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1、The Bell.Deep 钟渊"Ding-dong!Ding-dong!"ringsoutfromtheBellDeepintheOdenseRiver.Andwhatsortofriveristhat?Why,everychildinOdenseTownknowsitwell.Itflowsaroundthefootofthegardens,fromthelockstothewatermill,underthewoodenbridges.Yellowwaterliliesgrowintheriver,andbrown,featherlikereeds,and
2、theblack,velvetybulrushes,sohighandsothick.Decayedoldwillowtrees,bentandgnarled,hangfaroverthewaterbesidethemonks'marshandthepalemeadows;butalittleabovearethemanygardens,eachverydifferentfromthenext.Somehavebeautifulflowersandarborsascleanandneatasdolls'houses,whilesomehaveonlycabbag
3、es,andinothersnoattemptsatformalgardenscanbeseenatall,onlygreateldertreesstretchingoutandoverhangingtherunningwater,whichinplacesisdeeperthatanoarcanmeasure.Thedeepestpartisrightoppositetheoldnunnery.ItiscalledtheBellDeep,anditistherethattheMermanlives.Byday,whenthesunshinesthroughth
4、ewater,hesleeps,butonclear,starry,ormoonlitnightshecomesforth.Heisveryold;Grandmotherhasheardofhimfromhergrandmother,shesays;andhelivesalonelylife,withhardlyanyonetospeaktoexceptthebigoldchurchbell.Itusedtohangupinthesteepleofthechurch,butnownotraceislefteitherofthesteepleorofthechur
5、chitself,whichusedtobecalledSt.Alban's."Ding-dong!Ding-dong!"rangtheBellwhenithunginthesteeple.Butoneevening,justasthesunwassettingandtheBellwasinfullswing,ittorelooseandflewthroughtheair,itsshiningmetalglowingintheredbeamsofthesunset."Ding-dong!Ding-dong!NowI'mgoingtobed!"sangtheBel
6、l,anditflewintothedeepestspotoftheOdenseRiver,whichiswhythatspotisnowcalledtheBellDeep.Butitfoundneithersleepnorrestthere,foritstillringsandclangsdownattheMerman's;oftenitcanbeheardupabove,throughthewater,andmanypeoplesaythatitringstoforetellthedeathofsomeone-butthatisnotthereason;no
7、,itreallyringstotalktotheMerman,whothenisnolongeralone.AndwhatstoriesdoestheBelltell?Itissoveryold;itwascastbeforeGrandmother'sgrandmotherwasborn,yetitwasscarcelymorethanachildcomparedwiththeMerman.Heisaquiet,odd-lookingoldfellow,withpantsofeelskin,ascalycoatdecoratedwithyellowwaterl
8、ilies,bulrus
