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1、ExcerptfromChapter6:Visitors节选自第六章《访客》Heinterestedmebecausehewassoquietandsolitaryandsohappywithal;awellofgoodhumorandcontentmentwhichoverflowedathiseyes.Hismirthwaswithoutalloy.SometimesIsawhimathisworkinthewoods,fellingtrees,andhewouldgreetmewithalaughofinexpressiblesatisfaction,andas
2、alutationinCanadianFrench,thoughhespokeEnglishaswell.WhenIapproachedhimhewouldsuspendhiswork,andwithhalf-suppressedmirthliealongthetrunkofapinewhichhehadfelled,and,peelingofftheinnerbark,rollitupintoaballandchewitwhilehelaughedandtalked.Suchanexuberanceofanimalspiritshadhethathesometime
3、stumbleddownandrolledonthegroundwithlaughteratanythingwhichmadehimthinkandtickledhim.Lookingrounduponthetreeshewouldexclaim—“ByGeorge!Icanenjoymyselfwellenoughherechopping;Iwantnobettersport.”Sometimes,whenatleisure,heamusedhimselfalldayinthewoodswithapocketpistol,firingsalutestohimself
4、atregularintervalsashewalked.Inthewinterhehadafirebywhichatnoonhewarmedhiscoffeeinakettle;andashesatonalogtoeathisdinnerthechickadeeswouldsometimescomeroundandalightonhisarmandpeckatthepotatoinhisfingers;andhesaidthathe“likedtohavethelittlefellersabouthim.”Inhimtheanimalmanchieflywasdev
5、eloped.Inphysicalenduranceandcontentmenthewascousintothepineandtherock.Iaskedhimonceifhewasnotsometimestiredatnight,afterworkingallday;andheanswered,withasincereandseriouslook,“Gorrappit,Ineverwastiredinmylife.”Buttheintellectualandwhatiscalledspiritualmaninhimwereslumberingasinaninfant
6、.HehadbeeninstructedonlyinthatinnocentandineffectualwayinwhichtheCatholicprieststeachtheaborigines,bywhichthepupilisnevereducatedtothedegreeofconsciousness,butonlytothedegreeoftrustandreverence,andachildisnotmadeaman,butkeptachild.WhenNaturemadehim,shegavehimastrongbodyandcontentmentfor
7、hisportion,andproppedhimoneverysidewithreverenceandreliance,thathemightliveouthisthreescoreyearsandtenachild.Hewassogenuineandunsophisticatedthatnointroductionwouldservetointroducehim,morethanifyouintroducedawoodchucktoyourneighbor.Heparticularlyreverencedthewriterandthepreache
