Ever wished your annoying neighbor would just disappear? Be careful what you wish for. This short story follows someone who gets exactly what they wanted – and discovers that silence isn’t always golden.
Key vocab
吵 – chǎo – noisy/loud
响 – xiǎng – loud (of sound)
公平 – gōngpíng – fair
声音 – shēngyīn – sound/voice
安静 – ānjìng – quiet/peaceful
想 – xiǎng – to miss/to think
东西 – dōngxi – things/stuff
我想我的吵邻居
我的邻居很吵。每天早上，他唱歌。每天晚上，他看电视。他的电视很大，很响。我不喜欢他。
每天我很不高兴。每天他很高兴。我觉得这不公平。
有一天，他不唱歌了。他的电视也没有声音了。我想，很好。
第二天也没有。第三天也没有。
我去看他。他的家里没有东西了。他走了。
我回到我的家, 坐下来, 很安静。我不喜欢安静。我不知道为什么, 但是我想他。
I Miss My Noisy Neighbor
My neighbor is very noisy. Every morning, he sings. Every evening, he watches TV. His TV is very big and very loud. I don’t like him.
Every day I am very unhappy. Every day he is very happy. I think this is not fair.
One day, he stopped singing. His TV also went quiet. I thought, very good.
The second day, nothing either. The third day, also nothing.
I went to see him. There was nothing left in his home. He was gone.
I returned to my home and sat down, it wasvery quiet. I don’t like the quiet. I don’t know why, but I miss him.
