A) Simplified Chinese version

小孩学汉字

一个幼儿园里，老师在教学生认字，当学到汉字“灭”的时候，老师要求学生在下面写出这个汉字。老师布置任务后，到下面去查看学生的书写情况，这时老师走到一个6岁的小女孩前，发现她只是写了一个“火”字。老师觉得奇怪问道：“你看‘灭’字是这么写的吗？它头上还有一横呀！你怎么不加上去呢？”，小孩回答说：“我不喜欢写横。”老师并没有责备她，拿起她的作业本，看到她的名字“陈思思”，对她说“老师不喜欢‘心’，那以后我就叫你‘陈田田‘好吧’？”。她听了老师说的话后，她拿起笔，在’火‘字上加上了一横，写出了一个完整的“灭”字。

B) Traditional Chinese version

小孩學漢字

一個幼兒園裡，老師在教學生認字，當學到漢字“滅”的時候，老師要求學生在下面寫出這個漢字。老師布置任務後，到下面去查看學生的書寫情況，這時老師走到一個6歲的小女孩前，發現她隻是寫了一個“火”字。老師覺得奇怪問道：“你看‘滅’字是這麼寫的嗎？它頭上還有一橫呀！你怎麼不加上去呢？”，小孩回答說：“我不喜歡寫橫。”
老師並沒有責備她，拿起她的作業本，看到她的名字“陳思思”，對她說“老師不喜歡‘心’，那以後我就叫你‘陳田田‘好吧’？”。她聽了老師說的話後，她拿起筆，在’火‘字上加上了一橫，寫出了一個完整的“滅”字。

C) PinYin

Xiǎohái xué hànzì

Yī gè yòuéryuán lǐ, lǎoshī zàijiāoxué shēng rènzì. dāng xué dào hànzì "miè"de shíhòu, lǎoshī yāoqiú xuésheng zài xiàmiàn xiě chū zhègè hànzì. lǎoshī bùzhì rènwu hòu, dào xiàmiàn qù chákàn xuésheng de shūxiě qíngkuàng. zhè shí lǎoshī zǒu dào yī gè 6 suì de xiǎo nǚhái qián. fāxiàn tā zhǐshì xiě le yī gè" huǒ" zì. lǎoshī juédé qíguài wèn dào "nǐ kàn 'miè' zì shì zhème xiě de ma? tā tóu shàng háiyǒu yī héng yā. nǐ zěnme bù jiāshàng qù ne ?". xiǎohái huídá shuō" wǒbù xǐhuān xiěhéng". lǎoshī bìng méiyǒu zébèi tā,ná qǐ tāde zuòyè běn kāndào tāde míngzi" chén sī sī ",duì tā shuō "lǎoshībù xǐhuān 'xīn' nà yǐhòu wǒ jiù jiào nǐ 'chén tián tián' hǎoba?" tā tīngle lǎoshī shuō dehuà hòu, tā ná qǐ bǐ zài" huǒ" zì shàng jiāshàngle yīhéng. xiě chūle yī gè wánzhěng de" miè" zì.

D) English translation

Kids learn to write Chinese characters

In a kindergarden, the teacher teaches the students to write a Chinese character, after the teacher finished teaching the Chinese character "滅“ （miè）,the teacher asked the kids to write by themselves on their exercise books. The teacher moved around to see the students how they were going after telling them the requirements. When the teacher went to a 6-year-old girl, the teacher found the little girl just wrote "火“（huǒ）. The teacher was suprised and asked "Does this character '滅' write like this? Be careful. There is a horizontal stroke on the top of '火‘，why don't you add on the top of it?". the little kid answered:"I don't like to draw horizontal stroke".
The teacher didn't scold her, pick up her excersise book, the teacher saw her name "陳思思”（chén sī sī） then the teacher told to her" sorry, I don't like '心'（xīn），so could I ask you'陳田田' (chén tián tián) instead?". Listen to it, the little girl picked up her pen and added a horizontal stoke on the top of '火‘. Now, she can write a good "滅“.