作者：Isabel Sanchez Vegara繪者：Ana Albero适讀年齡：6-9歲

This is the story of a French Girl called Gabrielle.這是一個叫Gabrielle的法國女孩的故事。

When she was little,Gabrielle lived in an orphanage.在Gabrielle很小的時候,就在孤兒院生活。

The nuns thought Gabrielle was very strange.修女們都認為她很奇怪。

She was different and they didn t like it.她有點和别人不一樣,她們不喜歡她這樣。

Gabrielle was different.Gabrielle确實與衆不同。

While the other girls played, she liked to sew with a needle and thread.别的小女孩玩得時候,她就喜歡擺弄針線。

When Gabrielle grew up,she sewed by day and sang by night.當Gabrielle長大一些了,她用白天的時間縫補,晚上的時間唱歌。

The people watching called her"Coco".那些喜歡聽她唱歌的人都叫她“Coco”。

When Coco finally went to bed, she dreamt in shapes and patterns.晚上Coco睡覺的時候, 也經常會夢到不同的形狀和樣式。

She wanted to make so many things.她有很多想做的東西。

One day,Coco made a hat for her friend.有一天,Coco給她的朋友做了一頂帽子。

Simple and elegant,it was different to the usual style.既簡單又優雅，看上去和當時流行的款式很不一樣。

Coco made more and more hats,until she had enough to open a hat shop.Coco後來做了更多的帽子, 多到她甚至開了一家賣帽子的店。

Her modern designs surprised the mademoiselles in Paris.她的設計在當時看來非常時髦, 令很多的巴黎小姐們感到驚豔。

One evening at a party,Coco saw that the other ladies weren t dancing.有一天晚上在party上，Coco看到很多女士都不去跳舞。

Their corsets were too tight and they could hardly breathe!因為她們穿的束腰裙實在是太緊了, 緊到呼吸都困難了！

So Coco created a brand new style,simple and straight.因此Coco就設計了一種新裙子, 簡單的直筒裙。

Her dresses and skirts would be comfortable to wear.她設計的衣服都以穿着舒适為主。

At her first fashion show, some people sneered.當她設計的衣服初次出現在時裝秀上的時候,很多人冷嘲熱諷。

Coco s clothes were too strange and different for them.覺得Coco的衣服太奇怪了, 和當下的潮流一點都不一樣。

But as time went on,Coco showed them that to be stylish you don’t need to wear corsets or sparkly sequins...但是随着時間的推移，Coco證明了想要精緻時髦, 你不一定非要穿着緊身衣和閃閃發光的衣服。

...and being different might make other people think differently too.......與衆不同也許也會讓别人耳目一新。

That's why everyone now remembers the young Gabrielle as the great designer, Coco Chanel.這也是為什麼直到現在, Gabrielle作為偉大的設計師, 一直能被年輕人所記住，她就是可可香奈兒。