Lesson 12　Susie Sunbeam　第12課　陽光蘇茜

brightness pleasant learned dress

playmates unkind ragged word

questions smiling crowed child

Sunbeam cheered Susie gave

gladness unless name gate

Susie Sunbeam was not her real name；that was Susan Brown. But every one called her Susie Sunbeam, because she had such a sweet, smiling face, and always brought brightness with her when she came.

Her grandfather frst gave her this name, and it seemed to ft the little girl so nicely that soon it took the place of her own.

Even when a baby, Susie laughed and crowed from morning till night. No one ever heard her cry unless she was sick or hurt.

When she had learned to walk, she loved to go about the house and get things for her mother, and in this way save her as many steps as she could.

She would sit by her mother's side for an hour at a time, and ask her ever so many questions, or she would take her new book and read.

Susie was always pleasant in her play with other children. She never used an unkind word, but tried to do whatever would please her playmates best.

One day, a poor little girl with a very ragged dress was going by and Susie heard some children teasing her and making fun of her.

She at once ran out to the gate, and asked the poor little girl to come in."What are you crying for?"Susie asked.

"Because they all laugh at me，"she said.

Then Susie took the little girl into the house. She cheered her up with kind words, and gave her a nice dress and a pair of shoes.

This brought real joy and gladness to the poor child, and she, too, thought that Susie was rightly called Sunbeam.

其實陽光蘇茜并不是她的真名，她的名字應該是蘇珊·布朗。但人人都叫她陽光蘇茜，因為她有一張看起來很甜美而且總是帶著微笑的面孔，她時時刻刻都帶著燦爛的笑容。

“陽光蘇茜”最初是爺爺這樣叫她的，而這個名字也的確很適合這個可愛的小姑娘，所以從那以后她就有了這樣一個名字。

當蘇茜還是個嬰兒時，從早到晚都能聽到她銀鈴般的笑聲，只有在蘇茜生病或受傷的時候才會聽見她的哭聲。

學走路的時候，蘇茜喜歡去房子里幫媽媽拿東西，這樣不停地走來走去，她很快就學會了走路。

有時候，小蘇茜會花一個小時坐在媽媽身邊，問她好多問題，或者她會拿著自己的新書，津津有味地讀著。

蘇茜經常和小伙伴們玩得不亦樂乎，她從來不說惡言，總是想著法子逗玩伴們開心。

一天，一個衣衫襤褸的小女孩從她家門前經過，蘇茜聽見一些孩子在嘲笑她，于是她跑到門口，讓那個小女孩進來?！澳阍趺戳?，為什么要哭呢？”蘇茜關切地問。

“他們都在嘲笑我。”小女孩傷心地答道。

蘇茜將小女孩帶進房間，給她講笑話，逗她開心，還送給她一套漂亮的裙子和一雙鞋子。

這讓那個可憐的小姑娘感到特別高興，她也認為給蘇茜起“陽光蘇茜”這個名字真的是名副其實。