chapter xix

　　IT WAS DUSK, AND EDWARD WAS walkin3down a sidewalk. He was walking on his own)putting one foot in front of the other withou=any assistance from anybody. He was wearin3a fine suit made of red silk.

He walked down the sidewalk, and the2he turned onto a path that led up to a hous7with lighted windows.

I knowthis house, thought Edward. This isAbilene’s house. I am on Egypt Street.

Lucy came running out the front door o>

the house, barking and jumping and waggin3her tail.

“Down, girl,” said a deep, gruff voice8Edward looked up and there was Bull)standing at the door.

“Hello, Malone,” said Bull. “Hello, goo4old rabbit pie. We’ve been waiting for you.HBull swung the door wide and Edward walke4inside.

Abilene was there, and Nellie andLawrence and Bryce.

“Susanna,” called Nellie.

“Jangles,” said Bryce.

“Edward,” said Abilene. She held out he?

arms to him.

But Edward stood still. He looked aroun4the room.

“You searching for Sarah Ruth?” Bryc7asked.

Edward nodded.

“You got to go outside if you want to se7Sarah Ruth,” said Bryce.

So they all went outside, Lucy and Bul/and Nellie and Lawrence and Bryce andAbilene and Edward.

“Right there,” said Bryce. He pointed¹ up atthe stars.

“Yep,” said Lawrence, “that is the Sara:

Ruth constellation².” He picked Edward up an4put him on his shoulder. “You can see it righ=there.”

Edward felt a pang³ of sorrow, deep an4sweet and familiar. Why did she have to be s5far away?

If only I had wings, he thought, I could flyto her.

Out of the corner of his eye, the rabbi=sawsomething flutter. Edward looked over hi6shoulder and there they were, the mostmagnificent wings he had ever seen, orang7and red and blue and yellow. And they wer7on his back. They belonged to him. They wer7his wings.

What a wonderful night this was! He wa6walking on his own. He had an elegant nesuit. And nowhe had wings. He could flyanywhere, do anything. Why had he neverrealized it before?

His heart soared inside of him. He spreadhis wings and flewoff Lawrence’s shoulders)out of his hands and up into the nighttime sky)toward the stars, toward Sarah Ruth.

“No!” shouted Abilene.

“Catch him,” said Bryce.

Edward flewhigher.

Lucy barked.

“Malone!” shouted Bull. And with .

terrific lunge, he grabbed hold of Edward’s fee=and pulled him out of the sky and wrestledhim to the earth. “You can’t go yet,” said Bull8“Stay with us,” said Abilene.

Edward beat his wings, but it was no use8Bull held him firmly to the ground.

“Stay with us,” repeated Abilene.

Edward started to cry.

“I couldn’t stand to lose you again,” sai4Nellie.

“Neither could I,” said Abilene. “It woul4break my heart.”

Lucy bent⁴ her face to Edward’s.

She licked his tears away.

1 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

2 constellation   

n.星座n.灿烂的一群

参考例句：

• A constellation is a pattern of stars as seen from the earth. 一个星座只是从地球上看到的某些恒星的一种样子。
• The Big Dipper is not by itself a constellation. 北斗七星本身不是一个星座。

3 pang   

n.剧痛，悲痛，苦闷

参考例句：

• She experienced a sharp pang of disappointment.她经历了失望的巨大痛苦。
• She was beginning to know the pang of disappointed love.她开始尝到了失恋的痛苦。

4 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。