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　Five Children and It 五个孩子和沙精 　　简介 　　它是个“赛米德”（即沙精）。有一大孩子们在砾石坑中挖沙时发现了它。它已经几 千岁了。当然了，沙精们可以帮人们实现他们的愿望——愿望每天只能实现一个，而且 当太阳落山时一切也就结束了。安西娅、西里尔、罗伯特和简觉得这棒极了。他们的小弟弟 还太小，不会许愿，而且大部分时间都呆在家里；可其他几个盘算着要些激动人心的东 西。 　　可那又是什么呢？变得漂亮，富有，还是能像鸟儿一样飞翔？有时候想出真正的好 愿望很困难，可是脱口说出“但愿……”却是很容易的，那时你就得到了并不真正想要 的东西。这时沙精就不肯帮忙了。出了差错时它就生气地说：“为什么你不先想好了再 说？” 　　而事情的确常出差错…… 　　伊迪丝·内斯比特 1858 年生于伦敦，1924 年逝世。她一生从事写作，为儿童写了很 多书。其中著名的有《五个孩子和沙精》、《长生鸟与地毯》及《铁路上的孩子》等。 　　1 Beautiful Children 　　1 Beautiful Children 　　The house was about four kilometres from the station，butafter only a minute or two the children began to ask，Are we nearly there？And every time theysaw a house they said， Oh， isthis it？But it never was. Then theycame to the top of a hill， and there wasa White house with a green garden and lots of fruit trees. Here we are！Mothersaid. 　　Everyone hurried to get out of the carriage——Robert，Anthea， Jane，Cyril， andMartha， the nursemaid， withthe baby. But Mother did not hurry. The children ran round the house and allthrough the garden to see what there was. But Mother stood and watched thedriver while he carried the boxes into the house. 　　The children loved the house. They knew immediately thatthey were going to be happy there. Mother did not like the house very muchbecause it was old and there were no cup-boards. But it was deep in thecountry and after two years in London the children thought that it waswonderful. If you live in London and your family is not rich， youget bored because you cannot go to shops and theatres ，andpeople say， Dont do this and Dontgo there. In the country you can go any-where and do anything. 第 1 页 共 28 页 / 原版英语阅读网 　　The white house was on the hill， witha wood behind it and a gravel-pit on one side . It was at the gravel-pit，a week later，thatthe children found a fairy. Well， thatwas what it called itself. But it was different from other fairies. 　　It happened when Mother had to go and stay withGrand-mother，who was ill. Martha stayedwith th