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1、TheStoryofaBadBoyTheStoryofaBadBoyByThomasBaileyAldrich1TheStoryofaBadBoyCHAPTEROneInWhichIIntroduceMyselfThisisthestoryofabadboy.Well,notsuchaverybad,butaprettybadboy;andIoughttoknow,forIam,orratherIwas,thatboymyself.Lestthetitleshouldmisleadthereader,IhastentoassurehimherethatIhavenodarkconf
2、essionstomake.Icallmystorythestoryofabadboy,partlytodistinguishmyselffromthosefaultlessyounggentlemenwhogenerallyfigureinnarrativesofthiskind,andpartlybecauseIreallywasnotacherub.ImaytruthfullysayIwasanamiable,impulsivelad,blessedwithfinedigestivepowers,andnohypocrite.Ididn'twanttobeanangeland
3、withtheangelsstand;Ididn'tthinkthemissionarytractspresentedtomebytheRev.WibirdHawkinswerehalfsoniceasRobinsonCrusoe;andIdidn'tsendmylittlepocket-moneytothenativesoftheFeejeeIslands,butspentitroyallyinpeppermint-dropsandtaffycandy.Inshort,Iwasarealhumanboy,suchasyoumaymeetanywhereinNewEngland,a
4、ndnomoreliketheimpossibleboyinastorybookthanasoundorangeislikeonethathasbeensuckeddry.Butletusbeginatthebeginning.Wheneveranewscholarcametoourschool,Iusedtoconfronthimatrecesswiththefollowingwords:"Myname'sTomBailey;what'syourname?"Ifthenamestruckmefavorably,Ishookhandswiththenewpupilcordially
5、;butifitdidn't,Iwouldturnonmyheel,forIwasparticularonthispoint.SuchnamesasHiggins,Wiggins,andSprigginsweredeadlyaffrontstomyear;whileLangdon,Wallace,Blake,andthelike,werepasswordstomyconfidenceandesteem.Ahme!someofthosedearfellowsareratherelderlyboysbythistime-lawyers,merchants,sea-captains,so
6、ldiers,authors,whatnot?PhilAdams(aspecialgoodnamethatAdams)isconsulatShanghai,whereIpicturehimtomyselfwithhisheadcloselyshaved-heneverhadtoomuchhair-andalongpigtailbangingdownbehind.Heismarried,Ihear;andIhopeheandshethatwasMissWangWangareveryhappytogether,sittingcross-leggedovertheirdiminutive
7、cupsofteainaskybluetowerhungwithbells.ItissoIthinkofhim;tomeheishenceforthajewelled2TheStoryofaBadBoymandarin,talkingnothingbutbrokenChina.Whitcombisajudge,sedateandwise,withspectaclesbalancedonthebridgeofthatremarkablenosewhich,informe
