Dear World:
I bequeath（遗赠） to you today one little girl ... in a crispy（干净利落的） dress ... with two blue eyes ... and a happy laugh that ripples all day long and a flash of light blonde hair that bounces in the sunlight when she runs. I trust you'll treat her well.
She's slipping out of the backyard of my heart this morning ... and skipping off down the street to her first day of school. And never again will she be completely mine. Prim and proud she'll wave her young and independent hand this morning and say "Good Bye"... and walk with little lady steps to the schoolhouse.
Now she'll learn to stand in line ... and wait by the alphabet for her name to be called. She'll learn to tune her ears to the sounds of school-bells ... and deadlines ... and she'll learn to giggle（傻笑） ... and gossip ... and look at the ceiling in a disinterested（无私的，公正的） way when the little boy across the aisle sticks out his tongue at her.
And now she'll learn to be jealous. And now she'll learn how it is to feel hurt inside. And now she'll learn how not to cry.
No longer will she have time to sit on the front porch steps on a summer day and watch an ant scurry（急赶，急跑） across the crack in a sidewalk. Nor will she have time to pop out of bed with the dawn to kiss lilac blossoms in the morning dew.
No, now she'll worry
Like grades ... and which dress to wear ... and who's best friend is whose. And the magic of books and learning will replace the magic of her blocks and dolls.
And now she'll find new heroes.
For five full years now I've been her sage and Santa Claus and pal and playmate and father and friend. Now she'll learn to share her worship with her teachers ... which is only right. But, no longer will I be the smartest man in the whole world.
Today when that school bell rings for the first time ... she'll learn what it means to be a member of a group. With all it's privileges（特权）. And it's disadvantages too.
She'll learn in time that proper young ladies do not laugh out loud. Or kiss dogs. Or keep frogs in pickle jars in bedrooms. Or even watch ants scurry across cracks in the summer sidewalk.
Today she'll learn for the first time that all who smile at her are not her friends. And I'll stand on the front porch and watch her start out on the long, lonely journey to become a woman.
So, World. I bequeath to you today one little girl ... in a crispy dress ... with two blue eyes and a happy laugh that ripples all day long ... and a flash of light blonde hair that bounces in the sunlight when she runs. I trust you'll treat her well.
相关单词：ripples
ripples解释：逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 )
ripples例句：
The moon danced on the ripples. 月亮在涟漪上舞动。
The sea leaves ripples on the sand. 海水在沙滩上留下了波痕。
相关单词：prim
prim解释：adj.拘泥形式的，一本正经的；n.循规蹈矩，整洁；adv.循规蹈矩地，整洁地
prim例句：
She's too prim to enjoy rude jokes!她太古板，不喜欢听粗野的笑话！
He is prim and precise in manner.他的态度一本正经而严谨
相关单词：tune
tune解释：n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整
tune例句：
He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
相关单词：giggle
giggle解释：n.痴笑，咯咯地笑；v.咯咯地笑着说
giggle例句：
Both girls began to giggle.两个女孩都咯咯地笑了起来。
All that giggle and whisper is too much for me.我受不了那些咯咯的笑声和交头接耳的样子。
相关单词：disinterested
disinterested解释：adj.不关心的，不感兴趣的
disinterested例句：
He is impartial and disinterested.他公正无私。
He's always on the make,I have never known him do a disinterested action.他这个人一贯都是唯利是图，我从来不知道他有什么无私的行动。
相关单词：aisle
aisle解释：n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道
aisle例句：
The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。
相关单词：scurry
scurry解释：vi.急匆匆地走；使急赶；催促；n.快步急跑，疾走；仓皇奔跑声；骤雨，骤雪；短距离赛马
scurry例句：
I jumped on the sofa after I saw a mouse scurry by.看到一只老鼠匆匆路过,我从沙发上跳了起来。
There was a great scurry for bargains.大家急忙着去抢购特价品。
相关单词：sage
sage解释：n.圣人，哲人；adj.贤明的，明智的
sage例句：
I was grateful for the old man's sage advice.我很感激那位老人贤明的忠告。
The sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.这位哲人是百代之师。
相关单词：pal
pal解释：n.朋友，伙伴，同志；vi.结为友
pal例句：
He is a pal of mine.他是我的一个朋友。
Listen,pal,I don't want you talking to my sister any more.听着，小子，我不让你再和我妹妹说话了。
相关单词：pickle
pickle解释：n.腌汁，泡菜；v.腌，泡
pickle例句：
Mother used to pickle onions.妈妈过去常腌制洋葱。
Meat can be preserved in pickle.肉可以保存在卤水里。
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