In my class， no one likes Rosy， whois a very conceited1 girl. As she comesfrom a rich family， she always looks downon others. She lives near my house so Iknow about her very well. Her parentsalways let her do whatever she wants andstands by their daughter’s side whethershe is right or wrong.

There is another girl called May.Unlike Rosy， May is a girl of goodcharacter. She is always cheerful andready to help those in need. For Rosy， shenever knows sharing. Because of May’sgoodwill， all of us seem to be closer toMay than Rosy.

Rosy is feeling jealous2 of May andjealousy3 takes away peace of her mind.She always looks unhappy.

One day， during break time whileRosy was walking， she tripped4 and fellon May. Rosy slightly hurt her foreheadbut she cried bitterly5 and blamed onMay furiously6. We all soothed7 Rosyand told her that it wasn’t May’s fault.

在我班上，沒有人喜歡羅茜。她是一個(gè)非常自負(fù)的女孩。由于她出身富裕家庭，所以她總是看不起別人。她住在我家附近，所以我對(duì)她很了解。她的父母總是任由她為所欲為。無論她是對(duì)是錯(cuò)，他們都站在女兒一邊。

還有一個(gè)女孩叫梅。和羅茜不同，梅是個(gè)性格很好的女孩。她總是很開朗并樂于助人。對(duì)羅茜來說，她從不懂得分享。由于梅的友善，比起羅茜，我們所有人似乎都更親近梅。

羅茜嫉妒梅，嫉妒奪走了她內(nèi)心的平靜。她看起來總是悶悶不樂。

有一天，在課間休息的時(shí)候，羅茜走著，不小心絆了一跤，摔在了梅身上。羅茜的前額受了點(diǎn)輕傷，但她哭得很傷心，并憤怒地責(zé)怪梅。我們都安慰羅茜，告訴她這不是梅的錯(cuò)。

Rosy didn’t listen to us. She phonedher parents and complained exaggera -tedly8. Her parents immediately arrivedand spoke angrily to May as if theirdaughter was seriously hurt. Poor Maywas absolutely shocked.

At that time our teacher， Mrs. Susan，came back from the office and asked，“What is happening？”We all explainedwhat had happened.

But Rosy’s father shouted， “Thischild should be severely9 punished”pointing to May. Mrs. Susan said，“I cannotdo that.”“If so， we will have to go to thepolice station，”said Rosy’s mother angrily.

“Every child is special for me but Ihave to stand by the right side. If youwish， you can. But I would like to sayone thing，”O(jiān)ur teacher replied calmly.

“Do you remember the car that yourelder son was driving that knocked a childdown two years ago？ Luckily the childwas saved but his wrist was fractured10.”

“That proves11 nothing，” inter -rupted12 Rosy’s father.

羅茜不聽我們的。她給父母打電話，夸張地抱怨。她的父母立即趕過來，憤怒地對(duì)梅說話，就好像他們的女兒受了重傷一樣?？蓱z的梅非常震驚。

當(dāng)時(shí)，我們的老師蘇珊夫人從辦公室回來并問道：“發(fā)生了什么事？”我們都解釋了事情的經(jīng)過。

但羅茜的父親指著梅喊道：“這個(gè)孩子應(yīng)該受到嚴(yán)厲的懲罰。”蘇珊夫人說：“我不能那樣做?！薄叭绻沁@樣，我們就得去警察局?！绷_茜的母親憤怒地說。

“每個(gè)孩子對(duì)我來說都是特別的，但我必須站在正確的一邊。如果你愿意，你可以這樣做。但我想說一件事?！蔽覀兊睦蠋熎届o地回答說。

“你還記得兩年前你大兒子開車撞倒一個(gè)孩子的事嗎？幸運(yùn)的是，孩子得救了，但他的手腕骨折了。”

“那證明不了什么?！绷_茜的父親打斷了她的話。

Our teacher continued， “You areluckier than the child because the child’sparents are very magnanimous13. Theyforgave your son as they understood thatit had happened accidentally notintentionally14.”

“Do you know who they are？ askedMrs. Susan.“How would I know？”saidRosy’s father.“They are May’s parents，”said Mrs. Susan. Rosy’s parents becamespeechless.

From that day on I admire my teacher，Mrs. Susan， more than before and alsoknew why May has such a good character.

我們的老師繼續(xù)說道：“你比那個(gè)孩子幸運(yùn)，因?yàn)槟莻€(gè)孩子的父母非常寬宏大量。他們?cè)徚四愕膬鹤?，因?yàn)樗麄冎肋@是意外發(fā)生的，而不是故意的。”

“你知道他們是誰嗎？”蘇珊夫人問道?！拔以趺磿?huì)知道呢？”羅茜的父親說。“他們是梅的父母?！碧K珊夫人說。羅茜的父母變得無言以對(duì)。

從那天起，我比以前更加欽佩我的老師蘇珊夫人，也知道了梅為什么有這么好的性格。

（英語原文選自：kidsworldfun.com）