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在所有的鸟里面，乌鸦被认为是最丑的,特别是小乌鸦。上帝创造了所有生灵之后，有一天他把大家及其后代都召集过来，想看看幼鸟和小动物长得是什么样子，然后好分给它们合适的礼物，给它们的小宝宝们些吃的。 它们一个个地来了，上帝看着它们，拍拍这个，摸摸那个，对每一个都十分满意。它们身上个个都有美的东西。上帝赐福给它们，给它们吃的东西。最后一个来的是乌鸦，带着她的一窝小乌鸦,一脸的自豪。 上帝把目光落在小乌鸦身上时，大吃一惊，说道："这肯定不是我创造的丑东西。我创造的生物都有漂亮的后代，看上去令人赏心悦目。可你的后代那么丑，让人看着恶心。这一只你是从哪里弄来的？" “我能从哪里弄来呢？”乌鸦回答，"它是我亲生的孩子呀！"乌鸦补充道。 “你最好回去再带一只来。这只太丑了，我看都不想看。” 上帝的话让乌鸦大为恼火，它离开后满世界地飞，想找一只比它带到上帝那儿的那只漂亮一些的小乌鸦。但是，它没有找到，于是又回到上帝那儿，说道："我转遍了全世界,到处都找遍了，可是我却没有找到比我自己的孩子更漂亮的小鸟了。” 于是上帝笑着回答说得很对。天下母亲莫不如此。在自己眼中，只有自己家的孩子才是最漂亮的。” 上帝赐福给小乌鸦,送给它们礼物，让它们走了。 How the Crow Got a Gift from God Of all the birds the crow is considered the ugliest, especially its young fledglings. Sometime after God had created all the living beings, he called everyone to see them and their offspring. He wanted to see how the young birds and animals looked, and then to give them suitable gifts, and food for their little ones. They came one by one, and God looked at them, patted some and stroked others, and was very pleased with every one of them，for each one had something of beauty in it. And so he blessed them and gave them food by which to live. The last to come was the crow, bringing its little brood, very proud of them. When God cast his eyes upon the young crows, he said in astonishment, “Surely I could not have made such ugly things. Every one of my creatures has such beautiful young ones that they are a pleasure to look at, but yours are so ugly that it makes one sick to look at them. Where did you get this one?” “Where could I get them from?” replied the crow. “It is my very own young child，” it added with pride. “You had better go back and bring me another one. This is much too ugly. I don't want to look at it. ” Annoyed at the words of God，the crow went away and flew all over the earth to search for another young one that would be more beautiful than the one brought to God. But no other young bird appeared so beautiful as her own. So it returned back to God and said, “I have been all over the world, and I have searched high and low, but young birds more beautiful than mine I have not been able to find. ” Then God smilingly replied, “Quite right. Just so are all mothers. No other child is so beautiful in their eyes as their own. ” Then he blessed the little crows and sent them away with his gifts. |
