Come Out of Your Shell

Come Out of Your Shell

走出你的外壳

In Milly Pond there lived a shy turtle called Tilly. Tilly the turtle had no friends, because she was shy. If anyone came by to talk or play, she would duck in her shell and wait until they went away. Then one day Freddy the frog came swimming by.

在米莉池塘里住着一只害羞的乌龟，名叫蒂莉。乌龟蒂莉没有朋友，因为她很害羞。 如果有人来聊天或玩耍，她会躲在壳里，等到他们离开。 然后有一天，青蛙弗雷迪游了过来。

“ Tilly, don’t hide in your shell. I just want to play. ” But Tilly was too shy. “ No. No. Just go away. ” Freddy the frog had many friends. He knew all the fish, he liked the dragonflies, he joked with the ladybugs,

“蒂莉，不要躲在你的壳里。我只是想玩。”但是蒂莉太害羞了。 “不。不。走开吧。”青蛙弗雷迪有很多朋友。 他认识所有的鱼，他喜欢蜻蜓，他和瓢虫开玩笑，

and he hung out with the bees, but his best friend was Betty the butterfly. “ Hi, Betty. How are you?” “ Hi, Freddy, I’m fine. How are you?” “ I don’t think Tilly the turtle likes me. Whenever I ask her to come out and play, she hides in her shell and won’t come out until I go away. ”

他和蜜蜂在一起，但他最好的朋友是蝴蝶贝蒂。 “嗨，贝蒂。你好吗?”“嗨，弗雷迪，我很好。你好吗?”“我觉得乌龟蒂莉不喜欢我 每当我叫她出来玩时，她都躲在自己的壳里，直到我离开才出来。”

“ Oh, Freddy. I think Tilly likes you, but she is very shy. ” “ I don’t understand. Why is Tilly the turtle shy?” “ I don’t know, but I have a story. ” “ Oh, I like stories. ” “ Well, many caterpillars are shy because caterpillars think they are ugly.

“哦,弗雷迪。我想蒂莉喜欢你，可是她很害羞。”“我不明白。乌龟蒂莉为什么害羞?” “我不知道，但我有一个故事。“哦，我喜欢听故事。” “嗯，很多毛毛虫很害羞，因为它们认为自己很丑。

I have known many caterpillars who wrap themselves up all winter, and hide away. ” “ When it’s cold, I hide away too. ” “ Yes, but caterpillars are very lonely all winter, and their loneliness changes them. ” “ Oh, I see. When I hide away, I’m with my family. It’s hard to be lonely in my family. ” “ In the spring, the caterpillars come out,

我认识很多毛毛虫，它们整个冬天都把自己裹起来，然后躲起来。” “天冷的时候，我也会躲起来。”“是的，但毛毛虫整个冬天都很孤独，孤独会改变它们。” “哦，我明白了。当我躲起来的时候，我和我的家人在一起。我很难在家里感到孤独。” “在春天，毛毛虫出来了，