【英文读物】Blue Jackets.docx
《【英文读物】Blue Jackets.docx》由会员分享,可在线阅读,更多相关《【英文读物】Blue Jackets.docx(38页珍藏版)》请在得力文库 - 分享文档赚钱的网站上搜索。
1、【英文读物】Blue JacketsPREFACELegends have a fascination for all classes of people, but they possess a peculiar charm for children. They constitute, in fact, a form of literature particularly fitting to the mental world of the child. In them fact and fancy are happily blended. Around the bare facts of re
2、corded or unrecorded history, are woven the poetic ideals of a romantic people.Nothing could be more worth a childs reading than a story of the past that conveys not only an idea of the everyday life of real people, but represents them also as striving after ideals in various forms of beauty.No infl
3、uence is greater than the moral force of beauty. In the present volume the purpose of the writers has been to present only such legends as reveal simplicity, strength, and beauty. These qualities make their inevitable appeal to the child fancy.The subject matter of the book has been graded for child
4、ren of eight or ten years. It is, therefore, well suited for use as a supplementary reader in the fourth or fifth grade.THE CRYSTAL PALACEMany, many years ago there lived in the village of Zurdorf, a queer little old woman. She was a very kind old lady and a good nurse. Often she was called upon to
5、care for the boys and girls of the village.They quite enjoyed being ill because she knew so many interesting stories. She told them of great knights and ladies, of castles and fairies, of the wood nymphs and the water sprites; but best of all was the story of old Father Rhine.One night as she sat kn
6、itting, a knock came at the cottage door. She opened it and there stood a strange man, carrying a lantern of curious pattern. He did not speak, but motioned to her to follow him.The night was dark, and the rain was8 pouring down in torrents. Great pools were found in the streets. Aunt Margot, as the
7、 children called the old lady, hesitated to follow the stranger. It was not, however, because she was afraid of the storm, but because the man was a stranger.He motioned to her again. She saw that his face was kindly, and so decided to follow him. Down the dark street they passed, splashing through
8、the deep pools of water.Suddenly the water became deeper, and began to eddy about Margots ankles. She became frightened and was about to turn and flee.“I can go no farther,” she shouted; “what manner of man art thou, and whither wouldst thou lead me?”The old man did not answer, but caught Margot in
9、his arms and plunged into the river Rhine. It had risen from its banks, and its eddying waters had frightened Margot.Down, down, through cold green waters9 they sank. It seemed to Margot as if she were going down forever. She closed her eyes and ceased to struggle.At last they seemed to have passed
10、out of the water, and Margot opened her eyes. She found herself in a wonderful crystal palace. Precious stones glittered all about her. The ornaments were of silver and gold. As soon as she had recovered from her wonder, she was led into an immense chamber. Here on a bed of crystal, with silken cove
11、rings, lay a beautiful golden haired nymph, who was ill.“I have brought you here,” said the old man, “to care for my beautiful wife. Nurse her tenderly back to health, and you shall never regret it.”The lovely nymph was so good to look upon that old Margot took great delight in caring for her. She t
12、ended her so gently and so faithfully that the golden haired lady improved rapidly. She was soon quite well.In soft whispers she told the old nurse10 that her husband was a mighty water spirit. Mortals called him Father Rhine. She had lived on the earth and was the only daughter of the Lord of Rheid
13、t.One day when she was at a village dance, there appeared before her a strange man. He was clad in foamy green. He asked her to tread a measure with him. Round and round they whirled until they reached the water edge. Suddenly he plunged with her into the stream, and brought her to the crystal palac
14、e, where he made her his happy wife.“And now, kind nurse, we must soon part,” said the beautiful lady. “When Father Rhine offers to reward you, accept from him only your usual fee, no matter how much he urges you to take more. He loves honesty, but loathes greed.”Just then Father Rhine appeared. See
15、ing his beloved wife quite well again, the river god beckoned to the nurse to follow him. He led her through many halls of the great castle. Finally they came to his11 treasure chamber. Here all around lay great heaps of gold, silver, and precious stones.The water god was very grateful to the good n
16、urse for saving his wife; so he bade her help herself. The old woman gazed upon the jewels longingly. How well she could use them to help the poor! She remembered, however, what the beautiful golden haired lady had told her. So she selected only a small fee such as she always received. The mysteriou
17、s man urged her to take more, but she firmly refused.Then the great water god took her by the hand and led her through a long dark corridor. Suddenly she found herself again in the cold water of the Rhine. Slowly he rose with her through the dark flood. Up and up they went until she found herself, d
18、ripping but safe, on the shore near her own house. As he beckoned adieu to her, Father Rhine flung a whole handful of gold into her lap. Then12 he plunged into the river again and was gone.Ever since that time the little people of the village have loved to hear of the wonders of the crystal palace b
19、eneath the flood. So the good nurse tells it over and over again. And she never forgets to show the handful of gold which, she says, is the same Father Rhine gave her.THE ANGEL PAGEA handsome lad once sought a brave and noble knight, asking leave to serve him as page. The knight was greatly charmed
20、by the graceful manners of the young lad, and was pleased with his unusual request. He granted the lads prayer, and never once did he have cause to regret it.The little page did every duty with great cheerfulness and skill. He was so devoted to his master that he was able to foresee almost every wis
21、h. It was not long before he had won his masters love, and the two became constant comrades.The years passed swiftly by. The knight had never before been so happy, and never so successful. Everything seemed to turn out just as he wished it.14 Nothing had gone wrong since the day that the little page
22、 had entered his gate.One day as the two were riding along the banks of the Rhine, they noticed a band of robbers coming toward them. These men had often sought to harm the good knight. The band was so large that it was easy to see that the brave knight could make no headway against them. There seem
23、ed to be no way of escape.“Would to God,” cried the brave man, “that you were safe within my castle walls, my faithful little page! We are lost, my lad, but we must sell our lives as dearly as possible. Let us die like heroes. Do you get behind me, my page, and, if possible, I bid you flee.”“My dear
24、 master,” replied the little page, “follow me. I will show you a way to escape. Follow me.”The page put spurs to his horse and galloped along the river bank. Suddenly he turned the unwilling steed directly into the rushing stream.15“Rash boy, come back!” called the knight, dashing forward with the h
- 配套讲稿:
如PPT文件的首页显示word图标,表示该PPT已包含配套word讲稿。双击word图标可打开word文档。
- 特殊限制:
部分文档作品中含有的国旗、国徽等图片,仅作为作品整体效果示例展示,禁止商用。设计者仅对作品中独创性部分享有著作权。
- 关 键 词:
- 英文读物 【英文读物】Blue Jackets 英文 读物 Blue
限制150内