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2021年2月10日发(作者：网络流行歌曲)

“

There

Is

a

Difference

”

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It was in the month of May. The wind was still cold, but spring had come, said the

trees and the bushes, the fields and the meadows. Everywhere flowers were budding

into

blossom;

even

the

hedges

were

alive

with

them.

Here

spring

spoke

about

herself;

it spoke from a little apple tree, from which hung a single branch so fresh and

blooming,

and

fairly

weighed

down

by

a

glorious

mass

of

rosy

buds

just

ready

to

open.

Now

this

branch

knew

how

lovely

it

was,

for

that

knowledge

lies

in

the

leaf

as

well

as

in

the

flesh,

so

it

wasn't

a

bit

surprised

when

one

day

a

grand

carriage

stopped

in the road beside it, and the young Countess in the carriage said that this apple

branch

was

the

most

beautiful

she

had

ever

seen-it

was

spring

itself

in

its

loveliest

form.

So

she

broke

off

the

apple

branch

and

carried

it

in

her

own

dainty

hand,

shading

it

from

the

sun

with

her

silk

parasol,

as

they

drove

on

to

her

castle,

in

which

there

were lofty halls and beautifully decorated rooms. Fleecy-white curtains fluttered

at

its

open

windows,

and

there

were

many

shining,

transparent

vases

full

of

beautiful

flowers.

In

one

of

these

vases,

which

looked

as

if

it

were

carved

of

new- fallen

snow,

she

placed

the

apple

branch,

among

fresh

green

beech

leaves-a

lovely

sight

indeed.

And so it happened that the apple branch grew proud, and that's quite human.

All

sorts

of

people

passed

through

the

rooms,

and

according

to

their

rank

expressed

their admiration in different ways; some said too much, some said too little, and

some said nothing at all. And the apple branch began to realize that there were

differences in people as well as in plants.

are

used

for

nourishment,

some

are

for

ornament,

and

some

you

could

very

well

do without,

From

its

position

at

the

open

window

the

apple

branch

could

look

down

over

the

gardens

and

meadows

below,

and

consider

the

differences

among

the

flowers

and

plants

beneath.

Some were rich, some were poor, and some were very poor.

rejected

plants,

said

the

apple

branch.

is

a

difference

indeed!

It's quite proper and just that distinctions should be made. Yet how unhappy they

must feel, if indeed a creature like that is capable of feeling anything, as I and

my

equals

do;

but

it

must

be

that

way,

otherwise

everybody

would

be

treated

as

though

they were just alike.

And

the

apple

branch

looked

down

with

especial

pity

on

one

kind

of

flower

that

grew

everywhere in meadows and ditches. They were much too common ever to be gathered

into

bouquets;

they

could

be

found

between

the

paving

stones;

they

shot

up

like

the

rankest and most worthless of weeds. They were dandelions, but people have given

them the ugly name,

as common as you are, and having such a vulgar name! It's the same with plants as

with men-there must be a difference.

repeated the sunbeam, as

it kissed the

apple branch;

but it kissed

the

golden

milk

pails,

too.

And

all

the

other

sunbeams

did

the

same,

kissing

all the flowers equally, poor as well as rich.

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