Tweety the Bird 翠迪鳥

陳佳

There once was a bird name Tweety. She likes to tweet1. And shes very sweet. She was the shortest baby bird. But she was very kind. She loved her parents like she loved herself. She likes listening to music， and she likes to sing it.

It was Tweetys first day at school. She looked at the birds beside her， who were huge and tall. Every time in class she kept singing. After a while， the other birds started to bully2 her saying she was crazy and short， and shell never be a singer.

She ran away from school， and then she ran to the mountains where she can see the stars. It was her favorite place where she would visit every day.

Tweety thought about the things they said about her. She looked at the stars sadly. Tweety thought in her mind she doesnt care what they say about her， it only matters what she thinks about herself. Tweety looked at the stars with a telescope3 and gasped4. She noticed that when she looked through a telescope， the stars were all of the colors of the rainbow. But without the telescope they were only white.

She got the inspiration. Then she started to write a song on stars. After a couple of days Tweety begged her mom to take her to a singing competition. They sat in the car and off they went. It was time for the competition. Tweety was going first！ She was nervous. But then she was not nervous anymore. She started to sing. Then the judges announced the winners. And Tweety won！

After years and years， Tweety became the most famous singer. All of her songs were famous， and she was called “Tweety the Star”.

從前，有一只名叫翠迪的鳥。她喜歡鳴叫。她很可愛，是最小的小鳥，但她很善良，愛父母就像愛自己一樣。她喜歡聽音樂，也喜歡跟著唱。

這是翠迪上學的第一天。她看到身邊那些鳥又高又大。每次上課她都不停地唱歌。過了一段時間，其他的鳥開始欺負她，說她又瘋又矮，永遠不會成為歌手。

她從學校逃走，然后跑到了能看見星星的山上。那是她最喜歡的地方，她每天都會去那里。

翠迪想起了他們對她的評價，她憂傷地看著星星。翠迪認為她不在乎他們怎么說她，她只在乎自己對自己的看法。翠迪用望遠鏡看著星星，吸了口氣。她注意到當她用望遠鏡看的時候，星星都是彩虹的顏色。但是不用望遠鏡看，它們就只是白色的。

她得到了靈感，然后開始寫一首關于星星的歌。幾天后，翠迪央求媽媽帶她去參加歌唱比賽。她們坐車去了。比賽時間到了，翠迪是第一個！她很緊張。但后來她不再緊張了，于是她開始唱歌。之后評委宣布獲勝者，翠迪贏了！

年復一年，翠迪成為了最著名的歌手。她的所有歌曲都很有名，而她被稱為“明星翠迪”。

（英語原文選自：www.bedtime.com）

Moral of the story： Follow your dreams. 故事的寓意：追隨你的夢想。

【Notes】

1. tweet [■] v. 吱吱地叫;啾鳴 2. bully [■] v. 欺負;威嚇

3. telescope [■] n. 望遠鏡 4. gasp [■] v. 喘氣;喘息