odd, confidant, bureaucracy, abate, dignify, feign, melodious

巴纳比这只古怪的（odd）獾有一位知己（confidant），一只名叫赫特教授的聪明老猫头鹰。巴纳比常常觉得迷失在森林的官僚主义（bureaucracy）中，有关于采摘浆果和晒太阳打盹的规定。他会叹气，希望无休止的规定能够减轻（abate）。‘一切都太……复杂了！’他会告诉赫特教授。猫头鹰用他的智慧说：‘巴纳比，你试图使……显得有尊严（dignify）每一条小规则，好像它们是最重要的事情。有时，你必须假装装作（feign）不知道，找到你自己的路。’巴纳比在猫头鹰悦耳的（melodious）声音中找到了安慰，并慢慢开始明白，并非所有的规则都需要如此严肃地遵守。

Barnaby the odd badger had a confidant, a wise old owl named Professor Hoot. Barnaby often felt lost in the bureaucracy of the forest, with rules about berry-gathering and sunbeam-napping. He'd sigh, wishing the endless regulations would abate. 'It's all so... complicated!' he'd tell Professor Hoot. The owl, in his wisdom, would say, 'Barnaby, you try to dignify every small rule, as if it were the most important thing. Sometimes, you must simply feign ignorance and find your own way.' Barnaby found comfort in the owl's melodious voice, and slowly began to see that not all rules needed to be followed with such seriousness.

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