Betty is not beautiful. She is too tall and thin. The students in her class make1of her.
Ella is one of the cool students. She can play the guitar and sing very well. Wherever she goes, other students2 her. Ella doesn't like it when the students sing to Betty, but she3 tells them to stop.
One weekend, Ella went to stay with her grandfather on the farm. She saw a 4on the farm. It was small and ugly.
"What's the matter with the 5chicken?" she asked.
Grandfather told her. "If one chicken is 6from the others, they 7it away, "he said.
"I want to take it8, "she said.
After some weeks, the chicken looked fat and9. Ella was very happy.
One day, Ella went to talk with Betty. She found that Betty could play the drums. "I can 10, "Ella said, "11 we can start a band(乐队). "
Betty smiled and Ella felt like her smile was as12as the sun.
The band became very popular and all the students wanted to be 13 it. "Betty is the bandleader. You have to ask 14, "Ella said.
Ella's chicken grew into a beautiful hen 15long legs and a beautiful "coat". She called it Betty.
A man has a cat. He likes her very much. At mealtime the cat sits at the table with him. The man eats with a knife and a fork, but the cat eats from her plate. Sometimes, when the cat finishes her dish, the man will give her a bit of his food. He shares his meal with her. One day the cat is not at the table at mealtime.
"Ah! Where is my cat?" asks the man.
His wife says, "Can't you eat without her?"
So the meal begins without the cat. Before lunch is over, the cat rushes into the room and jumps onto the chair quickly. She has two mice in her mouth, and before anyone can stop her, she drops(扔下)one into her own plate, and the other into her master's plate.
"Dear me!" cries the woman. "A mouse is in your plate!"
"Hush (安静)!"says her husband. "This shows that she is a nice cat. She knows what friendship is. She wishes me to share her dinner as I often share mine with her. I am not so unhappy."
