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1、THESNOW-IMAGE:ACHILDISHMIRACLEOneafternoonofacoldwinter'sday,whenthesunshoneforthwithchillybrightness,afteralongstorm,twochildrenaskedleaveoftheirmothertorunoutandplayinthenew-fallensnow.Theelderchildwasalittlegirl,whom,becauseshewasofatenderandmodestdi
2、sposition,andwasthoughttobeverybeautiful,herparents,andotherpeoplewhowerefamiliarwithher,usedtocallViolet.ButherbrotherwasknownbythestyleandtitleofPeony,onaccountoftheruddinessofhisbroadandroundlittlephiz,whichmadeeverybodythinkofsunshineandgreatscarlet
3、flowers.Thefatherofthesetwochildren,acertainMr.Lindsey,itisimportanttosay,wasanexcellentbutexceedinglymatter-of-factsortofman,adealerinhardware,andwassturdilyaccustomedtotakewhatiscalledthecommon-senseviewofallmattersthatcameunderhisconsideration.Withah
4、eartaboutastenderasotherpeople's,hehadaheadashardandimpenetrable,andtherefore,perhaps,asempty,asoneoftheironpotswhichitwasapartofhisbusinesstosell.Themother'scharacter,ontheotherhand,hadastrainofpoetryinit,atraitofunworldlybeauty,--adelicateanddewyflowe
5、r,asitwere,thathadsurvivedoutofherimaginativeyouth,andstillkeptitselfaliveamidthedustyrealitiesofmatrimonyandmotherhood.So,VioletandPeony,asIbeganwithsaying,besoughttheirmothertoletthemrunoutandplayinthenewsnow;for,thoughithadlookedsodrearyanddismal,dri
6、ftingdownwardoutofthegraysky,ithadaverycheerfulaspect,nowthatthesunwasshiningonit.Thechildrendweltinacity,andhadnowiderplay-placethanalittlegardenbeforethehouse,dividedbyawhitefencefromthestreet,andwithapear-treeandtwoorthreeplum-treesovershadowingit,an
7、dsomerose-bushesjustinfrontoftheparlor-windows.Thetreesandshrubs,however,werenowleafless,andtheirtwigswereenvelopedinthelightsnow,whichthusmadeakindofwintryfoliage,withhereandthereapendenticicleforthefruit."Yes,Violet,--yes,mylittlePeony,"saidtheirkindm
8、other,"youmaygooutandplayinthenewsnow."Accordingly,thegoodladybundledupherdarlingsinwoollenjacketsandwaddedsacks,andputcomfortersroundtheirnecks,andapairofstripedgaitersoneachlittlepairoflegs,andworstedmittensontheirhands,andgave
