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《神奇树屋》 第四十三册 Leprechaun In Late Winter 05 a fire set tale

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  Hello! Marry! Said Augusta.

She kissed the old woman on her wrinkle cheek. With fire light onher face, marry seemed to glow, her warm snout cottage was theupset the big house. It’s small and damp lives set mass Britonchocolate. Fire light danced in the Olsen floor and stone walls, raindripped through the roof, pinning into a couple of ten buckets.

And who do we have here? Miss Augusta? Marry askedTwo poor children, from town, said Augusta. I want you to tell themabout me. how I truly love them the poor, and try to help them.

Marry smiled.

Please, sit down. First. She said.

Jack1 Annie and Augusta sat down on three wooden chairs,Would you children like somehot coco? Marry asked.

Jack and Annie nodded eagerly.

Yes. Please marry. Said Augusta. But would you tell themYes. I will tell them all about you. Said marry.

She picked up a pile sitting on the huts, she pulled the steamingcoco into three mugs, andhanded them to Jack Annie and Augusta.

The coco smelt2 delicious. Jack took a sip3 licks off his lips.

Ye..m. he said.

His inside felt warm, first time all day.

Now, marry, asked Augusta.

In time. Child. Marry said to Augusta.

Tell me, what have youbeen and doing today.

I delivered the cakes in town, Augusta said proudly. Then I foundthese poor children in the kitchen looking for work, I’ve tried to helpthem. But they say I am snobby4. I brought them here, so you couldtell them the truth about me.

Ah.. I see. Miss Augusta.

How did you try to help them? Said Mary?

I tried to discover what they’re good for. Said Augusta. But itappears they are good for nothing.

Really? Marry fixed5 her twinkling eyes at Jack and Annie.

Well, let’s start whit6 these children. Tell me something you like do.

No wait. What do you love to do?

Ah..well. I love to read, said Jack.

And write. Said Annie.

Read and write? Said Augusta. I don’t think so.

Marry ignored Augusta, kept looking at Jack and Annie, what doyou like to read and write? Asked Mary.

Facts, mostly. Said Jack. True stories,Jack read facts down all the time, said Annie.

Honestly Mary, said Augusta. Soon they will tell you they are actorstoo. And they performed a play by William Shakespeare .

Can you talk about me now?

Actually that’s true. Jack said to Mary. We were in the midnight’ssummer dream. Annie and I were fairies, I had a stage flight, butwhile..

He met William Shakespeare himself. Said Annie.

He helped me getover. Said Jack. He looked straight at Augusta.

Augusta rowed her eyes,While he was so niceAnd smart, said Jack.

Of course he was. Said Mary. You can tell that from your stories.

Oh, please, stop. Don’t tell Mary those ridiculous things! Augustasaid.

What about me, Mary?

Wait, child. I have a question for them. Mary said.

She leaned forward, and spoke7 in a whisper,Where is summer ? can you answer me that/Mary’s question doesn’t make sense, Jack thought.

I don’t know. Do you know where summeris Mary? Asked Annie.

Summer is heading with the Shea . Said Mary laughing.

The Shea? What’s that/ said Annie.

Surly you must know the Shea? Said Mary. That’s where we Irishcalled our ferries. In the winter the Shea still out of the warm andsunshine, leaving us to suffer with cold and rain,Annie laughed too.

So you’ve played the parts of play by Shakespeare? Said Mary.

There are just like our Shea. Have you seen the Shea here? InIreland?

Mary! Augusta said impatiently. Not yet. Said Annie.

That’s a shame. Said Mary. I have seen them. This is a true story.

She looked at Jack and smiled.

With facts you might want to read and write them down.

Oh, sure. Said Jack.

He put his notebook and pencil out of his pocket, Augusta seemedsurprised. Mary leaned closer to Jack and Annie again, her eyeswere shinning her voice was hashed,One day, long ago, a lonely young girl took a walk in old forest, saidMary. All was still, until joyful8 music began coming from a hiddenworld.

Jack loved Mary’s way of telling her story. He wrote down, old forest,all still, joyful music, hidden world.

Augusta frowned.

So I guessyou can write, she muddled9.

Suddenly there came a spinning wind, said Mary, and clouds sobright, and beam of light poured over the river,Jack quickly wrote: spinning wind, break cloud, beam of light. River.

Then they came, rambling10 and thundering, exclaimed Mary.

Mary! Said Augusta.

She sounded impatient.

But Mary kept talking.

Sounds with winds, some on the horses of white, queens and kingsin row the gangs of color of summer, for winter and spring!

Jack wrote: sound with winds, white horses, queens, kings, ...

Then gallop11 the circle of blinding swirl12... said Mary,They swept up the lonely girl and carried her cross the river to thesecret hollow hole. As Shea’s gone inside, she and wood becomevery small, and see many wonder sites.

Jack wrote:

Takelonely girl, hollow hole of Shea, wonder sites.

Jack looked up from his notebook waiting for Mary to go on. whenshe spoke again, her voice was very softBut the girl grew afraid, and ran home instead, ...

Mary set back on her chair, and closed her eyes,the only sound inthe cottage was the crackling of the fire, and the pinning of the rain,into the tin buckets.

Mary? Annie said softly.

Are you the girl of the story?

Mary opened her eyes/I will never tell she said.

Oh, Mary. Said Augusta. Such tales.

She turned to Jack and Annie,Mary still believes in impossible.

i.

I do.

I surely do. Said Mary. Every night I leave a bit of milk on mywindow for the Shea, I leave clumps13 by door and they eat them too.

Mary, thebirds eat the clumps. Said Augusta.

Yes, the birds are hungry also. Said Mary. But the Shea picked overthe clumps first. At twilight14 they still crossed the river from theirhidden hollow holes just as the fisherman come to go away. (ofcounty Gore15 away),as the farmers and nurse maids.

Augusta shook her head sadlyMary. Only simple minded folks still believe in such things. Shesaid. educated people know what is true and what is not true.

No child said Mary.

They only know what they think is true.

Augusta straightened her shoulders,Well, we should be going now, Mary. She said. so could you pleasetell these children truth about me now?

Yes. Said Mary.

She turned to Jack and Annie,Do you children have names?

Jack smiled. This is the first timetoday anyone had asked theirnames.

Yes. Out name is Jack and Annie. said Annie.

Well, Jack and Annie, thank you for coming to visit me today. I cantell you’re very special. Said Mary.

What about me? Mary? Augusta asked. Am I special?

Yes, child. Youare. Said Mary.

She turned to Jack and Annie, Augusta is special too, but in thedifferent way.

How am I different? Mary/ asked Augusta.

You try very very hard to be good, you are very smart, but you,Mary stopped.

What Mary? I what/ said Augusta.

You are not happy. Said Mary. And that breaks my heart.

Augusta’s eyes filled with tears,Oh, Augusta don’t cry. Said Annie.

She reached out to take Augusta’s hand, but the girl stepped back,Augusta wiped her eyes.

That’s silly I am happy enough. I know I’ve never seen the Shea,and I never will but I don’t care anymore. And if you like thesemiserable children more than me, Mary, well , that is fine.

Augusta ran to the door and opened it.

The dump air swiped inside as she rushed out of the cottage.

Through the open doorway16, Jack and Annie could see Augusta’sred cape17 flying behind her.


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1 jack 53Hxp     
n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
参考例句:
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
2 smelt tiuzKF     
v.熔解,熔炼;n.银白鱼,胡瓜鱼
参考例句:
  • Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.锡是比较容易熔化的金属。
  • Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法,他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼,而改用焦炭。
3 sip Oxawv     
v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量
参考例句:
  • She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
  • Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。
4 snobby 667d10674990d20663977c10de67e90a     
a.虚荣的
参考例句:
  • Can I really tell my snobby friends that I now shop at-egads-Walmart? 天呐,我真得好意思告诉那帮势利的朋友们我在沃尔玛买东西?
5 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
6 whit TgXwI     
n.一点,丝毫
参考例句:
  • There's not a whit of truth in the statement.这声明里没有丝毫的真实性。
  • He did not seem a whit concerned.他看来毫不在乎。
7 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
8 joyful N3Fx0     
adj.欢乐的,令人欢欣的
参考例句:
  • She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
  • They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。
9 muddled cb3d0169d47a84e95c0dfa5c4d744221     
adj.混乱的;糊涂的;头脑昏昏然的v.弄乱,弄糟( muddle的过去式);使糊涂;对付,混日子
参考例句:
  • He gets muddled when the teacher starts shouting. 老师一喊叫他就心烦意乱。
  • I got muddled up and took the wrong turning. 我稀里糊涂地拐错了弯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 rambling MTfxg     
adj.[建]凌乱的,杂乱的
参考例句:
  • We spent the summer rambling in Ireland. 我们花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。
  • It was easy to get lost in the rambling house. 在布局凌乱的大房子里容易迷路。
11 gallop MQdzn     
v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展
参考例句:
  • They are coming at a gallop towards us.他们正朝着我们飞跑过来。
  • The horse slowed to a walk after its long gallop.那匹马跑了一大阵后慢下来缓步而行。
12 swirl cgcyu     
v.(使)打漩,(使)涡卷;n.漩涡,螺旋形
参考例句:
  • The car raced roughly along in a swirl of pink dust.汽车在一股粉红色尘土的漩涡中颠簸着快速前进。
  • You could lie up there,watching the flakes swirl past.你可以躺在那儿,看着雪花飘飘。
13 clumps a9a186997b6161c6394b07405cf2f2aa     
n.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的名词复数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声v.(树、灌木、植物等的)丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 );(土、泥等)团;块;笨重的脚步声
参考例句:
  • These plants quickly form dense clumps. 这些植物很快形成了浓密的树丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The bulbs were over. All that remained of them were clumps of brown leaves. 这些鳞茎死了,剩下的只是一丛丛的黃叶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
14 twilight gKizf     
n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期
参考例句:
  • Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
  • Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。
15 gore gevzd     
n.凝血,血污;v.(动物)用角撞伤,用牙刺破;缝以补裆;顶
参考例句:
  • The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
  • Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。
16 doorway 2s0xK     
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
参考例句:
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
17 cape ITEy6     
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
参考例句:
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

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