梅格的教训

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One day, Meg was invited to stay with a rich friend named Sally. 一天，梅格受邀去她富有的朋友莎莉家做客。

Meg loved beautiful things, and she was excited to see how wealthy people lived. 梅格热爱美好的事物，她很期待见识富人的生活方式。

At the grand house, the other girls dressed Meg up in a fancy gown. 在那座宏伟的房子里，其他女孩给梅格穿上了一件漂亮的礼服。

They curled her hair and lent her jewels. 她们给她烫了头发，并借给她珠宝。

Meg looked in the mirror and hardly knew herself. 梅格看着镜子里的自己，几乎认不出来了。

Now you are truly pretty, “现在你才真正漂亮了，”

the girls said. 女孩们说道。

At the party, everyone admired Meg, 在派对上，每个人都赞美梅格，

but she felt strange. 但她却感到很别扭。

The tight dress and the false curls did not feel like her. 那件紧身的礼服和那些假卷发让她觉得不像自己。

and she overheard the rich girls whispering about her poor family. 她还无意中听到那些富家女孩在窃窃私语，谈论她贫穷的家庭。

They only like me when I look rich, Meg thought sadly. “她们只在我看起来有钱时才喜欢我，”梅格伤心地想道。

When she came home, she told Marmee everything. 她回家后，把一切都告诉了马米。

I was silly, Meg said. “我太傻了，”梅格说道。

I let them turn me into someone I'm not. “我让他们把我变成了不是我自己的样子。”

Marmee smiled. 马米微笑了。

It is better to be loved for who you are than admired for what you wear. “因你本来的样子而被爱，胜过因你的穿着而被赞美。”

Meg felt happy again in her own simple dress. 梅格穿上自己朴素的裙子，又感到快乐了。

Fine clothes can cover a person, but they can never make her worth more. “华丽的衣服可以装扮一个人，但永远无法让她更有价值。”

Meanwhile, Jo had a secret passion of her own, one that filled her whole heart. 与此同时，乔也有她自己的秘密爱好，一个占据了她整个内心的爱好。