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1、The Ice Maiden 冰姑娘LetusvisitSwitzerland.Letustakealookatthatmagnificentlandofmountains,wheretheforestscreepupthesidesofthesteeprockywalls;letusclimbtothedazzlingsnow-fieldsabove,anddescendagaintothegreenvalleysbelow,wheretheriversandstreamsrushalongasifafraid
2、theywillbetoolatetoreachtheoceananddisappear.Theburningraysofthesunshineinthedeepdalesandalsoontheheavymassesofsnowabove,sothattheiceblockswhichhavebeenpilingforyearsmeltandturntothunderingavalanchesorheaped-upglaciers.Twosuchglacierslieinthebroadravinesunder
3、theSchreckhornandtheWetterhorn,nearthelittlemountaintownofGrindelwald.Theyarestrangetolookat,andforthatreason,insummertimemanytravelerscomeherefromallpartsoftheworld.Theycrossthelofty,snow-cappedhills,andtheycomethroughthedeepvalleys;thentheyhavetoclimbforsev
4、eralhours,andastheyascend,thevalleysseemtobecomedeeperanddeeper,untiltheylookasiftheyarebeingviewedfromaballoon.Oftenthecloudshangaroundthetoweringpeakslikethickcurtainsofsmoke,whiledowninthevalleydottedwithbrownwoodenhouses,arayofthesunmaybeshiningbrightly,t
5、hrowingintosharpreliefabrilliantpatchofgreen,untilitseemstransparent.Thewaterfoamsandroars,andrushesalongbelow,butupabovethewatermurmursandtinkles;itlooksasifsilverribbonswerestreamingdownovertherocks.Onbothsidesoftheascendingroadarewoodenhouses.Eachhousehasi
6、tslittlepotatogarden,andthisisarealnecessity;forwithinthosedoorsaremanyhungrymouths-therearemanychildren,andchildrenareoftenwastefulwithfood.Fromallthecottagestheyswarmoutandbesiegetravelers,whetherthesebeonfootorincarriages.Allthechildrenarelittlemerchants;t
7、heyofferforsalecharmingtoywoodenhouses,replicasofthosethatarebuilthereinthemountains.Sometwentyyearsagothereoftenstoodhere,butalwayssomewhatapartfromtheotherchildren,alittleboywhowasalsoeagertodosomebusiness.Hewouldstandtherewithanearnest,graveexpression,hold
8、inghischip-boxtightlywithbothhands,asifafraidoflosingit;butitwasthisseriousness,andthefactthathewassosmall,thatcausedhimtobenoticedandcalledforward,sothatheoftensoldmorethanalltheothers-h
