LESSON 5 CASTLE-BUILDING（CONCLUDED） 建城堡（结束篇）

1.Soon, Herbert was as much interested in castle-building as he had been a little while before.He began to sing over his work.All his trouble was gone.

2.“This is a great deal better than crying, isn’t it?” said papa.

3.“Crying for what?” asked Herbert, forgetting his grief of a few minutes before.

4.“Because pussy knocked your castle over.”

5.“Oh!” A shadow flitted across his face, but was gone in a moment, and he went on building as eagerly as ever.

6.“I told him not to cry over spilled milk,” said Joe, looking down from his place on the sofa.

7.“I wonder if you didn’t cry when your kite string broke,”retorted Herbert.

8.“Losing a kite is quite another thing,” answered Joe, a little dashed.“The kite was gone forever; but your blocks were as good as before, and you had only to build again.”

9.“I don’t see,” said papa, “that crying was of any more use in your case than in Herbert’s.Sticks and paper are easily found, and you had only to go to work and make another kite.” Joe looked down at his book, and went on reading.By this time the castle was fi nished.

10.“It is ever so much nicer than the one pussy knocked down,”said Hetty.And so thought Herbert, as he looked at it proudly from all sides.

11.“If pussy knocks that down, I’ll—”

12.“Build it up again,” said papa, fi nishing the sentence for his little boy.

13.“But, papa, pussy must not knock my castles down.I can’t have it,” spoke out Herbert, knitting his forehead.

14.“You must watch her, then.Little boys, as well as grown up people, have to be often on their guard.If you go into the street, you have to look out for the carriages, so as not to be run over, and you have to keep out of people’s way.”

15.“In the house, if you go about heedlessly, you will be very apt to run against some one.I have seen a careless child dash suddenly into a room just as a servant was leaving it with a tray of dishes in her hands.A crash followed.”

16.“It was I, wasn’t it?” said Hetty.

17.“Yes, I believe it was, and I hope it will never happen again.”

18.Papa now left the room, saying, “I don’t want any more of this crying over spilled milk, as Joe says.If your castles get knocked down, build them up again.”

【中文阅读】

1.很快，赫伯特就像刚才一样对新建城堡产生了极大兴趣，并开始为自己的工作欢呼。他所有的麻烦都烟消云散了。

2.“这比哭泣好多了，对吧？”爸爸问道。

3.“为什么要哭呢？”赫伯特问道，他已经忘记了刚才的悲伤。

4.“因为小猫撞倒了你的城堡呀。”

5.“噢！”一丝阴影掠过他的面庞，但马上就消失了，他继续建造他的城堡。

6.“我告诉过他，过去了就过去了，哭是没有用的。”乔坐在沙发上，一边说着，一边向这边张望。

7.“我想知道，如果你的风筝断线了，你哭不哭呀？”赫伯特反问道。

8.“丢失风筝是另外一回事。”乔回答道，情绪有些激动。“断了线风筝就永远没了，但是你的积木还完好如初，你只要再搭建就是了。”

9.这时，爸爸说道：“依我看，无论你，还是赫伯特，在这种情况下，哭都是没用的！棍棒和纸很容易找到，你只要重新做一个风筝就是了。”乔低下头继续看书，不再出声了。这时，新的城堡建完了。

10.“这比刚才猫撞倒的那个好看多了。”海蒂说。赫伯特也这么认为，因为不管从什么方向看，他都感到很自豪。

11.“如果猫再撞倒城堡，我就……”

12.“再建一座。”爸爸赶忙插话说。

13.“但是，爸爸，小猫千万不要再撞倒它了，我可受不了。”赫伯特皱着眉头大喊道。

14.“那么，你就要好好看护它。无论小孩子，还是大人，都要时刻提高警惕。如果你在大街上行走，一定要留心马车，防止被它撞倒，同时你还要注意别挡住别人的路。”

15.“即使在家里，如果你走路不小心，也有可能撞上别人。我就亲眼看见一个粗心的孩子，猛然冲进屋里，正好撞上手里拿着一摞盘子要离开房间的仆人。盘子都掉在地上，碎了。”

16.“那不就是我吗！”海蒂说。

17.“是的，我想是的，我希望以后再也不要发生同样的事情了。”

18.“正像乔说的那样，过去了就过去了，哭是没有用的。如果你的城堡再被撞倒，那就再建一座新的。”爸爸一边说着，一边离开了房间。