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THE PHILOPENA.
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There were once a Prince and a Princess who, when quite young, ate a philopena together. They agreed that the one who, at any hour after sunrise the next day, should accept any thing from the other —the giver at the same time saying "Philopena!"—should be the loser, and that the loser should marry the other.
They did not meet as soon as they had expected the next day; and at the time our story begins, many years had elapsed since they had seen each other, and the Prince and the Princess were nearly grown up. They often thought of the philopena they had eaten together, and wondered if they should know each other when they met. He remembered her as a pretty little girl dressed in green silk and playing with a snow-white cat; while she remembered him as a handsome boy, wearing a little sword, the handle of which was covered with jewels. But they knew that each must have changed a great deal in all this time.
Neither of these young people had any parents; the Prince lived with guardians1 and the Princess with uncles.
The guardians of the Prince were very enterprising and energetic men, and were allowed to govern the country until the Prince came of age. The capital city was a very fine city when the old king died; but the guardians thought it might be much finer, so they set to work with all their might and main to improve it. They tore down old houses and made a great many new streets; they built grand and splendid bridges over the river on which the city stood; they constructed aqueducts to bring water from streams many miles away; and they were at work all the time upon some extensive building enterprise.
The Prince did not take much interest in the works which were going on under direction of his guardians; and when he rode out, he preferred to go into the country or to ride through some of the quaint4 old streets, where nothing had been changed for hundreds of years.
The uncles of the Princess were very different people from the guardians of the Prince. There were three of them, and they were very quiet and cosey old men, who disliked any kind of
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| 监护人( guardian的名词复数 ); 保护者,维护者 | |
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guardianship
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laborious
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lodging
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outfit
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delightful
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prancing
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everlasting
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inquisitive
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| adj.求知欲强的,好奇的,好寻根究底的 | |
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dwarf
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den
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discreet
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| adj.(言行)谨慎的;慎重的;有判断力的 | |
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onward
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joyously
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spoke
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astonishment
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| 逐渐扩散的感觉( ripple的名词复数 ) | |
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rosy
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dominions
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| v.(in)干涉,干预;(with)妨碍,打扰 | |
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cleave
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| v.(clave;cleaved)粘着,粘住;坚持;依恋 | |
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custody
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inquiries
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disposition
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refreshment
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arena
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majestic
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| adj.雄伟的,壮丽的,庄严的,威严的,崇高的 | |
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crouched
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admiration
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grandeur
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enraptured
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ecstasy
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| n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷 | |
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| abbr.off-reservation boarding school 在校寄宿学校n.球,天体,圆形物( orb的名词复数 ) | |
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majesty
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mighty
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virtue
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manly
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annihilate
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extraordinarily
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domain
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hearty
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perfectly
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entirely
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engrossed
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