My neighbor’s eight-year-old daughter used to stay in the countryside，her native place.

Recently her parents brought her to town to live with them.

Wild and uneducated，she would swear or use dirty words when she was displeased.

Sometimes she went so far as to roll on the ground，which shocked all people around.

Her parents tried to tame her by beating and kicking，only to result in more violent out-bursts.

Finally they became thoroughly disap-pointed with her.

One day their next-door neighbor，a retired woman teacher，gave the girl a beautiful snow-white dress.

It immediately caught the girl’s eyes and made them shine brightly.

The girl put on the dress and became quite another person.

She no longer abused or hit others，even less rolled on the floor.

She knew running wild was beneath her in such a beautiful dress.

Since then the girl was gentle，neat，and lovely.

Perhaps everyone has a beautiful dress hid-den somewhere in his or her heart.However，he may be unaware of it，forget it or abandon it.

我鄰居八歲的女兒之前住在鄉(xiāng)下，她的老家。

最近被帶到城里來和爸媽一起生活。

她是個沒有受過教育的野孩子，不開心的時候，就會詛咒或者說臟話。

有時候甚至在地上打滾，周圍的人對此都很吃驚。

她的父母試圖通過打和踢馴服她，但是這樣做只是導致更多的暴力事件。

最后他們對自己的女兒徹底失望了。

一天，他們的隔壁鄰居，一個退休的女教師，給了那個女孩一條非常漂亮雪白的裙子。

這立刻吸引了女孩的注意力，她的眼里滿是閃爍的光芒。

女孩穿上裙子，簡直成了另外一個人。

她不再辱罵或者打別人，也很少在地上打滾。

她知道瘋子似的亂跑配不上這條美麗的裙子。

從那以后，女孩變得文雅、整潔、可愛。

也許每個人心里都藏著一條美麗的裙子，只是有些人不在意，忘記了或者是丟棄了這些美好。