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适合年龄：3-6岁
阅读难度：✩✩✩✩✩
阅读时长：8 分钟
重点单词：4个
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Pandora 一只毛茸茸的小狐狸。很长时间以来，Pandora 都是自己一个人生活，突然有一天，一位客人的到访改变了她的生活。
他们之间发生了怎样的故事呢？
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Pandora lived alone, in a land of broken things.
Pandora独自住在遍地都是垃圾的地方。
She made herself a handsome home, from all that people had left behind.
她甚至用别人丢掉的东西给自己造了一栋很棒很大的房子。
But no one ever came to visit.
可是从来没有人来过。
So she spent her time gathering and repairing what she could, bringing lost and forgotten things back to life.
她花很多时间收集旧东西，尽可能地把他们修好。很多被丢弃的东西被她修理后就又可以用了。
Then one day…something fell from the sky.
有一天，有个东西从天上掉下。
It was broken too, but Pandora didn’t know how to fix it.
原来是一只受伤的小鸟，这次Pandora却不知道怎么样修好他。
So she made it as snug as she could and kept it safe all through the night.
她要保证小鸟温暖舒适，让他安稳地睡上一晚。
Pandora’s guest was a little weak at first.
这位客人一开始有点虚弱。
But as the days went by, he grew stronger.
慢慢的，小鸟的身体康复了，变得更强壮了。
Soon he could hop about, and then fly short distances.
很快他就能四处跳跳，也能飞一会儿了。
Before long, Pandora couldn’t keep up with him.
不久以后，Pandora 就追不上他了。
But, with gifts from faraway lands, he always came back.
但是他每次都会再飞回来，还带回了一些种子、花等的礼物。
Until the day he didn’t.
直到有一天，他飞走后就没有再回来。
Once again, Pandora was alone.
Pandora再一次感到了孤独。
She thought her heart would break.
没有了小鸟的陪伴，她很伤心。
But day by day, the world appeared a little less grey.
一天又一天，Pandora的世界变得不那么单调了。
Until one morning, Pandora woke to the warmth of the sun…and to the sound of birdsong…in a land of living things.
直到一个阳光明媚的早晨，Pandora在睡梦中听到了小鸟的歌声, 她急忙推开门，是小鸟，小鸟真的回来了，屋子外面变成了花的海洋，有花有草，有山有水，还有小动物们，一片生机。
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