LESSON 6

AFRAID IN THE DARK

害怕黑暗

1. “Willie, will you run upstairs, and get my needle book from the bureau?”

2. But Willie did not stir. “Willie!” said mamma. She thought he had not heard.

3. “I’m afraid, ” said Willie.

4. “Afraid of what?”

5. “It’s dark up there.”

6. “What is the dark?” asked mamma. “See! It is nothing but a shadow.” And she held her hand between the lamp and the workbasket on the table.

7. “Now it is dark in the basket; but as soon as I take my hand away, it is light.”

8. “Come and stand between the lamp and the wall, Willie. See! There is your shadow on the wall. Can your shadow hurt you?”

9. “Oh no, mamma! I am sure it can not hurt me.”

10. “Well, the dark is only a big shadow over everything.”

11. “What makes the big shadow, mamma?”

12. “I will tell you all about that, Willie, when you are a little older. But now, I wish you would find me a brave boy who is notafraid of shadows, to run upstairs and get my needlebook.”

13. “I am bravo, mamma. I will go. —Here it is.”

14. “Thank you, my brave little man. You see the dark didn’t hurt you.”

SLATE WORK

【中文阅读】

1. “威利，你能上楼帮我把写字台上的针线盒拿下来吗？”

2. 但威利没有动静。“威利！”妈妈叫道，她以为威利没有听见。

3. “我害怕！”威利说。

4. “怕什么？”

5. “那儿很暗。”

6. “很暗？”妈妈问，“看！这儿除了影子以外，什么都没有。”然后她把自己的手停在了台灯和桌上的工具篮之间。

7. “现在，篮子上有阴影了，但是当我拿开手时，就又亮了。”

8. “过来，站在台灯和墙中间。看，威利！墙上有你的影子。你的影子能伤到你吗？”

9. “噢，不能，妈妈。它肯定伤不到我。”

10. “这就对了，黑暗只是每件东西后面的一个大影子。”

11. “妈妈，是什么原因造成了这个大影子？”

12. “威利，等你再长大一点儿时，我再告诉你吧。不过现在，我希望你成为一个不怕影子的勇敢男孩。上楼去把我的针线盒拿下来吧。”

13. “妈妈，我很棒。我这就去。妈妈，给你。”

14. “谢谢你，我勇敢的小男子汉。你看，黑暗没有伤到你吧。”