1. In time, Old John just became meaner and surlier and he wasn't even amused any more when some innocent new customer made the mistake of trying to borrow his hammer or sit in his rocking chair or break a branch from his forsythia bush.
最终，老约翰变得愈加自私小气，脾气暴躁，而且即使当有不知情的新顾客误借了他的锤子，误坐了他的摇椅，或误折了他的连翘树枝，老约翰看见他们受罚时，也不再觉得开心了。