02-08-五个孩子和沙精 [0]
※※※※※※※※※※
本电子书由塞班智能手机论坛·船说整理制作，仅供试阅。请支持正版。
※※※※※※※※※※
[五个孩子和沙精 / 伊迪丝·内斯比特 著]
Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit
■ 简介
它是个“赛米德”（即沙精）。有一大孩子们在砾石坑中挖沙时发现了它。它已经几千岁了。当然了，沙精们可以帮人们实现他们的愿望——愿望每天只能实现一个，而且当太阳落山时一切也就结束了。安西娅、西里尔、罗伯特和简觉得这棒极了。他们的小弟弟还太小，不会许愿，而且大部分时间都呆在家里；可其他几个盘算着要些激动人心的东西。
可那又是什么呢？变得漂亮，富有，还是能像鸟儿一样飞翔？有时候想出真正的好愿望很困难，可是脱口说出“但愿……”却是很容易的，那时你就得到了并不真正想要的东西。这时沙精就不肯帮忙了。出了差错时它就生气地说：“为什么你不先想好了再说？”
而事情的确常出差错……
伊迪丝·内斯比特1858年生于伦敦，1924年逝世。她一生从事写作，为儿童写了很多书。其中著名的有《五个孩子和沙精》、《长生鸟与地毯》及《铁路上的孩子》等。
■ 1 Beautiful Children
The house was about four kilometres from the station，but after only a minute or two the children began to ask，' Are we nearly there？'And every time they saw a house they said，' Oh， is this it？'But it never was. Then they came to the top of a hill， and there was a White house with a green garden and lots of fruit trees. ' Here we are！'Mother said.
Everyone hurried to get out of the carriage—— Robert，Anthea， Jane， Cyril， and Martha， the nursemaid， with the baby. But Mother did not hurry. The children ran round the house and all through the garden to see what there was. But Mother stood and watched the driver while he carried the boxes into the house.
The children loved the house. They knew immediately that they were going to be happy there. Mother did not like the house very much because it was old and there were no cup-boards. But it was deep in the country and after two years in London the children thought that it was wonderful. If you live in London and your family is not rich， you get bored because you cannot go to shops and theatres ，and people say，' Don't do this' and 'Don't go there. 'In the country you can go any-where and do anything.
The white house was on the hill， with a wood behind it and a gravel-pit on one side . It was at the gravel-pit， a week later，that the children found a fairy. Well， that was what it called itself. But it was different from other fairies.
It happened when Mother had to go and stay with Grand-mother，who was ill. Martha stayed with the children，of course. But the house was very quiet and empty. The children did not know what to do. Then Cyril said，' Let's go to the gravel-pit. '
The gravel-pit was very large， with grass and wild flowers round the sides at the top. When they got there， the children decided that they would go down into the pit to play in the sand.
' Let's dig a deep hole— perhaps we can get all the way down to Australia，'said Robert.
The others agreed and they all began to dig hard in the sand. But it was a very hot day. Baby went to sleep and Robert， Cyril， and Jane sat down to rest， but Anthea went on working on the hole.
Suddenly she screamed. ' Cyril！ Come here！ Quick！There's something alive！'she cried.
They all jumped up and hurried over to see what it was.
' It's got feet，'Anthea said. ' And fur. Don't hurt it. I know this sounds stupid， but it said something. '
' What did it say？' asked Cyril.
'It said，“You leave me alone. ”
The others just laughed， but the two boys began to move away more of the sand. Soon they could see that there really was something moving in the hole.
Suddenly a hard little voice cried，' Leave me alone！'
They all jumped back and no one spoke for a minute. Then Robert said，' But we want to see you. '
' Yes， I wish you'd come out，'Anthea said.
'Oh， well， if that's your wish，'the voice said， and the sand began to fly about everywhere. Then something brown and furry and fat fell out into the hole. ' I think I was asleep，'it said.
The children stood and looked at it. It really was very strange. It could move its eyes in and out on stalks， it had big ears and its body was fat and round and furry. Its legs and arms had soft fur all over them too， and it had hands and feet.
' What is it？' asked Jane. ' Shall we take it home？'
The thing turned its long eyes to look at her. ' Does she always say stupid things？'it said.
' She doesn't mean it，' Anthea said. ' Don't be afraid. We won't hurt you. '
The little thing was angry. ' Hurt me！ 'it cried. ' I'm not afraid of you
本电子书由塞班智能手机论坛·船说整理制作，仅供试阅。请支持正版。
※※※※※※※※※※
[五个孩子和沙精 / 伊迪丝·内斯比特 著]
Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit
■ 简介
它是个“赛米德”（即沙精）。有一大孩子们在砾石坑中挖沙时发现了它。它已经几千岁了。当然了，沙精们可以帮人们实现他们的愿望——愿望每天只能实现一个，而且当太阳落山时一切也就结束了。安西娅、西里尔、罗伯特和简觉得这棒极了。他们的小弟弟还太小，不会许愿，而且大部分时间都呆在家里；可其他几个盘算着要些激动人心的东西。
可那又是什么呢？变得漂亮，富有，还是能像鸟儿一样飞翔？有时候想出真正的好愿望很困难，可是脱口说出“但愿……”却是很容易的，那时你就得到了并不真正想要的东西。这时沙精就不肯帮忙了。出了差错时它就生气地说：“为什么你不先想好了再说？”
而事情的确常出差错……
伊迪丝·内斯比特1858年生于伦敦，1924年逝世。她一生从事写作，为儿童写了很多书。其中著名的有《五个孩子和沙精》、《长生鸟与地毯》及《铁路上的孩子》等。
■ 1 Beautiful Children
The house was about four kilometres from the station，but after only a minute or two the children began to ask，' Are we nearly there？'And every time they saw a house they said，' Oh， is this it？'But it never was. Then they came to the top of a hill， and there was a White house with a green garden and lots of fruit trees. ' Here we are！'Mother said.
Everyone hurried to get out of the carriage—— Robert，Anthea， Jane， Cyril， and Martha， the nursemaid， with the baby. But Mother did not hurry. The children ran round the house and all through the garden to see what there was. But Mother stood and watched the driver while he carried the boxes into the house.
The children loved the house. They knew immediately that they were going to be happy there. Mother did not like the house very much because it was old and there were no cup-boards. But it was deep in the country and after two years in London the children thought that it was wonderful. If you live in London and your family is not rich， you get bored because you cannot go to shops and theatres ，and people say，' Don't do this' and 'Don't go there. 'In the country you can go any-where and do anything.
The white house was on the hill， with a wood behind it and a gravel-pit on one side . It was at the gravel-pit， a week later，that the children found a fairy. Well， that was what it called itself. But it was different from other fairies.
It happened when Mother had to go and stay with Grand-mother，who was ill. Martha stayed with the children，of course. But the house was very quiet and empty. The children did not know what to do. Then Cyril said，' Let's go to the gravel-pit. '
The gravel-pit was very large， with grass and wild flowers round the sides at the top. When they got there， the children decided that they would go down into the pit to play in the sand.
' Let's dig a deep hole— perhaps we can get all the way down to Australia，'said Robert.
The others agreed and they all began to dig hard in the sand. But it was a very hot day. Baby went to sleep and Robert， Cyril， and Jane sat down to rest， but Anthea went on working on the hole.
Suddenly she screamed. ' Cyril！ Come here！ Quick！There's something alive！'she cried.
They all jumped up and hurried over to see what it was.
' It's got feet，'Anthea said. ' And fur. Don't hurt it. I know this sounds stupid， but it said something. '
' What did it say？' asked Cyril.
'It said，“You leave me alone. ”
The others just laughed， but the two boys began to move away more of the sand. Soon they could see that there really was something moving in the hole.
Suddenly a hard little voice cried，' Leave me alone！'
They all jumped back and no one spoke for a minute. Then Robert said，' But we want to see you. '
' Yes， I wish you'd come out，'Anthea said.
'Oh， well， if that's your wish，'the voice said， and the sand began to fly about everywhere. Then something brown and furry and fat fell out into the hole. ' I think I was asleep，'it said.
The children stood and looked at it. It really was very strange. It could move its eyes in and out on stalks， it had big ears and its body was fat and round and furry. Its legs and arms had soft fur all over them too， and it had hands and feet.
' What is it？' asked Jane. ' Shall we take it home？'
The thing turned its long eyes to look at her. ' Does she always say stupid things？'it said.
' She doesn't mean it，' Anthea said. ' Don't be afraid. We won't hurt you. '
The little thing was angry. ' Hurt me！ 'it cried. ' I'm not afraid of you