The following接着的 evening we met again to discuss讨论 our plans. Harris said, "Now, we must decide决定 what to take with us. You get a piece of paper, Jay, and you get a pencil, George. I'll write the list目录." Harris is always like this. He tells everyone what to do, and he does nothing. My old Uncle Podger was just like Harris. When Uncle Podger did a job, everybody in the house helped. One day, Uncle Podger bought a picture. Aunt Podger asked, "Where can we put this picture?" "Leave it to me. Don't worry担忧 about it.
I'll do it all." Uncle Podger said. He sent one of the girls to buy the nails. Then he sent one of the boys to tell her the size of the nails. He sent Bill to get the hammer锤, and he sent Tom to get the ruler. "Now get me a kitchen chair, Jim. I need two people to hold拿住 the chair. Maria, come here and hold拿住 the light. Tom, come here and give me the nail." He finally最后 had the nail in his hand, but it fell on the floor.
Everyone looked everywhere for the nail. When someone finally最后 found it, Uncle Podger lost失去 the hammer锤. "Where's the hammer锤? Where did I put the hammer锤? Help me find the hammer锤." When we found the hammer锤, he lost失去 the place on the wall to put the picture. So each one of us climbed攀登 up on the chair to look for the place. Each one thought it was a different place. When Uncle Podger climbed攀登 up on the chair, he fell on the piano.
Aunt Podger was very angry. She said, "The next time you put a picture on the wall, please tell me I'll go and spend a week with my mother." Uncle Podger tried尝试 again and again. At midnight, the picture was on the wall. However然而, it was not straight. The wall was dirty. Everyone was tired and unhappy不快乐的. Uncle Podger looked at the picture and said, "It was such an easy job." I told Harris, "You get the paper and pencil. George will write the list目录, and I'll do the work."
The first list目录 was too long. We threw it away. We started another list目录. "In order to travel to the north北方的 part一部分 of the river Thames, we need a small boat小船," George said. "With a small boat小船, we can carry only necessary必要的 things. We won't take a heavy tent帐篷. We can put a canvas粗帆布 cover over the boat小船 at night. It'll be like a little house, warm and comfortable舒适的." We made a list目录 of all the clothes we needed. George said he knew everything about the right clothes for a trip[C] 旅行.
We discovered发现 later that this wasn't true. We talked about food next. George said, "Let's continue继续 with breakfast. For breakfast, we'll need a frying油煎 pan平底锅." "That's quite完全 difficult困难的 to eat," Harris said, smiling微笑. "Stop being stupid愚蠢的, Harris," I said. "Let's continue继续," said George. "We'll need tea, sugar, eggs, bacon咸肉, bread, butter and jam. For lunch, we can take biscuits, cold meat and fruit, but no cheese. The smell气味 of cheese is too strong. After a day or two, everything will smell闻出 of cheese.
For dinner, we can take meat pies(西点)馅饼, fruit pies(西点)馅饼, tomatoes and green vegetables. This good food will keep us healthy," George said. "We didn't take wine酒 or beer啤酒, because they both make you sleep." George continued继续, "We'll also need a teapot茶壶, a pan平底锅 and a camping露营 stove炉. We don't want a paraffin oil stove炉." "Oh, no, not a paraffin oil stove炉," I said. "We once took a paraffin oil stove炉. It was horrible令人恐惧的. The smell气味 of paraffin oil was everywhere.
The river smelled闻出 of paraffin. The wind smelled闻出 of paraffin. Even甚至 the sunset日落 smelled闻出 of paraffin. When we visited the town of Marlowe, it smelled闻出 of paraffin, too. Even甚至 the church of Marlowe smelled闻出 of paraffin. The countryside乡下 for miles英里 around smelled闻出 of paraffin. We decided决定 never to take a paraffin oil stove炉 again. The next day, we bought everything we needed. We met in the evening to pack捆扎 our suitcases手提箱. We got a large suitcase手提箱 for the clothes, and two large hampers大篮子 for the food and utensils器具.
I am very good at packing捆扎. Packing包装 is one of those things that I do best." "I'll organize组织 the packing包装," I said to George and Harris. They agreed. George sat in the armchair扶手椅, and Harris put his feet up on the table. This was not what I had intended想要. I wanted to organize组织 the packing包装, not do it. I wanted George and Harris to do all the work. However然而, I didn't say anything. I started packing捆扎 the clothes. It took a long time, but I finally最后 finished.
I sat on the big suitcase手提箱 to close it. George and Harris watched me. "Aren't you putting the boots靴子 in?" asked Harris. I'd forgotten them. "Why didn't you tell me before?" I said. Harris said nothing. George laughed. I was furious狂怒的. I opened the suitcase手提箱 again and packed捆扎 the boots靴子. Then an awful令人不愉快的 idea想法 came to me. Did I pack捆扎 my toothbrush? I started looking for it. I took everything out of the suitcase手提箱. I found George's toothbrush. I found Harris's toothbrush.
But I didn't find mine矿. In the end, I found it inside a boot靴子. I packed捆扎 everything again. When I finished, George asked me, "Is the soap in the suitcase手提箱?" "I don't care关心 about the soap," I answered. I sat on the big suitcase手提箱 again to close it. Then I remembered that my cigarettes香烟 were in the suitcase手提箱. I opened it again and finally最后 closed it at 10.50 p.m. There were still the two hampers大篮子 to pack捆扎. Harris and George decided决定 to pack捆扎 them. I sat down to watch.