這叫......一不做二不休吧?!
Oliver Button Is a Sissy
By Tomie DePaola
(改成 Billy Elliot 也一樣啦!)
Oliver Button was called a sissy. He didn’t like to do things that
boys are supposed to do.
Instead, he liked to walk in the woods and play jump rope.
He liked to read books and draw pictures.
He even liked to play with paper dolls.
And Oliver Button liked to play dress-up. He would go up to the
attic and put on costumes.
Then he would sing and dance and make believe he was a movie star.
“Oliver,” said his papa. “Don’t be such a sissy! Go out and
play baseball or football or basketball. Any kind of ball!”
But Oliver Button didn’t want to play any kind of ball. He didn’t
like to play ball because he wasn’t very good at it. He dropped
the ball or struck out or didn’t run fast enough. And he was
always the last person picked for any team. “Oh, rats!” the
captain would say. “We have to have Oliver Button. Now we’ll
lose for sure.”
“Oliver,” said Mama, “you have to play something. You need your
exercise.”
“I get exercise, Mama,” said Oliver.
“I walk in the woods, I play jump rope, and I love to dance.”
“Watch!”
So Mama and Papa sent Oliver Button t o Ms. Leah’s Dancing School.
“Especially for the exercise,” Papa said.
Oliver Button got a nice, black, shiny pair of tap shoes.
And he practiced and practiced.
But the boys, especially the older ones, in the schoolyard teased
Oliver Button.
“What are those shiny shoes, sissy?” they said.
“La-de-dooo, you gonna dance for us?”
And they grabbed Oliver’s tap shoes and played catch with them,
until one of the girls caught them.
“You leave Oliver Button’s tap shoes alone!” said the girls. “Here, Oliver.”
“Gotta have help from GIRLS,” the boys said teasingly.
And they wrote on the school wall: OLIVER BUTTON IS A SISSY.
Almost every day, the boys teased Oliver Button.
But Oliver Button kept on going to Ms. Leah’s Dancing School every
week, and he practiced and practiced.
One day a talent show was announced.
“Oliver,” said Ms. Leah, “there is going to be a talent show at
the movie theater on Sunday afternoon, I asked your mother and
father, and they said it was up to you.”
Oliver Button was all excited.
Ms. Leah helped him with his routine.
Mama made him a costume.
And Oliver practiced and practiced.
Finally it was the Friday before the big day.
“Class,” the teacher said. “On Sunday afternoon there will be a
big talent show at the movie theater. And one of your classmates is
going to be in it. I hope you will all go and cheer for Oliver
Button.”
“Sissy!” whispered the boys.
On Sunday afternoon, the movie theater was full.
One after the other, all the acts were performed.
There was a magician and an accordion player, a baton-twirler and a
lady who sang about moon, June, and kissing.
Finally it was Oliver Button’s turn.
The piano player started the music, and the spotlight came on.
Oliver Button stepped into it.
“Dum-de-dum,’ the music went.
“Dum-de-dum-de-dum.”
Oliver tapped and tapped.
“Dum-de-dum-de-dum-dum-DUM.”
Oliver bowed, and the audience clapped and clapped.
When all the acts were over, everybody came out on stage.
The master of ceremonies began to announce the prizes.
“And now, ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the first prize—the
little girl who did the beautiful baton-twirling, ROXIE VALENTINE!”
The audience cheered and whistled.
Oliver Button tried not to cry.
Mama, Papa, and Ms. Leah gave Oliver big hugs.
“Never mind,” said Papa, “we are taking our great dance out for a
great pizza. I’m so proud of you.”
“So are we!” said Mama and Ms. Leah.
Monday morning Oliver Button didn’t want to go to school. “Now,
now, Oliver,” Mama said, “that’s silly. Come on and eat your
breakfast. You’ll be late.”
So Oliver went to school.
When the school bell rang, Oliver Button was the last to go in.
Then he noticed the school wall.
OLIVER BUTTON IS A STAR!!
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