《如果形状会说话》英语音频

If Shapes Could Talk

My mom is a triangle.  

My dad is a square.  

I am a rhombus, and we all live over there.  

Our house is a big dome, and it holds the things we own.  

We have knick-knacks and doodads and a garden that we've grown.  

My uncle is a rectangle.  

And my aunt is an oval.  

Grandma and Grandpa are circles, and everyone is so jovial.  

I love my shapely family.  

Our days were always so fine.  

But when I began to go to school, I saw families different than mine.  

Maxine, the polka-dotted hexagon, had a mom and dad striped in square.  

They had a huge house with a heart-shaped pool.  

I wondered, "Well, how is that fair?"  

Why don't I have a bigger house or look unique with dots?  

Thoughts kept running through my head of our differences, and there are lots.  

I wanted the things that Maxine had, but was that wrong of me to say?  

I asked my dad, "Can we have a pool?"  

He said, "Not now, dear. Go along and play."  

One day, Maxine invited me over.  

We played with all of her things.  

She had a cat, a dog, a bird, and a house big enough for kings.  

"Maxine," I said, "I love your stuff! You must never be bored here."  

Maxine smiled sadly and replied, "I miss the ones that I hold dear."  

Maxine explained that she was adopted.  

She lost her mom and dad.  

Her smile started to fade away, and she became a little sad.  

I hugged Maxine and told her, "I'm sorry. I really didn't know."  

She looked at me and said, "It's okay, but I think it's time for you to go."  

I grabbed my things and ran back home.  

When I got there, I held my parents tight.  

My mother asked, "Baby, what's wrong?"  

I glanced up and said, "I don't think I was right."  

I explained the things Maxine went through and how I messed up our playdate.  

I thought I wanted all the things she had, but I realized that my life was great.  

I have two parents that love me so, and a beautiful garden to play.  

A house filled with love and laughter and I can see my family every day.  

When I saw Maxine again, I gave her a hug.  

I apologized for being jealous and coy.  

She taught me a lesson that I'll never forget,  

That comparison is the enemy of joy.