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1、1872FAIRYTALESOFHANSCHRISTIANANDERSENACHEERFULTEMPERbyHansChristianAndersenFROMmyfatherIreceivedthebestinheritance,namelya"goodtemper.""Andwhowasmyfather?"Thathasnothingtodowiththegoodtemper;butIwillsayhewaslively,good-lookinground,andfat;hewasbothinappear
2、anceandcharacteracompletecontradictiontohisprofession."Andpraywhatwashisprofessionandhisstandinginrespectablesociety?"Well,perhaps,ifinthebeginningofabookthesewerewrittenandprinted,many,whentheyreadit,wouldlaythebookdownandsay,"Itseemstomeaverymiserabletit
3、le,Idon'tlikethingsofthissort."Andyetmyfatherwasnotaskin-dressernoranexecutioner;onthecontrary,hisemploymentplacedhimattheheadofthegrandestpeopleofthetown,anditwashisplacebyright.Hehadtoprecedethebishop,andeventheprincesoftheblood;healwayswentfirst,-hewasa
4、hearsedriver!There,now,thetruthisout.AndIwillown,thatwhenpeoplesawmyfatherperchedupinfrontoftheomnibusofdeath,dressedinhislong,wide,blackcloak,andhisblack-edged,three-corneredhatonhishead,andthenglancedathisround,jocundface,roundasthesun,theycouldnotthinkm
5、uchofsorroworthegrave.Thatfacesaid,"Itisnothing,itwillallendbetterthanpeoplethink."SoIhaveinheritedfromhim,notonlymygoodtemper,butahabitofgoingoftentothechurchyard,whichisgood,whendoneinaproperhumor;andthenalsoItakeintheIntelligencer,justasheusedtodo.Iamno
6、tveryyoung,Ihaveneitherwifenorchildren,noralibrary,but,asIsaid,IreadtheIntelligencer,whichisenoughforme;itistomeadelightfulpaper,andsoitwastomyfather.Itisofgreatuse,foritcontainsallthatamanrequirestoknow;thenamesofthepreachersatthechurch,andthenewbookswhic
7、harepublished;wherehouses,servants,clothes,andprovisionsmaybeobtained.Andthenwhatanumberofsubscriptionstocharities,andwhatinnocentverses!Personsseekinginterviewsandengagements,allsoplainlyandnaturallystated.Certainly,amanwhotakesintheIntelligencermayliveme
8、rrilyandbeburiedcontentedly,andbytheendofhislifewillhavesuchacapitalstockofpaperthathecanlieonasoftbedofit,unlesshepreferswoodshavingsforhisresting-place.Thenewspaperandthechurchyardwerealwaysexcitingobjectst
