在我家的阳台上放着一个瓶子，里面是五艳六色的小东西，没错！那就是珠子。
There is a bottle on my balcony, which contains a colorful little thing. That's right! That's the bead.
瓶子里大约有二十到三十个珠子，其中有两个霸王珠。
There are about twenty to thirty beads in the bottle, including two king beads.
珠子的颜色很多，有红的、绿的、黄的、蓝色、紫色等，甚至还有透明的。红的像太阳，绿的呢像翡翠，黄的像小金橘，蓝的像水晶，紫的则像花骨朵。我给珠子换水的时候，总会掉一两个珠子，因为有的是透明的，很难发现，所以珠子在减少了。
There are many colors of beads, including red, green, yellow, blue, purple, and even transparent. The red ones are like the sun, the green ones are like jade, the yellow ones are like kumquats, the blue ones are like crystals, and the purple ones are like flower buds. When I change the water for the beads, one or two beads always fall off because some are transparent and difficult to detect, so the beads are decreasing.
其实，养珠子也是有秘诀的，如果让珠子把水吸得太多，珠子就会裂开而死掉；如果珠子水吸的太少，珠子就会营养不良，慢慢变小，最后死去。
In fact, there is a secret to raising beads. If the beads absorb too much water, they will crack and die; If the beads absorb too little water, they will suffer from malnutrition, gradually shrink, and eventually die.
养珠子也有让人伤心的时候。记得有一次，我养了一个非常大的蓝色珠子，在她快生宝宝的时候，我一不小心把她弄裂开了，大蓝珠子死了，小宝宝还没出世就在妈妈的肚子里夭折了。那一次我真的很伤心。
Raising beads can also make people sad at times. I remember one time, I raised a very large blue bead, and when she was about to give birth, I accidentally split her open. The big blue bead died, and the baby died in its mother's womb before it was even born. I was really sad that time.
现在，每一次看着这些珠子，我都在心里下决心，我一定要好好照顾它们，让它们健康的长大。
Now, every time I look at these beads, I make up my mind to take good care of them and let them grow up healthy.