美文故事: 仙女送的新年礼物

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[00:03.53]43 The Fairy's New Year Gift	仙女的新年礼物
[00:08.73](By Emilie Poulsson)	（译 / 赵越）
[00:11.75]Two little boys were at play one day when a fairy suddenly appeared before them and said, "I have been sent to give you New Year presents."	一天，两个小男孩正在玩耍，一位仙女突然出现在他们面前，对他们说：“我是被派来给你们送新年礼物的。”
[00:23.01]She handed to each child a package, and in an instant was gone.	她递给他俩每人一个包裹，顷刻间就消失了。
[00:27.90]Carl and Philip opened the packages and found in them two beautiful books, with pages as pure and white as the snow when it first falls.	卡尔和菲利普打开包裹，发现里面有两本精美的书，每一页都像刚落下的雪花那样纯白。
[00:38.21]Many months passed and the fairy came again to the boys. 好几个月过去了，那位仙女又一次出现在两个男孩面前。
[00:42.97]"I have brought you each another book," said she, "and will take the first ones back to Father Time who sent them to you."	“我又给你俩一人带来一本书，”她说，“不过我要把第一本书收回还给时光老人，那书是他给你们的。”
[00:50.79]May I keep mine a little longer? asked Philip. “我可不可以把我的书多留一会儿？”菲利普问道，
[00:54.30]"I have hardly thought about it lately. “我最近都没怎么想起过它。
[00:56.39]I'd like to paint something on the last leaf that lies open."	我想在打开着的最后一页上画点儿东西。”
[01:00.58]No, said the fairy. “不行，”仙女说，
[01:02.32]"I must take it just as it is."	“我必须按它现在的样子把它拿走。”
[01:05.09]I wish that I could look through mine just once, said Carl; “我希望可以把自己的书再看一遍，”卡尔说， 
[01:09.01]"I have only seen one page at a time, for when the leaf turns over it sticks fast, and I can never open the book at more than one place each day."	“每次我就只能看一页，因为每当我翻过一页它立刻就会粘住，而且每天翻过一次后就再也打不开了。”
[01:19.41]You shall look at your book, said the fairy, "and Philip, at his." “你应该看一下你的书，”仙女说，“菲利普，你也是。”
[01:24.90]And she lit for them two little silver lamps, by the light of which they saw the pages as she turned them.	接着她为他们点燃两盏银色的小灯，在灯光下，他俩看着仙女翻开的一页又一页。
[01:31.89]The boys looked in wonder. 两个男孩很吃惊。
[01:34.39]Could it be that these were the same fair books she had given them a year ago? 这真的是一年前仙女给他们的那两本精美的书吗？
[01:39.88]Where were the clean, white pages, as pure and beautiful as the snow when it first falls? 那些纯净、洁白，像刚落下的纯美雪花般的书页怎么都不见了？
[01:46.53]Here was a page with ugly, black spots and scratches upon it; while the very next page showed a lovely little picture. 眼前的这一页上带着难看的黑色斑点和胡乱涂画的痕迹，而后一页上却是一幅可爱的小画。
[01:55.43]Some pages were decorated with gold and silver and gorgeous colors, others with beautiful flowers, and still others with a rainbow of softest, most delicate brightness. 有几页上点缀着金色、银色和其他绚丽的颜色，有的上面有美丽的花朵，还有几页上有一道彩虹，散发着最柔和、最淡雅的光芒。
[02:08.74]Yet even on the most beautiful of the pages there were ugly blots and scratches.	然而，就算是最漂亮的书页，上面也都有难看的斑点和乱画的痕迹。
[02:14.67]Who did this? Carl and Philip asked.	“这是谁弄的？”卡尔和菲利普问道。
[02:18.08]Shall I explain some of the pictures to you? said the fairy, smiling at the two boys.	“要不我向你们解释一下其中的几幅画吧。”仙女笑着对两个男孩说。
[02:24.29]See, Philip, the spray of roses blossomed on this page when you let the baby have your playthings; “你看，菲利普，你把玩具给小宝宝玩的时候，这一页上几枝玫瑰开了花；
[02:31.24]and this pretty bird, that looks as if it were singing with all its might , would never have been on this page if you had not tried to be kind and pleasant the other day, instead of quarreling.	前几天，你没有吵架，而是尽量做到亲切友善，如果不是因为这个，这只看起来似乎在用尽全力歌唱的美丽小鸟就不会出现在这页上了。”
[02:42.75]But what makes this blot? asked Philip.	“那这个污点是怎么弄上去的呢？”菲利普问。
[02:46.32]That, said the fairy sadly, "that came when you told an untruth one day, and this when you did not mind mamma. “那个啊，”仙女惋惜地说，“那个污点会出现是因为有一天你说谎了，而这个是因为你没有听妈妈的话。
[02:55.53]All these blots and scratches that look so ugly were made when you were naughty. 所有这些难看的污点和乱画的痕迹都是你们淘气的时候出现的。
[03:01.57]Each pretty thing in your books came on its page when you were good."	而书里面每一件漂亮的东西都是你们表现好的时候出现的。”
[03:05.79]Oh, if we could only have the books again! said Carl and Philip.	“噢，要是可以重新拿回我们的书该有多好呀！”卡尔和菲利普齐声说。
[03:11.29]That cannot be, said the Fairy. “那不可能，”仙女说，
[03:14.03]"See! They are dated for this year, and they must now go back into Father Time's bookcase, but I have brought you each a new one. “瞧！这两本只能在今年使用，它们现在必须回时光老人的书柜里去。
[03:23.25]Perhaps you can make these more beautiful than the others."	不过，我给你俩每人又带来一本新的。也许你们可以让它们比那两本更漂亮。”
[03:27.50]So saying, she vanished , and the boys were left alone, but each held in his hand a new book open at the first page.	说完，仙女就消失不见了，只剩两个男孩站在那里，每人手里拿着一本新书，第一页已经翻开。
[03:35.85]And on the back of this book was written in letters of gold, "For the New Year."	书的背后用金色的字母写着：“为新的一年”。

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美文故事: 仙女送的新年礼物