昕慧

陆鹤是油麻地小学的学生。他因为头秃被称作“秃鹤”，也因此经常遭到同伴的戏弄。但他非常要强，渴望得到别人的尊重。他应该如何去做呢？

Lu He has a bald head. Kids call him “Tu He”. At the beginning，he does not mind. Others can even touch his head. But as Lu grows up，he begins to care about it. He doesn’t like others touching or even talking about his head.

Words：

bald光秃的

beginning开始

mind介意

touch触摸

grow up长大

care about在意

Lu He begins to wear a hat. One day，he walks into the classroom. Some naughty boys take off his hat and throw it away. Lu shouts and wants his hat back. But they don’t listen.

After school，Lu cries and runs away from school. He gets very angry. In the rain，he throws stones at the ducks. He hates his bald head. But since he was born he couldn’t grow any hair，what to do then？ Lu has no idea.

Words：

naughty頑皮的

throw扔

hate讨厌

since自从

born出生

idea主意

perform表演

contest比赛

bad guy坏人

shave his head剃头

worried担心的

at this moment在这一刻

maybe也许

remember记住

line台词

first place第一名

laugh at嘲笑

A few days later，students needed to perform a play for a contest. In the play，the bad guy has a big bald head. But no one wants to shave his head. Their teacher gets worried. At this moment，Lu shouts，“Maybe I can try！” In just a few days，Lu remembers all the lines. In the contest，he performs so good as a bald bad guy. They win first place. No one laughs at Lu anymore.

这个故事选自中国著名儿童文学作家曹文轩的经典之作《草房子》。该系列图书已被译为多国文字，并获得国际安徒生奖、国家图书奖等奖项。