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1、TheOpenWindowBasedonastorybyFrankStocktonAbouttheauthor:FrankStockton(1834・1902)wasbominPhiladelphia・Stocktonwasanengraverbytrade,buthespentmuchofhistimewritingstories.Hisearlieststorieswereforchildren,butlaterhebeganwritingforadults.StocktonwasoneofthemostfamousAm
2、ericanwritersofthe1880sand1890s.HewaswidelyadmiredinhisdayandevenMarkTwainwasoneofhisfans."TheLadyortheTiger?"isStockton^sbestknownwork.Whenitwaspunishedin1882,itcausedasensationthroughoutthecountryasreadersdebatedwhattheendingshouldbe.ThetextManyyearsagotherelived
3、acruelandsavageking.Thiskinghadawildandviolentimagination,andsincehewasking,hehadthepowertomakehiswishescometrue.Thekinglovedtodiscussthingswithhimself.Whenheandhimselfagreedonsomething,thekingcommandedthatitbedone,anditwasdoneatoncebecauseeveryoneinthekingdomwasaf
4、raidoftheking.Whenthingwentsmoothly,thekingwaspleasantandcalm.Butwhenaproblemarose,hiseyesgleamedandherubbedhishandstogetherwithgleesincetherewasnothinghelovedmorethancorrectingthingsthatwerewronganddestroyingthosewhoneededtobepunished・[1]Thekinghadheardaboutthepub
5、licarena一aplacewheremenandwildanimalscoulddemonstratetheircourageandstrengthbyfightingeachother,Theideaappealedverymuchtothisbarbaricking.Butheuseditinadifferentway一topunishtheguiltyandrewardtheinnocent.Hereishowitworked・Whenamanwasaccusedofaseriouscrime,thekingpos
6、tedanotice.Itsaidthatinacertaindaytheman'sfatewouldbedecidedintheking'sarena・Everyonewasinvitedtoattendthetrail.Theking^sarena!Ah,howwellitdeservedthatname!Yousee,theideaofanarenawasnotnew,butthewayitwasusedherewasdifferent,andcamesolelyfromthebrainoftheking.Hethou
7、ghtofitbecauseitdelightedhimandgavehimpleasure・Onthedayofthetrail,alargecrowdwouldgatherintheking'sarena.Aftereveryonewasseated,thekingentered,followedbyhiscourt.Thekingsatonhisroyalthroneononesideofthearena・Whenthekinggaveasignal,adoorwouldopenandtheaccusedmanwoul
8、dstepoutintothearena・Oppositehim,ontheothersideofthearena,weretwodoors,exactlyalikeandsidebyside.Thepersonontrailwouldwalktothesedoorsandopenoneo
