When it come midnight he couldn’t stan’ it no mo’; so he git up, he did, en tuck his lantern en shoved out thoo de storm en dug her up en got de golden arm; en he bent2 his head down ’gin de win’, en plowed3 en plowed en plowed thoo de snow. Den1 all on a sudden he stop (make a considerable pause here, and look startled, and take a listening attitude) en say: “My LAN’, what’s dat!”
En he listen—en listen—en de win’ say (set your teeth together and imitate the wailing4 and wheezing6 singsong of the wind), “Bzzz-z-zzz”—en den, way back yonder whah de grave is, he hear a voice! he hear a voice all mix’ up in de win’ can’t hardly tell ’em ’part—“Bzzz-zzz—W-h-o—g-o-t—m-y—g-o-l-d-e-n arm?—zzz—zzz—W-h-o g-o-t m-y g-o-l-d-e-n arm!” (You must begin to shiver violently now.)
En he begin to shiver en shake, en say, “Oh, my! OH, my lan’!” en de win’ blow de lantern out, en de snow en sleet7 blow in his face en mos’ choke him, en he start a-plowin’ knee-deep towards home mos’ dead, he so sk’yerd—en pooty soon he hear de voice agin, en (pause) it ’us comin’ after him! “Bzzz—zzz—zzz—W-h-o—g-o-t m-y—g-o-l-d-e-n—arm?”
When he git to de pasture he hear it agin closter now, en a-comin’!—a-comin’ back dah in de dark en de storm—(repeat the wind and the voice). When he git to de house he rush up-stairs en jump in de bed en kiver up, head and years, en lay dah shiverin’ en shakin’—en den way out dah he hear it agin!—en a-comin’! En bimeby he hear (pause—awed, listening attitude)—pat—pat—pat—hit’s acomin’ up-stairs! Den he hear de latch8, en he know it’s in de room!
Den pooty soon he know it’s a-stannin’ by de bed! (Pause.) Den—he know it’s a-bendin’ down over him—en he cain’t skasely git his breath! Den—den—he seem to feel someth’ n c-o-l-d, right down ’most agin his head! (Pause.)
Den de voice say, right at his year—“W-h-o g-o-t—m-y—g-o-l-d-e-n arm?” (You must wail5 it out very plaintively9 and accusingly; then you stare steadily10 and impressively into the face of the farthest-gone auditor—a girl, preferably—and let that awe-inspiring pause begin to build itself in the deep hush11. When it has reached exactly the right length, jump suddenly at that girl and yell, “You’ve got it!”)
If you’ve got the pause right, she’ll fetch a dear little yelp12 and spring right out of her shoes. But you must get the pause right; and you will find it the most troublesome and aggravating13 and uncertain thing you ever undertook.
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1 den | |
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室 | |
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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3 plowed | |
v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 );犁耕;费力穿过 | |
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4 wailing | |
v.哭叫,哀号( wail的现在分词 );沱 | |
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5 wail | |
vt./vi.大声哀号,恸哭;呼啸,尖啸 | |
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6 wheezing | |
v.喘息,发出呼哧呼哧的喘息声( wheeze的现在分词 );哮鸣 | |
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n.雨雪;v.下雨雪,下冰雹 | |
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n.门闩,窗闩;弹簧锁 | |
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adv.悲哀地,哀怨地 | |
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adv.稳定地;不变地;持续地 | |
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int.嘘,别出声;n.沉默,静寂;v.使安静 | |
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vi.狗吠 | |
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