Control Your Anger 控制你的憤怒

Rick was a nice young boy who had a very bad habit of getting angry at everylittle thing. He would easily get angry at anyone and would even use foul languagesometimes. His parents and teachers often suggested him control his anger andimprove his behavior. Rick always replied，“Stop irritating1 me.

He had a soft corner for painting. So on his seventh birthday， his mom giftedhim a canvas2 and a palette3 of colors. He asked his mother， “What’s this for？”

“It’s to help you. Whenever you feel angry， just try drawing your feelings onit，”his mother said. “Just paint about whatever you feel inside and whatever youthink you want to do.”

Rick took a sheet and started painting on it. By the weekend， there wereseveral paintings in his room about his anger. One day， his mom went into his roomand found those paintings hanged on the wall. She collected some of them and tookthem to the garden and asked him about it. Then she asked him to find out thecommon thing in all of them.

Rick replied to his mother， “In all the paintings I was angry at all of them.”Mom said exactly， “You reacted to each person who said something bad about you.Your anger is their power to tease4 you.”

He said， “You are right， Mom， but what should I do？ My anger always overpowers5 me.”

His mother said， “Controlling anger is simple. If you want， I will give you anadvise. Whenever you feel angry at anyone， just take a deep breath and countnumbers in 10 to 1 order before you react. Think good thoughts and divert6yourself， you will be able to control your anger.”

Rick thanked his mother and said， “I will try this and also paint it.”Afterfollowing this Rick’s behavior changed and he was a much happier kid than beforeand started treating everyone with love.

里克是一個(gè)可愛(ài)的小男孩，但他有一個(gè)很不好的習(xí)慣，那就是遇到一點(diǎn)小事就生氣。（剩余660字）