DAY 242

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Betty Block blows big black bubbles.

BETTY BOTTER AND THE BITTER BUTTER 贝蒂•波特和黄油

Betty Botter had some butter, 贝蒂•可皮特和苦黄油

"But" she said,"this butter's bitter. 但是她说：“这黄油苦。

If I bake this bitter butter, 如果我用这些苦黄油烤面包

It would make my batter bitter. 这会使我的面糊更苦。

But a bit of better butter, 但是一些好的黄油，

That would make my batter better. 那能使我的面糊好些。”

So she bought a bit of butter, 因此她买了一些黄油，

Better than her bitter butter, 比她那苦黄油好一些，

And she baked it in her batter; 她将黄油放到面糊里，

And the batter was not bitter. 面糊不苦了。

So was better Betty Botter, 贝蒂•波特也很高兴，

Bought a bit of better butter. 她买了一些好的黄油。

文选中的韵脚为/tə/，
需重读结尾的6个butter/'bʌtə/、结尾3个bitter/'bitə/、better/betə/、batter/'bætə/和 botter/bɔtə/。