I'm Sorry

The next morning Lin Hao is in a hurry on the stairs. He is looking at his English book, not at the steps. He bumps into a classmate, and the boy's water bottle falls and rolls. Water runs down the stairs like a small river.

第二天早上，林浩在楼梯上很急。 他看着英语书，没看台阶。 他撞到一个同学，对方的水瓶掉下去滚走了。 水像一条小河，顺着楼梯往下流。

"I'm sorry," Lin Hao says quickly, and his ears turn red. He picks up the bottle and wipes the floor with tissues from his bag. The boy looks up and sees that it was a mistake, not a joke. "That's okay," he says. "It was an accident."

他赶紧说：“对不起。”耳朵都红了。 他捡起瓶子，用书包里的纸巾擦地。 那个男生抬头看，发现这是不小心，不是玩笑。 他说：“没关系。是意外。”

They walk to class together, a little wet, a little quiet. At the door Lin Hao says again, "I'll be more careful." The boy smiles. "Me too. I run on the stairs sometimes." A small sorry can keep a friendship from breaking.

他们一起去教室，有点湿，有点安静。 到门口林浩又说：“我会更小心。” 男生笑：“我也是。我有时也在楼梯上跑。” 一句小小的对不起，能让友谊不裂开。

In English class they read a text about a girl who moved to a big city and missed her friends. Lin Hao thinks about the bottle on the stairs. Friends are not only for games. They are also for the clumsy minutes. He writes in his notebook: I'm sorry. That's okay.

英语课上他们读一篇课文：女孩搬到大城市，想念朋友。 林浩想起楼梯上的瓶子。 朋友不只是一起玩，也包括笨手笨脚的那些分钟。 他在本子上写下：对不起。没关系。