让我想起你不久前说过的话。

新的不一定是好的。

你说的对。

彩虹风力竞技者可不一定是最好的帆船。

可是我想这是我见过的最好的奖品之一。

谢谢爸爸。

来吧，富兰克林，让我们的船再赛一次吧。

好主意，小熊。