2 Belinda Brag

BELINDA BRAG BELLE WAS A LITTLE GIRL with a big problem. Her mother. Belinda saw her daughter, Belle, as a miniature version of her. Belinda would do the little girl's hair in a huge do like hers, dress her up in a bright pink dress just like

贝儿是个有大麻烦的小女孩。 她的母亲。贝琳达把她的女儿贝尔看作是她的缩小版。 贝琳达会像她一样把小女孩的头发梳成一个大髻，给她穿上一条亮粉色的裙子，就像

hers and even put a string of pearls on her, just like hers. Poor Belle ended up looking like mini-Mum. In fact, if you looked at the pair, with Belinda standing a few paces behind Belle, you might think they were identical.* *WALLYFACT: This is something I invented called "perspective" The problem was that Belle didn't want to be like her mother. She wanted to be herself. As soon as her mother's back was turned, she shook down her hair, pulled off her pearls and whipped off her dress to reveal a T-shirt and denim shorts underneath. Now that Belle looked like herself, Belle felt like herself.

她的，甚至给她戴了一串珍珠项链，就像她的一样。 可怜的贝儿最后变成了迷你妈妈。 事实上，如果你看到这一对，贝琳达站在贝尔身后几步远的地方，你可能会认为她们是一模一样的。WALLYFACT：这是我发明的“透视法”问题是贝儿不想像她妈妈那样。 她想做她自己。母亲一转身，她就把头发捋了捋，摘下珍珠，脱下裙子，露出里面的t恤和牛仔短裤。 现在贝儿看起来像她自己了，贝儿也觉得像她自己了。

Despite being sent to the poshest girls' school in the country. LADY HAUGHTY'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES Belle loved doing things like: Standing in puddles Making mud pies Climbing trees Running through tall grass Digging for worms Playing conkers Chasing pigeons Skimming stones Rolling down hills Being dragged through a HEDGE backwards Every afternoon when Belle trudged out of HAUGHTY'S SCHOOL, she would go bright red with embarrassment at seeing what her mother had on that day:

尽管她被送进了全国最高档的女子学校。 贝儿喜欢做的事情有：站在水坑里做泥饼爬树在高高的草丛中奔跑挖虫子玩松果追鸽子打石头滚下山被拖着向后穿过树篱每天下午，贝儿走出贝儿的学校，看到妈妈那天的活动，她都会尴尬得满脸通红。

A fake fur coat in the height of summer... Sparkly diamond earrings with gems so big and heavy her earlobes dropped down to her bottom... Designer sunglasses spotted with rubies... A ballgown with a train as long as a football pitch... A mock crocodile-skin handbag over her wrist that was so large you could fit an actual crocodile in it... Oh, Mum, no! thought the girl. As she paced nearer and nearer to the school gates, Belle could hear her mother holding court with all the other parents waiting for their little princesses. Belinda would brag and brag and brag. Each day of the week she would make up some fresh nonsense. I took my Belle out of Sports Day because I didn't feel it was fair on all your girls. I am sorry to say my Belle would win every single race! she boasted one Monday. "M-U-M!" bawled Belle, desperate for her to stop, going as red as a tomato.

盛夏穿一件假皮大衣…… 闪闪发光的钻石耳环，宝石又大又沉，她的耳垂垂到了臀部…… 镶着红宝石的名牌太阳镜…… 裙摆和足球场一样长的舞会礼服…… 她手腕上戴着一个仿鳄鱼皮手袋，大得可以装下一只真正的鳄鱼…… 哦，妈妈，不！女孩想。 当她越来越靠近学校大门的时候，贝尔听到她的母亲和其他父母在一起等着他们的小公主。 贝琳达会不停地吹牛。 她每天都会编造一些新的废话。 我把我的贝儿带出运动会是因为我觉得这对你所有的女孩都不公平。 我很遗憾地说，我的贝儿会赢得每一场比赛！一个星期一，她夸口说。 “m - m - m !”贝儿叫道，拼命想让她停下来，脸涨得像个西红柿。

My Belle is only twelve, but all the teachers say she is a genius. She could go straight to university, but it just wouldn't be fair on the students there- she would show them all up!" Belinda boasted on Tuesday. "NOOOO! STOP!" pleaded her daughter, going as red as a post box. In the school pantomime, I know they wanted my Belle to play every single role. But I said to the Drama mistress, No! Please please, please give the other much less talented children a chance!* was Wednesday's boast. "PLEASE, MUM, NO!" 'Of course, my Belle can speak a hundred languages. She can even speak languages that haven't been invented yet.' This was on Thursday. "MUM! THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO EMBARRASSING!" Belle was now going as red as a red ant. But Belinda had saved the worst until last. Step forward, Friday...

我的贝儿只有十二岁，但所有的老师都说她是个天才。 她可以直接上大学，但这对那里的学生不公平——她会让他们都出丑的！”贝琳达周二吹嘘道。 “他!住手！”女儿恳求道，脸涨得像个邮筒。 在学校的哑剧里，我知道他们想让我的贝儿演每一个角色。 但是我对戏剧老师说，不！请,请,请给其他更有才华的孩子一个机会!*是周三的吹嘘。 “求你了，妈妈，不要！”“当然，我的贝尔会说一百种语言。 她甚至会说一些尚未被发明的语言。”这是在周四。 “妈妈!这太尴尬了！”贝尔现在脸红得像只红蚂蚁。 但贝琳达把最坏的情况留到了最后。 向前走，星期五……