真好！爸爸给我买了一对小乌龟，放在一个简易的塑料盒里，里面有许多砂石和水，那是小乌龟温馨的家。
splendid! Dad bought me a pair of little turtles and put them in a simple plastic box with a lot of sand, gravel, and water inside. That's the warm home of the little turtles.
有人说，乌龟是一种胆小的动物。
Some people say that turtles are timid animals.
我把塑料盒放在了阳台上，那里有几盆花。一开始它们很不适应，很少出来活动。不过几天后，它们开始动身子，也许是有点习惯了周围的环境，竟开始在盆里活动了起来，有时还会抬着头，好像是在看外面的景色。我们就这样熟悉了起来。
I put the plastic box on the balcony, where there are several pots of flowers. At first, they were very uncomfortable and rarely came out for activities. However, a few days later, they began to move their bodies, perhaps a little accustomed to the surrounding environment, and even started to move around in the pot, sometimes lifting their heads as if they were looking at the scenery outside. We became familiar with each other like this.
我很少去看它们，一星期后，我发现其中一只小乌龟死了。它是什么时候从盆里爬出来的？因被太阳晒了许久，缺水死去了，我十分悲痛，为它的死去而默哀，为自己没有尽心的照顾它而自责。
I rarely go to see them, and a week later, I found that one of the little turtles had died. When did it crawl out of the basin? Due to being exposed to the sun for a long time and dying of dehydration, I am deeply saddened and mourn its death. I blame myself for not taking care of it wholeheartedly.
于是我决定好好照顾剩下的那一只小乌龟。我拿着吃的，来到阳台上，它见我走近，就马上把头缩了回去。过了一会儿，它见我没伤害它，就慢慢游过去，把食物吃掉了，以后我天天都来喂它，它便也习以为常了。
So I decided to take good care of the remaining little turtle. I came to the balcony with food in hand, and when it saw me approaching, it immediately retracted its head. After a while, it saw that I didn't harm it, so it slowly swam over and ate the food. Since then, I have been feeding it every day, and it has become accustomed to it.
又过了一个月后，我发现它的住所十分脏乱，身体也变绿了，于是我拿起盆洗了起来，洗完的盒子干净多了，小乌龟又欢快地游了起来。
After another month, I found that its dwelling was very dirty and messy, and its body had turned green. So I picked up the basin and washed it. The box was much cleaner after washing, and the little turtle swam happily again.
渐渐的，它的胆子越来越大了起来，开始爬“墙”了，刚爬时，它没有爬出去，但试验几次后成功了。麻烦的是每次都要把它捡起来放回去。每当我看着这只乌龟时，就会想起那只可怜的逝去的乌龟，我会记得与它共度的那段美好的时光。
Gradually, its courage grew stronger and it began to climb; Wall” At first, it didn't climb out, but after several attempts, it succeeded. The trouble is that you have to pick it up and put it back every time. Every time I look at this turtle, I think of that poor lost turtle, and I remember the wonderful time I spent with it.
我爱乌龟，它是我可爱的小宠物。
I love turtles, they are my cute little pets.