《听故事学英文之安徒生童话——幸福的家庭》.pdfVIP

听故事学英文之安徒生童话——幸福的家庭 THEHAPPYFAMILY Really,the largestgreenleafinthis countryisadock-leaf;ifone holds it beforeone, itislike awhole apron,andifone holds itoverones headin rainyweather,it isalmostasgoodasanumbrella,foritissoimmensely large.The burdocknevergrows alone, butwhere theregrows one there always growseveral:itisa greatdelight,andallthisdelightfulness issnails food.The great white snailswhichpersons ofquality informertimes made fricasseesof,ate,andsaid, Hem, hem! howdelicious! fortheythought it tastedsodelicate--livedon dock-leaves, andtherefore burdockseeds were sown. Now,therewasanoldmanor-house, where theyno longeratesnails, theywere quiteextinct;but the burdockswere not extinct, theygrewandgrew allover thewalksandallthebeds; theycouldnot getthe masteryoverthem--it wasa whole forestof burdocks.Hereandtherestood anapple andaplum-tree,or else one neverwouldhave thought thatitwasa garden; allwasburdocks, and therelived the two lastvenerableoldsnails. Theythemselves knewnot howold theywere, but theycouldrememberverywell thatthere hadbeen many more; thattheywereof afamilyfromforeignlands, andthat forthem andtheirsthewhole forest wasplanted.They hadneverbeen outside it,but theyknewthattherewasstill somethingmore inthe world, whichwascalledthemanor-house, andthatthere theywereboiled,andthen theybecame black,andwerethen placed ona silverdish; but whathappened furthertheyknewnot; or,infact, whatitwastobeboiled,and tolieon a silverdish, theycouldnot possibly imagine; but itwassaidtobe delightful,andparticularlygenteel. Neitherthe chafers,the toads,northe earth-worms,whomtheyasked aboutitcouldgive themanyinformation--none of themhad beenboiledor laidon asilverdish. The old white snailswerethe firstpersons ofdistinction inthe world,that theyknew; the forest wasplanted fortheirsake,andthe manor-house was therethattheymight beboiled andlaidon asilverdish. Nowtheylived averylonelyandhappylife;andastheyhadno childr