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1、TheAwakeningandSelectedShortStoriesTheAwakeningandSelectedShortStoriesbyKateChopin1TheAwakeningandSelectedShortStoriesTHEAWAKENINGIAgreenandyellowparrot,whichhunginacageoutsidethedoor,keptrepeatingoverandover:"Allezvous-en!Allezvous-en!Sapristi!That'sallright!"HecouldspeakalittleSpanish,an
2、dalsoalanguagewhichnobodyunderstood,unlessitwasthemocking-birdthathungontheothersideofthedoor,whistlinghisflutynotesoutuponthebreezewithmaddeningpersistence.Mr.Pontellier,unabletoreadhisnewspaperwithanydegreeofcomfort,arosewithanexpressionandanexclamationofdisgust.Hewalkeddownthegalleryand
3、acrossthenarrow"bridges"whichconnectedtheLebruncottagesonewiththeother.Hehadbeenseatedbeforethedoorofthemainhouse.TheparrotandthemockingbirdwerethepropertyofMadameLebrun,andtheyhadtherighttomakeallthenoisetheywished.Mr.Pontellierhadtheprivilegeofquittingtheirsocietywhentheyceasedtobeentert
4、aining.Hestoppedbeforethedoorofhisowncottage,whichwasthefourthonefromthemainbuildingandnexttothelast.Seatinghimselfinawickerrockerwhichwasthere,heoncemoreappliedhimselftothetaskofreadingthenewspaper.ThedaywasSunday;thepaperwasadayold.TheSundaypapershadnotyetreachedGrandIsle.Hewasalreadyacq
5、uaintedwiththemarketreports,andheglancedrestlesslyovertheeditorialsandbitsofnewswhichhehadnothadtimetoreadbeforequittingNewOrleansthedaybefore.Mr.Pontellierworeeye-glasses.Hewasamanofforty,ofmediumheightandratherslenderbuild;hestoopedalittle.Hishairwasbrownandstraight,partedononeside.Hisbe
6、ardwasneatlyandcloselytrimmed.Onceinawhilehewithdrewhisglancefromthenewspaperandlookedabouthim.Therewasmorenoisethaneveroveratthehouse.2TheAwakeningandSelectedShortStoriesThemainbuildingwascalled"thehouse,"todistinguishitfromthecottages.Thechatteringandwhistlingbirdswerestillatit.Twoyoungg
7、irls,theFarivaltwins,wereplayingaduetfrom"Zampa"uponthepiano.MadameLebrunwasbustlinginandout,givingordersinahighkeytoayard-boywhenevershegotinsidethehouse,anddirectionsinanequallyhighvoicetoadining-roomservantwhenevershegotoutside.Shewasafresh,prettywoman,clad
