THE DIFFERENCE IN BIBLES.

 LITTLE Mary wanted to learn her Sunday school lesson. It was Saturday afternoon, and the time was passing; but she had been busy with her dolls dress, and the lesson was yet unlearned. At length¹ her elder sister took a Bible² and said:

 

“Come, Mary, I will help you to learn your lesson, and you can go back to your play.” Mary came to her sisters side ready to begin her lesson, when she suddenly began:

 

“Sister, let us study it out of grandfather’s Bible.”

 

“But what difference can it make?”

 

“Why, grandfather’s Bible is so much more interesting than yours.”

 

“O no, Mary, they are just the same, exactly.”

 

“Well,” replied the observing³ child, “I really think grandfather’s must be more interesting than yours; he reads it so much more.”

1 length   

n.长度，长；期间，一段；程度，范围

参考例句：

• We need a length of pipe.我们需要一节管子。
• The length of this pencil is 17-centimetre.这铅笔17厘米长。

2 bible   

n.《圣经》；得到权威支持的典籍

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• This dictionary should be your Bible when studying English.学习英语时，这本字典应是你的主要参考书。

3 observing   

adj.注意的，留心的v.观察，研究( observe的现在分词 )；遵守；（尤指为科学目的的）观察；看到

参考例句：

• No one seemed to be observing him, but he left at night. 但他还是在夜里离开了。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• I was there too, observing, unrecognized, a stranger among the people. 我也夹在人群中观望着，没有人认出我来，我只是一个陌生人而已。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学