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Lambchop and Fluff learn a lesson about friendship
"I have wool," cried Lambchop.
"We all do," the others added.
Then Fluff stepped out in front. "But my wool is the best." She
tossed her curly head.
"It's curly.
It's white. It's soft. And it's ..."
"Perfect!" the farmer cut in. And he stepped up to Fluff and put
his arms around her.
"See," she bragged, "I'm cut out for something special. Not like
..." Suddenly the
farmer threw
her to the ground. "Oh!" she screamed. "What are you doing? Cut it
out!"
The farmer took scissors from his back pocket. He began cutting
away at Fluff's
curly coat. He
clipped. He snipped. Then he clipped again. Then he clipped
again.
Finally, he
finished. "Thanks," he smiled and went whistling down the lane,
carrying
the sack of
wool.
Fluff tossed her head, but there were no curls. She looked awful.
She felt even worse.
"Now, I
know. I'm no more special than anyone else," she said tearfully.
"I'm not sure
if I can cut it
without my curls.” “Fluff’s finally cut down to size,” the
other
joked. “Now she
knows that she’s on better than the rest of us.” Lambchop
didn’t
laugh. “Don’t
feel bad,” he told her. “like you better this way.” “Stop
trying
to pull the
wool over my eyes,” she said. “I look really bad.”
“But,” he said, “it’s the fluff on the outside that’s important,
it’s the stuff
on the inside.
And now I can tell, you really are cut for something special.”
“just
like you!” she
said sheepishly. “come on, let’s go play.”
Word Bank
Brag:吹牛；自夸
I brag because I am smart, good-looking, talented and
wealthy.
Sheepishly：难为情地；怯懦地
Herbert was embarrassed and walked away sheepishly.
More information
Pull the wool over one’s eyes:欺蒙某人
Fluff:蓬松毛（或物）
Phrasal Verbs
Cut down to size:挫掉某人的锐气
Cut it:办成事；办刊
Cut something out:住手；停止（做某事）
Cut in:插话；插嘴
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