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1、安徒生童话：A Great Grief 伤心事This story really consists of two parts. The first part might be left out, but it gives us a few particulars, and these are useful.We were staying in the country at a gentlemans seat, where it happened that the master was absent for a few days. In the meantime, there arrived f
2、rom the next town a lady; she had a pug dog with her, and came, she said, to dispose of shares in her tan-yard. She had her papers with her, and we advised her to put them in an envelope, and to write thereon the address of the proprietor of the estate, “General War-Commissary Knight,” &c.She listen
3、ed to us attentively, seized the pen, paused, and begged us to repeat the direction slowly. We complied, and she wrote; but in the midst of the “General War-” she struck fast, sighed deeply, and said, “I am only a woman!” Her Puggie had seated itself on the ground while she wrote, and growled; for t
4、he dog had come with her for amusement and for the sake of its health; and then the bare floor ought not to be offered to a visitor. His outward appearance was characterized by a snub nose and a very fat back.“He doesnt bite,” said the lady; “he has no teeth. He is like one of the family, faithful a
5、nd grumpy; but the latter is my grandchildrens fault, for they have teased him; they play at wedding, and want to give him the part of the bridesmaid, and thats too much for him, poor old fellow.”And she delivered her papers, and took Puggie upon her arm. And this is the first part of the story whic
6、h might have been left out.PUGGIE DIED! Thats the second part.It was about a week afterwards we arrived in the town, and put up at the inn. Our windows looked into the tan-yard, which was divided into two parts by a partition of planks; in one half were many skins and hides, raw and tanned. Here was
7、 all the apparatus necessary to carry on a tannery, and it belonged to the widow. Puggie had died in the morning, and was to be buried in this part of the yard; the grandchildren of the widow (that is, of the tanners widow, for Puggie had never been married) filled up the grave, and it was a beautif
8、ul graveit must have been quite pleasant to lie there.The grave was bordered with pieces of flower-pots and strewn over with sand; quite at the top they had stuck up half a beer bottle, with the neck upwards, and that was not at all allegorical.The children danced round the grave, and the eldest of
9、the boys among them, a practical youngster of seven years, made the proposition that there should be an exhibition of Puggies burial-place for all who lived in the lane; the price of admission was to be a trouser button, for every boy would be sure to have one, and each might also give one for a lit
10、tle girl. This proposal was adopted by acclamation.And all the children out of the laneyes, even out of the little lane at the backflocked to the place, and each gave a button. Many were noticed to go about on that afternoon with only one suspender; but then they had seen Puggies grave, and the sigh
11、t was worth much more.But in front of the tan-yard, close to the entrance, stood a little girl clothed in rags, very pretty to look at, with curly hair, and eyes so blue and clear that it was a pleasure to look into them. The child said not a word, nor did she cry; but each time the little door was
12、opened she gave a long, long look into the yard. She had not a buttonthat she knew right well, and therefore she remained standing sorrowfully outside, till all the others had seen the grave and had gone away; then she sat down, held her little brown hands before her eyes, and burst into tears; this
13、 girl alone had not seen Puggies grave. It was a grief as great to her as any grown person can experience.We saw this from above; and looked at from above, how many a grief of our own and of others can make us smile! That is the story, and whoever does not understand it may go and purchase a share in the tan-yard from the window.
