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1、BARNABYRUDGE-ATALEOFTHERIOTSOF'EIGHTYbyCharlesDickensPREFACEThelateMrWatertonhaving,sometimeago,expressedhisopinionthatravensaregraduallybecomingextinctinEngland,Iofferedthefewfollowingwordsaboutmyexperienceofthesebirds.Theraveninthisstoryisacompoundoftwogreatoriginals,ofwhom
2、Iwas,atdifferenttimes,theproudpossessor.Thefirstwasinthebloomofhisyouth,whenhewasdiscoveredinamodestretirementinLondon,byafriendofmine,andgiventome.Hehadfromthefirst,asSirHughEvanssaysofAnnePage,'goodgifts',whichheimprovedbystudyandattentioninamostexemplarymanner.Hesleptinast
3、able--generallyonhorseback--andsoterrifiedaNewfoundlanddogbyhispreternaturalsagacity,thathehasbeenknown,bythemeresuperiorityofhisgenius,towalkoffunmolestedwiththedog'sdinner,frombeforehisface.Hewasrapidlyrisinginacquirementsandvirtues,when,inanevilhour,hisstablewasnewlypainte
4、d.Heobservedtheworkmenclosely,sawthattheywerecarefulofthepaint,andimmediatelyburnedtopossessit.Ontheirgoingtodinner,heateupalltheyhadleftbehind,consistingofapoundortwoofwhitelead;andthisyouthfulindiscretionterminatedindeath.WhileIwasyetinconsolableforhisloss,anotherfriendofmi
5、neinYorkshirediscoveredanolderandmoregiftedravenatavillagepublic-house,whichheprevaileduponthelandlordtopartwithforaconsideration,andsentuptome.ThefirstactofthisSage,was,toadministertotheeffectsofhispredecessor,bydisinterringallthecheeseandhalfpencehehadburiedinthegarden--awo
6、rkofimmenselabourandresearch,towhichhedevotedalltheenergiesofhismind.Whenhehadachievedthistask,heappliedhimselftotheacquisitionofstablelanguage,inwhichhesoonbecamesuchanadept,thathewouldperchoutsidemywindowanddriveimaginaryhorseswithgreatskill,allday.PerhapsevenIneversawhimat
7、hisbest,forhisformermastersenthisdutywithhim,'andifIwishedthebirdtocomeoutverystrong,wouldIbesogoodastoshowhimadrunkenman'--whichIneverdid,having(unfortunately)nonebutsoberpeopleathand.ButIcouldhardlyhaverespectedhimmore,whateverthestimulatinginfluencesofthissightmighthavebee
8、n.Hehadnottheleastrespect,Iamsorrytosay,formeinreturn,orforanybodybu
