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THE DRYAD
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We are travelling to Paris to the Exhibition.
Now we are there. That was a journey, a flight without magic. We flew on the wings of steam over the sea and across the land.
Yes, our time is the time of fairy tales.
We are in the midst of Paris, in a great hotel. Blooming flowers ornament1 the staircases, and soft carpets the floors.
Our room is a very cosy2 one, and through the open balcony door we have a view of a great square. Spring lives down there; it has come to Paris, and arrived at the same time with us. It has come in the shape of a glorious young chestnut3 tree, with delicate leaves newly opened. How the tree gleams, dressed in its spring garb4, before all the other trees in the place! One of these latter had been struck out of the list of living trees. It lies on the ground with roots exposed. On the place where it stood, the young chestnut tree is to be planted, and to flourish.
It still stands towering aloft on the heavy wagon6 which has brought it this morning a distance of several miles to Paris. For years it had stood there, in the protection of a mighty7 oak tree, under which the old venerable clergyman had often sat, with children listening to his stories.
The young chestnut tree had also listened to the stories; for the Dryad who lived in it was a child also. She remembered the time when the tree was so little that it only projected a short way above the grass and ferns around. These were as tall as they would ever be; but the tree grew every year, and enjoyed the air and the sunshine, and drank the dew and the rain. Several times it was also, as it must be, well shaken by the wind and the rain; for that is a part of education.
The Dryad rejoiced in her life, and rejoiced in the sunshine, and the singing of the birds; but she was most rejoiced at human voices; she understood the language of men as well as she understood that of animals.
Butterflies, cockchafers, dragon-flies, everything that could fly came to pay a visit. They could all talk. They told of the village, of the vineyard, of the forest, of the old castle with its parks and canals and ponds. Down in the water dwelt also living beings, which, in their way, could fly under the water from one place to another—beings with knowledge and
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ornament
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| v.装饰,美化;n.装饰,装饰物 | |
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cosy
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chestnut
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garb
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delineation
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admiration
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| adv.聚精会神地;周到地;谛;凝神 | |
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crater
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mightiest
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longing
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lighting
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asunder
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cannon
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spoke
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velvet
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tapestry
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vitality
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fragrance
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| n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入 | |
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glides
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dense
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tributary
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bazaar
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| vt.使混合,使相混;vi.混合起来;相交往 | |
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hoarse
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trumpet
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judgment
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yearning
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wilt
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| adj. 带色彩的 动词tint的过去式和过去分词 | |
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twigs
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| 细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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villas
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| 别墅,公馆( villa的名词复数 ); (城郊)住宅 | |
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vapor
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inscriptions
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| (作者)题词( inscription的名词复数 ); 献词; 碑文; 证劵持有人的登记 | |
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tumult
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shrubs
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| 灌木( shrub的名词复数 ) | |
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fumes
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bosom
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belle
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