Grandpacarriedthebrokensawandthehammerintothegarden.Ifollowedhimwiththenails.Isaidtomyself,‘I’mhelpingGrandpa!’
　　　Inthegarden,Grandpawenttooneoftheoldappletrees.Heputthebrokensawintothetree,highup.Firsthemadealittlecutinthetree,andthenpushedthesawhardintothecut.Thenhetookthreenailsfromme,andhammeredthemintothetree,aroundtheoldsaw.
　　Itwasaveryoldtree,andIsawthattherewerelotsofoldnailsinit.
　　Grandpafinished.‘There,’hesaid.‘That’sgood.Thesawwon’tfalloutofthetreenow.’
　　Iwasonlysixyearsold,andIdidnotunderstand.
　　爺爺把破鋸子和錘子拿到花園里。我拿著釘子跟在后面，心想：“我在給爺爺幫忙呢！”
　　走進花園，爺爺來到其中一株老蘋果樹跟前。他把破鋸子高高地插進樹干。他先在樹干上劃出一條小縫，然后用力把鋸子插進縫里。接著，他從我手里拿了三顆釘子，用錘子釘進了樹干，就釘在舊鋸子周圍。
　　這是一株很老的樹，我看到樹干上有很多舊釘子。
　　爺爺釘好了釘子。“好了，”他說，“這樣就行了�，F(xiàn)在鋸子不會從樹上掉下來了�！�
　　那時我只有六歲，不明白這是怎么回事。