LESSON 6 AFRAID IN THE DARK 害怕黑暗

1.“Willie, will you run upstairs, and get my needle book from the bureau?”

2.But Willie did not stir.“Willie!” said mamma.She thought he had not heard.

3.“I’m afraid,” said Willie.

4.“Afraid of what?”

5.“It’s dark up there.”

6.“What is the dark?” asked mamma.“See! It is nothing but a shadow.” And she held her hand between the lamp and the workbasket on the table.

7.“Now it is dark in the basket; but as soon as I take my hand away, it is light.”

8.“Come and stand between the lamp and the wall, Willie.See! There is your shadow on the wall.Can your shadow hurt you?”

9.“Oh no, mamma! I am sure it can not hurt me.”

10.“Well, the dark is only a big shadow over everything.”

11.“What makes the big shadow, mamma?”

12.“I will tell you all about that, Willie, when you are a little older.But now, I wish you would fi nd me a brave boy who is not afraid of shadows, to run upstairs and get my needlebook.”

Beautiful faces are they that wear

The light of a pleasant spirit there;

Beautiful hands are they that do

Deeds that are noble good and true;

Beautiful feet are they that go

Swiftly to lighten another’s woe.

13.“I am brave, mamma.I will go.—Here it is.”

14.“Thank you, my brave little man.You see the dark didn’t hurt you.”

【中文阅读】

1.“威利，上楼帮我把写字台抽屉里的针线盒拿下来好吗？”

2.但威利没反应。“威利！”妈妈喊道。她以为威利没有听见。

3.“我害怕。”威利说。

4.“你怕什么？”

5.“楼上很黑。”

6.“黑什么？”妈妈问道，“看，楼上除了影子外，什么都没有。”妈妈把手放在桌子上的台灯和篮子之间。

7.“现在篮子上有暗影了，但当我拿开手时，篮子就又亮了。”

8.“威利，过来站在台灯和墙之间。看！墙上有你的影子，你的影子能伤到你吗？”

9.“噢，不能，妈妈，影子肯定伤不到我。”

10.“黑暗只不过是东西后面的大影子。”

11.“妈妈，这个大影子是怎么形成的？”

12.“威利，等你长大了我再告诉你吧。不过现在，我希望你是一个勇敢的孩子，不怕影子。上楼去把我的针线盒拿下来吧。”

13.“妈妈，我很勇敢，我去拿。……妈妈，给你。”

14.“谢谢，我勇敢的小男子汉。妈妈说对了吧，影子没有伤到你吧。”

拥有美丽面容，

传递快乐精神；

拥有美丽双手，

行出美善真理；

拥有美丽双脚，

驱走他人痛苦。