爷爷一定有办法｜Something from Nothing

原著作者｜Phoebe Gilman 每天五分钟听经典英文故事，读绘本，磨耳朵。一条蓝星星毯子，在爷爷的巧手下变成外套、背心、领带、手帕、纽扣，直到什么都没有了，爱却变成了一个永远的故事。There's something in this world that gets better the older it getsIt's not gold, not jewelsIt's the love Grandpa sews into every stitch, every threadJoseph knew this secret from the time he was littleThe day Joseph was born, Grandpa brought an old chair, sat down by the windowHe took out a piece of blue fabric, covered in little golden starsGrandpa's needle went up and down, stitching all afternoon longA beautiful blue starry blanket was doneMom wrapped the blanket around Joseph, and he slept so soundlyJoseph grew bigger every day, and the blanket grew olderIt got fuzzy, and the edges started to frayMom said, "Joseph, this blanket is old and worn, it's time to throw it out"Joseph ran to find GrandpaGrandpa picked up the blanket, looked it over, rubbed his chin, and smiled"Grandpa can fix anything"He picked up his scissors, snip snip, and turned the blanket into a blue jacketJoseph put on the jacket, and ran outside happilyJoseph wore his jacket to school, to play, and to buy candy in townThe jacket got smaller and smaller, and the cuffs started to tearMom said, "Joseph, this jacket is old and worn, it's time to throw it out"Joseph ran to Grandpa againGrandpa picked up the jacket, turned it inside out, and smiled"Grandpa can fix anything"He picked up his scissors, snip snip, and turned the jacket into a blue vestJoseph put on the vest, and felt so proudAs the days went by, the vest got worn out tooMom said it was time to throw it awayGrandpa picked up his scissors, and turned the vest into a blue tieJoseph wore the tie to his school play, and all his friends said it looked greatLater the tie got old too, and Grandpa turned it into a blue handkerchiefJoseph folded the handkerchief neatly every day, and kept it in his pocketThe handkerchief got worn through, so Grandpa took the last piece of blue clothHe stitched it carefully, sew and sew, into a little buttonJoseph sewed the button onto his shirt, and told everyone he met"This was made by my Grandpa"One day, Joseph looked down, and the button was goneHe searched every pocket, looked all over his room, but the button was nowhere to be foundJoseph ran to Grandpa, and said sadly"Grandpa, the button is lost, there's nothing left"Grandpa held Joseph close, didn't say a word, just patted his back gentlyThat night, Joseph sat at the table, picked up a penHe drew a blue starry blanket on the paper, drew the jacket, drew the vestHe drew the tie, drew the handkerchief, drew that little buttonAnd he wrote down this story, word by wordThe material was gone, but the story would last foreverJoseph handed the paper to Mom, and said with a smile"Look Mom, Grandpa's way, it can even make a book"前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动