Scots national flower（苏格兰的国花--蓟）

Scots national flower--thistle
苏格兰的国花--蓟
Hundreds of years ago，A Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland，The Scots，a brave people，Loved their country very much，They fought very hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland，But there were too many of the Romans，It looked as if the Romans would win.
One night， the leader of Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill，“We will rest here tonight， my men，” he said，“Tomorrow we will fight one more battle，We must win or we will die.”
They were all very tired，So they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep，There were four guards on duty，But they too，were very tired ，and one by one， also fell asleep.
The Romans were not asleep，Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill，Slowly they climbed up the hillsides ，taking care not to make a sound，Closer and closer they came to the sleeping Scots，They were almost at the top，A few minutes more，The war would be over . suddenly ，one of them put his foot on a thistl，He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots，In a moment ，they were on their feet and ready for battle，The fighting was hard but it did not last long，The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved their country.
The thistle is not a beautiful plant， it has sharp needles all over it，Few people like it， but the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.
苏格兰的国花--蓟
几百年以前，罗马军队从英格兰北部向苏格兰发起一场战争，苏格兰人，是勇敢的民族，非常热爱他们的国家，他们艰苦抗战，要把敌人从苏格兰赶出去，但是罗马人太多，看样子罗马人要赢。
一天晚上，苏格兰的长官带领战士行军至一个小山头。“我们今晚就在这里休息吧，朋友们”他说，“明天，我们还要有更多的仗要打，我们必须赢，否则我们就会死。”
他们都太累了，所以，他们快速吃完晚饭就睡下了，有四个哨兵放哨，但他们也太累了，一个接一个也都睡着了。
罗马人没有睡，他们很快的集结到了山脚下，慢慢的，他们爬上了山坡，小心翼翼不发出声响，越来越接近睡着的苏格兰人。他们快要到达山顶了，再有几分钟，战斗就会结束。突然，他们中的一个人的脚，碰到了蓟，他大叫起来，而他的突然的叫声把苏格兰人惊醒了，立刻，他们站起身准备战斗，战斗打的很艰苦，但并没有太持久，苏格兰人消灭了罗马人，拯救了他们的祖国。
蓟，不是一种漂亮的植物，它浑身长满了刺，没有人喜欢，但是苏格兰人是如此地喜欢它，以致于把它作为他们的国花。