第四章（271字）

Chapter 4 · A New Friend

Dumbo stayed alone in the corner every day, quietly crying.

No one talked to him anymore. Everyone seemed to forget him.

Until one day, a little mouse appeared.

The little mouse saw Dumbo with his head down and red eyes.

He walked over quietly and said softly, “Why are you crying?”

Dumbo looked up and saw it was a tiny mouse.

He was a bit scared because he had never spoken to a mouse before.

The little mouse smiled and said, “Don’t be afraid. I’m not here to bully you.”

“I know, you just miss your mother, right?”

Dumbo nodded, and tears rolled down his face again.

The mouse wiped away his tears and said, “Don’t be sad. You’ve got me.”

Dumbo looked at him in surprise, “You want to be my friend?”

“Of course! Friends help each other,” the mouse replied.

From that day on, Dumbo and the little mouse were always together.

The little mouse often told him jokes and stories.

They talked at night and watched the stars together.

Slowly, Dumbo began to smile again.

The mouse told him, “You know what? Your ears are a gift.”

Dumbo asked in surprise, “A gift? Everyone laughs at them.”

“That’s because they don’t understand,” said the mouse seriously.

“Maybe one day, you’ll do something no one else can do with them.”

Dumbo lifted his head and looked at his ears thoughtfully.

For the first time, he felt that maybe being different wasn’t bad.

The night wind blew softly, and they smiled at each other.

A new friendship began quietly under the circus night sky.