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.”

【中文閱讀】

1.“威利，上樓幫我把寫字臺抽屜里的針線盒拿下來好嗎？”

2.但威利沒反應。“威利！”媽媽喊道。她以為威利沒有聽見。

3.“我害怕。”威利說。

4.“你怕什么？”

5.“樓上很黑。”

6.“黑什么？”媽媽問道，“看，樓上除了影子外，什么都沒有。”媽媽把手放在桌子上的臺燈和籃子之間。

7.“現在籃子上有暗影了，但當我拿開手時，籃子就又亮了。”

8.“威利，過來站在臺燈和墻之間。看！墻上有你的影子，你的影子能傷到你嗎？”

9.“噢，不能，媽媽，影子肯定傷不到我。”

10.“黑暗只不過是東西后面的大影子。”

11.“媽媽，這個大影子是怎么形成的？”

12.“威利，等你長大了我再告訴你吧。不過現在，我希望你是一個勇敢的孩子，不怕影子。上樓去把我的針線盒拿下來吧。”

13.“媽媽，我很勇敢，我去拿。……媽媽，給你。”

14.“謝謝，我勇敢的小男子漢。媽媽說對了吧，影子沒有傷到你吧。”

擁有美麗面容，

傳遞快樂精神；

擁有美麗雙手，

行出美善真理；

擁有美麗雙腳，

驅走他人痛苦。