《牙齿和爪子》_英汉对照.docVIP

　　简介 　　下面每一则故事的主角都是一种凶悍的动物。它们伤害或吞噬着人类的情景，透射出动物凶残的兽性。故事虚悬、离奇。但让我们更加惊疑的是：这些动物会突然出现在雅致的房间里、芬芳的花园或幽静的小片林地间——那些被我们认为是安全、文明的场所。它们为什么会在那儿？为什么Saki把这些猛兽带到了我们的家里？ 　　答案是，我们希望它们在那儿。当然，我们并不想让真正的狼总是呆在我们的花园里，那会兴味索然。但有时，当我们遇到了不速之客，或者内心深处很厌恶却又不得不表现出彬彬有礼的时候，——一只真正的狼有时会非常有用。Saki所描写的动物时而滑稽，时而残忍；但总能撕破我们的伪装，暴露出我们心底的真实情感。 　　Saki（赫克托·休·芒罗）生于1870年。他是一位记者和作家，以写精彩的短篇故事闻名，1916年他死于第一次世界大战中。 　　Sredni Vashtar 　　Sredni Vashtar 　　Conradin was ten years old and was often ill． 　　The boy is not strong，said thedoctor．He will not live much longer．Butthe doctor did not know about Conradins imagination． InConradins lonely， loveless world，hisimagination was the only thing that kept him alive． 　　Conradins parents were dead and he lived with his aunt．Theaunt did not like Conradin and was often unkind to him．Conradinhated her with all his heart， but heobeyed her quietly and took his medicine without arguing． Mostlyhe kept out of her way．She had no placein his world． His real， everydaylife in his aunts colourless， comfortlesshouse was narrow and uninteresting． Butinside his small， dark head exciting andviolent thoughts ran wild． In the brightworld of his imagination Conradin was strong and brave． Itwas a wonderful world， and the aunt waslocked out of it． 　　The garden was no fun． There wasnothing interesting to do． He wasforbidden to pick the flowers． He wasforbidden to eat the fruit． He wasforbidden to play on the grass But behind some trees， ina forgotten corner of the garden， therewas an old shed Nobody used the shed， andConradin took it for his own． 　　To him it became something between a playroom and a church． Hefilled it with ghosts and animals from his imagination． Butthere were also two living things in the shed． Inone corner lived an old， untidy-lookingchicken． Conradin had no people to love，and this chicken was the boys dearest friend．Andin a dark， secret place at the back ofthe shed was a large wooden box with bars across the front． Thiswas the home of a very large ferret with long， dangerousteeth and