2021年【早起计划】第228天
《The Ugly Duckling》
A duck is sitting on five eggs.
The eggs break and five baby ducks come out.
The mother duck looks at her babies.
She has four beautiful baby ducks. But one is different.
It is big and grey. Its legs are very long.
The mother duck doesn't like it.
"Go away!" she says to the different duck."You are not my baby."
The different duck says goodbye and goes away. It's sad.
Then it sees the mother pig with her baby pigs.
"Are you my mother ?" it asks.
"No, I'm not your mother." says the mother pig .
So the different duck goes away.
Soon it sees a fox.
"Am I your baby?" the duck asks.
"No, you are not my baby ." says the fox. "But I like you. I will make you a dinner."
The different duck runs away.
It is very sad.
It wants its mother.
Then it hears a voice.
"You are very beautiful. I am your mother."
The different duck looks up.
It is a big, white bird.
It has a long neck.
"I am a swan, and you are a baby swan. You see, here are your brothers and sisiters. " says the withe birds.
"So, I'm not a different duck. I'm a swan." says the baby swan.
Wednesday（星期三）
北欧神话的主神奥丁
在北欧神话中，奥丁（ Odin ，古英语为 Woden ）是阿萨神族的至高神，是诸神之父，世界的统治者。他曾以一人之力冒险闯入冥界，为人类取得古文字，从而拥有大量知识，并因此而失去一只眼睛。
在北欧神话中，奥丁身形高大，身披金甲，骑八足神马，手持名枪“冈尼尔” ( Gungnir )，居住在“英灵殿”（ Valhalla ，瓦尔哈拉）中。据说凡是在战争中英勇战死的武士，死后都能进入英灵殿，共同迎接“诸神的黄昏” 中最后的决战。因此北欧武士在战场上都视死如归，以死后能进入英灵殿为荣。
英语中的星期三就是以主神奥丁命名的，英语单词 Wednesday 来自古英语单词 wodnesdaeg ，字面意思就是 Woden ’ s day （奥丁之日）。
Wednesday：['wenzdeɪ; -dɪ] n. 星期三
