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A Beautiful Dress
一條美麗的裙子
My neighbor's eight-year-old daughter used to stay in the countryside, her native place.
我鄰居八歲的女兒之前住在鄉下，她的老家。
Recently her parents brought her to town to live with them.
最近被帶到城里來和爸媽一起生活。
Wild and uneducated, she would swear or use dirty words when she was displeased.
她是個沒有受過教育的野孩子，她不開心的時候，就會詛咒或者說臟話。
Sometimes she went so far as to roll on the ground, to the shock of all people around.
有時候甚至在地上打滾，周圍的人對此都很吃驚。
Her parents tried to tame her by beating and kicking, only to result in more violent outbursts.
她的父母試圖通過打和踢馴服她，但是這樣做只能導致更多的暴力事件。
Finally they became thoroughly disappointed with her.
最后他們對自己的女兒徹底失望了。
One day their next-door neighbor, a retired woman teacher,
一天，他們的隔壁鄰居，一個退休的女教師，
gave the girl a snow-white dress, which was very beautiful.
給那個女孩一條非常漂亮雪白的裙子。
It immediately caught the girl's eyes and made them shine brightly.
這立刻吸引了女孩的眼睛，她的眼里滿是閃爍的光芒。
The girl put on the dress and became quite another person.
女孩穿上裙子，簡直成了另外一個人。
She no longer abused or hit others, even less rolled on the floor.
她不再辱罵或者打別人，也很少在地上打滾。
She knew running wild was beneath her in such a beautiful dress.
她知道瘋子似的亂跑配不上這條美麗的裙子。
Since then the girl had been gentle, neat, and lovely.
從那以后，女孩變得文雅，整潔，可愛。
The story set me thinking a lot.
這個故事讓我想了很多。
Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress hidden somewhere in his or her heart.
也許每個人心里都藏著一條美麗的裙子，
Only some people are not aware of it, forget it or abandon it.
只是有些人不在意，忘記了或者是丟棄了這些美好。
Beauty is a power force or weapon—that's something unrealized by many of us.
美是一種強大的力量和武器——很多人都沒有意識到它。
It can arouse fine qualities that humans are born with but have so far hidden somewhere.
美能夠喚起人與生俱來的優良品質，但是它也隱藏在別處。
It has a soul-shaking influence that is indeed unmatched.
它確實具有震撼心靈，無與倫比的影響力。
