《乐琦的神奇力量》――勇敢的心.docVIP

《乐琦的神奇力量》――勇敢的心 　　苏珊?帕特隆（Susan Patron，1948～），美国儿童文学作家，出生于洛杉矶市。她从1972年开始一直在洛杉矶公共图书馆工作，直到2007年退休。闲暇时，帕特隆喜欢阅读和写作。1991年，帕特隆出版了自己的第一部儿童小说《杂烩浓汤》（Burgoo Stew），随后又出版了几部儿童绘本。2006年，她的又一部小说《乐琦的神奇力量》（The Higher Power of Lucky）出版，随后获得了2007年纽伯瑞儿童文学金奖（Newbery Medal），至今已被翻译为数种语言。《乐琦的神奇力量》一书围绕十岁女孩乐琦（Lucky）寻找一种神奇的力量来帮助自己得到监护人布瑞琪（Brigitte）永远的爱来展开，小说以细腻的笔触探索了乐琦的内心世界，读来温馨感人。 　　本文节选自小说第13章。 　　精彩片段 　　That was how Lucky learned for sure why Brigitte was planning to return home. She was getting an online diploma from some French school in running a restaurant. This explained all those times Brigitte talked about how much she wished she had a job. All along Brigitte had been telling Lucky that what she really wanted was to go back to France and run a restaurant. 　　Lucky sat on her bed thinking this over. Some tears came out of her eyes， and she wished Brigitte would come―not so she could sit on her lap and let herself be hugged， but so that Brigitte could see what a sad and abandoned child she was， an orphan whose Guardian was too busy for hugging. As soon as she began imagining the shocked and concerned look on Brigittes face if Brigitte were to see her crying， Lucky cried some more. HMS Beagle1）， who slept on the round rug2） beside the bed， came to lay her head on Luckys pillow. 　　Poor， poor HMS Beagle， Lucky whispered. When Brigitte goes back to France you will have to go live with Short Sammy， or with Miles3） and his grandma. I doubt the orphanage4） in L.A. will admit dogs. 　　Sadly， lonesomely， she got into her hot bed， kicking the sheet away. 　　Lucky lay on her back， her pillow feeling as hot as if it had been baked in the oven. She decided to run away very soon. If she ran away， Brigitte would have to call the police， and the police would call her father and tell him he had better have a talk with Brigitte about doing her Guardian job a little better than that. Lucky liked the idea that by running away she could make people do things they wouldnt do otherwise. 　　Brigitte w