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有趣的英语童话故事作文 By the Almshouse Window瓦尔都窗前的一瞥 NEAR the grass-covered rampart which encirclesCopenhagen lies a GREat red house. Balsams andother flowers greet us from the long rows ofwindows in the house， whose interior is sufficientlypoverty-stricken; and poor and old are the peoplewho inhabit it. The building is the WartonAlmshouse. Look! at the window there leans an old maid.She plucks the withered leaf from the balsam， and looks at the grass-covered rampart， onwhich many children are playing. What is the old maid thinking of? A whole life drama isunfolding itself before her inward gaze. “the poor little children， how happy they are—how merrily they play and romp together!What red cheeks and what angels eyes! but they have no shoes nor stockings. They dance onthe GREen rampart， just on the place where， according to the old story， the ground alwayssank in， and where a sportive， frolicsome child had been lured by means of flowers， toys andsweetmeats into an open grave ready dug for it， and which was afterwards closed over thechild; and from that moment， the old story says， the ground gave way no longer， themound remained firm and fast， and was quickly covered with the green turf. The little peoplewho now play on that spot know nothing of the old tale， else would they fancy they heard achild crying deep below the earth， and the dewdrops on each blade of grass would be to themtears of woe. Nor do they know anything of the Danish King who here， in the face of thecoming foe， took an oath before all his trembling courtiers that he would hold out with thecitizens of his capital， and die here in his nest; they know nothing of the men who havefought here， or of the women who from here have drenched with boiling water the enemy，clad in white， and biding in the snow to surprise the city. “No! the poor little ones are playing with light， childish spirits. Play on， play on， thoulittle maiden! Soon the years