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小学英语安徒生童话系列(三)TheSnowdrop谎报夏阅读素材 小学英语安徒生童话系列(三)TheSnowdrop谎报夏阅读素材 小学英语安徒生童话系列(三)TheSnowdrop谎报夏阅读素材 The Snowdrop by Hans ChristianAndersen （ 1863 ） IT was winter-time ； the air was cold ， the windwas sharp ， but with in the closed doors it was warmand comfortable ， and within the clos ed door lay theflower ； it lay in the bulb under the snow-coveredear th. Oneday  rain  fell.  the  drops  penetrated  throughthe  snowy  covering  dow n into ightworld  theearth above.  ， andtouched the flower-bulb Soon the Sunbeam pierced its  ，andtalked way through  of the  the br snowt o the  root  ，  and  within  theroot  there  was  a  stirring. “Come in  ， ”  said  the  flower. “ I  cannot  ，  ”  said  the  Sunbeam. “I  am  not  strong  enough  to  unlock  the  door ！  When thesummer  comes I  shall  be  strong  ！ ” “When will it be summer？ ” asked the Flower ， and she repeated thi s question each time anew sunbeam made its way down to her. But th e summer was yet far distant. The snow still layupon the ground ， a nd there was a coat of ice on the water every night. “Whata  long  time  it  takes  ！  what  a long  time  it  takes  ！ ”  said  t he Flower. “I  feel  a stirringand  striving  within  me；  I  must  stretch  myself  ， I  must  unlock  the  door  ，  I  must  get  out  ， and  must  nod  a good  morning  to  the  summer ，  and  what  a happy  time that  will  be！” And the Flower stirred and stretched itself within the thin rind whi ch the water hadsoftened from without ， and the snow and the earth had warmed， and the Sunbeam hadknocked at ； and it shot forth under the snow with a GREenish-white blossom on a greenstalk ， with narro w thick leaves ， which seemed to want to protect it. The snow was cold ， butwas pierced by the Sunbeam， therefore it was easy to get through it ， and now the Sunbeamcame with greater strength than bef ore. “Welcome， welcome！