A Little Princess

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弗兰西斯·H·伯内特
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<2017-09-17 Sun>

在这本书中,你会遇到一位喜欢看书、讲故事,和老鼠交朋友,想象力丰富的小公主。

小公主 Sara 认识小女仆 Becky 后,便经常送 Becky 食物,并给她讲故事。在 Sara 父亲去世后,Sara 被迫住在了阁楼 Becky 旁边,假想她俩是同被关在巴士底狱的囚徒。

圣诞节时,有个男孩误以为 Sara 是乞丐,施舍了 Sara 六便士,Sara 想到拒绝的话,可能使男孩难过,便接下了硬币,但她从未使用这枚硬币。

有一天,Sara 既冷又饿时,捡到了四便士,确认找不到其主人后,买了四个面包,老板出于同情多给了两个。谢过老板后,出门将其中五个面包留给了比她更饿的小乞丐 Anne,自己拿着一个离开了。

内心随着小公主的境遇起起伏伏,看着小公主在不同遭遇下始终不忘初心。这是一个情节曲折,结局美好的故事。

If you were a princess, you did not fly into rages. Her hand dropped, and she stood quite still a moment.

But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said, “Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow?”

The tea was so delicious that it was not necessary to pretend that it was anything but tea.

You see, I know what it is to be hungry, and it is very hard when one cannot even pretend it away.