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EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT PLACE
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It is more than a hundred years ago! At the border of the wood, near a large lake, stood the old mansion1: deep ditches surrounded it on every side, in which reeds and bulrushes grew. Close by the drawbridge, near the gate, there was an old willow2 tree, which bent3 over the reeds.
From the narrow pass came the sound of bugles4 and the trampling5 of horses' feet; therefore a little girl who was watching the geese hastened to drive them away from the bridge, before the whole hunting party came galloping6 up; they came, however, so quickly, that the girl, in order to avoid being run over, placed herself on one of the high corner-stones of the bridge. She was still half a child and very delicately built; she had bright blue eyes, and a gentle, sweet expression. But such things the baron7 did not notice; while he was riding past the little goose-girl, he reversed his hunting crop, and in rough play gave her such a push with it that she fell backward into the ditch.
"Everything in the right place!" he cried. "Into the ditch with you."
Then he burst out laughing, for that he called fun; the others joined in—the whole party shouted and cried, while the hounds barked.
While the poor girl was falling she happily caught one of the branches of the willow tree, by the help of which she held herself over the water, and as soon as the baron with his company and the dogs had disappeared through the gate, the girl endeavoured to scramble8 up, but the branch broke off, and she would have fallen backward among the rushes, had not a strong hand from above seized her at this moment. It was the hand of a pedlar; he had witnessed what had happened from a short distance, and now hastened to assist her.
"Everything in the right place," he said, imitating the noble baron, and pulling the little maid up to the dry ground. He wished to put the branch back in the place it had been broken off, but it is not possible to put everything in the right place; therefore he stuck the branch into the soft ground.
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mansion
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| n.大厦,大楼;宅第 | |
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bugles
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| 妙脆角,一种类似薯片但做成尖角或喇叭状的零食; 号角( bugle的名词复数 ); 喇叭; 匍匐筋骨草; (装饰女服用的)柱状玻璃(或塑料)小珠 | |
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| 踩( trample的现在分词 ); 践踏; 无视; 侵犯 | |
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baron
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scramble
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flute
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humble
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| adj.谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的;v.降低,贬低 | |
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revelling
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| v.作乐( revel的现在分词 );狂欢;着迷;陶醉 | |
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foaming
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jugs
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| (有柄及小口的)水壶( jug的名词复数 ) | |
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squires
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tablecloth
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forth
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twigs
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wig
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gambling
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opposition
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proprietor
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homely
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marsh
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cleft
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gracefully
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footpath
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bower
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velvet
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gilt
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distinguished
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dwelling
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scarlet
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descended
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pastor
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| 美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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touchingly
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crutches
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mites
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| n.(尤指令人怜悯的)小孩( mite的名词复数 );一点点;一文钱;螨 | |
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genealogy
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hind
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satire
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| n.讽刺,讽刺文学,讽刺作品 | |
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humbly
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| adv. 恭顺地,谦卑地 | |
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thither
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haughty
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worthy
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eternity
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| n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷 | |
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