MINNIKINTHERE was once upon a time a couple of needy folk who livedin a wretched hut, in which there was nothing but black want;so they had neither food to eat nor wood to burn. But if they hadnext to nothing of all else they had the blessing of God so far aschildren were concerned, and every year brought them one more.The man was not overpleased at this. He was always going aboutgrumbling and growling, and saying that it seemed to him thatthere might be such a thing as having too many of these goodgifts; so shortly before another baby was born he went away intothe wood for some firewood, saying that he did not want to see thenew child; he would hear him quite soon enough when he began tosquall for some food....
能跟你说说我的故事，实在是让我开心的一件事。虽然我已经20多岁了，年龄可能比你大，但是我的经历没准儿会让你感兴趣。其实，每个人的经历说出来都是一部生动的文学作品，在这样有血有肉的经历面前，再大的作家也显得苍白无力。地球说白了是一个巨型电视屏幕，每时每刻由数10亿演员同时出演没完没了的连续剧。和这部连续剧比起来，作家们艺术家们写的拍的那些玩艺儿着实是挂一漏万弄巧成拙的蹩脚货。 我还没告诉你我的名字，我叫李翼展。据说这名字是我爸给我起的，好像是希望我展翅高飞的意思，是不是俗了点儿？不过从望子成龙的角度看，他的用心也说得过去。搁谁费了半天劲儿生养个孩子都会希望孩子日后有出息。后来我才知道，在航空术语里?quot;翼展"特指飞机机翼的总宽度。打个比方说吧，如果你是一架飞机，你的双臂顺理成章就是机翼，你伸开双臂的长度，就是你的翼展数据。 我这人记忆力比较出众，遗憾的是我的记忆...
Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketchesby Theodore RooseveltAn Account of the Big Game of the UnitedStates and its Chase with HorseHound, and RifleCHAPTER I.THE BISON OR AMERICAN BUFFALO.When we became a nation in 1776, the buffaloes, the first animals tovanish when the wilderness is settled, roved to the crests of themountains which mark the western boundaries of Pennsylvania, Virginia,and the Carolinas. They were plentiful in what are now the States ofOhio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. But by the beginning of the presentcentury they had been driven beyond the Mississippi; and for the nexteighty years they formed one of the most distinctive and...
Tales of Trail and Townby Bret HarteCONTENTSTHE ANCESTORS OF PETER ATHERLYTWO AMERICANSTHE JUDGMENT OF BOLINAS PLAINTHE STRANGE EXPERIENCE OF ALKALI DICKA NIGHT ON THE DIVIDETHE YOUNGEST PROSPECTOR IN CALAVERASA TALE OF THREE TRUANTSTALES OF TRAIL AND TOWNTHE ANCESTORS OF PETER ATHERLYCHAPTER IIt must be admitted that the civilizing processes of Rough andReady were not marked by any of the ameliorating conditions ofother improved camps. After the discovery of the famous "Eureka"lead, there was the usual influx of gamblers and saloon-keepers;but that was accepted as a matter of course. But it was thought...
他习惯在星期天赖床 啊啊──啊噗── 不是闹钟。他确定。 呵呵……啊嗯…呜、哇…… 今天是星期天。欲醒未醒的脑袋有这样的认知。 是作梦吗？还是…… 咯咯咯………呵…… 这声音──一抹了悟很快的闪入他逐渐清醒过来的思绪里。然后，他睁开眼，目光灼灼的望向那个扰他赖床的罪魁祸首。 「哇啊啊啊！」欢天喜地的尖叫声，恭迎他的清醒。 果然！ 他，李家大哥，懒懒的撑起右肘，笑看著未经他同意便擅自分享了他单身汉大床的胆大包天小家伙。 他的醒来，非常地激励了小家伙，再也不肯安份于小小局促的手提婴儿摇篮内，一双白白胖胖的手臂奋力往床面一搭，嘿咻著，上半身已然成功的脱离摇篮的困囿，可是也因为力气太过，摇篮翻了，倒叩在他小小的身体上── 「咿－咿──」人形小乌龟用力挥动著露在摇篮外的四肢，小头颅还左摇右摆的想甩开盖住他视线的小被被。...
一 早春他是去七流瀑闲看风景的诸多小公子之一，年纪最小，衣服最脏。他是师父兼三叔最不得意的弟子之一，身手平庸，头脑也平庸。他和一帮小孩子们跑得远了，看到了挂在树上的他们。他咬着牙，双臂已经没有知觉。但是他不能松手。松手，下面就是尖刀利刃。（忍者的耐力静训练）他转过头，而后出了个玩耍的主意。让他们来做他们的马。他们要像父亲们一样打仗，要去摘最美丽的山花献给母亲，要去寻找四叶的三叶草，要......总之，他们需要"马"。他的师父自然同意。他静静地看了他们一会，伸手一指，选了他。他们的年纪很小。以至于，玩耍这样的骑马游戏，被一同来的客人们微笑着夸为有雄心。夫人们用扇子掩着嘴轻轻地笑，男人们喝着清酒，表情严肃，眼神里却也倒映着春光。他险险地安然爬下树，手臂颤个不停。树上太久的悬挂消耗了他太多体力，事实上，在被他小小的手指点到之前，他已经有些意识不清了。...
《丝绒金矿》作者：张千岁第一章 迷乱的狂欢前奏更新时间：2007-10-13 13:49:00 字数:820Iwalklikeacat，talklikearat，stinglikeabee，babyIwannabeyourman.——20thcenturyboy，T.Rex.我可以忘记现在是什么时间，忘记自己身处何地。我可以忘记昨晚做过什么，明天又即将去做些什么。我可以忘记他，或是她，或是所有的他们。为了你，我甚至可以忘记自己的名字。对，就是你。你可以是舞池中的任何一个人。你可以从事各种各样的职业，可以将自己的皮肤、头发和瞳孔涂成各式妖媚的颜色；你可以用各式各样的语言讲出花言巧语，然后在天亮时悄然离去；你可以是漂浮在空中的神灵，也可以是浴火燃烧着的恶魔本尊。因为你就是我的化身，我身体中尚未被触及的那一部分。我们的生命线如同野草一样杂乱无张地生长，我们的灵魂永远悬浮在躯壳之外，发出尖厉的哭泣，我们的恐惧源自祖先们无数次噩梦中的惊醒，而我们一千零一次的狂欢就注定要在今...
Miss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, Jamaicaby Anthony TrollopeThere is nothing so melancholy as a country in its decadence, unlessit be a people in their decadence. I am not aware that the lattermisfortune can be attributed to the Anglo-Saxon race in any part ofthe world; but there is reason to fear that it has fallen on anEnglish colony in the island of Jamaica.Jamaica was one of those spots on which fortune shone with the fullwarmth of all her noonday splendour. That sun has set;whether forever or no none but a prophet can tell; but as far as a plain man maysee, there are at present but few signs of a coming morrow, or ofanother summer.It is not just or proper that one should grieve over the misfortunesof Jamaica with a stronger grief because her savannahs are ...
Fifty "Bab" Ballads - Much Sound and Little SenseMuchSound and LittleSenseW. S. Gilbert1Fifty "Bab" Ballads - Much Sound and Little SenseFifty "Bab" Ballads - Much Sound and Little SenseTHE "BAB BALLADS" appeared originally in the columns of "FUN,"when that periodical was under the editorship of the late TOM HOOD.They were subsequently republished in two volumes, one called "THEBAB BALLADS," the other "MORE BAB BALLADS." The periodduring which they were written extended over some three or four years;many, however, were composed hastily, and under the discomfortingnecessity of having to turn out a quantity of lively verse by a certain day inevery week. As it seemed to me (and to others) that the volumes were...
邻桌同事曾经心血来潮要学外语，手持一本中国当代散文说要自己给翻译成英语。一次，正埋头翻书的她突然问道：“哎，幸福怎么说？”马上有人回答：“happy!”“胡说，那是快乐。”邻桌立即反驳。“快乐？那就lucky！”“那是幸运，文盲！算了算了，我查快译通吧！”“幸福？这词不常用嘛。”被称作文盲的同事还在自语。我也在想，是啊，这词不常用，幸福怎么说？曾经和一位亦师亦友的兄长谈论起古巴的英雄切?格瓦拉和理想主义，他说对理想坚持不懈的追求过程中应该能产生一种幸福感。那天我突然发现，原来10年前我曾经也算是个理想主义者，现在则一定不是了——尽管理想主义还在脑海里有所残留。我想不起来什么理想，但至少每月一次的“准幸福感”是真实的——它存在于向工资条上签名确认的三秒过程之中，幸福感比过年时多很多。我想我和很多人一样，无所谓幸福和不幸，我们很平凡，感受也很平凡。...
二十二、去华盛顿 “您当选了。我向您表示衷心的祝贺，并为此感谢上苍的恩惠。十九年以来，我们希望并为之付出努力的伟大目标业已实现。赞同奴隶制的一派已被战胜。现在我们可以在更加安全的基础上制定自由的政策了。您有领导权。当然您的责任也很重大，望上帝赐您以力量，帮助您承担起这种责任！” 这是在林肯当选的第二天接到的第一份祝福：它来自于自己大选时的对手蔡斯。 在林肯组阁的时候，他第一个愿望便是任命蔡斯和赛华德作为内阁里的部长，尽管这二人都比较极端。赛华德花了两个星期考虑是否接受任命，最后终于接受了国务卿的职务；而蔡斯则在经过了三个月的深思熟虑之后，接受了财政部长一职。此时此刻围绕着另一个部长职务则展开了一场交易，这让林肯颇感惊异，他对一个老朋友说：“我完全可以用我八次流动法庭的同仁们组阁，以避免这种明争暗斗。” “但他们都是民主党人啊！”...
从安东·圣埃克苏佩里与弟弟弗朗索瓦（Franois）在圣摩里斯城堡的卧房窗前往东看过去，近处是偌大的花园，远方则是侏罗山（Jura）山麓青翠蓊郁的比热（Bugey）。这样的自然景观充满了魔力：在夏、秋季节的雾霭笼罩之下，茂密森林若隐若现；冬雪一来，整片森林成了银白色世界。早春散发出清朗的气息，湍急的阿尔巴里讷河（Albarine）冲激着花岗岩山谷，这幅美景仿佛近在咫尺。 在小孩子的眼里，幽暗的山麓是一处隐藏秘密的异域。安东的窗前是柔和、爬满藤蔓的园林景致，在城堡花园围墙之外则是远在天边的巍峨悬崖。两千年来，这处悬崖一直是人类对抗自然、抵抗敌人的主战场。几乎和城堡平行的则是圣德尼（SaintDenis）高塔。这座高塔有如只身站岗的哨兵，守着石灰岩峡谷和里昂通往日内瓦的古罗马大道入口。继续往里走是一处名为阿利梅（Les Allymes）的四方形军事要塞，在一片绿色森林中，黄沙色的大型建筑物格外显眼。...
The Uncommercial Travellerby Charles DickensCHAPTER I - HIS GENERAL LINE OF BUSINESSAllow me to introduce myself - first negatively.No landlord is my friend and brother, no chambermaid loves me, nowaiter worships me, no boots admires and envies me. No round ofbeef or tongue or ham is expressly cooked for me, no pigeon-pie isespecially made for me, no hotel-advertisement is personallyaddressed to me, no hotel-room tapestried with great-coats andrailway wrappers is set apart for me, no house of publicentertainment in the United Kingdom greatly cares for my opinion ofits brandy or sherry. When I go upon my journeys, I am not usuallyrated at a low figure in the bill; when I come home from my...
《铁血三国》作者：海翔卷一 潜龙在渊 第一章 失落第一章失落“唐杰，你目无法纪，暴力伤人。经过校院研究决定，你被开除成都——军校，并勒令你立即退学！”“……”唐杰毫无目的的走在大街，看着身边行色匆匆的人们。他倍感无奈、无助、痛苦。自己的梦想竟这么被轻易击碎了，而所谓的原因仅仅是自己看不惯指导员的儿子——张枫，硬拉校院中的一位少女去玩，玩什么？大家都十分明了，这可是毁了这位少女的一生啊。“老公，接电话！老公，接电话！……”，唐杰兜里的手机疯狂的叫起来，他看了一下来电显示，原来是自己兄弟李为打来的。“杰哥，你在哪？”，电话里传出李为关切的声音，让唐杰心里一阵暖和。“我在朝阳街看美女呢，怎么了？”，唐杰玩味的语气让李为暗自松了一口气，他真怕唐杰做出什么自暴自弃的事来。“没什么，我在明岸沙滩等你，你快来啊！”“好！马上就到。”唐杰收了线深深吸了一口气，努力挤出一丝微笑，随...
Letters From High Latitudesby The Marquess of Dufferin (Lord Dufferin)Being some account of a voyage in 1856 of the schooner yacht "Foam" to Iceland, Jan Meyen, and Spitzbergen.By the Marquess of Dufferin Sometime Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada and afterwards Viceroy of India.LETTER I.PROTESILAUS STUMBLES ON THE THRESHOLDGlasgow, Monday, June 2, 1856.Our start has not been prosperous. Yesterday evening, on passing Carlisle, a telegraphic message was put into my hand, announcing the fact of the "Foam" having been obliged to put into Holyhead, in consequence of the sudden illness of my Master. As the success of our expedition entirely depends on our getting off before the season is further advanced, you can understand how disagreeable it is to have rece...
Salammboby Gustave FlaubertCHAPTER ITHE FEASTIt was at Megara, a suburb of Carthage, in the gardens of Hamilcar.The soldiers whom he had commanded in Sicily were having a great feastto celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Eryx, and as the masterwas away, and they were numerous, they ate and drank with perfectfreedom.The captains, who wore bronze cothurni, had placed themselves in thecentral path, beneath a gold-fringed purple awning, which reached fromthe wall of the stables to the first terrace of the palace; the commonsoldiers were scattered beneath the trees, where numerous flat-roofedbuildings might be seen, wine-presses, cellars, storehouses, bakeries,and arsenals, with a court for elephants, dens for wild beasts, and a...
说到香龙木，就不得不说到我的魔法渊源，说到我的魔法渊源，就不得不说到我的故乡—穆柯寨……我叫穆桂英，是大宋朝百万大军的北方元帅。不过，即使官儿已经做到了武将阶序的尽头，我还是习惯亲近的人叫我穆小妹。十七岁那一年，我遇到了命中注定的那个少年杨小保；二十七岁那一年，我生下了我和小保的小女儿金花；现在，我们的小女儿金花十七岁了，她准备把自己嫁给一个成衣匠。坐在轩敞简朴的营房中，朔北的凉风把金花从遥远的汴京寄来的洒金信笺吹得沙沙作响，洒金信笺散发出淡淡的梨花粉香，正如那个我已经多年没有回去过的都城留给我的富贵温暖的印象。我拿着金花的来信发了很长时间的呆。自从很久很久以前小保离去之后，我就选择了回到疆场继续守望边塞的战争生活。在别人看来，我完全可以有其他的选择，比如重新回到穆柯寨，继续做个山寨的寨主，或者重新回到黎山，去完成我当年成为世上最出色的魔法师的梦想。可是，只有我...
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, V12BY CONSTANTPREMIER VALET DE CHAMBRETRANSLATED BY WALTER CLARK1895CONTENTS:CHAPTER XXIV. to CHAPTER XXXI.CHAPTER XXIV.After the brilliant successes obtained by the Emperor in such a shorttime, and with forces so exceedingly inferior to the great masses of theenemy, his Majesty, realizing the necessity of allowing his troops totake a rest of some days at Troyes, entered into negotiations for anarmistice with the Prince von Schwarzenberg.At this juncture it was announced to the Emperor that General Blucher,who had been wounded at Mery, was descending along both banks of theMaine, at the head of an army of fresh troops, estimated at not less thanone hundred thousand men, and that he was marching on Meaux. The Princ...