道森先生是个坏脾气的老头子,镇上的每个人都知道这个。小孩们知道不能到他的院子里摘美味的苹果,甚至掉在地上的也不能捡,因为据他们说,老道森会端着他的弹丸猎枪跟在你后面追。一个周五,12岁的珍妮特要陪她的朋友艾米过夜。她们去艾米家的途中得路过道森先生的房子。当她们离道森家越来越近时,珍妮特看见道森先生坐在前廊,于是她建议她们过马路从街的另一边走。跟大多数孩子一样,珍妮特听过他的故事,对他很是害怕。 Mr. Dawson is a bad-tempered old man. Everyone in the town knows this. The children knew that they would not be able to pick delicious apples in his yard. They couldn’t even fall on the ground because, according to them, old Dawson would chase after you with his grenades. One Friday, Janet, 12, wants to spend the night with her friend Amy. When they went to Amy’s house, they passed Mr. Dawson’s house. As they got closer to the Dawson family, Janet saw Mr. Dawson sitting on the front porch, so she suggested that they cross the road from the other side of the street. Like most children, Janet heard his story and was afraid of him.