It was Joe’s birthday, and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of nice birthday presents (礼物) from his family members, and one of them was a beautiful big drum (鼓).
"Who gave it to him" Joe’s father asked when he saw the drum.
"His brother." answered Joe’s mother.
"Oh." said his father.
And Joe liked the drum very much. He always made a noise with it, but his mother did not care. His father was working during the day, and Joe was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he did not hear the noise.
But one of the neighbors (邻居) could not bear the noise at all, so one morning a few days later, she took a knife and went to Joe’s house. At that time Joe was playing his drum. She said to him, "Hello, Joe. Do you know there’s something very nice inside your drum Here’s a knife. Open the drum and let’s find it." The noise didn’t bother Joe’s father.