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Grandma's Glasses
Grandma built Tock from cogs and springs. She wound it up with a big brass key, and she hung the key round Pip's neck. "I'm the boss of Tock!" said Pip. "Tock is brand new," said Grandma. "It knows nothing at all."
At bedtime, Grandma reached for the storybook. She squinted. She patted the teapot. "Night-night, Dumpling," she said. Dumpling was on the rug. "My glasses are gone," said Grandma. "No glasses, no story." "I want my story!" said Pip. "Tock, find Grandma's glasses!"
Tock's lamp went on. Its wheels went squeak, squeak to the windowsill, where Grandma's glasses always sat. There were no glasses. There was one long feather, black and white. Out in the pear tree, something winked in the moonlight. "Chatter!" said Pip.
Chatter sat by her nest, full of shiny things. "Finders keepers!" she said. "But I'm fair. Your tin pot gets three goes. If it finds the glasses, you can have them." Grandma held up the lantern. "No climbing in the dark, Pip."
Pip stamped her foot. "Tock! Get! The! Glasses!" Up went Tock's arm, into the nest. Down came a spoon. "Glasses," said Tock. Ding! Was it Grandma's glasses? NO! "One go gone!" laughed Chatter. "I'm the cleverest bird in the valley!"
"Tock doesn't know what glasses are," said Pip. She picked up a stick and drew in the dirt. Two circles. A little bridge. "Glasses look like THIS!" Click went a bead in Tock's tummy. Tock's lamp went round and round the nest.
Up went Tock's arm again. Down came a toy bicycle with two round wheels. "Glasses," said Tock. Ding! Was it Grandma's glasses? NO! "One go left!" sang Chatter. At the back door, Grandma gave a great big yawn. Soon she would be asleep.
Pip didn't shout. She sat on the step and thought. How had she learned about cats? Grandma showed her lots. Big cats, small cats, sleepy cats. And a dog. "Not a cat!" Pip jumped up. "Show Tock lots of glasses, and lots of NOT glasses!"
Pip showed Tock the owl in her book, in its round glasses. "Glasses!" Then Grandma's photo, glasses up on her head. "Glasses!" Then the bicycle. "NOT glasses!" And two cherries? "Glasses," said Tock. Ding! "NO! Not glasses!" Click, click, click went the beads.
Back outside, Pip wound Tock up tight. "Last go, Tock." Tock's lamp went past the spoons. Past the buttons. Past the bells and the bottle top. It stopped on Chatter. Up went Tock's arm, up, up, all the way to Chatter's head.
Off came Grandma's glasses, from the top of Chatter's head. "Glasses," said Tock. Ding! Was it Grandma's glasses? YES! Chatter's tuft drooped. "Grandma is so clever," she said softly. "I wanted to be clever too." "Come and hear the story," said Pip.
Grandma read the whole story, glasses on her nose. Chatter listened at the window. Then Pip told Grandma a secret, very softly. It was just for Grandma. "Goodnight, Tock," said Pip. "Glasses," said Tock. Ding! Pip giggled and snuggled in tight.
奶奶的眼镜不见了
奶奶用齿轮和弹簧，做了一个小帮手，叫嘀嗒。她用一把大铜钥匙给嘀嗒上好发条，又把钥匙挂在皮皮的脖子上。“嘀嗒要听我的！”皮皮说。奶奶笑着说：“嘀嗒是新做的，它什么都还不懂呢。”
睡觉前，奶奶去拿故事书。她眯着眼睛，摸摸茶壶说：“晚安，汤圆。”汤圆明明趴在地毯上呢。奶奶说：“我的眼镜不见了，今天讲不了故事啦。”“我要听故事！”皮皮说，“嘀嗒，快去找奶奶的眼镜！”
嘀嗒的灯亮了，小轮子吱吱地转到窗台边，奶奶的眼镜平时就放在这儿。现在这儿只有一根长长的羽毛，一半黑，一半白。窗外的梨树上，有个东西一闪一闪的。皮皮叫起来：“是喳喳！”
喳喳站在鸟窝边，窝里塞满了亮闪闪的东西。“谁捡到就是谁的！”她说，“不过我很公平。你的铁皮壶可以找三次，找到了就还给你。”奶奶举着灯笼，站在后门口说：“皮皮，天黑了，可不许爬树。”
皮皮跺着脚喊：“嘀嗒！快去拿眼镜！快去！”嘀嗒的手臂伸啊伸，伸进鸟窝，夹下来一把勺子。“眼镜。”嘀嗒说完就叮地响了一声。是奶奶的眼镜吗？不是！喳喳大笑：“还有两次！我是山谷里最聪明的鸟！”
皮皮说：“嘀嗒根本不知道眼镜长什么样。”她捡起一根小树枝，在泥地上画了两个圆圈，中间连一座小桥。“眼镜就长这样！”嘀嗒肚子里的小珠子咔嗒动了一下。它的灯在鸟窝里转来转去。
嘀嗒的手臂又伸上去，夹下来一辆玩具自行车，两个轮子圆溜溜的。“眼镜。”叮的一声。是奶奶的眼镜吗？不是！喳喳唱起来：“只剩一次啦！”后门口，奶奶打了个大哈欠，眼睛都快睁不开了。
皮皮不喊了，坐在台阶上想，她是怎么认识小猫的？奶奶给她看了好多小猫，大的，小的，睡懒觉的，还指着一只小狗说：“这个不是猫！”皮皮跳起来：“给嘀嗒看好多眼镜，还有好多不是眼镜的！”
皮皮指着书里戴着圆眼镜的猫头鹰：“眼镜！”又拿来奶奶的照片，眼镜推在奶奶头顶上：“眼镜！”再举起自行车：“不是眼镜！”两颗樱桃呢？嘀嗒说：“眼镜。”叮的一声。“不对，不是眼镜！”小珠子咔嗒咔嗒地响。
回到院子里，皮皮把嘀嗒的发条拧得紧紧的：“最后一次了，嘀嗒。”嘀嗒的灯照过勺子，照过纽扣，照过铃铛和瓶盖，最后停在喳喳身上。嘀嗒的手臂伸啊伸，伸啊伸，一直伸到了喳喳的头顶。
嘀嗒从喳喳的头顶上，轻轻夹下了奶奶的眼镜。“眼镜。”叮地响了一声。是奶奶的眼镜吗？是！喳喳头上的白毛耷拉了下来。她轻轻地说：“奶奶那么聪明，我也想变聪明。”皮皮说：“那你也来听故事吧。”
奶奶戴上眼镜，把故事从头讲到尾。喳喳在窗台上听。皮皮轻轻地跟奶奶说了一个小秘密，只说给奶奶一个人听。“晚安，嘀嗒。”“眼镜。”嘀嗒说完就叮地响了一声。皮皮咯咯笑着钻进了被窝。