A Telephone Call

Mrs. Jones was¹ waiting for an important² telephone call, but she had³ no bread in the house, so she left the baby at home and said⁴ to his five-year-old brother, "I'm going⁵ to the shops, Jimmy, and I will be back in a few⁶ minutes."

While⁷ she was out, the telephone rang and Jimmy answered. "Hello," said a man, "is your mother there?"

"No," answered Jimmy.

"Well, when she comes back, say to her, "Mr. Baker⁸ telephoned."

"What?"

"Mr. Baker. Write it down. B-A-K-E-R."

"How do you make a B?"

"How do I make...? Listen, little boy, is there anybody⁹ else with you? Any borthers or sisters?"

"My brother Billy is here."

"Good, I want to talk to him, please."

"All right." Jimmy took¹⁰ the telephone to the baby's bed and gave¹¹ it to Billy. When their mother came¹² back, she asked "Did¹³ anyone¹⁴ telephone?"

"Yes," said Jimmy, "a man. But he only wanted to talk to Billy."

琼斯太太正在等一个重要的电话，但家里没有面包了，所以她把婴儿留在家里，对那五岁的哥哥说：“吉米，我去趟商店，马上就回来。”

她出去以后，电话铃响了，吉米接了电话：“喂，”一个男人说：“你母亲在家吗？”

“不在，”吉米回答。

“噢，等你妈妈回来，告诉她贝克先生来过电话。”

“什么？”

“贝克先生。写下来，B-A-K-E-R”

“B怎么写？”

“怎么写...听着，孩子，你身边还有别人吗？兄弟或姐妹？”

“我的兄弟比利在这里。”

“好，请叫他接电话。”

“可以。”吉米把电话拿到婴儿床边，递给比利。母亲回来问道：“刚才有人来过电话了吗？”

“有，”吉米说：“是个男人，但他只想和比利讲话。”