When I was about 12 1 had an enemy, a
girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was
skinny, I wasn’t a good student, I was boyish, I talked too loud, and so on. I
put up with her as long as I could. At last, with great anger, I ran to my
father in tears. He listened to my outburst quietly. Then he asked, "Are the things she says true or not" True I wanted to know how to strike back. What did truth have to do with it "Mary, didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said." I did as he directed and discovered to my surprise that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being skinny), but a good n A. He wanted to keep the list at home. B. He didn’t know what the girl’s enemy had said. C. He wanted the girl to talk back. D. He wanted her to check if she really had these weak points. 我来回答: 提交
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