18 Winter in Dorfli德夫里村的冬天-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《小海蒂Heidi》

IXVIII. Winter in ①orf "Yes, yes, I will come the very day you send for me, and I love you nearly as much as grandfather," replied Heidi. who had not yet got over her distress. And so the doctor again bid her good-bve and started on his way, while Heid remained looking after him and waving her hand as long as a speck^{} of him could be seen. As the doctor turned for the last time and looked back at the waving Heid and the sunny mountain, he said to himself, "It is good to be up there, good for body and soul. and a man might learn how to be happy once more." XVIII. Winter in Dorfli The snow was lying so high around the hut that the windows looked level{② with the ground, and the door had entirely disappeared from view. If Alm-Uncle had been up there he would have had to do what Peter did daily, for fresh snow fell every night. Peter had to get out of the window of the sitting-room every morning and if the frost had not been very hard during the night, he immediately sank up to his shoulders almost in the snow and had to struggle with hands, feet, and head to extricate{③} himself. Then his mother handed him the large broom, and with this he worked hard to make a way to the door. He had to be careful to dig the snow well away, or else as soon as the door was opened the whole soft mass would fall inside, or, if the frost was severe enough, it would have made such a wall of ice in front of the house that no one could have gone in or out. for the window was only big enough for Peter to creep through. The fresh snow froze like this in the nigh sometimes, and this was an eniovable time for Peter, for he would get through the window on to the hard. smooth. frozen ground. and his mother would hand him out the little sleigh, and he could then make his descent to Dorfli along any route he chose, for the whole mountain was nothing but one wide, unbroken sleigh road Alm-Uncle had kept his word and was not spending the winter in his old home. As soon as the first snow began to fall, he had shut up the hut and the outside buildings and gone down to Dorfli with Heidi and the goats. Near the church was a straggling{④} half-ruined building, which had once been the house .292· 18.德夫里村的冬天 “会的,会的,你一派人来接我,我马上就去。我 非常爱你,就像爱爷爷一样。”海蒂回答,还没有从悲 伤中摆脱过来。 ① speck [spek]n.(距离遥 于是,医生再次跟她道别,然后上了路,海蒂站在那 远显现出的)小点般的 东西 儿,目送着他的背影,向他挥着手,直到医生的影子从视 野中消失。医生最后一次回头时看到了频频挥手的海蒂和 阳光普照的大山,他心里想;“到这里来真是不错,对身 体和心灵都有好处,可以学会如何找回快乐的自我。” 18.德夫里村的冬天 ② level [levalla. 同高度的 雪堆得老高,围在小屋的四周,窗户像是与地面持 平,门全然不见了踪影。如果阿尔姆大叔还住在山上的 话,他就得做彼得每天早晨做的事了,因为每天晚上都 要新下一场雪。彼得每天都要从起居室的窗户爬出来, 如果前一天晚上的霜冻不是很厉害的话,他马上就会陷 ③ extricate I'ekstrikeit] v 到雪里,几乎一直陷到肩膀,然后他就得手、脚、头并 使脱离 用,才能把自已解脱出来。妈妈递给他一把大扫带,他 就用尽全身力气,扫出一条通向门口的路来。那积雪一 定要弄得远一点儿,否则的话,门一开雪堆就会倒到屋 里,或者有时夜里霜冻得厉害,第二天就谁也无法出入 了,因为屋前横着一座厚厚的冰墙,那起居室的窗户又 只够彼得爬着挤过去。每到这个时候,彼得可就高兴了, 他钻过窗户,来到外面坚硬、光滑、结冰的地上,妈妈 递给他一个小雪撬,然后他就能任选一条路线向山下的 德夫里村滑去了,整座大山这时变成了一条无比宽阔、 接连不断的雪跑道。 阿尔姆大叔信守诺言,冬天没在山上的小屋里过。 第一场雪过后,他就锁好小屋和其他的小棚子,带着海 ④ straggling I'straglin] a 零落的 蒂和山羊下山住到了德夫里村。靠近教堂的地方有一所 ·293· IxVIII. Winter in ①orf of a person of consequence{}. A distinguished soldier had lived there at one time: he had taken service in Spain and had there performed many brave deeds and gathered much treasure. When he returned home to Dorfli he spent part of his booty② in building a fine house, with the intention of living in it. But he had been too long accustomed to the noise and bustle of arms and the world to care for a quiet country life, and he soon went off again, and this time did not return. When after many long years it seemed certain that he was dead, a distant relative took possession of the house, but it had already fallen into disrepair③}, and he had no wish to rebuild it. So it was let to poor people, who paid but a small rent, and when any part of the building fell it was allowed to remain. This had now gone on for many years. As long ago as when his son Tobias was a child Alm-Uncle hac rented the tumble-down old place. Since then it had stood empty, for no one could stay in it who had not some idea of how to stop up{} the holes and gaps and make it habitable. Otherwise the wind and rain and snow blew into the rooms, so that it was impossible even to keep a candle alight, and the indwellers would have frozer to death during the long cold winters. Alm-Uncle, however, knew how to mend matters. As soon as he had made up his mind to spend the winter in Dorfli, he rented the old place and worked during the autumn to get it sound and tight. In the middle of October he and Heidi took up their residence there On approaching the house from the back one came first into an open space with a wall on either side, of which one was half in ruins. Above this rose the arch^{} of an old window thickly overgrown with ivy{, which spread over the remains of a domed roof that had evidently been part of a chapel^{}. A large hall came next, which lay open, without doors, to the sauare outside. Here also walls and roof only partially remained, and indeed what was left of the roof looked as if it might fall at any minute had it not been for two stout pillars that supported it Alm-Uncle had here put up a wooden partition{ and covered the floor with straw for this was to be the goats' house. Endless passages led from this, through the rents of which the sky as well as the fields and the road outside could be seen at intervals: but at last one came to a stout oak{} door that led into a room that still stood intact^{}. Here the walls and the dark wainscoting{} remained as good as ·294· 18.德夫里村的冬天 ① consequence 破旧的房子,房子的主人是个有影响的人物。他是一位 [konsi.kwons]n. 重要地 位 杰出的士兵,在那所房子里住过一段时间。他曾在西班 牙服役,因作战勇猛而屡受嘉奖,很快就积聚了一笔不 ② ) booty ['bu:ti]n. 战利品 奖品 小的财富。他回到家乡德夫里后,花了一些钱财,建造 了一座很漂亮的房子,打算长住在那儿。可是他已经习 惯于疆场和尘世的喧嚣,不喜欢平静的乡村生活了,于 是很快就又走了,这一去就再也没有回来。许多年过去 ③ o disrepair [disri'pea]n. 失 修 了,几乎可以肯定他已经不在人世了,他的一个远房亲 戚就接管了那所房子,但房子此时已经破旧不堪,那位 亲戚也不想修补,就把它租给穷人住,房租很低。如 果哪个地方塌落了,也可以不去管它,就这样过了好多 ④ stopup塞住,堵住 年。以前,当阿尔姆大叔的儿子托比亚斯还是个孩子的 时候,他就租住过这座破旧的房子。打那儿之后,这房 子就一直空着,因为一个人如果不知道如何才能堵住那 些墙洞和裂缝,是无法在里边生活下去的,狂风暴雨和 大雪会肆虐着冲进屋里,连支蜡烛都点不着,住在里面 人会在漫漫寒冬被活活冻死。然而,阿尔姆大叔却非常 精于房屋修理。他决定在冬天搬到德夫里来住之后,就 租下了这座旧房子,在秋天把它修补得严严实实,十月 中句一到,他和海蒂就搬了进来。 arch[a:tf门]n. 拱形物 ivy 'aiviln. 常春藤 从后面走近房子,人们会首先看到一块开阔地,两 chapel 'tfaepolln. 小教 边是围墙,其中一边的围墙已经塌了一半。围墙的上方 堂 是一扇古老的半圆形窗户,被常青藤密密地缠绕着,藤 条伸展到一个残留下来的圆屋顶上,很明显,那儿曾是 个小教堂。接下去是一个洞开的大厅,没有门,直对开 ⑧ partition [pa:'tifan] n. 隔 阔地,也只剩下了部分墙壁和屋顶,而且要不是两根粗 板 oak auk]n. 橡木 壮的柱子支撑的话,这些断壁残垣看上去也像是随时都 intact lin'taekt]a. 完整无 会倒塌。阿尔姆大叔在大厅里用木板隔了个小房间,地 缺的 ① wainscoting I'weinskotin] 上铺满干草,算是给山羊安好了家。这里,有许多条走 n.护墙板 廊通向四面八方,透过这些走廊的缝隙,可以不时地 看到外面的天空、田野和道路;最后,你会来到一扇结 实的橡木门前,里面是一个相当完好的房间。四壁和深 .295· IXVIII. Winter in ①orff ever, and in the corner was an immense stove reaching nearly to the ceiling, on the white tiles^{} of which were painted large pictures in blue. These represented old castles surrounded with trees, and huntsmen riding out with their hounds②: or else a quiet lake scene, with broad oak trees and a man fishing. A seat ran all round the stove so that one could sit at one's ease and study the pictures. These attracted Heidi's attention at once, and she had no sooner arrived with her grandfather than she ran and seated herself and began to examine them. But when she had gradually worked herself round to the back, something else diverted^{③} her attention. In the large space between the stove and the wall four planks{} had been put together as if to make a large receptacle② for apples: there were no apples, however, inside, but something Heidi had no difficulty in recognising, for it was her very own bed with its hay mattress and sheets, and sack for a coverlid, just as she had it up at the hut. Heidi clapped her hands for joy and exclaimed, "Oh grandfather, this is my room, how nice! But where are you going to sleep?" “Your room must be near the stove or you will freeze." he replied, "but you can come and see mine too." Heidi got down and skipped across the large room after her grandfather, who opened a door at the farther end leading into a smaller one which was to be his bedroom. Then came another door. Heidi pushed it open and stood amazed. for here was an immense room like a kitchen, larger than anything of the kind that Heidi had seen before. There was still plenty of work for the grandfather before this room could be finished. for there were holes and cracks in the walls through which the wind whistled, and yet he had already nailed up so many new planks that it looked as if a lot of small cupboards had been set up round the room. He had. however, made the large old door safe with many screws and nails, asa protection against the outside air, and this was very necessary, for just beyond was a mass of ruined building overgrown with tall weeds^{, which made a dwelling place for endless beetles and lizards Heidi was very delighted with her new home, and by the morning after their arrival she knew every nook and corner so thoroughly that she could take Pete over it and show him all that was to be seen: indeed she would not let him go til he had examined every single wonderful thing contained in it Heidi slept soundly in her corner by the stove: but every morning wher .296. 18.瘪夫黑村的冬天) 色护墙板完好如初,角落里有只大炉子,几乎伸到天花 ① tile [tail]n. 瓷砖 板,炉子的白色瓦片上有大幅的图画,是蓝色的。这些 ② hound lhaund]n. 猎犬 图画有的描绘了绿树环绕的古老庄园,人们带着猎狗出 去打猎;有的展现了宁静的湖边景色,粗大的橡树蔚然 成林,有人独自在湖边垂钓。炉子四周有一圈座位,人 们可以随便就坐,欣赏图画。这些画一下子吸引了海蒂 ③ divert [dai'vxtlv 转移 的注意力,刚跟爷爷走进尾里,她就跑过去,坐下仔细 ④ plank [plaenk]n. 板条 地打量起来。但当她转着看到后边的时候,有个什么东 receptacle [ri'septakl] n. 容器 西分散了她的注意力-一在炉子和墙壁之间的巨大空间 里,并排放着四条大木板,像是贮存苹果用的。可是里 面没有苹果,很快,海蒂就认出来了,原来那是自己的 床,上面铺着干草和床单,还是那个大袋子作床罩,像 在山顶小屋一样。海蒂高兴地拍着手说:“爷爷,这是 我的房间吧!太美了!可你睡哪儿呢?” “你的房间必须得挨着炉子,不然的话,你会冻僵 的。”他回答,“你可以来看看我的房间。” 海蒂跳下来,蹴跳着跟在爷爷身后。走到大房间的 尽头,爷爷打开一扇门,那儿有个小房间,这就是他 的卧室了。接着又有一扇门,海蒂推开一看,不禁惊 呆了。那个房间太大了,像是厨房,她从来没见过那 么大的房间。这里还有许多活儿要爷爷做,墙上还有 不少的裂缝和小洞,风正嗖嗖地往里吹。不过,爷爷 已经钉上了许多条新木板,看上去像是在屋子里装了 好多小柜榻。他已经把那扇古老的大门用钉子和蟋丝 修补得很牢固,足以抵御外面的冷空气。这活儿必须 weed [wi:dln. 杂草 得干也还因为门外就是一片废墟,那里杂草丛生,有 无数的甲虫和蝴蝎 海蒂非常满意自己的新家,他们到达之后的当天上 午,她就把这里的每个角落了解得清清楚楚。她要带彼 得来参观她的新家,把所有的地方都指给他看,而且一 定要他把屋子里的每件好东西都看遍才行 海蒂在那炉边的角落里睡得很香。可是每天早晨醒 ·297· IXVIII. Winter in ①orf she first awoke she still thought she was on the mountain, and that she must rur outside at once to see if the fir trees were so quiet because their branches were weighed down with the thick snow, She had to look about her for some minutes before she felt quite sure where she was, and a certain sensation of trouble and oppression would come over her as she grew aware that she was not at home in the hut. But then she would hear her grandfather's voice outside, attending to the goats, and these would give one or two loud bleats, as if calling to her to make haste and go to them, and then Heidi was happy again, for she knew she was still at home, and she would jump gladly out of bed and run out to the animals as quickly as she could. On the fourth morning, as soon as she saw her grandfather she said, "I must go up to see grandmother to-day: she ought not to be alone so long." But the grandfather would not agree to this. "Neither to-day nor to-morrow can you go." he said, "the mountain is covered fathom^{①}-deep in snow, and the snow is still falling: the sturdy Peter can hardly get along. A little creature like you would soon be smothered②} by it, and we should not be able to find you again Wait a bit till it freezes, then you will be able to walk over the hard snow." Heidi did not like the thought of having to wait, but the days were so busy that she hardly knew how they went by. Heidi now went to school in Dorfli every morning and afternoon, and eagerly set to work to learn all that was taught her. She hardly ever saw Peter there, for as a rule he was absent. The teacher was an easy-going man who merely remarked now and then, "Peter is not turning up to-day again, it seems, but there is a lot of snow up on the mountain and I daresay he cannot get along." Peter, however always seemed able to make his way through the snow in the evening when schoo was over, and he then generally paid Heidi a visit At last, after some days, the sun again appeared and shone brightly over the white ground, but he went to bed again behind the mountains at a very early hour as if he did not find such pleasure in looking down on the earth as when everything was green and flowery. But then the moon came out clear and large and lit up the great white snowfield all through the night, and the next morning the whole mountain glistened and sparkled like a huge crystal. When Peter got out of his window as usual, he was taken by surprise, for instead of sinking into the soft snow .298. 18.德夫里村的冬天) 来,她都以为还住在山上,她得立刻跑出去看看为什么 那些杉树一声不吭,是不是大雪把树枝都压折了。她要 在周围看上好大一会儿,才能弄清楚自己究竟身处何 地,这时她知道自己已经不住在山上的小屋里了,一种 烦恼和压抑顿时袭上心头。可是听到外面爷爷的声音后, 她又高兴起来,因为爷爷正在照料的那两只山羊会发出 一两声咩咩的叫声,像是在召唤海蒂快过去,她就知道 了自己还是住在家里。于是,她高兴地从床上跳下来 以最快的速度向山羊跑去。到这里之后的第四天早晨 她一看到爷爷,就说:“今天我得去看看婆婆了,她自 己一个人待得这么久了。” 爷爷却不同意,“今天或明天你都不能去,”他说,“山 上的雪太厚了,而且还在不断地下。连皮实的彼得都对 ① fathom ['faeoom] n. 英寻 付不了这雪,你这么单薄就更不行了,会很快被大雪吞 (测量水深的长度单位) 掉的,那样的话,我们就再也见不到你了。等等吧,等 ② smother I'smAalv 雪都冻了之后,你就可以踩在上面走着去了。” 令......透不过气 海蒂很不喜欢这种无奈的等待,可是那几天她很 忙,都不知道时间是怎么过的。 现在,海蒂每天上下午都要去德夫里村上学了,她 也迫切想学会老师教的所有东西。在学校里,她几乎见 不到彼得,因为他总逃课。老师是位好脾气的先生,只 是偶尔说上一句:“看来彼得今天又不来上学了,不过 也难怪,山上的雪太大了,他肯定是来不了。”然而, 每天傍晚放学以后,彼得似乎总能趟着厚厚的积雪下 山,来找海蒂玩。 几天过后,太阳终于出来了,照射在白色的大地 上。可是彼得照样还是早早就上床睡觉了,好像现在在 外面找不到以前看到花红草绿时的那种快乐。然而不一 会儿,圆圆的月亮就升上天空,清澈又明亮,整夜都照 耀着这片巨大的银白色雪原,等到第二天清晨,整座 大山就变成了一块大水晶,亮闪闪的。彼得像往常一样 从窗户爬出去后,吃了一惊,他没有陷进厚厚的积雪 ·299· IXVIII. Winter in ①orff he fell on the hard ground and went sliding some way down the mountain side like a sleigh before he could stop himself. He picked himself up and tested the hardness of the ground by stamping on it and trying with all his might to dig his heels into it, but even then he could not break off a single little splinter^{ of ice: the Alm was frozen hard as iron. This was just what Peter had been hoping for, as he knew now that Heidi would be able to come up to them. He quickly got back into the house. swallowed the milk which his mother had put ready for him, thrust a piece of breac in his pocket, and said, "I must be off to school.""That's right, go and learn all you can," said the grandmother encouragingly. Peter crept through the window again- the door was quite blocked by the frozen snow outside - pulling his little sleigh after him, and in another minute was shooting down the mountain He went like lightning, and when he reached Dorfli. which stood on the direct road to Mayenfeld, he made up his mind to go on further, for he was sure he could not stop his rapid descent without hurting himself and the sleigh too. So down he still went till he reached the level ground. where the sleigh came to a pause of its own accord. Then he got out and looked round. The impetus② with which he had made his journey down had carried him some little way beyond Mayenfeld. He bethought^{③} himself that it was too late to get to school now, as lessons would already have begun, and it would take him a good hour to walk back to Dorfli. Sc he might take his time about returning, which he did, and reached Dorfli just as Heidi had got home from school and was sitting at dinner with her grandfather Peter walked in. and as on this occasion he had something particular to communicate, he began without a pause, exclaiming as he stood still in the middle of the room."She's got it now." "Got it? What?" asked the Uncle."Your words sound quite warlike, General." "The frost."explained Peter. “Oh! Then now I can go and see grandmother!" said Heidi joyfully, for she had understood Peter's words at once. "But why were you not at school then? You could have come down in the sleigh." she added reproachfully, for it did not agree with Heidi's ideas of good behaviour to stay away when it was possible to be there. "It carried me on too far and I was too late." Peter replied .300. 18.德夫里村的冬天 1 里,而是像只雪一样在坚硬的地上滑了出去,滑了很 远才止住脚步。他站稳脚跟,用脚使劲往地上踩,想看 看雪冻得有多硬,但不管他用多大力,都弄不掉一个冰 ① splinter |'splintaln. 碎片 儿:整座阿尔姆山冻得坚硬如铁。而这正是彼得一直 期盼的,因为他知道冰一冻上,海蒂就能上山来看他们 了。他很快又钻回到屋里,三口两口喝掉了妈妈为他准 备好的奶,抄起一片面包往口袋里一塞,说:“我要去 上学了。”“这就对了,去了好好学。”婆婆鼓励道。彼 得又从窗户里爬出来 一门已被外面冻硬的冰雪堵了个 实在一-随后又拉出他的小雪,片刻之后,就像出膛 的子弹向山下射去。 他闪电般地向下冲着,很快就到了德夫里。德夫里 位于直接通往梅恩菲尔德的路上。他决定继续往前滑, 否则的话,自己和雪都难免受伤。就这样,他一直向 ② impetus limpitss]n. 推 下滑到平地上,雪橘自动停了下来。他下了雪橘,四下 动力 看看,刚才冲下山的那股惯性把他带出了很远,已经过 了梅恩菲尔德。看来上学肯定是太晚了,因为课大概已 ③ bethink [bi'eink] v: 使 (自己)思考 经开始了,而他回到德夫里还要用上整整一个钟头。于 是,他就慢悠悠地往回走,到德夫里的时候正赶上海蒂 放学回家,正与爷爷吃午饭。彼得走进屋里,由于要传 递一个特殊信息,他立刻站在屋中央叫了起来:“万事 俱备!” “万事俱备?什么?”阿尔姆大叔说,“将军,你的 话听起来很有些战争的味道。” “冰冻。”彼得解释说。 “噢,那样我就能去看奶奶了!”海蒂兴奋地说 她马上就领会了彼得的意思,“但是你为什么没去上学 呢?你可以坐雪撬下来的呀!”她又接着责备道,按海 蒂的行为准则来看,如果能去上学而不去的话,就不是 好孩子做的事。 “雪带我滑得太远,等我走回来已经很晚了。” 彼得回答。 .301.