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And thus she came to the field-mouse's door. It was a little hole right under the s tubble. There dwelt the field-mouse, quite warm and cozy; she had a whole room full of corn, and a nice kitchen and larder. Poor Thumbelina stood outside the door, like a beggar-girl, and begged for a little barley-cor n, for she had not had anything to eat for two days. "You poor little creature!" said the field-mouse, for, at bottom, it was a kind-hearted field-mouse; "come into my warm room and dine with me!" Afterwards, as she thought well of Thumbelina, she said; "You are quite welcome to stay with me all the winter, but you must keep my room nice and clean and tell me stories, for I am very fond of stories." Thumbelina did all the good old mouse required of her, and had a very nice time of it. "We shall soon be having a visitor," said the field-mouse one day; "my neighbor always visits me once a week. He is better housed even than I am, for he has vast halls and goes about in a beautiful black fur coat; if only you could have him for a husband, you would be well provided for, but unfortunately he cannot see. Now mind, tell him th e very prettiest stories you know." But Thumbelina did not trouble her head about it at all, for she knew who the neighbor was- he was only a mole. | 最后她来到了一只田鼠的门口。 这是一棵麦秆下面的一个小洞。 田鼠住在那里面，又温暖，又舒适。他储存有整整一房间的麦子，还有一间漂亮的厨房和饭厅。 可怜的拇指姑娘站在门口，像一个要饭的穷苦女孩子。她恳求田鼠施舍一颗大麦给她，因为她已经两天没有吃任何东西了。 「你这个可怜的小人儿，」田鼠说着，因为他原本就是一只善良的老田鼠。「进来我温暖的房子，和我一起吃点东西吧！」 由于他很喜欢拇指姑娘，于是就说：「你可以跟我住在一起，度过这个寒冬，但是你得把我的房间整理整齐清洁，并讲故事给我听，因为我喜欢听故事。」 这个善良的老田鼠所要求的事情，拇指姑娘一一都答应了。她住在那儿非常的快乐。 「过不久我们将会有一个客人，」田鼠说：「我这位邻居每个星期总会来看我一次。 他住得比我舒服得多。他有宽大的房间，穿著非常华丽的黑天鹅丝绒袍子。只要你能够让他做你的丈夫，那么你一生将享用不尽了！不过他的眼睛看不见。 你得讲一些最动人的故事给他听。」 可是拇指姑娘对这件事并没有什么兴趣。她不愿意跟这位邻居结婚──他只是一只钱鼠。 |
- welcome [´welkəm]
a.受欢迎的；可喜的 (初中英语单词) - unfortunately [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunitli] ad.不幸；不朽；可惜 (高中英语单词)
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