The Ugly Fairy丑仙子

本篇适合：朗读、复述

Anna was a kind fairy. Anna was a clever fairy. However， Anna was also a very ugly fairy.

“The most important thing about a fairy is her beauty.” That was what everyone said.

In the fairy school， no one wanted to play with Anna.

Anna went to help a child. The child yelled at her， “Ugly！ Get out of here！”

Anna felt a little sad. She wanted to help， but she couldn’t.

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yell叫喊

witch女巫

spell咒语

decorate装饰

howling咆哮的

full swing关键时刻

trap困住

Anna had wonderful magic. She could make herself beautiful. Whenever she talked to her mom about it， Mom would say，“My dear， you are what you are. You are this way for a very special reason.”

One day， the witches caught all the other fairies. Anna put a spell on her own clothes， and with her ugly face， she looked like a real witch. Anna followed the witches to their cave.

Anna prepared a big party in the cave. Of course， she used her magic. She decorated the cave with bats， cats and spiders. The music was made by the howling wolves. While the party was in full swing， Anna hurried off.

Anna set free all the fairies. They worked together on one big spell. It trapped the witches inside the cave for the next hundred years. And for the next hundred years， and more， everyone remembered Anna， the ugly but clever and brave fairy.

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阅读故事《丑仙子》，根据故事内容给下列句子排序，把数字标号写到句子前的括号内。

（ ） The witches caught all the fairies.

（ ） Anna prepared a big party in the witches’ cave.

（ ） The fairies trapped the witches inside the cave.

（ ） No one played with Anna in the school.

（ ） Anna set free all the fairies.

（ ） Anna made herself look like a real witch.

（ ） The child yelled at Anna.