📚 然然的英语绘本 · 第10期：The Star ⭐

Every night, a little girl named Lin looked out her window at the sky.

There were thousands of stars. But one star was special. It was the brightest star in the sky. Lin named it "Xingxing."

One night, Lin couldn't find Xingxing. She looked and looked, but the sky was dark and cloudy.

"Where are you, Xingxing?" Lin whispered.

Then, a tiny voice came from the window. "I'm here! I'm behind the clouds. But I can't come out."

"How can I help?" Lin asked.

"Just keep looking up," the voice said. "Every night, keep looking. That's how you find me."

Lin looked up every night for ten nights. The clouds began to thin. And on the tenth night — Xingxing came back!

Xingxing said: "You found me because you never stopped looking. That is called hope."

Lin smiled. "Now I know what hope is. It is when you believe in something and never give up."

From that night on, Lin never felt scared of the dark again. Because she knew — the brightest star was always there.

窗边的的小星星

每天晚上，一个叫琳的小女孩都会望着窗外的天空。

天上有成千上万颗星星。但有一颗星星很特别。它是天空中最亮的星星。琳给它取名叫"星星"。

一天晚上，琳找不到星星了。她找啊找，但天空黑沉沉的，布满了云层。

"你在哪里呀，星星？"琳轻声说道。

这时，窗边传来一个细小的声音。"我在这里！我在云层后面。但是我出不来了。"

"我能帮你什么吗？"琳问。

"只要继续仰望，"那个声音说。"每天晚上都仰望。这样你就能找到我。"

琳连续十天每晚都仰望天空。云层开始变薄了。第十天晚上——星星回来了！

星星说："你找到我了，因为你从未停止寻找。这就叫做希望。"

琳笑着说："现在我知道希望是什么了。它就是当你相信某件事并且永不放弃。"

从那晚起，琳再也不会害怕黑暗了。因为她知道——最亮的星星一直都在那里。