4 The Visit to Grandmother下山看望婆婆-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《小海蒂Heidi》

IV.The Visit to Grandmother "They have names,"answered her grandfather,"and if you can describe one of them to me that I know I will tell you what it is called." Heidi then described to him the rocky mountain with the two high peaks so exactly that the grandfather was delighted."Just so,I know it,"and he told her its name."Did you see any other?" Then Heidi told him of the mountain with the great snowfield,and how it had been on fire,and had turned rosy-red and then all of a sudden had grown quite pale again and all the colour had disappeared. "I know that one too,"he said,giving her its name."So you enjoyed being out with the goats?” Then Heidi went on to give him an account of the whole day,and of how delightful it had all been,and particularly described the fire that had burst out everywhere in the evening.And then nothing would do but her grandfather must tell how it came,for Peter knew nothing about it. The grandfather explained to her that it was the sun that did it."When he says good-night to the mountains he throws his most beautiful colours over them,so that they may not forget him before he comes again the next day." Heidi was delighted with this explanation,and could hardly bear to wait for another day to come that she might once more climb up with the goats and see how the sun bid good-night to the mountains.But she had to go to bed first,and all night she slept soundly on her bed of hay,dreaming of nothing but of shining mountains with red roses all over them,among which happy little Snowflake went leaping in and out. IV.The Visit to Grandmother The next morning the sun came out early as bright as ever,and then Peter appeared with the goats,and again the two children climbed up together to the high meadows,and so it went on day after day till Heidi,passing her life thus among the grass and flowers,was burnt brown with the sun,and grew so strong and healthy that nothing ever ailed her.She was happy too,and lived from day ·058· 4下山看望婆婆 “它们有名字的，”爷爷回答说，“你给我描述一座 山，要是我知道的话，我就会告诉你它叫什么。” 海蒂一五一十地描述起那座有两座高峰的山，上面 布满岩石，爷爷听了很高兴，说：“就是这样，我知道 这山。”他告诉了海蒂山的名字。“你还看见别的了吗？” 海蒂提起了那座满是积雪的高山，说到它如何着 火，如何变成玫瑰红色，又如何突然变得灰白，最后所 有颜色都消失了。 “那一座我也认得。”他又告诉了她名字。“看来， 你跟山羊一起出去玩得很开心喽？” 于是，海蒂就给爷爷讲述一整天发生的事，这一天 是多么快乐，尤其是傍晚到处都突然着起了火，后来就 非得逼着爷爷告诉她这是怎么回事，因为彼得对此一无 所知。 爷爷解释说这是太阳的事，“当太阳要跟群山道晚 安的时候，它就把自己最美丽的颜色披在它们身上，这 ①bear[be),承受，忍受 样，在第二天太阳出来之前，群山就不会忘记它了。” 海蒂对这个解释很满意，她甚至都等不及了，盼着 ②bid[bidv告（别） 第二天快来，她就又可以跟山羊一起爬山去看看太阳是 如何向高山道晚安了。但是，她还得先睡觉。那一夜， 她在自己的干草床上睡得很香，只梦见了亮闪闪的山上 开满红玫瑰，小雪花快乐地在花丛中蹦来蹦去。 4.下山看望婆婆 第二天清晨，一轮红日照样早早升起。彼得和山羊 起出现了，两个孩子又爬上了高山上的草地。就这样 ③meadow[medau]n.草 海蒂在花草丛中度过了一天又一天的时光，脸晒黑了， 地，牧场 身体结实了，烦心的事一点儿没有。她也觉得很幸福， ④ail[eil训使苦恼 整天像那些栖息在绿树林中的小鸟，自由自在，轻松快 ·059· IV.The Visit to Grandmother to day as free and lighthearted as the little birds that make their home among the green forest trees.Then the autumn came,and the wind blew louder and stronger, and the grandfather would say sometimes,"To-day you must stay at home,Heidi; a sudden gust of the wind would blow a little thing like you over the rocks into the valley below in a moment." Whenever Peter heard that he must go alone he looked very unhappy,for he saw nothing but mishaps of all kinds ahead,and did not know how he should bear the long dull day without Heidi.Then,too,there was the good meal he would miss,and besides that the goats on these days were so naughty and obstinate that he had twice the usual trouble with them,for they had grown so accustomed to Heidi's presence that they would run in every direction and refuse to go on unless she was with them.Heidi was never unhappy,for wherever she was she found something to interest or amuse her.She liked best,it is true,to go out with Peter up to the flowers and the great bird,where there was so much to be seen,and so many experiences to go through among the goats with their different characters; but she also found her grandfather's hammering and sawing and carpentering very entertaining,and if it should chance to be the day when the large round goat's milk cheese was made she enjoyed beyond measure looking on at this wonderful performance,and watching her grandfather,as with sleeves rolled back,he stirred the great cauldron with his bare arms.The thing which attracted her most, however,was the waving and roaring of the three old fir trees on these windy days. She would run away repeatedly from whatever she might be doing,to listen to them,for nothing seemed so strange and wonderful to her as the deep mysterious sound in the tops of the trees.She would stand underneath them and look up, unable to tear herself away,looking and listening while they bowed and swayed and roared as the mighty wind rushed through them.There was no longer now the warm bright sun that had shone all through the summer,so Heidi went to the cupboard and got out her shoes and stockings and dress,for it was growing colder every day,and when Heidi stood under the fir trees the wind blew through her as if she was a thin little leaf,but still she felt she could not stay indoors when she heard the branches waving outside. Then it grew very cold,and Peter would come up early in the morning blowing on his fingers to keep them warm.But he soon left off coming,for one ·060· 4下山看望婆婆 活。秋天到了，风刮得更大更猛，爷爷有时会说：“海蒂， 今天你得待在家里，一阵大风就会把你这样的小孩子一 下吹到山沟里去的。” 一听到自己要独自上山，彼得就很不高兴，因为等 着他的只是各种各样的不幸，没有海蒂相伴的无趣日 子他真不知该怎么度过，当然还有那顿美餐也吃不成 ①mishap[mishap]n.不 了，就连山羊在这种时候也都调皮任性，不服管，给 幸 ②dull[dla单调乏味的 他带来加倍的麻烦。它们已经习惯于海蒂的存在，一 旦见不到她，就四处乱跑，不肯往前走。海蒂倒从没 有不高兴的感觉，因为不管在哪儿，她都能找到自己 感兴趣或喜欢的事。毫无疑问，她还是最愿意跟彼得 一块儿上山，看花，看大鸟，看许多东西，在性格各 异的山羊中穿来穿去；不过她对爷爷干的木匠活儿，钉 呀，锯呀，也很感兴趣，要是赶上做又大又圆的山羊 奶酪的日子，她那高兴劲儿就更甭提了。爷爷挽起袖 ③chance[jans】,偶然发 子，光着胳膊搅拌大锅，她目不转睛地瞧着爷爷的一 生 举一动。可是最让她着迷的却是那在风中摇曳怒吼的 三棵老杉树，不论当时在干什么，她都一次次地跑开， ④cauldron[kx:ldran]n.大 去倾听那树尖发出的无可比拟的神奇而美妙的声音， 锅 悠远又神秘。她总是站在树下向上看，听着山风穿过 时杉树的呼啸，观赏它们点头舞动的身姿，久久不能 挪步。这个时节已没有了夏日温暖的阳光，天一天比 一天冷起来。海蒂在柜子里找出自己的衣服鞋袜穿上， ⑤tear sb away把（某人） 勉强拉开 每当她站在杉树下，山风吹过来时她看上去像一片小 小的树叶，然而一听到门外枝叶摆动的声音，她还是 觉得不能待在屋里。 接着，天气更冷了。每天早晨上山时，彼得都要 哈着手取暖，可是不久他就不用上山了。一天夜里下 ·061· IV.The Visit to Grandmother night there was a heavy fall of snow and the next morning the whole mountain was covered with it,and not a single little green leaf even was to be seen anywhere upon it.There was no Peter that day,and Heidi stood at the little window looking out in wonderment,for the snow was beginning again,and the thick flakes kept falling till the snow was up to the window,and still they continued to fall,and the snow grew higher,so that at last the window could not be opened,and she and her grandfather were shut up fast within the hut.Heidi thought this was great fun and ran from one window to the other to see what would happen next,and whether the snow was going to cover up the whole hut,so that they would have to light a lamp although it was broad daylight.But things did not get as bad as that,and the next day,the snow having ceased,the grandfather went out and shovelled away the snow round the house,and threw it into such great heaps that they looked like mountains standing at intervals on either side of the hut.And now the windows and door could be opened,and it was well it was so,for as Heidi and her grandfather were sitting one afternoon on their three-legged stools before the fire there came a great thump at the door followed by several others,and then the door opened.It was Peter,who had made all that noise knocking the snow off his shoes;he was still white all over with it,for he had had to fight his way through deep snowdrifts,and large lumps of snow that had frozen upon him still clung to his clothes.He had been determined,however,not to be beaten and to climb up to the hut,for it was a week now since he had seen Heidi. "Good evening,"he said as he came in;then he went and placed himself as near the fire as he could without saying another word,but his whole face was beaming with pleasure at finding himself there.Heidi looked on in astonishment for Peter was beginning to thaw all over with the warmth,so that he had the appearance of a trickling waterfall. "Well,General,and how goes it with you?"said the grandfather."Now that you have lost your army you will have to turn to your pen and pencil." "Why must he turn to his pen and pencil?"asked Heidi immediately,full of curiosity. "During the winter he must go to school,"explained her grandfather,"and learn how to read and write;it's a bit hard,although useful sometimes afterwards Am I not right,General?" ·062· 4下山看望婆婆 起了大雪，第二天早晨一看，整座山都白雪皑皑，不 见一片绿叶。那天彼得没来，海蒂站在窗前好奇地向 外看着一雪又开始下了。大雪花飘落着，积雪到了 窗根，雪还是不停，而且下得更大了，最后窗户都推 不开了，她和爷爷被死死地堵在屋里。海蒂觉得很好 玩，她从一个窗户跑到另一个窗户，看看到底会怎么 样，大雪是不是要把整个屋子埋起来，要是那样，他 们就得在大白天点灯。不过事情没那么糟糕，第二天 雪停了，爷爷出去把屋子周围的雪都铲走，堆成了一 个个的小山，排列在房屋的两侧。现在门窗都能打开 ①cease[sis,停止 ②shovel ['faval]v.铲 了，这很好，因为一天下午海蒂和爷爷坐着三脚凳在 炉前烤火的时候听到门砰地响了一声，接着又响了几 ③at intervals每隔一段距 离 声，然后门开了，进来的是彼得。刚才他在磕鞋上的雪， 弄出了那些声响。他的全身还是白的，因为他是从雪 ④thump[0Amp]L,重击声 堆里一路钻过来的，衣服上还挂着冻硬的雪冰。然而， 他已下定决心，不被困难吓倒，一定要爬上山看看海 蒂，因为他们都一周没见面了。 “晚上好。”他一边进门一边说，然后一言不发地 5 snowdrift ['snaudrift]n. 走到炉火旁，靠得很近，但脸上直放光，他为自己终于 被风吹成的雪堆 ⑥cling [klin],粘住，附 到了这里而感到高兴。海蒂吃惊地看着，温暖使彼得身 着 上的雪开始融化，他这会儿看上去像是挂着一条小瀑 布。 “你好啊，将军阁下，怎么样？”爷爷说，“现在你 ⑦thaw[0x]v(冰雪等) 的军队没了，就该拿起笔了吧。” 融化 “他为什么要拿起笔呀？”海蒂马上好奇地问道。 ⑧trickle['trikl]v.滴，淌 “冬天他得去上学，”爷爷解释说，“学习读书写字， 这是难了点儿，但以后会有用。我说得对吧，将军？” ·063· IV.The Visit to Grandmother "Yes,indeed,"assentedPeter. Heidi's interest was now thoroughly awakened,and she had so many questions to put to Peter about all that was to be done and seen and heard at school,and the conversation took so long that Peter had time to get thoroughly dry.Peter had always great difficulty in putting his thoughts into words,and he found his share of the talk doubly difficult to-day,for by the time he had an answer ready to one of Heidi's questions she had already put two or three more to him,and generally such as required a whole long sentence in reply. The grandfather sat without speaking during this conversation,only now and then a twitch of amusement at the corners of his mouth showed that he was listening. "Well,now,General,you have been under fire for some time and must want some refreshment,come and join us,"he said at last,and as he spoke he rose and went to fetch the supper out of the cupboard,and Heidi pushed the stools to the table.There was also now a bench fastened against the wall,for as he was no longer alone the grandfather had put up seats of various kinds here and there,long enough to hold two persons,for Heidi had a way of always keeping close to her grandfather whether he was walking,sitting,or standing.So there was comfortable place for them all three,and Peter opened his round eyes very wide when he saw what a large piece of meat Alm-Uncle gave him on his thick slice of bread.It was a long time since Peter had had anything so nice to eat.As soon as the pleasant meal was over Peter began to get ready for returning home,for it was already growing dark.He had said his "good-night"and his thanks,and was just going out,when he turned again and said,"I shall come again next Sunday,this day next week,and grandmother sent word that she would like you to come and see her one day." It was quite a new idea to Heidi that she should go and pay anybody a visit,and she could not get it out of her head;so the first thing she said to her grandfather the next day was,"I must go down to see the grandmother to-day,she will be expecting me,” "The snow is too deep,"answered the grandfather,trying to put her off. But Heidi had made up her mind to go,since the grandmother had sent her that message.She stuck to her intention and not a day passed but what in the course ·064· 4下山看望婆婆 ①assent [a'sent]v同意 “对，一点儿不错。”彼得表示同意。 这下海蒂可来了兴致，问了彼得许许多多的问题， 在学校要干些什么，看到和听到什么，等等。谈话的时 间很长，彼得身上已全干了。他一向不擅言谈，今天就 更困难了，因为等他想起一个问题的答案时，海蒂又接 连提出了两三个问题，一般都得用一个很长的句子才能 回答。 爷爷坐在那儿，一言不发，只是偶尔被逗乐时嘴角 动一下，表示他在听着这场谈话。 ②twitch[twitf]n.抽动 “好了，将军，你被围攻得时间不短了，该吃点 东西了，过来吧。”他终于开口了，一边说一边起身去 柜子里拿晚饭，海蒂把凳子推到桌子旁，靠墙还有一 3 refreshment [ri'frefmant] ”.恢复精力的东西（如 条长凳。现在爷爷不再是孤身一人了，他就四下安上 饮料、食物、休息等) 各种各样的座位，都能容下两个人坐，因为海蒂有个 习惯，那就是不管爷爷是走路、坐着还是站着，她都 跟得紧紧的。这样，他们三人都有舒适的地方坐。阿 尔姆大叔把一大块肉放在彼得的厚面包片上，看得彼 得大睁双眼，他有很长时间没吃过这么好的东西了。 这顿美餐一吃完，彼得就准备回家，因为天己经黑下 来了。他道了晚安，说了谢谢，刚要往外走，又转回 来说：“下个星期天我还来，婆婆让我捎话儿说她想让 你哪天去看她。” 去看望别人对海蒂来说是个新鲜事，她也就总忘不 了了。第二天一起床她就跟爷爷说：“今天我得下山去 看望婆婆，她在等我呢。” “雪太深了。”爷爷说，他想打消她的念头。可是 海蒂却执意要去，因为婆婆已托人带了那口信儿，她对 此念念不忘，不到一天的工夫就跟爷爷说了五六次：“我 ·065· IV.The Visit to Grandmother of it she said five or six times to her grandfather,"I must certainly go to-day,the grandmother will be waiting for me." On the fourth day,when with every step one took the ground crackled with frost and the whole vast field of snow was hard as ice,Heidi was sitting on her high stool at dinner with the bright sun shining in upon her through the window,and again repeated her little speech,"I must certainly go down to see the grandmother to-day,or else I shall keep her waiting too long." The grandfather rose from table,climbed up to the hayloft and brought down the thick sack that was Heidi's coverlid,and said,"Come along then!"The child skipped out gleefully after him into the glittering world of snow. The old fir trees were standing now quite silent,their branches covered with the white snow,and they looked so lovely as they glittered and sparkled in the sunlight that Heidi jumped for joy at the sight and kept on calling out,"Come here, come here,grandfather!The fir trees are all silver and gold!"The grandfather had gone into the shed and he now came out dragging a large hand-sleigh along with him;inside it was a low seat,and the sleigh could be pushed forward and guided by the feet of the one who sat upon it with the help of a pole that was fastened to the side.After he had been taken round the fir trees by Heidi that he might see their beauty from all sides,he got into the sleigh and lifted the child on to his lap; then he wrapped her up in the sack,that she might keep nice and warm,and put his left arm closely round her,for it was necessary to hold her tight during the coming journey.He now grasped the pole with his right hand and gave the sleigh a push forward with his two feet.The sleigh shot down the mountain side with such rapidity that Heidi thought they were flying through the air like a bird,and shouted aloud with delight.Suddenly they came to a standstill,and there they were at Peter's hut.Her grandfather lifted her out and unwrapped her."There you are,now go in,and when it begins to grow dark you must start on your way home again."Then he left her and went up the mountain,pulling his sleigh after him. Heidi opened the door of the hut and stepped into a tiny room that looked very dark,with a fireplace and a few dishes on a wooden shelf;this was the little kitchen.She opened another door,and now found herself in another small room, for the place was not a herdsman's hut like her grandfather's,with one large room on the ground floor and a hayloft above,but a very old cottage,where ·066· 4.下山看望婆婆 今天必须去了，因为婆婆在等我。” 到了第四天，人在地上走，每迈一步都会听到霜雪 ①crackle[krek灲V产生 嚓嚓作响，漫山遍野像冰一样硬。这时海蒂正坐在高脚 裂纹 ②frost[frost]n.霜 凳上吃饭，明亮的阳光从窗户射进来，照在她身上，她 又重复起那一句话：“我今天说什么也得去看婆婆，要 不她就等得太长了。” 爷爷从桌旁站起来，爬上装草的阁楼，取下海蒂那 个厚厚的床罩，说：“那就走吧！”孩子兴高采烈地跟在 后面，蹦蹦跳跳地进入了闪闪发光的雪的世界。 ③glittering [glitari]a.闪 闪发光的 老杉树这时都静静地站立着，枝杈上挂满积雪， 在阳光的照射下发着耀眼的光芒，样子好看极了，海 蒂看了高兴得跳了起来，喊着：“快来！爷爷！快来！ 这些杉树上都是金银！”爷爷己走进了羊圈，拉出一 个很大的手动雪橇，雪橇里面有个很低的座位，人坐 在上面用双脚和绑在旁边的雪橇杆便可以推动雪橇前 进并控制方向。海蒂先拉着爷爷围着杉树转一圈，让 他从各个角度欣赏杉树的美丽，然后爷爷才上了雪橇， 抱起海蒂放在自己膝盖上，又用床罩把她包起来，这 样她就不冷了。接着他伸出左臂把她紧紧地揽住，这 一点在后面的行程中也非常必要。他右手握住雪橇杆， 双脚用力一蹬，雪橇向前滑去。刷一在积雪的山坡 上，雪橇速度极快，海蒂觉得他们像鸟在空中飞翔， ④rapidity[rapidati].迅 兴奋得大喊大叫。突然，雪橇戛然止住，原来他们己 速 来到彼得家门前。爷爷把海蒂抱出来，拿掉了裹住她 5 standstill ['staendstil]n. 停止 的床罩。“到了，孩子，进去吧，可是天快黑的时候你 必须回家。”说完，他就拉着雪橇上山去了。 海蒂推开小屋的门，走了进去。里面是一个极小的 房间，很暗，有个壁炉，一个木架上摆着几个盘子，看 来这是厨房。再推开一扇门，她又到了另一个小房间里。 这座牧羊人的小屋可不像爷爷的房子那样，一层是个大 ⑥herdsman[ha:dzman]n. 房间，二层是个放干草的阁楼；它是个古老的农舍，到 牧人 ·067·