The Cold Morning · Garage #1 | Why Is the Cold Car So Slow? | Avery's Toolbelt | Story Time

Story Time edition: this is "The Cold Morning · Garage #1" - the same episode as the kids edition - read aloud slowly by a storyteller, with the characters in their own voices. A calm listen for a quiet afternoon, bedtime, or a grown-up and a child on the sofa together. The faster kids edition is on the channel too. It is fifteen below in Minnesota, and Betsy, the family's 1937 car, does not want to wake up. Dad is the one who starts her. Avery's job is counting - and she is not sure counting is a real job. Betsy tries, and slows, and stops. Is she broken? Dad says no: she sounded slow, and slow's not broken. Meanwhile Gus keeps showing up at the door, each time in a few more clothes, and each time he is taken back inside. What children find out: cold makes the battery slow AND makes the oil thick, both at once - so the car has less push and more to push. Dad tries a little, then waits, and Avery's counting tells him how long each try was. For grown-ups: an episode about waiting - four whole minutes of doing nothing in the cold - and about a small job that turns out to matter. Avery's Toolbelt is a calm, hands-on show for ages 3-6: real tools, real cars, real kitchens, and a grown-up's hands on anything that's hot, sharp or moving. 故事時間版：這是「好冷的早上・車庫 #1」——和兒童版同一集——由說故事的人慢慢唸出來，角色用自己的聲音說話。適合安靜的午後、睡前，或大人陪孩子一起坐在沙發上聽。頻道上也有節奏比較快的兒童版。 明尼蘇達零下十五度，家裡那台 1937 年的老車 Betsy 不想醒來。發動車子是爸爸的事。Avery 的工作是數數——可是她不太確定，數數算不算真的工作。 Betsy 試了一下，越轉越慢，然後停了。她壞掉了嗎？爸爸說沒有：她只是聽起來很慢，慢不是壞掉。同一時間，Gus 一直出現在門口，每次都多穿一點，每次都被請回去。 孩子會發現：天氣冷的時候，電瓶會變慢，機油也會變得很稠，兩件事同時發生——所以車子推的力氣變小了，要推的東西卻變重了。爸爸試一下，就停下來等一等；Avery 數的數字，讓爸爸知道每一次轉了多久。 給大人：這一集講的是等待——在冷冷的車庫邊，整整四分鐘什麼都不做——也講一件看起來很小、其實很重要的工作。