《铁路边的孩子们》――有爱就有希望.docVIP

《铁路边的孩子们》――有爱就有希望 　　伊迪丝?内斯比特（Edith Nesbit， 1858～1924），英国著名小说家和诗人，其代表作包括奇幻魔法故事系列三部曲《五个孩子和一个怪物》（Five Children and It）、《五个孩子和凤凰与魔毯》（The Phoenix and the Carpet）、《五个孩子和一个护身符》（The Story of the Amulet）以及儿童小说《铁路边的孩子们》（The Railway Children）等。 　　《铁路边的孩子们》于1904年在《伦敦杂志》（The London Magazine）上连载，1906年正式出版，后被译成几十种语言，还曾多次被改编成音乐剧、电影、电视剧和动画片等。这部小说讲述了三个孩子在父亲蒙冤被捕后随母亲从大城市搬到铁路附近的乡下居住，在那里发生了许多传奇故事，最后父亲在好心人的帮助下洗清了冤屈。 　　下文选自小说第六章，讲述了三个孩子勇敢拯救一列火车及车上乘客的故事。 　　Look―cried Peter， suddenly―the tree over there！ 　　Its moving！ cried Bobbie. Oh， look！ And so are the others. 　　Its ALL coming down， Peter tried to say， but he found there was hardly any voice to say it with. And， indeed， just as he spoke， rock and trees and grass and bushes slipped and fell on the line with a blundering1） crash. 　　Look what a great mound2） its made！ said Bobbie. 　　Yes， said Peter， slowly. Then he stood upright. The 11.29 down hasnt gone by yet. We must let them know at the station， or therell be a most frightful accident. 　　Lets run， said Bobbie， and began. 　　But Peter cried， Come back！ and looked at Mothers watch. No time， he said， its two miles away， and its past eleven. If we had anything red， we could get down on the line and wave it. 　　But the train wouldnt see us till it got round the corner， and then it could see the mound just as well as us， said Phyllis. 　　If we only had something red， Peter repeated， we could go round the corner and wave to the train. 　　We might wave， anyway. 　　Theyd only think it was just US， as usual. Weve waved so often before. Anyway， lets get down. 　　They got down the steep stairs. Phyllis was red-faced. Oh， how hot I am！ she said， I wish we hadnt put on our flannel3） petticoats4）. 　　Oh， yes， Bobbie cried. THEYRE red！ Lets take them off. 　　They did， and with the petticoats rolled up under their arms， ran along the railway. Peter led， but the girls were not far behind. They reached the corner that hid the mound. 　　Now， said Peter， taking hold of the largest flannel pett