学包饺子（东东）

过年guò nián前qián，奶奶nǎi nai来lái家里jiā lǐ包bāo饺子jiǎo zi，东dōng东dōng也yě想xiǎng学xué着zhuó包bāo。

Before the New Year, Grandma came to make dumplings and 东东 wanted to learn too.

奶奶nǎi nai先xiān教jiāo他tā怎么zěn me擀gǎn皮pí：面miàn团tuán要yào擀gǎn得děi中间zhōng jiān厚hòu、边biān上shàng薄bó，这样zhè yàng煮zhǔ的de时候shí hou才cái不bù会huì破pò。

Grandma first taught 东东 to roll wrappers: thick in the middle, thin at the edges, so they don't break when boiled.

东dōng东dōng拿ná起qǐ一yī张zhāng皮pí，放fàng了liǎo一yī大dà勺sháo馅xiàn，可是kě shì怎么zěn me捏niē也yě捏niē不bù上shàng，馅xiàn全quán挤jǐ了liǎo出来chū lái。

东东 took a wrapper, put in a big spoon of filling, but could not pinch it shut and the filling squeezed out.

奶奶nǎi nai笑xiào着zhuó说shuō：馅xiàn放fàng太tài多duō了liǎo，少shǎo一yī点diǎn才能cái néng捏niē住zhù。东dōng东dōng又yòu试shì了liǎo一yī次cì，这zhè次cì包bāo出chū了liǎo一yī个gè歪wāi歪wāi扭nǐu扭nǐu的de饺子jiǎo zi。

Grandma laughed: too much filling, use less. 东东 tried again and produced a lopsided dumpling.

虽然suī rán样子yàng zi不bù好看hǎo kàn，但是dàn shì奶奶nǎi nai把bǎ他tā包bāo的de饺子jiǎo zi单独dān dú煮zhǔ了liǎo一yī碗wǎn，东dōng东dōng吃chī着zhuó自己zì jǐ包bāo的de饺子jiǎo zi，觉得jué de特别tè bié香xiāng。

Ugly as it was, Grandma boiled 东东's dumplings in a separate bowl, and eating his own work tasted especially good.

他tā想xiǎng：包bāo饺子jiǎo zi看kān着zhuó容易róng yì，做zuò着zhuó难nán，多duō练liàn几jǐ次cì一定yī dìng能néng包bāo好hào。

东东 thought: dumpling-making looks easy but is hard; a few more tries and I will get it right.