Morning Runs (Part 2)

HSK 2 · 128 characters · Not as Tall as My Brother

Big brother coaches little sister through her first month of running.

我wǒ和hé哥哥gē ge不比bù bǐ了le，现在xiàn zài他tā教jiāo我wǒ跑步pǎo bù。My brother and I stopped comparing — now he teaches me to run.

每天měi tiān早上zǎo shang，我们wǒ men从cóng家jiā跑到pǎo dào公园gōng yuán。Every morning, we run from home to the park.

一开始yī kāi shǐ，我wǒ跑pǎo得de没有méi yǒu哥哥gē ge快kuài。At first, I couldn't run as fast as my brother.

我wǒ说shuō：“我wǒ不想bù xiǎng跑pǎo了le！”I said, "I don't want to run anymore!"

哥哥gē ge说shuō：“你nǐ没有méi yǒu我wǒ快kuài，可是kě shì你nǐ比bǐ上个星期shàng gè xīng qī快kuài了le。”My brother said, "You're not as fast as me, but you're faster than last week."

我wǒ听了tīng le，又yòu开始kāi shǐ跑pǎo。When I heard that, I started running again.

一个yī ge月yuè后hòu，我wǒ可以kě yǐ从cóng家jiā跑到pǎo dào公园gōng yuán，不用bù yòng停tíng。A month later, I could run from home to the park without stopping.

哥哥gē ge说shuō：“现在xiàn zài你nǐ跑pǎo得de不bù慢màn了le！”My brother said, "You're not slow anymore!"

我wǒ笑着xiào zhe说shuō：“可是kě shì你nǐ做的zuò de菜cài还是hái shi没有méi yǒu我的wǒ de好吃hǎo chī！”I laughed and said, "But your cooking still isn't as tasty as mine!"

哥哥gē ge说shuō：“等着děng zhe吧ba，星期六xīng qī liù你nǐ就jiù知道了zhī dào le。”My brother said, "Just wait — on Saturday you'll see."