The phoenix1 was a very colorful and very beautiful bird.

　　The phoenix lived in a desert. There were no trees and flowers, there were no birds and fish either. The phoenix had no friends, no father and mother. No sisters and brothers.

　　People didn't know where the phoenix was from, and the phoenix didn't know where she was from either. She was very lonely and unhappy. Every day she ate by herself, she drank by herself-she did everything by herself. In this way, she lived 500 years, no talking, no singing at all, only sitting and standing2 in the desert all day.

　　The phoenix didn't want to continue living, and she wanted to die. One day, she set fire to herself. The bird was burnt to ashes3, but a young bird stood up from the ashes. It was a young phoenix! The young phoenix was as beautiful and colorful as the old one.

　　People couldn't forget the phoenix. Can you guess what bird the phoenix is?

　　不死鳥是一只色彩鮮艷、非常漂亮的鳥。

　　不死鳥生活在沙漠里。那里沒有別的鳥，沒有雨，沒有樹，只有沙漠。不死鳥沒有朋友，沒有父親、母親，也沒有兄弟姐妹。

　　人們不知道不死鳥從哪里來的。不死鳥自己也不知道從哪里來的。 她非常孤獨(dú)， 一點(diǎn)兒也不快樂。每天她吃東西的時(shí)候孤獨(dú)，喝水的時(shí)候孤獨(dú)——做每一件事都很孤獨(dú)。就這樣，她生活了500年，沒有人可以說話，也沒有人聽她唱歌，不死鳥只能整天在沙漠里坐著、站著。

　　不死鳥不想再活下去，她想死。一天，她把自己引著了火。不死鳥被燒成了灰，但是，一只小鳥又從灰里站了起來。她是一只小不死鳥！不死鳥和原來那只一樣漂亮，色彩一樣鮮艷。

　　人們忘不了不死鳥。你能猜到不死鳥是什么鳥嗎？