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《天使雕像》 　　E. L. 柯尼斯伯格（E. L. Konigsburg， 1930～2013），美国作家、插画家，史上两次获得纽伯瑞儿童文学奖的六位作家之一，代表作有《小巫婆求仙记》（Jennifer， Hecate， Macbeth， William McKinley， and Me， Elizabeth）、《相约星期六》（The View from Saturday）等。《天使雕像》（From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler）为她赢得了纽伯瑞儿童文学金奖。该书讲述12岁的克劳迪娅（Claudia）厌倦了枯燥的生活，带着九岁的弟弟杰米（Jamie）离家出走的故事。他们藏在纽约的大都会博物馆一个星期，为揭开天使雕像（Angel）的秘密与福兰克威尔夫人（Mrs. Frankweiler）结下了友谊，也在这场冒险中获得了成长。 　　下文选自小说第九章，讲述的是福兰克威尔夫人为他们揭开天使雕像的秘密之后与他们分享关于“秘密”的独特想法。 　　精彩片段 　　You wont tell my secret because if you do， Ill write you out of my will1）. You would lose all that money. You said that the sketch was worth quite a boodle2）. So youre going to be very good about keeping this secret. Claudia will keep quiet for a different reason. Her reason happens to be the same as mine. 　　Which is what？ Jamie asked. 　　Simply because it is a secret. It will enable her to return to Greenwich different. 　　Claudia looked at Jamie and nodded. Something I had just said made sense. 　　I continued， Returning with a secret is what she really wants. Angel had a secret and that made her exciting， important. Claudia doesnt want adventure. She likes baths and feeling comfortable too much for that kind of thing. Secrets are the kind of adventure she needs. Secrets are safe， and they do much to make you different. On the inside where it counts. I wont actually be getting a secret from you； Ill be getting details. Im a collector of all kinds of things besides art， I said pointing to my files. 　　If all those files are secrets， and if secrets make you different on the inside， then your insides， Mrs. Frankweiler， must be the most mixed-up， the most different insides Ive ever seen. Or any doctor has ever seen， either. 　　I grinned. Theres a lifetime of secrets in those files. But theres also just a lot of newspaper clippings. Junk. Its ahodgepodge3）. Like my art collection. Now， youll tell me all about your running away， and Ill add that to my files. 　　Whereas Jamies excitement bubbled4） out of hi