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THE GARDEN OF PARADISE
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There was once a king's son who had a larger and more beautiful collection of books than any one else in the world, and full of splendid copper-plate engravings. He could read and obtain information respecting every people of every land; but not a word could he find to explain the situation of the garden of paradise, and this was just what he most wished to know. His grandmother had told him when he was quite a little boy, just old enough to go to school, that each flower in the garden of paradise was a sweet cake, that the pistils were full of rich wine, that on one flower history was written, on another geography or tables; so those who wished to learn their lessons had only to eat some of the cakes, and the more they ate, the more history, geography, or tables they knew. He believed it all then; but as he grew older, and learnt more and more, he became wise enough to understand that the splendor1 of the garden of paradise must be very different to all this. "Oh, why did Eve pluck the fruit from the tree of knowledge? why did Adam eat the forbidden fruit?" thought the king's son: "if I had been there it would never have happened, and there would have been no sin in the world." The garden of paradise occupied all his thoughts till he reached his seventeenth year.
One day he was walking alone in the wood, which was his greatest pleasure, when evening came on. The clouds gathered, and the rain poured down as if the sky had been a waterspout; and it was as dark as the bottom of a well at midnight; sometimes he slipped over the smooth grass, or fell over stones that projected out of the rocky ground. Every thing was dripping with moisture, and the poor prince had not a dry thread about him. He was obliged at last to climb over great blocks of stone, with water spurting2 from the thick moss3. He began to feel quite faint, when he heard a most singular rushing noise, and saw before him a large cave, from which came a blaze of light. In the middle of the cave an immense fire was burning, and a noble stag, with its branching horns, was placed on a spit between the trunks of two pine-trees. It was turning slowly before the fire, and an elderly woman, as large and strong as if she had been a man in disguise, sat by, throwing one piece of wood after another into the flames.
"Come in," she said to the prince; "sit down by the fire and dry yourself."
"There is a great draught
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splendor
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| n.光彩;壮丽,华丽;显赫,辉煌 | |
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spurting
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| (液体,火焰等)喷出,(使)涌出( spurt的现在分词 ); (短暂地)加速前进,冲刺; 溅射 | |
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moss
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draught
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cavern
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pointed
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upwards
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rattled
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| 慌乱的,恼火的 | |
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scattered
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drawn
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snip
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walrus
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cape
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pinions
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harp
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walruses
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outwards
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| adj.外面的,公开的,向外的;adv.向外;n.外形 | |
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growling
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| (液体,火焰等)喷出,(使)涌出( spurt的过去式和过去分词 ); (短暂地)加速前进,冲刺 | |
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forth
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icebergs
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cargo
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buffalo
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ostrich
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caravan
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boundless
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bleach
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| vt.使漂白;vi.变白;n.漂白剂 | |
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benefactor
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phoenix
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twigs
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| 细枝,嫩枝( twig的名词复数 ) | |
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| v.发出沙沙的声音( rustle的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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admiration
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| n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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lighter
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fragrant
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| adj.芬香的,馥郁的,愉快的 | |
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| figures 数字,图形,外形 | |
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scorches
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| 烧焦,烤焦( scorch的第三人称单数 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶 | |
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eels
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| abbr. 电子发射器定位系统(=electronic emitter location system) | |
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trickled
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| v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 );淌;使)慢慢走;缓慢移动 | |
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chapel
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petrified
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misty
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| adj.雾蒙蒙的,有雾的 | |
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flickered
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| (通常指灯光)闪烁,摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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nourishment
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| n.食物,营养品;营养情况 | |
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exquisite
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| adj.精美的;敏锐的;剧烈的,感觉强烈的 | |
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margins
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| 边( margin的名词复数 ); 利润; 页边空白; 差数 | |
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antelope
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| n.羚羊;羚羊皮 | |
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serene
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countenance
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maidens
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| 处女( maiden的名词复数 ); 少女; 未婚女子; (板球运动)未得分的一轮投球 | |
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pane
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ascending
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transparent
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rosebud
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| 喇叭( trumpet的名词复数 ); 小号; 喇叭形物; (尤指)绽开的水仙花 | |
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woe
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storks
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pelicans
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stamina
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flute
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immortal
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crimson
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