牛津書(shū)蟲(chóng)系列一級(jí)猴爪

2024年3月15日發(fā)(作者：岳飛是哪個(gè)朝代的人)

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你可以許三個(gè)愿，你可以要世界上存在的三樣?xùn)|西，你的愿望將變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實(shí)。你會(huì)說(shuō)，“這

在現(xiàn)實(shí)世界是不可能發(fā)生的。”那么，好好想想吧。你能要什么？你想要什么？

當(dāng)你許愿的時(shí)候，這僅僅是個(gè)開(kāi)始。當(dāng)你改變了一樣?xùn)|西，接著你會(huì)改變世界上的每一

樣?xùn)|西。一個(gè)變化引起另一個(gè)變化。誰(shuí)又能知道這些變化又將在哪里結(jié)束？

在這個(gè)故事中，懷特一家可以許三個(gè)愿，但他們犯了一個(gè)小小的錯(cuò)誤。他們的第一個(gè)愿

望變成了現(xiàn)實(shí)。接著，頃刻間，他們的生活陷入了一場(chǎng)可怕的惡夢(mèng)……

雅各布斯（1863—1943）是一位短篇小說(shuō)作家。《猴爪》是他的最有名的小說(shuō)之一。

Chapter 1

It was cold and dark out in the road and the rain did not stop for a minute．But in the little

living－room of number 12 Castle Road it was nice and warm．Old Mr White and his son，

Herbert， played chess and Mrs White sat and watched them． The old woman was happy becau

her husband and her son were good friends and they liked to be together．'Herbert's a good son，'

she thought．'We waited a long time for him and I was nearly forty when he was born， but we are

a happy family．' And old Mrs White smiled．

It was true．Herbert was young and he laughed a lot， but his mother and his father laughed

with him． They had not got much money， but they were a very happy little family．

The two men did not talk becau they played carefully． The room was quiet， but the noi

of the rain was wor now and they could hear it on the windows． Suddenly Old Mr White

looked up．'Listen to the rain！' he said．

'Yes， it's a bad night，' Herbert answered．'It's not a good night to be out． But is your friend，

Tom Morris，coming tonight？'

'Yes， that's right． He's coming at about ven o'clock，'the old man said．'But perhaps this

rain…'

Mr White did not finish becau just then the young man heard a noi．

'Listen！'Herbert said．'There's someone at the doornow．'

'I didn't hear a noi，' his father answered， but he got up from his chair and went to open the

front door． Mrs White got up too and began to put things away．

Mr White said，'Come in， come in， Tom． It's wonderful to e you again． What a bad

night！ Give me your coat and then come into the living－room． It's nice and warm in there．'

The front door was open， and in the living-room Mrs White and Herbert felt the cold． Then

Mr White came back into the living－room with a big，red-faced man．

'This is Tom Morris，' Mr White told his wife and son． 'We were friends when we were

young． We worked together

before Tom went to India． Tom， this is my wife and this is our son， Herbert．'

'Plead to meet you，' Tom Morris said．

'Plead to meet you， Mr Morris，' Mrs White answered．'Plea come and sit down．'

'Yes， come on， Tom，' Mr White said．'Over here．It's nice and warm．'

'Thank you，'the big man answered and he sat down．

'Let's have some whisky，'Old Mr White said．'You need something to warm you on a cold night．'

He got out a bottle of whisky and the two old friends began to drink and talk． The little family

listened with interest to this visitor from far away and he told them many strange stories．

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外面的馬路上又冷又黑，雨一直下個(gè)不停。但城堡路12號(hào)的一間小客廳里卻滿暖和。

老懷特先生和他的兒子赫伯特在下象棋，懷特太太坐在一旁看著他們。老婦人因她的丈夫和

兒子是好朋友并樂(lè)于在一起而高興。“赫伯特是一個(gè)好孩子，我們等了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才要到的孩

子，他出生的時(shí)俟我都快四十歲了，但我們的家庭很幸福。”老懷特太太想著、想著，臉上

露出了笑容。

這是事實(shí)，赫伯特年輕又愛(ài)笑，他的母親和父親也總跟著樂(lè)。他們并沒(méi)有很多錢，但他

們有一個(gè)幸福的小家庭。

兩個(gè)男人無(wú)言地下著棋。房間里很安靜，但雨聲現(xiàn)在更大了，他們能聽(tīng)到雨點(diǎn)打在窗上

的聲音。突然，老懷特先生抬起頭說(shuō)，“聽(tīng)聽(tīng)雨聲！”