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1、THESNOWIMAGETHESNOWIMAGEbyHawthorne1THESNOWIMAGEACHILDISHMIRACLEOneafternoonofacoldwinter'sday,whenthesunshoneforthwithchillybrightness,afteralongstorm,twochildrenaskedleaveoftheirmothertorunoutandplayinthenew-fallensnow.Theelderchildwasalittlegirl,whom,becauseshewasofatenderandmodestdisposition,
2、andwasthoughttobeverybeautiful,herparents,andotherpeoplewhowerefamiliarwithher,usedtocallViolet.ButherbrotherwasknownbythestyleandtitleofPeony,onaccountoftheruddinessofhisbroadandroundlittlephiz,whichmadeeverybodythinkofsunshineandgreatscarletflowers.Thefatherofthesetwochildren,acertainMr.Lindsey
3、,itisimportanttosay,wasanexcellentbutexceedinglymatter-of-factsortofman,adealerinhardware,andwassturdilyaccustomedtotakewhatiscalledthecommon-senseviewofallmattersthatcameunderhisconsideration.Withaheartaboutastenderasotherpeople's,hehadaheadashardandimpenetrable,andtherefore,perhaps,asempty,ason
4、eoftheironpotswhichitwasapartofhisbusinesstosell.Themother'scharacter,ontheotherhand,hadastrainofpoetryinit,atraitofunworldlybeauty,--adelicateanddewyflower,asitwere,thathadsurvivedoutofherimaginativeyouth,andstillkeptitselfaliveamidthedustyrealitiesofmatrimonyandmotherhood.So,VioletandPeony,asIb
5、eganwithsaying,besoughttheirmothertoletthemrunoutandplayinthenewsnow;for,thoughithadlookedsodrearyanddismal,driftingdownwardoutofthegraysky,ithadaverycheerfulaspect,nowthatthesunwasshiningonit.Thechildrendweltinacity,andhadnowiderplay-placethanalittlegardenbeforethehouse,dividedbyawhitefencefromt
6、hestreet,andwithapear-treeandtwoorthreeplum-treesovershadowingit,andsomerose-bushesjustinfrontoftheparlor-windows.Thetreesandshrubs,however,werenowleafless,andtheirtwigswereenvelopedinthelightsnow,whichthusmadeakindofwintryfoliage,withhereandthereapendenticicleforthefruit."Yes,Violet,--yes,mylitt
7、lePeony,"saidtheirkindmother,"youmaygooutandplayinthenewsnow."Accordingly,thegoodladybundledupherdarlingsinwoollenjackets2THESNOWIMAGEandwaddedsacks,andputcomfortersroundtheirnecks,andapairofstripedgaitersoneachlittlep
