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1、IWishIWereaButterflyByJamesHoweFormostofthecricketsinSwampswallowPond,sunrisewasahappytime.Theycameoutoftheirtunnel-darkhomesandcelebratedthelightofdaywithafiddler’ssong.Butthelittlestcricketwassad.“Iwanttostayhere,”hetoldhismother.“Inthedark?”sheasked.“Whatwillyoudointhedark?Youmustcomeoutsidetom
2、akemusic.”“ThenIwon’tmakemusic,”saidthelittlestcricketdefiantly.“Idon’thaveanythingtosingboutanyway.”“Youdon’twanttocomeoutside.Youdon’twanttomakemusic.Thenextthingyouknow,”hismotherscolded,“youwon’twanttobeacricket.”Thelittlestcricketsighed.Hadhismotherguessedhissecret?“IwishIwereabutterfly,”hesa
3、idsoftly.Buthismotherdidn’thear.“Outsidewithyouthisminute,”shesaid.Thelittlestcricketknewbetterthantoargue.Outintothebrightdaylighthewent.Buthedidnotmakeanymusic.Thesoundoftheothercricketsfiddlingwasmorethanhecouldbear.“Whyaretheysohappybeingcrickets?”heaskedoutloud.“Perhapstheydon’tknowwhatIdo.”“
4、Andwhatisthatyouknow?”askedapassingglowworm.Thelittlestcricketsaid,“IknowthatIamugly.”“Whotoldyousuchathing?”theglowwormasked?“Thefrogwholivesattheedgeofthepond.HetoldmethatIamtheugliestcreatureheeversaw.“Well,saidtheglowworm,inspectingthelittlestcricketwithcare,“youarenotthehandsomestthinginthewo
5、rld,butyouarefarfromtheugliest.Lookatme,I’mnobeautymyself.”“Butyouwillchangeintoalighteningbug,”thelittlestcricketsaid,“whileIwillalwaysbeacricket.Anugly,uglycricket.IwishIwereabutterfly.”“There’snousewishingforwhatcan’tbe,”saidtheglowworm,goingonhisway.“Beingacricketseemsfineenoughtome.”“That’sea
6、syforhimtosay,”saidthelittlestcricket.“Hewillbealighteningbugsomeday.Andthefrogwholivesattheedgeofthepondwillneverfindhimugly.”“Whatdoyoucarewhatthefrogattheedgeofthepondhastosay?”aladybugaskedfromatopadaisy.“IfhetoldmeIwasugly,Iwouldn’tcareonebit.”“Butwhowouldeversayyouwereugly”askedthelittlestcr
7、icket.“Everyonecanseehowlovelyyouare.Iamthecolorofalumpofdirt,butyou…youarethecoloroflaughter,ifsuchathingcouldbe.”Thisamusedtheladybug.“Perhapsyouareright,”shesaid.“Butthenyoumustlearntobecontentwithwhatyouarean
