Three Little Butterfly Brothers

昕慧

如果你是獨生子女，你是否希望自己有兄弟姐妹？如果你有兄弟姐妹，你一定會因為可以跟他們一起玩耍而開心吧？如果有一天你們遇到了困難，是否會像小蝴蝶三兄弟那樣，不拋棄任何一個，共同面對困難呢？

Once there were three little butterfly brothers，one white，one red，and one yellow. They liked playing in the sunshine and dancing among the flowers in the garden. They never felt tired because they were so happy.

One day，there was a heavy rain，and it wetted their wings. They flew home，but the door was locked and they couldnt find the key. So they had to stay outside，and they became wetter and wetter.

They flew to the red and yellow tulips and said，“Friend Tulips，will you open your flowers and let us in till the storm is over？”

The tulip answered，“The red and yellow butterflies may come in，because they are like us，but the white one may not come in.”

But the red and yellow butterflies said，“If our white brother may not go into your flowers，well stay outside in the rain with him.”

once副詞，曾經

among介詞，在……之中

wet形容詞，濕的（過去式：wetted）

wing名詞，翅膀（復數：wings）

locked形容詞，上鎖的

key名詞，鑰匙

wetter and wetter越來越濕

tulip名詞，郁金香（復數：tulips）

It rained harder and harder，and the poor little butterflies flew to a white lily and said，“Good Lily，will you open your flowers and let us in till the storm is over？”

The lily answered，“The white butterfly may come in，because he is like me，but the red and yellow ones may not come in.”

Then the little white butterfly said，“If you wont let my red and yellow brothers go in，Ill stay out in the rain with them.”

till連詞，直到……為止

storm名詞，暴風雨

lily名詞，百合花

hear動詞，聽到（過去式：heard）

push動詞，推（過去式：pushed）

through介詞，穿過

chase動詞，追趕（過去式：chased）

away副詞，離開；chase away趕走，驅逐

shine動詞，照耀（過去式：shone）

brightly副詞，閃亮地

dry動詞，把……弄干（過去式：dried）

warm動詞，溫暖（過去式：warmed）

The sun heard it all. So he pushed his face through the clouds，chased away the rain，and shone brightly on the garden. He dried the wings of the three little butterflies，and warmed their bodies. They became happy again，and went back to find the key. When the evening came，they flew back home together.

1. feel tired感到疲憊的

動詞feel的意思是“感覺，感到”，過去式為felt。feel后面可以接形容詞，如：happy，sad，tired；也可以接名詞，如：pain（疼痛）。例如：

If you feel tired，you can have a rest. 如果你覺得累了，可以休息一下。

I feel pain here. 我感到這里疼。

2. a heavy rain一場大雨

當rain表示“雨水”時，是不可數名詞，可以用a lot of，little修飾；當表示“一場雨”時，可作為單數名詞，前面加冠詞a。例如：

There is a lot of rain this year. 今年雨水很多。

There was a heavy rain last night. 昨夜下了一場大雨。