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1、更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgExtractsFromAdam'sDiaryExtractsFromAdam'sDiaryTranslatedfromtheoriginalMS.byMarkTwain1更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgExtractsFromAdam'sDiary[NOTE.--Itranslatedaportionofthisdiarysomeyearsago,andafriendofmineprintedafewcopiesinanincompleteform,butt
2、hepublicnevergotthem.SincethenIhavedecipheredsomemoreofAdam'shieroglyphics,andthinkhehasnowbecomesufficientlyimportantasapubliccharactertojustifythispublication.--M.T.]MondayThisnewcreaturewiththelonghairisagooddealintheway.Itisalwayshangingaroundandfoll
3、owingmeabout.Idon'tlikethis;Iamnotusedtocompany.Iwishitwouldstaywiththeotheranimals.Cloudyto-day,windintheeast;thinkweshallhaverain....WheredidIgetthatword?...Iremembernow--thenewcreatureusesit.TuesdayBeenexaminingthegreatwaterfall.Itisthefinestthingonth
4、eestate,Ithink.ThenewcreaturecallsitNiagaraFalls--why,IamsureIdonotknow.SaysitlookslikeNiagaraFalls.Thatisnotareason;itismerewaywardnessandimbecility.Igetnochancetonameanythingmyself.Thenewcreaturenameseverythingthatcomesalong,beforeIcangetinaprotest.And
5、alwaysthatsamepretextisoffered--itlookslikethething.Thereisthedodo,forinstance.Saysthemomentonelooksatitoneseesataglancethatit"lookslikeadodo."Itwillhavetokeepthatname,nodoubt.Itweariesmetofretaboutit,anditdoesnogood,anyway.Dodo!Itlooksnomorelikeadodotha
6、nIdo.WednesdayBuiltmeashelteragainsttherain,butcouldnothaveittomyselfinpeace.Thenewcreatureintruded.WhenItriedtoputitoutitshedwateroutoftheholesitlookswith,andwipeditawaywiththebackofitspaws,andmadeanoisesuchassomeoftheotheranimalsmakewhentheyareindistre
7、ss.Iwishitwouldnottalk;itisalwaystalking.Thatsoundslikeacheapflingatthepoorcreature,aslur;butIdonotmeanitso.Ihaveneverheardthehumanvoicebefore,andanynewandstrangesoundintrudingitselfhereuponthesolemnhushofthesedreamingsolitudes2更多好书请点击www.uus8.orgExtract
8、sFromAdam'sDiaryoffendsmyearandseemsafalsenote.Andthisnewsoundissoclosetome;itisrightatmyshoulder,rightatmyear,firstononesideandthenontheother,andIamusedonlytosoundsthataremoreorlessdistantfromme.FridayThenaminggoesreckles