Just be Yourselves做你自己

昕慧

生活里，我们常常爱羡慕别人，羡慕别人有优异的成绩，羡慕别人有体面的工作，羡慕别人有姣好的容貌等等。到最后才发现，羡慕别人都是徒劳，做好自己才是关键。做自己，是一种对自我的关注，要求我们肯定自己、欣赏自己、超越自己，发现自己的不足。今天故事的主人公小黑鸟Nick也总爱羡慕别人身上的优点，他最后如愿以偿了吗？我们一起来看看吧！

There are many beautiful and lovely birds in the forest. They sing and play happily.

Nick，a small black bird，also lives in the forest. But he looks unhappy. Can you guess why？

Nick is a small black swift. He is always alone.

He is too shy to make friends with other birds.

One day，Nick meets a magpie. She has a beautiful long tail.

“What a beautiful tail！ My tail is short. It looks like scissors. I wish I could have a beautiful long tail too.”

Nick finds some peacock feathers and decorates his tail. Finally it looks long and beautiful.

Words：

swift名詞，褐雨燕（一种因飞行速度极快而闻名的鸟。）

alone形容词，独自的，孤独的

magpie名词，喜鹊

scissors名词，剪刀

peacock名词，孔雀

feather名词，羽毛

decorate动词，装饰

finally副词，最终

But the feathers are too heavy. Nick loses his balance when he flies in the sky. Nick has to throw the feathers away.

Nick meets a parrot. The parrot spreads his colorful wings.“What beautiful wings！ My wings are black. I always look like a piece of coal. I wish I could have a pair of colorful wings too.”

Words：

lose动词，失去

balance名词，平衡

throw away扔掉

spread动词，展开

coal名词，煤炭

paint名词，颜料

fall动词，掉下

nest名词，巢

scream动词，尖叫

wash away冲走

Nick finds some paints.

He starts to color his wings.

They look bright and colorful.

He flies happily in the sky.

Suddenly it begins to rain.

The rain washes away the paints.

Nicks wings become black again.

Nick feels sad.

At this time，a baby bird falls out of its nest.

The magpie and the parrot begin to scream.

They all fly towards the baby bird.

Nick flies more swiftly than the other two.

He saves the baby bird.

The baby birds mother comes down for her baby.

“Thank you！ Thanks for saving my baby！ Youre really SWIFT！”

“Youre so cool！ You looked like a flash just now！” the magpie and the parrot look at Nick adoringly.

They wish they had Nicks tail and wings so they could fly as swiftly as Nick.

The mother bird says to them，“You are all excellent！ Everyone has his or her own strong points. So just be yourselves！”

Words：

swiftly副词，迅速地

save动词，挽救

swift形容词，迅速的

flash名词，闪光

adoringly副词，崇拜地

as ... as ...和……一样

strong point优点，长处