14 Sunday Bells礼拜钟声-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《小海蒂Heidi》

IXTV.Sunday Bel瓜 grandmother..” "I am glad you are back,"said Peter,while his whole face beamed with pleasure,and then he prepared to go on with his goats;but he never had had so much trouble with them before,for when at last,by coaxing and threats,he had got them all together,and Heidi had gone off with an arm over either head of her grandfather's two,the whole flock suddenly,turned and ran after her.Heidi had to go inside the stall with her two and shut the door,or Peter would never have got home that night.When Heidi went indoors after this she found her bed already made up for her;the hay had been piled high for it and smelt deliciously,for it had only just been got in,and the grandfather had carefully spread and tucked in the clean sheets.It was with a happy heart that Heidi lay down in it that night,and her sleep was sounder than it had been for a whole year past.The grandfather got up at least ten times during the night and mounted the ladder to see if Heidi was all right and showing no signs of restlessness,and to feel that the hay he had stuffed into the round window was keeping the moon from shining too brightly upon her. But Heidi did not stir;she had no need now to wander about,for the great burning longing of her heart was satisfied;she had seen the high mountains and rocks alight in the evening glow,she had heard the wind in the fir trees,she was at home again on the mountain XIV.Sunday Bells Heidi was standing under the waving fir trees waiting for her grandfather, who was going down with her to grandmother's,and then on to Dorfli to fetch her box.She was longing to know how grandmother had enjoyed her white bread and impatient to see and hear her again;but no time seemed weary to her now,for she could not listen long enough to the familiar voice of the trees,or drink in too much of the fragrance wafted to her from the green pastures where the golden-headed flowers were glowing in the sun,a very feast to her eyes.The grandfather came out,gave a look round,and then called to her in a cheerful voice,"Well,now we can be off.” ·230· 14.礼拜钟声 “你又回来了，我真高兴。”彼得说，脸兴奋得直 放光，随后他准备赶羊群下山。但他却费了九牛二虎之 力，这是以前从没有的事：彼得连引诱带吓唬终于把山 羊都聚到一块儿后，海蒂双手抚摸着爷爷的两只羊的羊 头往回走，这时，羊群又突然转身，向她追去。海蒂只 得带着两只山羊躲到羊圈里，紧紧关上门，不然的话， 彼得那天晚上就回不到家了。彼得走了之后，海蒂走进 小屋，发现自己的床己经铺好了，干草堆得很厚，散发 着芳香的气味。草是爷爷刚收进来的，他很仔细地在两 层干净的布单之间把草铺匀。那天晚上，海蒂怀着无比 幸福的心情躺在床上，睡得很香，一年来她从没睡得这 样好。夜里，爷爷至少起来十次，爬上梯子看看海蒂 睡得如何，是不是很安稳，同时还要整整他塞到圆窗户 里的草，使照射到海蒂身上的月光不那么刺眼。但是海 蒂睡得很实，她用不着梦游了，她长期的渴望得到了满 足：她又亲眼看到了夕阳余晖中的高山和岩石，亲耳听 到了杉树间吹过的风声，她又回到了高山上的家。 14.礼拜钟声 海蒂站在摇摆的杉树下，等着爷爷，他要先陪海蒂 去婆婆家，然后去德夫里取箱子。海蒂很想知道婆婆是 否爱吃她带来的白面包，也特别想快点儿再见到她，听 到她说话的声音。现在她不再觉得时间难熬了，因为她 听不够杉树发出的熟悉的声音，闻不够从绿色牧场上随 风飘来的花香。那花儿金黄金黄的，在阳光下绚丽夺目， ①feast[fi:st]m.(感官等方 那真是一道深深打动她的美景。爷爷走出来，向四周望 面)特别的享受 望，快乐地跟海蒂说：“孩子，我们可以走了。” ·231· IXTV.Sunday Bel瓜 It was Saturday,a day when Alm-Uncle made everything clean and tidy inside and outside the house;he had devoted the morning to this work so as to be able to accompany Heidi in the afternoon,and the whole place was now as spick and span as he liked to see it.They parted at the grandmother's cottage and Heidi ran in.The grandmother had heard her steps approaching and greeted her as she crossed the threshold,"Is it you,child?Have you come again?" Then she took hold of Heidi's hand and held it fast in her own,for she still seemed to fear that the child might be torn from her again.And now she had to tell Heidi how much she had enjoyed the white bread,and how much stronger she felt already for having been able to eat it,and then Peter's mother went on and said she was sure that if her mother could eat like that for a week she would get back some of her strength,but she was so afraid of coming to the end of the rolls,that she had only eaten one as yet.Heidi listened to all Brigitta said,and sat thinking for a while.Then she suddenly thought of a way. "I know,grandmother,what I will do,"she said eagerly,"I will write to Clara,and she will send me as many rolls again,if not twice as many as you have already,for I had ever such a large heap in the wardrobe,and when they were all taken away she promised to give me as many back,and she would do so I am sure.” "That is a good idea,"said Brigitta;"but then,they would get hard and stale. The baker in Dorfli makes the white rolls,and if we could get some of those he has over now and then-but I can only just manage to pay for the black bread." A further bright thought came to Heidi,and with a look of joy,"Oh,I have lots of money,grandmother,"she cried gleefully,skipping about the room in her delight,"and I know now what I will do with it.You must have a fresh white roll every day,and two on Sunday,and Peter can bring them up from Dorfli." "No,no,child!"answered the grandmother,"I cannot let you do that;the money was not given to you for that purpose;you must give it to your grandfather, and he will tell you how you are to spend it." But Heidi was not to be hindered in her kind intentions,and she continued to jump about,saying over and over again in a tone of exultation,"Now, grandmother can have a roll every day and will grow quite strong again-and, oh,grandmother,"she suddenly exclaimed with an increase of jubilation in her ·232· 14.礼拜钟声 那是星期六，在这一天，阿尔姆大叔通常把屋里屋 外都收拾得干净整洁。为了下午能跟海蒂一起下山，他 ①spick and span干干净净 整个上午都在做清洁工作，现在到处都干干净净，他喜 的 欢这个样子。爷儿俩在婆婆的小屋前分手，海蒂跑了进 去，婆婆早已听出了海蒂的脚步声，她刚迈过门槛，婆 婆就招呼道：“孩子，是你吗？你又来啦？” 然后，她就抓过海蒂的手，紧紧地握着，像是生怕 她再被别人抢走。她告诉海蒂说那白面包太好吃了，自 己觉得身体强壮多了，这时彼得的妈妈接着说，如果婆 婆能吃上一个星期的白面包，她的身体肯定会恢复得很 快，只是她害怕那白面包会马上吃完，所以只吃了一 个。海蒂听布蕾吉特说着，坐在那儿想了一会儿，突然 ②as yet迄今为止 有了主意。 “婆婆，我知道怎么办了。”她急切地说，“我要给 克莱拉写信，她会再给我送这么多来，或是比这多一 倍。我曾经在衣橱里攒了好大的一堆，后来被人拿走的 时候，克莱拉答应我再给我那么多，我相信她肯定会那 么做的。” “好主意。”布蕾吉特说，“不过，那样的话，白面 包会变得又硬又臭的。德夫里的面包师就制作白面包， 我们要是能在他那儿时不时地买一些一只可惜，我只 能买得起黑面包。” 一个更好的想法在海蒂头脑中形成了，她高兴极 了，在屋子里又蹦又跳，还嚷道：“噢，对了。婆婆，我 有许多钱，现在知道该怎么花了。你每天都要吃一个新 鲜的白面包，星期日吃两个，彼得可以从德夫里取来。” “不，孩子！”婆婆回答，“我不能让你那么做，人 家给你的钱不是干这个用的，你得把钱交给爷爷，他会 ③hinder ['hinda]妨碍 告诉你怎么花的。” 1exultation [.egzal'teifan] 几狂喜 但海蒂的善意愿望不会改变，她继续在屋里蹦跳 5 jubilation [d3u:bi'leifon] 着，兴奋地一遍遍地说：“这下好了，婆婆每天都可以 几喜悦 吃个白面包了，身体很快就会结实起来—哎，婆婆，” ·233· XIV.Sunday Bells voice,"if you get strong everything will grow light again for you;perhaps it's only because you are weak that it is dark."The grandmother said nothing,she did not wish to spoil the child's pleasure.As she went jumping about Heidi suddenly caught sight of the grandmother's song book,and another happy idea struck her, "Grandmother,I can also read now,would you like me to read you one of your hymns from your old book?" "Oh,yes,"said the grandmother,surprised and delighted;"but can you really read,child,really?" Heidi had climbed on to a chair and had already lifted down the book, bringing a cloud of dust with it,for it had lain untouched on the shelf for a long time.Heidi wiped it,sat herself down on a stool beside the old woman,and asked her which hymn she should read. "What you like,child,what you like,"and the grandmother pushed her spinning-wheel aside and sat in eager expectation waiting for Heidi to begin.Heidi turned over the leaves and read a line out softly to herself here and there.At last she said,"Here is one about the sun,grandmother,I will read you that."And Heidi began,reading with more and more warmth of expression as she went on, The morning breaks, And warm and bright The earth lies still In the golden light- For Dawn has scattered the clouds of night. God's handiwork Is seen around, Things great and small To his praise abound2- Where are the signs of his love not found? All things must pass, But God shall still With steadfast power ·234· 14.礼拜钟声 她突然满怀欣喜地说，“你如果强壮起来，就会见到光 明了，可能是由于身体不好，你才看不见东西的。”婆 婆只是听着，什么都没说，她不想扫孩子的兴。就在蹦 蹦跳跳的时候，海蒂一眼看到了婆婆的歌本，她又想出 一个好主意，“婆婆，现在我识字了，你愿意听我给你 ①hymn[him]n.赞美诗 读两首这本书上的诗吗？” “噢，好啊！”婆婆说，她又惊又喜，“可是，孩子， 你真的识字啦？” 海蒂己经登上椅子，把那本书取了下来，同时还带下 团灰尘，因为书已躺在那儿好长时间了，从没人碰过。 海蒂擦掉灰尘，坐在老人旁边的小凳上，问她想听哪首。 “哪首都行，孩子，随便哪首都行。”说着，婆婆把 纺车推到一边，坐了下来，急着听海蒂读书。海蒂翻动 着书页，这儿那儿的读上两句，语调很柔和。最后，她说： “婆婆，这儿有一首是关于太阳的，我就把它念给你听 吧。”接着，海蒂就开始朗读起来，越读情绪越热烈 天际破晓 温暖而明亮， 金色的阳光下 大地静静躺 黎明已冲破重重迷雾的阻挡。 随处可见 上帝的杰作， 世间芸芸众生 ②abound[o'baund]v大量 存在 皆为他硕果 哪里没有他博大的爱在闪烁？ 万物俱逝 唯上帝永生， 3 steadfast ['stedfast]a. 定的 法力强大无边 ·235· XIV.Sunday Bells His will fulfil Sure and unshaken is His will. His saving grace Will never fail, Though grief and fear The heart assail O'er life's wild seas he will prevail. Joy shall be ours In that garden blest Where after storm We find our rest- I wait in peace-God's time is best. The grandmother sat with folded hands and a look of indescribable joy on her face,such as Heidi had never seen there before,although at the same time the tears were running down her cheeks.As Heidi finished,she implored her,saying,"read it once again,child,just once again." And the child began again,with as much pleasure in the verses as the grandmother, Joy shall be ours In that garden blest, Where after storm We find our rest- I wait in peace-God's time is best. "Ah,Heidi,that brings light to the heart!What comfort you have brought me!” And the old woman kept on repeating the glad words,while Heidi beamed with happiness,and she could not take her eyes away from the grandmother's face,which had never looked like that before.It had no longer the old troubled ·236· 14.礼拜钟声 心愿尽完成 他意志坚强从不中途变更。 救世济民 践行从未爽， 纵有恐惧悲哀 ①assail[b'seil]v.毅然对 付 彼心坚如钢 凡心俗人狂他却超然其上。 ②blest[blest],祝福 快乐会有 (bless的一种过去式和 在那祝福园， 过去分词形式) 暴风骤雨过后 体憩心也安 我平静地等一上帝遵选时间。 老太太双手交叉，静静地坐着，脸上幸福的表情难 以言表，双颊上却热泪滚滚，这情景海蒂从未见过。诗 念完后，婆婆央求她说：“再读一遍吧，好孩子，就再 ③verse[vasn.诗，韵文 读一遍。” 于是，孩子又开始朗读起来，她在字里行间中透出 的欢乐像婆婆一样多 快乐会有 在那祝福园， 暴风骤雨过后 体憩心也安 我平静地等一上帝逢选时间。 “啊，海蒂！我的心里亮堂多了！你给了我多大的 安慰啊！” 老太太不住嘴地说着，非常高兴，海蒂也高兴得满 脸放光，她盯着婆婆的脸看，那张脸从没这样快乐过， ·237· IXTV.Sunday Bel瓜 expression,but was alight with peace and joy as if she were already looking with new clear eyes into the garden of Paradise. Some one now knocked at the window and Heidi looked up and saw her grandfather beckoning her to come home with him.She promised the grandmother before leaving her that she would be with her the next day,and even if she went out with Peter she would only spend half the day with him,for the thought that she might make it light and happy again for the grandmother gave her the greatest pleasure,greater even than being out on the sunny mountain with the flowers and goats.As she was going out Brigitta ran to her with the frock and hat she had left. Heidi put the dress over her arm,for,as she thought to herself,the grandfather had seen that before,but she obstinately refused to take back the hat;Brigitta could keep it,for she should never put it on her head again.Heidi was so full of her morning's doings that she began at once to tell her grandfather all about them:how the white bread could be fetched every day from Dorfli if there was money for it, and how the grandmother had all at once grown stronger and happier,and light had come to her.Then she returned to the subject of the rolls."If the grandmother won't take the money,grandfather,will you give it all to me,and I can then give Peter enough every day to buy a roll and two on Sunday?" "But how about the bed?"said her grandfather."It would be nice for you to have a proper bed,and there would then be plenty for the bread." But Heidi gave her grandfather no peace till he consented to do what she wanted;she slept a great deal better,she said,on her bed of hay than on her fine pillowed bed in Frankfurt.So at last he said,"The money is yours,do what you like with it;you can buy bread for grandmother for years to come with it." Heidi shouted for joy at the thought that grandmother would never need any more to eat hard black bread,and"Oh,grandfather!"she said,"everything is happier now than it has ever been in our lives before!"and she sang and skipped along,holding her grandfather's hand as lighthearted as a bird.But all at once she grew quiet and said,"If God had let me come at once,as I prayed,then everything would have been different,I should only have had a little bread to bring to grandmother,and I should not have been able to read,which is such a comfort to her;but God has arranged it all so much better than I knew how to;everything has happened just as the other grandmother said it would.Oh,how glad I am ·238· 14.孔拜钟声 ①alight[lait)a.(眼睛) 它不再露出愁容，而是平和快乐，好像老太太用明亮的 发亮的 眼睛看到了天堂的乐园。 这时，有人敲了敲窗。海蒂抬头一看，见是爷爷在 招呼她一起回家。离开前，海蒂答应婆婆说明天再来， 即使跟彼得上山放羊，她也只去半天，因为她想到自己 能使婆婆感受到光明和快乐，就觉得无比幸福，觉得比 沐浴着山上的阳光，与鲜花和羊群做伴还开心。她走出 房门的时候，布蕾吉特追上来，递给她丢下的衣服和帽 子。海蒂把衣服搭在胳膊上，因为她想反正爷爷已经见 到了，但她却坚决不要那顶帽子，布蕾吉特可以把它留 下来，她是死活不戴了。海蒂满脑子都是上午的事，她 立刻开始一件件地说给爷爷听：如果有钱，每天都可以 从德夫里买回白面包啦，婆婆如何马上变得又结实又快 乐，她又看到光明啦，等等。最后，她又把话题转到白 面包上，“爷爷，要是婆婆不肯接受那笔钱，你可以都 交给我吗？那样，我就能每天给彼得足够的钱去买白面 包，平常一个，星期天两个。” “但床怎么办呢？”爷爷说，“你需要买一张好床， 剩下的钱会够买白面包的。” 可是海蒂却缠着爷爷不干，只要不按她说的去做就 不让老头儿有一丝安宁，她说自己在干草铺的床上睡觉 要比在法兰克福的高级床上睡得香得多。最后，爷爷 只能依了她，说：“钱是你的，你爱怎么花就怎么花吧。 你可以为婆婆买上好几年的白面包。” 想到婆婆再也不用吃那硬邦邦的黑面包了，海蒂高 兴地叫起来：“噢，爷爷！现在的日子比从前好多了！” 她像只快活的小鸟，拉着爷爷的手又跳又唱。可是，她 又突然平静了下来，说：“如果上帝像我祈祷的那样， 当时让我马上回到家，这一切就都会不同了，我也许只 能给婆婆带回一点儿白面包，还学不会识字，而婆婆特 别高兴听我念书！上帝把一切都安排好了，他比我自己 更清楚怎么做更好，奶奶的话说得真对。现在我真高 ·239·