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1、TheGoldenAgeTheGoldenAgeByKennethGrahame1TheGoldenAgePROLOGUE:THEOLYMPIANSLookingbacktothosedaysofold,erethegateshutbehindme,Icanseenowthattochildrenwithaproperequipmentofparentsthesethingswouldhavewornadifferentaspect.Buttothosewhosenearestwereauntsanduncles,aspecialattitudeofmindmayb
2、eallowed.Theytreatedus,indeed,withkindnessenoughastotheneedsoftheflesh,butafterthatwithindifference(anindifference,asIrecognise,theresultofacertainstupidity),andtherewiththecommonplaceconvictionthatyourchildismerelyanimal.AtaveryearlyageIrememberrealisinginaquiteimpersonalandkindlywayt
3、heexistenceofthatstupidity,anditstremendousinfluenceintheworld;whiletheregrewupinme,asintheparallelcaseofCalibanuponSetebos,avaguesenseofarulingpower,wilfulandfreakish,andpronetothepracticeofvagaries--"justchoosingso:"as,forinstance,thegivingofauthorityoverustothesehopelessandincapable
4、creatures,whenitmightfarmorereasonablyhavebeengiventoourselvesoverthem.Theseelders,ourbettersbyatrickofchance,commandednorespect,butonlyacertainblendofenvy--oftheirgoodluck--andpity--fortheirinabilitytomakeuseofit.Indeed,itwasoneofthemosthopelessfeaturesintheircharacter(whenwetroubledo
5、urselvestowasteathoughtonthem:whichwasn'toften)that,havingabsolutelicencetoindulgeinthepleasuresoflife,theycouldgetnogoodofit.Theymightdabbleinthepondallday,huntthechickens,climbtreesinthemostuncompromisingSundayclothes;theywerefreetoissueforthandbuygunpowderinthefulleyeofthesun--freet
6、ofirecannonsandexplodeminesonthelawn:yettheyneverdidanyoneofthesethings.NoirresistibleEnergyhaledthemtochurcho'Sundays;yettheywentthereregularlyoftheirownaccord,thoughtheybetrayednogreaterdelightintheexperiencethanourselves.Onthewhole,theexistenceoftheseOlympiansseemedtobeentirelyvoido
7、finterests,evenastheirmovementswereconfinedandslow,andtheirhabitsstereotypedandsenseless.Toanythingbutappearancestheywereblind.Forthemtheorchard(aplaceelf-haunted,wonderful!)2TheGoldenAgesimplyproducedsomanyapplesandcherries:oritdidn't,whenthefailuresofNaturewerenotinfrequentlyascrib
