One story小学 · Book 4 for April
The Lie That Grew and Grew One day, Tom was very bored in class. So he threw a little ball at his friend Dan. Dan threw it back. They started throwing the ball back and forth. One time, Tom threw it too high. Dan had to reach up to get it. By accident, he knocked a girl's glasses off the desk beside him. They fell and broke. Very soon, the two boys were in the principal's office. Dan said they didn't do anything wrong. He blamed Tom. He kept lying and lying. And his face got redder and redder. All of a sudden, he burst into tears. It seemed that Dan just couldn't tell any more lies.
不断增长的谎言 一天,汤姆在课堂上很无聊。于是他向他的朋友丹扔了一个小球。丹把它扔了回去。他们开始来回扔球。 有一次,汤姆把它扔得太高了。丹不得不伸手去拿。他不小心把旁边桌子上一个女孩的眼镜碰掉了。他们摔倒摔断了。 很快,这两个男孩就到了校长办公室。 丹说他们没做错什么。他指责汤姆。他不停地撒谎。,他的脸变得越来越红。 突然,他哭了起来。丹似乎不能再说谎了。
At the end, Tom and Dan had to pay for the girl's new glasses. They learned that lying just makes things worse.
最后,汤姆和丹不得不为女孩的新眼镜付钱。他们知道说谎只会让事情变得更糟。
