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1、Children’S Prattle 孩子们的闲话Therewasalargepartyforchildrenatthehouseofthemerchant;richpeople'schildrenandimportantpeople'schildrenwereallthere.Theirhost,themerchant,wasalearnedman;hisfatherhadinsistedthathehaveacollegeeducation.Yousee,hisfatherhadbeenonlyacattledealer,buthehadalwaysbeenhonestandthrift
2、y.Thisbusinesshadbroughthimafortune,andhisson,themerchant,hadlatermanagedtoincreasethisfortune.Cleverashewas,healsohadakindheart,buttherewaslesstalkabouthisheartthanabouthismoney.Hishousewasalwaysfullofguests;somewhohad"blueblood,"asitiscalled,andsomewhohadmind;somewhohadboth,andsomewhohadneither.B
3、utthistimeitwasachildren'sparty,withchildren'sprattle;andchildrensaywhattheymean.Amongtheguestswasaprettylittlegirl,mostabsurdlyproudthatherfatherwasagroomofthebedchamber.Theservantshadtaughtherthisarrogance,notherparents;theyweremuchtoosensible."I'machildofthechamber,"shesaid.Shemightaswellhavebee
4、nachildofthecellar,fornoonecanhelphisbirth.Thensheexplainedtotheotherchildrenthatshehad"birth,"andinsistedthatanyonewhodidn'thave"birth"fromthebeginningcouldn'tinanywaygetit;itdidnogoodtostudyorbeeversoindustriousifyoudidn'thave"birth."Andasforpeoplewhosenamesendedwith"sen,"shedeclared,"They'llneve
5、ramounttoanything.Youmustputyourarmsoutatthesideandkeepthem,these'sen'people,atadistance,likethis!"Andwiththisshestretchedherdelicatelittlearmswiththeelbowsturnedouttoshowwhatshemeant-andthelittlearmswereverypretty.Sweetchild!Butthelittledaughterofthemerchantwasveryangry,forherfather'snamewasMadsen
6、,andofcoursesheknewthatendedwith"sen,"sosheanswered,asproudlyasshecould:"Myfathercanbuyahundreddollars'worthofsugarcandyandjustthrowitaway;canyourfatheraffordtodothat?""Yes,butmyfather,"saidthelittledaughterofawriter,"canputyourfatherandherfatherandeverybodyelse'sfatherintoanewspaper!Mymothersaysev
7、erybodyisafraidofhimbecauseheownsthepaper!"Andthenshestruttedasthoughshewereareallittleprincesswhoknowshowtostrut!Meanwhileapoorboystoodrightoutsidethehalf-opendoor,peepingthroughthecrack.Thisyoungsterwasso
