The flower
Five hundred years ago, a young girl called Devi live in a town in the mountains in India . Her family’s house had a big garden. Sometime Devi and her friends had picnics or played games together there. Sometime she sat and read book under the trees.
There were some beautiful trees in the garden, but one was Devi’s special tree. Devi’s tree was taller than the other trees. It was more beautiful than the other trees. It had long brown branches and big green leaves. Devi watched the birds and she listened to the wind in her tree. But there were never any flowers on the tree. Every year Devi waited for a flower. All the other trees had flowers on them, but there were not any flowers on her tree. She was sad.
Devi lived in the same house for eighty years. She was now an old woman. But every evening she walked through the garden to see her tree. Every evening she looked for a flower. One evening she arrived at the tree and saw one beautiful pink and yellow flower near the top of the tree. No flower in the garden was beautiful than that flower. Devi smiled. She was very happy. She walked back through the garden and went into the house. The door closed. Devi did not walk in the garden again.
五百年前, 有個叫做 Devi (黛薇) 的年輕女孩住在印度山上的一個小鎮裡. 她的家有一座很大的花園. 有時候黛薇跟她的朋友們會在花園裡野餐或者是一起玩耍. 花園裡面有很多漂亮的樹, 但是其中一顆是黛薇的特別樹. 黛薇的樹比其他的樹都還要高大, 而且也比別的樹都還要漂亮. 這棵樹有著修長的褐色樹枝和飽滿的綠葉. 黛薇經常在這棵樹上看著小鳥, 聽著風的聲音. 可是這顆束從來就沒有開過花. 黛薇每年都會等著樹開花. 花園裡其他的樹都有花在樹上, 就只有黛薇的樹上從來沒有花過. 她很傷心. 黛薇在這個家裡住了八十年了. 她現在已經是個老婆婆了. 但是她每天下午還是會走到花園裡去看她的樹. 每天下午她都要看看到底有沒有花在樹上. 有一天下午她走到樹旁, 看到快要到樹梢的地方有著一朵美麗的粉紅和黃色的花. 花園裡面沒有比這朵花更漂亮的花了. 黛薇笑了. 她非常高興了. 她穿過了花園, 走進了房子裡. 房子的門關起來了. 黛薇從此沒有再走進花園裡.
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