小草的力量（中英）

天阴沉沉的，雨点噼里啪啦落下来。我因为考试失利，心情很低落地走在小路上。狂风呼啸，大树摇晃，我无意间看见了石头下的一株小草。

一块大大的石头，重重压在小草的根部，挡住了阳光，堵住了泥土。可小草没有屈服，它弯曲着细嫩的茎，一点一点向上钻。嫩芽顶着石块，绕过缝隙，硬是从石头旁边探出了嫩绿的叶子。

雨水打弯了它的腰，狂风把它吹得东倒西歪，可雨停风歇之后，它又慢慢挺直了身子。路人来回踩踏，它一次次弯折，又一次次重新立起来。

古人说“野火烧不尽，春风吹又生”。小草看起来柔弱渺小，没有鲜花漂亮，没有大树高大，却拥有最顽强的力量。它在石缝里生长，在废墟里发芽，在挫折里重生。

我们做人也该像小草一样，遇到压力不放弃，碰到挫折不低头，默默扎根，慢慢成长，积蓄属于自己的力量。


The power of grass

The sky is gloomy, with rain pattering down. Feeling upset over my poor exam results, I walked down a path in low spirits. The wind howled and big trees swayed, when I spotted a blade of grass growing beneath a rock.

A huge heavy rock pressed down on the grass’s roots, blocking sunlight and squeezing away soil. Yet the grass refused to surrender. It bent its delicate stem, pushing upwards bit by bit. Its tender shoots pressed against the stone, wound through tiny cracks, and finally stretched out its fresh green leaves beside the rock.

Rain bent it down and fierce wind tossed it about. Yet once the storm passed, it slowly stood upright again. Trampled repeatedly by passers‑by, it bent time after time, only to rise once more.

As an ancient poem goes: “Wildfires cannot burn the grass completely; it revives when spring breezes blow.” Though small and fragile‑looking, less beautiful than flowers and not as tall as big trees, grass possesses amazing resilience. It thrives in rocky cracks, sprouts from ruins, and rebounds from setbacks.

We ought to be like grass. Never give in to pressure or misfortune. Take root quietly, grow step by step, and build up our inner strength.