Mr. King goes to a dinner party. He is wearing (穿着) his old clothes. He comes into the room. But people in the room don’t look at him. They don’t ask him to sit (坐) at the table.

Mr. King goes home and puts on (穿上) his good clothes. He goes back to the party. Everyone in the room stands up (站起来) and welcomes him. They give (给) him some very good food to eat.

Mr. King takes off his clothes, and puts (放) them in the food and says, “Eat, clothes!”

The other people ask, “What are you doing?” He says, “I’m asking my clothes to eat food. I am wearing my old clothes. You don’t look at me. You don’t ask me to sit down (坐下). Now I’m in these clothes. And you give me very good food. Now I see, you give the food to my clothes, not to me!”

In a small village, there is a house with 1, 000 mirrors.

A little dog learns about this place and plans to visit it one day. When he gets there, he is very happy and goes into the house. He looks into the mirrors with his ears up high and his tail wagging (摇动，摇摆) as fast as it can. It is strange for him to see 1, 000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiles and 1, 000 great smiles smile back to him. They are warm and nice. As he leaves the house, he thinks to himself, “This is a good place. I will come back and visit it often.”

In this same village, there is another little dog who often gets angry. The dog wants to visit the house too. He goes into the house with his head down. When he sees 1, 000 angry dogs looking back at him, he growls (咆哮) at them and is afraid to see 1, 000 little dogs growling back at him. As he leaves, he thinks to himself, “What a terrible place. I will never go back there again.”

Mirrors can’t change, but faces can. What kind of face do you have today?