散文：忠诚的朋友Part 11

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【英文原文】

  "The next day he was nailing up some honeysuckle against the porch, when he heard the Miller¹'s voice calling to him from the road. So he jumped off the ladder, and ran down the garden, and looked over the wall.

  "There was the Miller with a large sack of flour on his back.

  "'Dear little Hans,' said the Miller, 'would you mind carrying this sack of flour for me to market?'

  "'Oh, I am so sorry,' said Hans, 'but I am really very busy to-day. I have got all my creepers to nail up, and all my flowers to water, and all my grass to roll.'

  "'Well, really,' said the Miller, 'I think that, considering that I am going to give you my wheelbarrow, it is rather unfriendly of you to refuse.'

  "'Oh, don't say that,' cried little Hans, 'I wouldn't be unfriendly for the whole world'; and he ran in for his cap, and trudged² off with the big sack on his shoulders.

 

【词汇简析】

honeysuckle n. 忍冬花

creeper n. 藤蔓

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