FiveChildrenandIt簡(jiǎn)介它是個(gè)“賽米德”(即沙精)。有一大孩子們?cè)诘[石坑中挖沙時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)了它。它已經(jīng)幾千歲了。當(dāng)然了，沙精們可以幫人們實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的愿望——愿望每天只能實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)，而且覺(jué)得這棒極了。他們的小弟弟還太小，不會(huì)許愿，而且大部分時(shí)間都呆在家里；可其他幾個(gè)盤算著要些激動(dòng)人心的東西?？赡怯质鞘裁茨?？變得漂亮，富有，還是能像鳥(niǎo)兒一樣飛翔？有時(shí)候想出真正的好愿望很困難，可是脫口說(shuō)出“但愿……”卻是很容易的，那時(shí)你就得到了并不真正想要的東西。這時(shí)沙精就不肯幫忙了。出了差錯(cuò)時(shí)它就生氣地說(shuō)：“為什么你不先想好了再而事情的確常出差錯(cuò)……24年逝世。她一生從事寫作，為兒童寫了很多書。其中著名的有《五個(gè)孩子和沙精》、《長(zhǎng)生鳥(niǎo)與地毯》及《鐵路上的孩子》等。1BeautifulChildren1BeautifulChildrenThehousewasaboutfourkilometresfromthestation，butafteronlyaminuteortwothechildrenbegantoask，'Arewenearlythere？'AndeverytimetheysawahousetherewasaWhitehousewithagreengardenandlotsoffruittrees.'Hereweare！'Mothersaid.Cyrilroundthehouseandallthroughthegardentoseewhattherewas.ButMotherstoodandwatchedthedriverwhilehecarriedtheboxesintothehouse.Thechildrenlovedthehouse.Theyknewimmediatelythattheyweregoingtobehappythere.Motherdidnotlikethehouseverymuchbecauseitwasoldandtherewerenocup-boards.ButitwasdeepinthecountryandaftertwoyearsinLondonthechildrenthoughtthatitwaswonderful.IfyouliveinLondonandyourfamilyisnotrich，yougetboredbecauseyoucannotgotoshopsandtheatres，andpeoplesay，'Don'tdothis'and'Don'tgothere.'Inthecountryyoucangoany-whereanddoanything.第1頁(yè)共28頁(yè) Thewhitehousewasonthehill，withawoodbehinditandagravel-pitononesideItwasatthegravelpitaweeklaterthatthechildrenfoundafairyWellthatwaswhatitcalleditself.Butitwasdifferentfromotherfairies.IthappenedwhenMotherhadtogoandstaywithGrand-mother，whowasill.Marthastayedwiththechildren，ofcourse.Butthehousewasveryquietandempty.Thechildrendidnotknowwhattodo.ThenCyrilsaid，'Let'sgotothegravel-pit.'Thegravel-pitwasverylarge，withgrassandwildflowersroundthesidesatthetop.Whentheygotthere，thechildrendecidedthattheywouldgodownintothepittoplayinthesand.'Let'sdigadeephole—perhapswecangetallthewaydowntoAustralia，'saidRobert.Theothersagreedandtheyallbegantodighardinthesand.Butitwasaveryhotwentonworkingonthehole.alive！'shecried.Theyalljumpedupandhurriedovertoseewhatitwas.It'sgotfeet，'Antheasaid.'Andfur.Don'thurtit.Iknowthissoundsstupid，butitsaidsomething.''Whatdiditsay？'askedCyril.'Itsaid，“Youleavemealone.”Theothersjustlaughed，butthetwoboysbegantomoveawaymoreofthesand.Soontheycouldseethattherereallywassomethingmovinginthehole.Suddenlyahardlittlevoicecried，'Leavemealone！'Theyalljumpedbackandnoonespokeforaminute.ThenRobertsaid，'Butwewanttoseeyou.'teverywhere.Thensomethingbrownandfurryandfatfelloutintothehole.'IthinkIwasasleep，'itsaid.Thechildrenstoodandlookedatit.Itreallywasverystrange.Itcouldmoveitseyesinandoutonstalks，ithadbigearsanditsbodywasfatandroundandfurry.Itslegsandarmshadsoftfuralloverthemtoo，andithadhandsandfeet.第2頁(yè)共28頁(yè) 'Whatisit？'askedJane.'Shallwetakeithome？'Thethingturneditslongeyestolookather.'Doesshealwayssaystupidthings？'itsaid.'Shedoesn'tmeanit，'Antheasaid.'Don'tbeafraid.Wewon'thurtyou.'Thelittlethingwasangry.'Hurtme！'itcried.'I'mnotafraidofyou！'OhdontbeangrysaidAntheakindlyTelluswhoyouare.Wereallydon'tknow.''Youdon'tknow？'itsaid.'Don'tyouknowaPsammeadwhenyouseeone？''Asand-fairy，ofcourse.Don'tyouknowasand-fairywhenyouseeone？'fairynow.'rtsaidWellIdidntknowthatyouwereaPsammeadbutIcanseethatyouaresomethingverywonder-ful.Pleasetalksomemoretous.'ThePsammeadlookedalittlehappierwhenitheardthat，anditsaid，'Well，youcantalktome，ifyouwantto.Per-hapsI'llansweryouandperhapsIwon't.Nowsaysomething.'Atfirstthechildrencouldnotthinkofanythingtosay，butthenRobertasked，'Howlonghaveyoulivedhere？''Oh，thousandsofyears，'thePsammeadanswered.'Pleasetellusmore，'Robertsaid.on.'PeoplesenttheirchildrenouttolookforPsammeads，andwhentheyfoundus，wegavethemawish.'ppenedtoallthePsammeadsthenRobertaskedetillandtheyusuallydieandthatswhathappenedMostofthemgotwetanddied.AndI'mnotgoingtotellyouanotherthing.''Oh，justonemorequestion，please，'saidRobert.'Doyougivewishesnow？''You'vehadone，'saidthePsammead.'Youwishedtoseeme，andhereIam.'第3頁(yè)共28頁(yè) Itisverydifficulttothinkofareallygoodwish，injustasecondortwo.ThenAnthearememberedawishofhersandJane's.Sheknewthattheboyswouldn'tlikeit，butitwasbetterthannothing.ThePsammeadpushedoutitslongeyesandgotbiggerandfatter，andthechildrenwaited.Thenitsaid，'I'msorry.Ihaven'tdonethisforalongtime.I'lltryagain，butlcanonlydoonewishadayforyou.Doyouagreetothat？'ButrememberthewishisonlyforadaysaidthePsammead.'Whenthesungoesdown，everythinggoesbacktowhatitwas.'ThePsammeadslowlygotbigger，thensuddenlywentsmallagain.'That'sallright！'itsaid.Atonceitturnedandwentbackintothesandatthebottomofthehole.Thechildrenstoodthereforasecond，andthenAntheaturnedtospeaktotheothers.Buttheywerenotthere！Shewaslookingatthreestrangers—agirlwithbeautifulredhairandbigblueeyes，andtwoverygood-lookingboys.Suddenlysheunderstood.Theyhadtheirwish.ThestrangerswereRobertandCyrilandJane—butnowtheywerebeautiful.Cyril'shairwasgoldennow，andRobert'swasblack.'Ilikedyoubetterbefore！'Robertcriedangrilytohisbrotherandsisters.'Jane'shairlookslikecarrots，andCyrillooksreallystupidwithlonggoldenhair.'TheywenttofindBaby，buthewasjustthesameashewasbefore.'Perhapsit'sbecausehe'syoung.Hecan'thavewishes.We'llhavetorememberthatnexttime，'Antheasaid，andsheheldoutherarmstohim.ButBaby'smouthturneddownatthecornersandthenhebegantocryloudly.Hedidnotknowthem！themquickly：'Wherearetheothers？'sheasked.'Andwhoareyou？''we'reus，ofcourse，'Robertsaid.'Youdon'tknowusbe-causewe'rebeautiful.''Goaway！'Marthascreamed.'OrI'llsendforthepolice，'andsheclosedthedoorin第4頁(yè)共28頁(yè) theirfaces.Thechildrenwereveryhungrybythen，andtheytriedthreetimestogetintothehouse—butMarthawouldnotletthemin.Afterawhiletheywentandsatatthebottomofthegardentowaitforthesuntogodown.'Thewishwillfinishthen，won'tit？'Janesaid.Buttheothersdidn'tanswerbecausenoonewasreallysure.angryandafraid.It'struethattheywereallverybeautiful，butthat'snotalotofhelpwhenyou'rsunhappy.Intheendtheyfellasleep.Itwasnearlydarkwhentheywokeup.Antheawasthefirsttowakeupandshelookedattheothers.Theywerenolongerverybeautiful.Everythingwasallrightagain.'Wherehaveyoubeenallday？'shecried.ItisnoteasytoexplainaPsammeadtoanangrynursemaid，sothechildrendidn'ttry.'Wemetsomebeautifulchildrenandwecouldn'tgetawayfromthemuntilitwasnearlydark，'Antheasaid.'Theywereterrible，andweneverwanttoseethemagain.'Andtheyneverhave.1漂亮的孩子他們的新家距車站大約四公里遠(yuǎn)，而每過(guò)一兩分鐘孩子們就開(kāi)口問(wèn)：“我們快到了個(gè)山頂，那兒有一幢帶有綠色的花園和很多果樹(shù)的白房子?！拔覀兊搅?！”母親說(shuō)?；挪幻Α：⒆觽兝@著房子跑，都穿過(guò)花園看看那里有什么。但是趕車人把箱子搬到房子里去時(shí)媽媽站著看著他。孩子們喜歡這房子。他們馬上就明白在那兒他們會(huì)很快活的。母親不太喜歡這房子，因?yàn)樗芘f，也沒(méi)有柜子?？墒沁@房子位于真正意義上的鄉(xiāng)間；在倫敦住了兩年之后，孩子們認(rèn)為這一點(diǎn)太好了。要是住在倫敦可你的家庭又不富有，你就會(huì)覺(jué)得厭倦，因?yàn)槟悴荒苋ド痰旰蛣?chǎng)，人們還會(huì)說(shuō)“不許干這個(gè)”、“不許去那兒”的。在鄉(xiāng)下你想去哪兒就去哪兒，想干什么就干什么。這白房子位于小山上，后邊有一片樹(shù)林，在一邊還有一個(gè)礫石坑。就是在這個(gè)礫石坑里孩子們一周之后發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)精靈。晤，它是這樣稱呼自己的，但是它和別的精靈可不一樣。第5頁(yè)共28頁(yè) 說(shuō)：“咱們?nèi)サ[石坑吧?！钡[石坑大極了，坑口四周長(zhǎng)著青草和野花。孩子們到了那兒時(shí)，他們決定到坑里去玩沙子?！霸蹅兺趥€(gè)深深的洞——也許能一直挖到澳大利亞呢，”羅伯特說(shuō)。別的孩于同意了，他們就都起勁地挖起沙來(lái)?？商鞖夂軣?。小弟弟睡覺(jué)去了，羅伯特西里爾和簡(jiǎn)坐下來(lái)休息，可安西婭繼續(xù)挖著洞。突然她尖叫起來(lái)?！拔骼餇枺〉竭@兒來(lái)！快！有什么活的東西！”她叫道。他們都跳起身來(lái)，急忙過(guò)去看是什么東西?！八心_，”安西亞說(shuō)，“還有毛。別傷著它。我知道這話聽(tīng)起來(lái)有些蠢，可它說(shuō)話別的孩子只是笑，可那兩個(gè)男孩開(kāi)始挖開(kāi)更多的沙子。很快他們就能看見(jiàn)洞里真有個(gè)東西在動(dòng)。突然一個(gè)刺耳的、細(xì)小的聲音喊道：“別打攪我！”他們都向后退了幾步，一時(shí)誰(shuí)也沒(méi)說(shuō)話。過(guò)了一會(huì)兒羅伯特說(shuō)：“可是我們想看看“是啊，我希望你出來(lái)?！卑参鲖I說(shuō)?！芭?，好吧，如果那是你們的愿望的話，”那個(gè)聲音說(shuō)；沙子開(kāi)始到處亂飛。一會(huì)兒一個(gè)褐色的、長(zhǎng)著毛的、胖乎乎的東西從沙里飛落到洞中?！拔蚁胛覄偛潘?，”它孩子們站著看著它。它的確長(zhǎng)得很奇怪。它有一雙伸縮自如的柄眼、一對(duì)大耳朵，身體又胖又圓，還毛絨絨的。它的胳膊和腿上也覆蓋著柔毛，而它還長(zhǎng)著手和腳?！笆鞘裁囱?？”簡(jiǎn)問(wèn)道，“要不要把它帶回家！”這東西轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)它的柄眼看著她?！八险f(shuō)蠢話嗎？”它說(shuō)?！八皇悄莻€(gè)意思?！卑参鲖I說(shuō)，“別怕，我們不會(huì)傷害你?！边@小東西生氣了?！皞ξ遥?！”它叫著，“我才不怕你們呢！”“哦，別生氣，”安西婭和藹地說(shuō)，“告訴我們你是誰(shuí)。我們真不知道。”“你們不知道？”它說(shuō)，“你們看到一個(gè)賽米德時(shí)難道會(huì)不認(rèn)識(shí)？”第6頁(yè)共28頁(yè) “賽米德？那是什么??？”簡(jiǎn)說(shuō)?！爱?dāng)然是沙精了。你們見(jiàn)到沙精會(huì)不認(rèn)識(shí)？”它顯得很不高興，簡(jiǎn)就說(shuō)：“當(dāng)然！現(xiàn)在我知道你是個(gè)沙精了?！绷_伯特也說(shuō)：“喔，我原來(lái)不知道你是賽米德，可現(xiàn)在我看得出你棒極了。請(qǐng)?jiān)俑覀冋f(shuō)些話吧?！甭?tīng)到那個(gè)這個(gè)賽米德顯得稍微高興些了，它說(shuō)：“好吧，如果你們?cè)敢猓銈兛梢院臀艺f(shuō)說(shuō)話。我也許回答你們的問(wèn)題，也許不回答?，F(xiàn)在說(shuō)什么吧?！遍_(kāi)頭孩子們想不出要說(shuō)什么，然而不一會(huì)兒羅伯特就問(wèn)：“你在這兒住多久了？”“哦，幾千年了吧，”賽米德回答說(shuō)。孩子們等賽米德往下說(shuō)，但它不說(shuō)話了。“請(qǐng)多告訴我們一些情況，”羅伯特說(shuō)。，”它接著說(shuō)?！叭藗兇虬l(fā)孩子們?nèi)フ屹惷椎?，找到時(shí)我們就給他們實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)愿望?！薄澳呛髞?lái)賽米德都怎么樣了？”羅伯特問(wèn)。“噢，要是它們弄濕了自己，就會(huì)生病，常常會(huì)死的，事情就是那樣。大部分賽米德弄濕了，死了。我不再告訴你們別的事了?！薄芭叮?qǐng)?jiān)倩卮鹨粋€(gè)問(wèn)題，”羅伯特說(shuō)，“你現(xiàn)在還幫人們實(shí)現(xiàn)愿望嗎？”“你們已經(jīng)實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)了。”賽米德說(shuō)，“你們希望看到我，我就來(lái)了?！薄班?，求求你了。就再來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)愿望吧?！卑参鲖I叫道?！斑?，那好吧，可是快點(diǎn)！你們真煩人！”一兩秒內(nèi)就想出一個(gè)好愿望真困難。接著安西婭記起了她和簡(jiǎn)的一個(gè)愿望。她知道男孩子們不會(huì)喜歡它，可總比沒(méi)有強(qiáng)?！拔蚁Ｍ覀兌挤浅７浅Ｆ粒彼f(shuō)。賽米德將雙眼從眼眶伸出去好遠(yuǎn)，并變大變胖了，孩子們等待著。一會(huì)兒，它說(shuō)：“對(duì)不起。我很久沒(méi)這樣做了。我再試一次，但是一天只能為你們實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)愿望。你們同意嗎？”“同意，同意！”孩子們喊道?！暗怯涀。荒芫S持一個(gè)白天?！辟惷椎抡f(shuō)，“太陽(yáng)落下去時(shí)，一切就恢復(fù)原樣第7頁(yè)共28頁(yè) 賽米德慢慢地大起來(lái)，然后突然又變小了?！昂昧?！”它說(shuō)。它馬上轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身回到洞底孩子們站了一下，然后安西婭轉(zhuǎn)身去和其他的孩子說(shuō)話。可他們不在了！她看見(jiàn)三個(gè)陌生人——一個(gè)長(zhǎng)著漂亮的紅頭發(fā)和大大的藍(lán)眼睛的女孩，還有兩個(gè)很好看的男孩?！皇撬麄儸F(xiàn)在漂亮了。西里爾的頭發(fā)現(xiàn)在是金色的了，羅伯特則是黑頭發(fā)。“我更喜歡你們?cè)瓉?lái)的樣子！”羅伯特生氣地對(duì)他的姐弟們叫著，“簡(jiǎn)的頭發(fā)像胡蘿卜，西里爾長(zhǎng)著金色長(zhǎng)發(fā)的樣子看起來(lái)真傻?！彼麄?nèi)フ倚〉艿埽伤€是原來(lái)的樣子。“也許是因?yàn)樗笮×税?。他也不?huì)希望要什么。下次我們得記住。”安西婭說(shuō)著并向他伸出手臂。可小弟弟撇著嘴開(kāi)始大哭起來(lái)。他不認(rèn)識(shí)他們！花了一個(gè)小時(shí)才哄他不哭了。他們又累又氣，把他帶回家。小弟弟的保姆馬莎正在前門等候。她很快地把孩子接過(guò)去?！皠e的孩子們?cè)谀膬耗?？”她?wèn)，“你們是誰(shuí)？”“我們就是我們，當(dāng)然了?！绷_伯特說(shuō)，“你不認(rèn)識(shí)我們是因?yàn)槲覀兤亮??！薄拔覀冞€非常餓，”西里爾說(shuō)，“我們想要午飯，求求了?！薄白唛_(kāi)！”馬莎叫道，“不然我要叫警察了?！彼?dāng)著他們的面關(guān)上了門。那時(shí)孩子們已經(jīng)非常餓了，他們?nèi)卧噲D進(jìn)門——但是馬莎每次都不讓他們進(jìn)去。過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，他們?nèi)プ诨▓@盡頭，等太陽(yáng)落下去?！暗侥菚?huì)兒愿望就結(jié)束了，不是其他人沒(méi)有回答，因?yàn)檎l(shuí)也不敢肯定。那個(gè)下午可真糟。他們沒(méi)有午飯，沒(méi)有茶點(diǎn)，還又累又氣又害怕。他們確實(shí)都很漂亮他們醒來(lái)時(shí)天都快黑了。安西婭第一個(gè)醒來(lái)，她看看其他孩子。他們不再很漂亮了。一切都恢復(fù)原樣了。他們都高高興興地回屋了。當(dāng)然，馬莎很生氣?！澳銈円徽斓侥睦飳?duì)一個(gè)發(fā)怒的保姆解釋清楚賽米德是什么可不是件容易的事，所以孩子們沒(méi)試著解釋。釋“我們遇到了些漂亮孩子，直到天快黑才脫身?！卑参鲖I說(shuō)，“他們太可怕了，我們不想再見(jiàn)到他們。”他們實(shí)際上從來(lái)也沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)那幾個(gè)孩子。2TheChildrenWishtoBeRich第8頁(yè)共28頁(yè) 2TheChildrenWishtoBeRichThenextmorningMarthatookBabyoutwithherandthechildrendecidedtogobacktothegravel-pittolookforthePsammeadagain.Atfirsttheycouldnotfindit.'Per-hapsitwasn'treallyhere，'Robertsaid.ButtheybegantodigintothesandwiththeirhandsandsuddenlytheycametothebrownfurrybodyofthePsammead.Itsatupandshookthesandoutofitsfur.'Howareyoutoday？'Antheaasked.'Well，Ididn'tsleepverywell，butthankyouforasking，'thePsammeadanswered.'Canyougivewishestoday？'Robertsaid.'Becausewe'dliketohavetwo，ifwecan.Butoneisaverylittlewish.'havethelittlewishfirst.'MarthamustntknowaboutthewishesRobertsaid'Imean，shemustn'tseeanythingdifferentaboutus.Andcanyoudothatforeverywishoneveryday？'ThePsammeadwentalittlebiggerandthenwentsmallagain.'I'vedonethat，'itsaid.'Itwaseasy.What'sthenextwish？''Wewish，'saidRobertslowly，'tobeveryrich.''Howmuchmoneydoyouwant？'askedthePsammead.'Itwon'tdoyoumuchdofcourseitsaidquietlytoitselfWellhowmuchanddoyouwantitingoldornotes？''Afullgravel-pit，allright？'saidthePsammead，soundingbored.'ButgetoutItsthinarmsgotverylonganditbegantomovethemabout.Thechildrenwereafraid，andranasfastastheycoulduptotheroad.Whentheywerethere，theyturnedtolookback.Theyhadtoclosetheireyesandopenthemagainveryslowly.Thechildrenstoodwiththeirmouthsopen，andnoonesaidaword.ThenRoberttookoneofthecoinsinhishandandlookedatit.'It'sdifferentfromEnglishmoney，'hesaid.'Well，itdoesn'tmatter.It'sgold，'saidCyril.'Don'tfor-getthatitwillallgowhenthesungoesdown.Comeon！Let'sputasmuchaswecaninourpocketsandgoandspendit.'第9頁(yè)共28頁(yè) Sotheyallputgoldcoinsintheirpocketsandwentofftothevillage.Butthegoldwasheavy，andsoontheywereverytiredandhot.TheydecidedtogetsomethingtodrinkinthevillageandthengoontothetownofRochester.Cyrilwentintotheshopandtheotherswaitedoutside.ButwhenCyrilcamebackwithabottleoflemonade，hesaid，'Ihadtopaywithmyrealmoney.Whentheysawallthecoins，theywouldn'tchangethegold.'WellIlltrytogetsomethingwiththegold，'Antheasaid.'Weneedahorseandcart.Comeon.'Antheawenttotalktoamanwhohadahorseandcart，andtheotherswaited.Afterafewminutesshecameback，lookingverypleasedwithherself.'Iwasn'tstupidlikeutonecoinnotallofthemandthemansaidhelldriveustoRochesterandwaitforus.'OnthewaytoRochester，theydidnotspeak.Theyweremakingplansabouthowtospendtheirgold，andtheydidnotwanttotalkinfrontofthedriver.ButwhentheyarrivedinRochester，withabouttwelvehun-dredgoldcoinsintheirpockets，theyfoundthatitwasverydifficulttospendthem.Antheatriedtobuyaverynicehat，butthewomanintheshoplookedverystrangely，firstatthegoldcoins，thenatAnthea.'Ican'ttakethat，'shesaid.'It'snotmodernEnglishmoney.'Theywentfromshoptoshop，butnoonewantedtotaketheirgold.'It'sbecauseourhandsaredirtyandwelookuntidy.Peoplethinkwe'vestolenthegold，'Antheasaid.Anditwasworsewhentheytriedtobuyahorseandcar-riage.CyrilshowedthemanhissonSendforthepolice'It'sourmoney，'saidCyrilangrily.'We'renotthieves.''Wheredidyougetitfromthen？'saidtheman.'Asand-fairygaveittous，'saidJane.'Hegivesusawishadayandtheyallcometrue.'tellingstoriesaboutit.'Justthenapolicemanarrivedandwhenheheardaboutthegold，hesaidtothefourchildren，'Comewithme.I'mtakingyoutothepolicestation！'Thechildrenwereangryandunhappy，butthepolicemanwalkedalongtheroadbehindthemandtheycouldn'tescape.Theyheldtheirheadsdownbecausetheydidnotwantanyonetoseethem，andsuddenlyRobertranintosomeone.'Robert，whathave第10頁(yè)共28頁(yè) youdonenow？'avoicecried.ItwasMarthaandBaby！ThepolicemanexplainedeverythingtoMartha，andCyrilhadtotakethegoldoutofhispocketandshowittoher.'Ican'tseeanything—justtwoverydirtyhands，'shesaid.'There'snogoldthere.Whatareyoutalkingabout？'AndthenthechildrenrememberedthatMarthacouldn'tseethewishes.Itwasgettingdarkwhentheyarrivedatthepolicestation.ThepolicemanexplaineditCyrilputhishandsintohispockets—buttheywereempty！whenthesunwentdown！'Howdidtheydothat？'criedthepoliceman.TheothersputtheirallthefairygoldwentMarthawasveryangrywithhim.'Itoldyouthattherewasn'tanygold，'sheshouted.'You'llbeintroubleforthis.Sayingthatthesepoorlittlechildrenarethieves！'Butshewasveryangrywiththechildrentoo.'Whatwereyoudoingintownalone？'shesaidtothemoutsidethepolicestation.Andshetookthemhomeandsentthemtobedearly.2孩子們希望變得富有第二天早晨，馬莎帶著小弟弟出去了，孩子們決定回礫石坑那兒再去找賽米德。開(kāi)頭他們沒(méi)有找到?！耙苍S它不一定真在這里，”羅伯特說(shuō)。可他們還是開(kāi)始用手挖沙子，忽然他們觸到了賽米德褐色的、毛絨絨的身體。它坐起來(lái)抖掉毛上的沙子?！班牛覜](méi)睡好，但謝謝你的問(wèn)候?！辟惷椎禄卮稹！敖裉炷隳芙o人實(shí)現(xiàn)愿望嗎？”羅伯特說(shuō)，“因?yàn)槿绻梢缘脑捨覀兿胍獙?shí)現(xiàn)兩個(gè)愿望。不過(guò)有一個(gè)是非常小的愿望。”看著羅伯特?！跋葋?lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)這個(gè)小愿望吧?！薄安荒茏岏R莎知道愿望的事?！绷_伯特說(shuō)，“我的意思是她不能看出我們有什么變化。你能每天對(duì)每個(gè)愿望都這樣辦嗎？”賽米德變大了一點(diǎn)兒，然后又變小了?！拔野涯莻€(gè)辦好了?！彼f(shuō)，“這容易。下一個(gè)愿望是什么？”“我們希望，”羅伯特慢慢地說(shuō)，“變得非常有錢。”第11頁(yè)共28頁(yè) “你們想要多少錢？”賽米德問(wèn)道?！斑@當(dāng)然對(duì)你們沒(méi)什么好處，”它在心里默念著?！昂冒桑嗌佟€有，想要金子還是鈔票？”“請(qǐng)給我們金子，”羅伯特說(shuō)，“幾百萬(wàn)！”走開(kāi)，不然你們會(huì)被壓死的?！彼麄兣ゎ^看了看。他們不得不閉上眼睛，再慢慢睜開(kāi)。礫石坑滿滿的，到頂上都是閃閃發(fā)然后羅伯特將一塊金幣放在手里看著?！昂陀?guó)錢不一樣，”他說(shuō)?！斑?，那沒(méi)關(guān)系。是金的。”西里爾說(shuō)，“別忘了太陽(yáng)落下去的時(shí)候它們就都沒(méi)了。所以他們都往兜里裝金幣，然后朝村子走去?？山鹱雍艹?，一會(huì)兒他們就又累又熱。他們決定在村里買點(diǎn)喝的，然后再繼續(xù)趕往羅徹斯特城去。西里爾走進(jìn)商店，其他孩子在外邊等著?？墒钱?dāng)西里爾拿著一瓶檸檬汽水回來(lái)時(shí)，他說(shuō)：“我得付我自己的真錢。他們看見(jiàn)所有這些金幣時(shí)不肯找錢?！薄澳俏胰ピ囍眠@金子買點(diǎn)東西?！卑参鲖I說(shuō)，“我們需要一輛馬套二輪單馬車。來(lái)安西婭走過(guò)去和一個(gè)有馬套二輪單馬車的人談起來(lái)，別的孩子等著。幾分鐘后她回來(lái)了，看起來(lái)很得意的樣子。“我可不像西里爾那么傻。”她說(shuō)，“我只拿出一塊金幣，而不拿出所有的金幣，那個(gè)人說(shuō)他把我們拉到羅徹斯特去并等著我們?！痹谌チ_徹斯特的路上他們沒(méi)有講話。他們計(jì)劃著怎樣花他們的金子，而且他們不想在趕車人面前談?wù)?。可是?dāng)他們兜里裝著大約一千兩百塊金幣到了羅徹斯特時(shí)，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)要花掉這些金幣很困難。安西妮想買一頂很漂亮的帽子，可店里的那個(gè)女人很奇怪地先看看金幣，再看看安西婭?！拔也灰莻€(gè)?！彼f(shuō)，“這不是現(xiàn)行的英國(guó)貨幣?！彼麄?nèi)チ艘粋€(gè)又一個(gè)商店，可是沒(méi)有人要他們的金子?！斑@是因?yàn)槲覀兊氖峙K，我們自己看起來(lái)也不整潔。人們認(rèn)為這金子是我們偷的。”安西婭說(shuō)。當(dāng)他們?cè)噲D買一輛馬套四輪馬車時(shí)，事情就更糟了。西里爾把他的金幣給那人看，那人朝他的兒子喊：“叫警察來(lái)！”“這是我們的錢，”西里爾氣憤地說(shuō)，“我們不是賊?！钡?2頁(yè)共28頁(yè) “那你從什么地方搞到它的？”那人說(shuō)?！耙粋€(gè)沙精給我們的?！焙?jiǎn)說(shuō)，“他每天為我們實(shí)現(xiàn)一個(gè)愿望，而且都實(shí)現(xiàn)了?！蹦侨寺?fù)u搖頭。“天啊，天啊，”他說(shuō)，“偷東西，然后又編故事?！边@時(shí)警察來(lái)了，聽(tīng)了金幣的事他對(duì)這四個(gè)孩子說(shuō)：“跟我走。我?guī)銈內(nèi)ゾ炀?！”孩子們很生氣，很不快?？墒蔷煅芈犯谒麄兒筮?，他們逃跑不了。他們低著頭，因?yàn)椴辉缸寗e人看到。突然羅伯特撞到了人身上。“羅伯特，你們干什么去了？”一個(gè)聲音喊道。原來(lái)是馬莎和小弟弟！警察對(duì)馬莎解釋了這一切。西里爾只得從兜里拿出金子給她看。“我什么也沒(méi)看見(jiàn)——只是兩只臟手?！彼f(shuō)，“沒(méi)有金子。你在說(shuō)些什么呀？”于是孩子們記起馬莎是看不出這些許愿的事的。黑了。警察解釋了金子的事，巡長(zhǎng)說(shuō)：“好吧，讓我們看看。”西里爾把手伸進(jìn)兜里——可兜里是空的！其他孩子把手伸進(jìn)兜里，也都是空的！當(dāng)然了，太陽(yáng)一落下山去所有這些變出來(lái)的金幣就沒(méi)有了！“他們是怎么搞的？”那警察叫起來(lái)。馬莎很生他的氣。“我告訴過(guò)你沒(méi)有什么金子?！彼暗?，“你會(huì)為此觸霉頭的。竟然說(shuō)這些可憐的小孩子是小偷！”可她也很生孩子們的氣?！澳銈冏约涸诔抢锔墒裁茨?？”在警察局外她對(duì)他們說(shuō)。3Wings3WingsThenextdaywasverywet.ItrainedalldayandthechildrencouldnotgotoseethePsammead.Theystayedathomeandwroteletterstotheirmother.ButnoneofthemtoldheraboutthePsammead.Andthedayafterthat，theirUncleRichardcameandtookthemout，sotheydidnotseethePsammeadfortwodays.ButAntheaspentalotoftimethink-ingaboutwhattowishfor.quietlyandwenttoseethePsammead.Ontheway，Antheasaidtotheothers，'Iknowwhatwecanaskfor——wings！'Theothersweresilentforaminute，butthentheyallagreedthattheytoowouldliketohavewings.第13頁(yè)共28頁(yè) TheyfoundthePsammeadeasily.'Iwishweallhadbeauti-fulwingstoflywith，'Antheasaid.ThePsammeadmadeitselfverybigandthenwentsmallagain.Thechildrenfeltstrangeforaminuteandwhentheylooked，theysawthattheyhadbeautifulsoftwingsofmanycolours.Theymovedthemaboutandjumpedupanddown，andsoontheycouldseethegreenfieldsandsunnywoodsbelowthemandtheblueskyabove.TheylongtimeButtheybegantogethungryJustthentheysawbelowthemsometreesfulloflargeredplums.'Wemustn'tsteal，'Cyrilsaid.'We'vegotwings，'Janeansweredquickly，'sowe'rebirds.It'sallrightforbirdstotakethings.Birdscan'tsteal.'Sotheyflewdownontothetrees，andtheyateasmanyoftheplumsastheycould.Theywerefinishingtheplumswhentheysawaveryangrylittlefatman，whowashurryingthroughthetrees.Theywerehisplumsandthepoormanthoughtthatboysfromthevillagewerestealingthem.Butwhenhesawthatthechildrenhadwings，hismouthfellopenandhisfacewentgreen.Antheadidnotwanttostealanything，ofcourse，sosheflewdownandpushedsomemoneyintohispocket.'Don'tbeafraid，'shesaid.'We'vehadsomeofyourplums.Wethoughtthatitwasn'tstealing，butnowI'mnotsosure.Sothatwassomemoneytopayforthem.'Thelittlemansatthereonthegroundandlookedupintothesky.'Talkingbirds！Childrenwithwings！Thisisalessonforme.Fromnowon，I'mgoingtoliveabetterlife，'hesaid.Andhewentintothehouseandwasverykindtohiswife.ldrenstoppedfirstatonehouse，thenanother，toaskforsomethingtoeat.Theydidn'tgetanythingbecauseeveryonewasafraidofthemandscreamedandranawaywhentheysawthem.Byfouro'clocktheyweregettingverytiredandhungry，sotheyflewdownontotheroofofachurch，tothinkwhattodo.'Wecan'tpossiblyflyallthewayhomewithoutsomethingtoeat，'saidRobert.Intheendtheydecidedtotakesomefoodfromthevicar'shousenexttothechurch.'He'sagoodman.He'llunderstand.We'llleavesomemoneyforthefood，'Cyrilsaid，'andanotesayingthatwe'resorry.'Cyrilgotinthroughthewindowandgavethefoodtotheothers，whowereoutside.Therewassomecoldmeat，halfacoldchicken，somebreadandabottleofsoda-water.Thentheyallflewbackupontothechurchrooftoeatit.Theywereveryhungry，sothey第14頁(yè)共28頁(yè) reallyenjoyedit.Butwhenyouareveryhungry，andthenyoueatabigmealandsitinthehotsunonaroof，itisveryeasytofallasleep.Andsotheydid—whilethesunslowlywentdowninthewest.Theysleptforalongtime.Whentheywokeupitwasdark—and，ofcourse，theyhadnowings.'Wemustgethome，'Cyrilsaid.'There'sadooroverthere.That'sthewaydown.'Butwhentheytriedthedoor，theyfoundthatitwaslockedfromtheotherside.Theywereontopofthechurchandtheyhadnowings！Howweretheygoingtogetdown？AntheaputherarmroundJane，whowasbeginningtocry.'Itwillonlybeforonenight，'shesaid.ThenCyrilsaid，'Iknow.Let'sshout！Thelightsareoninthevicar'shouse.Someonewillhearusandgetusdown.'Sotheyshoutedandscreamedasloudlyastheycould，andthepeopleinthehouseheardthem.Thevicarranoutwithhisservant.'Someoneismurderingsomebodyinthechurch！'thevicarsaid，afraid.'Perhapsit'sthethiefwhostolethecoldchickenandthings.'Buttheycouldnotunderstandwhythevoiceswerecomingfromthesky.Sothechildrenshouted，'We'reuphere—ontopofthechurch！'Thetwomenwerestillafraid，but，slowlyandcarefully，theywentupthestairsinsidethechurch.Whentheycametothetop，thevicarshoutedthroughthecloseddoor，'Howmanyofyouarethere？Haveyougotguns？''GoodHeavens！'hecried.'They'rechildren！'Sothevicarandhisservanttookthemdownandintothevicar'shouse.Ofcourse，thevicarwantedtoknowwhythechildrenwereonthechurchroof.'Wewentuptherebecausewewantedtoseewhatitwaslike，'saidCyril.'Butthenwecouldn'tgetdownagainbe-causethedoorwaslocked.'Hedidn'tsayanythingaboutthewings，ofcourse.'Butwholockedthedoor？'thevicarasked.第15頁(yè)共28頁(yè) 'Wedon'tknow，'Janeanswered.'Butwe'renottellingyoueverything.'calledBeale.tellyouabouthimsaidAntheathinkingofthePsammeadThevicarstilldidnotunderstand，buthewasakindman，sohesentthechildrenhomeinacarriagewithhisservantMarthaofcourse，wasveryangrywiththem，butMrBealeexplainedeverythingverywell.Hewasagood-lookingyoungmanwithanicesmile，andafterawhileMarthaforgottobeangry.Sothedayendedhappilyafterall.3翅膀第二天外面很濕。雨下了一天，孩子們不能去看賽米德。他們呆在家里給母親寫信?？烧l(shuí)也沒(méi)把賽米德的事告訴她。又過(guò)了一天，他們的理查德叔叔來(lái)了并帶他們出去了，所以他們兩天沒(méi)見(jiàn)賽米德?？砂参鲖I花了很多時(shí)間想她該許些什么愿。再一天的早上，馬莎正忙著照顧小弟弟時(shí)，孩子們悄悄離開(kāi)家去看賽米德。在路上安西婭對(duì)大家說(shuō)：“我知道我們希望要什么了——翅膀！”一時(shí)別人都沒(méi)說(shuō)話，可然后他們都贊成，他們也愿意長(zhǎng)出翅膀。他們沒(méi)費(fèi)勁就找到了賽米德?！拔蚁Ｍ覀兌加忻利惖摹⒖梢杂靡燥w翔的翅膀，”安賽米德把自己變得非常大，然后又變小。一時(shí)孩子們覺(jué)得有些異樣，可當(dāng)他們一看，上跳下，很快看見(jiàn)他們下方綠色的田野和陽(yáng)光照耀著的小樹(shù)林以及上方蔚藍(lán)色的天空。他們會(huì)飛了！這太棒了。他們飛過(guò)樹(shù)林、城鄉(xiāng)，飛了好久?？伤麄冮_(kāi)始餓了。正在這時(shí)他們看見(jiàn)下面有些樹(shù)，樹(shù)上滿是又大又紅的李子。“我們可不能偷啊?！蔽髡f(shuō)?！拔覀冮L(zhǎng)了翅膀，”簡(jiǎn)很快地答道，“所以我們就是鳥(niǎo)。鳥(niǎo)拿點(diǎn)東西沒(méi)關(guān)系。鳥(niǎo)不會(huì)偷。”他們正要吃完的時(shí)候，突然看見(jiàn)一個(gè)非常生氣的小矮胖子。他正急急忙忙地在樹(shù)間穿梭。那是他的李子，那可憐的人認(rèn)為是村里的孩子們?cè)谕邓睦钭印５钱?dāng)他看見(jiàn)這幾個(gè)孩子長(zhǎng)著翅膀時(shí)，他張大了嘴巴，臉色蒼白。安西婭當(dāng)然不愿偷東西，所以她飛下來(lái)把一些錢塞在他兜里?！皠e怕，”她說(shuō)，“我們吃了你的一些李子。我們起初覺(jué)得這不是偷，可現(xiàn)在我也第16頁(yè)共28頁(yè) 不敢那么肯定。所以那是付給你的些李子錢?！蹦莻€(gè)胖子坐在那兒地上，仰望著天空?！皶?huì)說(shuō)話的鳥(niǎo)！長(zhǎng)翅膀的孩子！這對(duì)我可是，對(duì)他的妻子很和藹。李子當(dāng)然很好吃，可很快你就又餓了，所以孩子們?cè)谝淮庇忠淮狈孔忧巴Ｏ聛?lái)，想著跑開(kāi)了。到4點(diǎn)時(shí)他們變得又累又餓，于是就飛落在教堂的屋頂上，想想怎么辦?！拔覀円菦](méi)有東西吃，就不可能飛回家去。”羅伯特說(shuō)。最后他們決定從緊挨著教堂的牧師家里拿些食物?！八呛萌?。他會(huì)理解的。我們留些食品錢，”西里爾說(shuō)，“再留張便條說(shuō)我們很抱歉?！蔽骼餇枏拇白舆M(jìn)去，把食物拿給在外邊的其他孩子。有些冷肉、半只冷雞、一些面包和一瓶汽水。然后他們?nèi)w回到教堂房頂上吃起來(lái)。他們很餓，所以吃得很香?？墒钱?dāng)你很餓的時(shí)候大吃了一頓、又在屋頂上曬著太陽(yáng)時(shí)，那是很容易睡著的。他們就睡著了——這時(shí)太陽(yáng)慢慢地從西邊落下去。他們睡了好長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。他們醒來(lái)的時(shí)候天黑了——當(dāng)然了，他們也沒(méi)有翅膀了。“我們得回家了。”西里爾說(shuō)，“那兒有個(gè)門。那是下去的路。”可他們?cè)囍_(kāi)門時(shí)才發(fā)現(xiàn)門是從另一面鎖上的。他們?cè)诮烫庙斏希譀](méi)有了翅膀！安西婭用單臂挽住簡(jiǎn)，簡(jiǎn)這時(shí)已開(kāi)始哭起來(lái)了?！爸徊贿^(guò)呆一夜，”她說(shuō)。接著西里爾說(shuō)：“我知道了。我們喊吧！牧師的家里有燈光。會(huì)有人聽(tīng)見(jiàn)并幫我們下所以他們用最大的聲音喊叫起來(lái)，房子里的人聽(tīng)見(jiàn)了他們的叫聲。牧師和他的仆人了出來(lái)?！敖烫美镉腥嗽跉⑷耍　蹦翈熀ε碌卣f(shuō)，“可能是偷了冷雞和別的東西的小偷?！笨伤麄儾幻靼诪槭裁绰曇羰菑目罩袀鱽?lái)的。于是孩子們就嚷：“我們?cè)谶@兒——在教堂頂上！”這兩個(gè)人還很害怕，可他們慢慢地、小心地從教堂內(nèi)的樓梯走上來(lái)。當(dāng)他們到了頂上時(shí)，牧師在鎖著的門的另一邊叫道：“你們幾個(gè)人？有槍嗎？”牧師慢慢地打開(kāi)門?！疤炷模　彼械?，“是些孩子！”第17頁(yè)共28頁(yè) 牧師和他的仆人帶他們下來(lái)，進(jìn)了牧師屋里。當(dāng)然嘍，牧師想知道孩子們?yōu)槭裁丛诮烫庙斏??！拔覀兩夏莾喝ナ且驗(yàn)槲覀兿肟纯茨鞘鞘裁礃幼印！蔽骼餇栒f(shuō)，“可是我們下不來(lái)“可誰(shuí)鎖的門？”牧師問(wèn)。“不知道?！焙?jiǎn)說(shuō)，“可我們不會(huì)把一切都告訴你的?！薄鞍?！那么是有個(gè)朋友參與其中吧?！蹦翈煹哪衅驼f(shuō)。他叫比伊爾?！笆堑模晌覀儾荒芨嬖V你他的事。”安西婭說(shuō)，想起了賽米德。“我們真的非常抱歉；還有，請(qǐng)問(wèn)，我們可以回家了嗎？”牧師仍然不明白，可是他是個(gè)好心的人，所以他讓仆人用馬車送孩子們回家。馬莎當(dāng)然十分生他們的氣，可是比伊爾先生把事情解釋得很好。他是個(gè)漂亮的、臉上帶著愉快的笑容的青年，不一會(huì)兒馬莎就忘了生氣了。所以，這一天總算快樂(lè)地結(jié)束了。4BiggerthantheBaker4BiggerthantheBaker'sBoyThenextmorningMarthasaidthatthechildrencouldnotgoout.'Youcanstayinandbegood，'shesaid.'There'ssomethingthatweallwant，'saidRobert.'CanIjustgooutforhalfanhourtogetit？'AndMartha，whowasreallyverykind，saidthathecould.Ofcourse，theyallwantedtheday'swish.SoRoberthur-riedtothesand-pit.ThePsammeadwaswaitingforhim，butwhenRoberttriedtothinkofareally'Hurryup，'thePsammeadsaid.'Ican'twaitallday.''Ohdear，'Robertsaid.'Iwishthatwedidn'thavetocomeheretogetourwish…Butitwastoolate.ThePsammeadwasalreadymakingit-selfbig.There'itsaid.'Thatwasn'teasy，butI'vedoneit.Youdon'tneedtocomeheretohaveyourwish.'RobertthankedthePsammeadandthenhurriedbacktotelltheotherchildren.'We第18頁(yè)共28頁(yè) mustwishforsomethingreallygoodtomorrow，'hesaid.Thenextmorningtheythoughtandthought，buttheycouldn'tthinkofareallygoodwish，sotheydecidedtogotothegravel-pit.Suddenlytheysawabaker'sboy，whowascomingalongtheroadwithhisbasketofbread，andtheydecidedtoplayagamewithhim.'Stop！'criedCyril.'Yourmoneyoryourlife！'shoutedRobert.Andtheystoodoneachsideofthebaker'sboy.Thebaker'sboy，whowastallandlarge，wasnotveryinterestedandhepushedthembothaway.'Don'tbestupid！'hesaid.ButRobertpushedhimbackandknockedhimover.Thebreadfelloutoftheboy'sbasketandwentallovertheroad.Thebaker'sboywasveryangry.HehitRobertandtheybegantofight.Butthebaker'sboywasmuchbiggerandstrongerthanRobert.Hewasalsohisway.CyrilwantedtohelpRobert，butthegirlsheldhisarmsandstoppedhim.SoCyrilwasangrywiththegirls，andeverybodywasunhappy.Theywentalongtothegravel-pit，andRobertbegantokickthesandangrily.'I'llteachthatbaker'sboyalessononeday，'hesaid.'IwishIwasbiggerthanhim！'JustthentheysawthatthePsammeadwassittingbehindthem，andwaswatchingthem！Thenextminute，Roberthadhiswish.Hewasbiggerthanthebaker'sboy！Much，muchbigger！Hewasnowmorethanthreemetrestall！Hewasnotpleasedbecausehelookedverystrangenexttotheothers，whowerestillsmall.Theothersfeltsorryforhimthen，andaskedthePsammeadforanotherwish.ButthePsammeadwasverycrossandun-helpful.'Whydon'tyouthinkbeforeyouwish？'itsaid.'He'sawild，noisyboy，andhecanstaylikethatfortheday.Itwilldohimgood.Nowgoawayandleavemealone！'Theothersturnedbacktotheirenormousbrother.'Whatarewegoingtodo？'Theyasked.'First，'saidRobert，'I'mgoingtogetthatbaker'sboy！'Andbecausehehadvery第19頁(yè)共28頁(yè) stoppingatthehousesalongtheroadtoleavethebread.Roberthidbehindahaystackandwaitedfortheboy.Whenhesawthebaker'sboycoming，hejumpedoutfrombehindthehaystackandtheboy'smouthfellopeninsurprise.ThenRoberttookholdofhimandputhimontopofthehaystack.'Nowgetdownfromthere，ifyoucan！'Robertsaid.Itwasverylatewhenthebaker'sboygotbacktotheshop，andthebakerwasveryangry！ThenRobertandtheotherswenthome，anddowntothebottomofthegard