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1、The Windmill 风车Onthehilltherestoodawindmillstatelytolookatandveryproudofitself."ButI'mnotproudatall,"itsaid,"thoughI'mmuchenlightened,outsideandinside.OntheoutsideIhavethesunandmoon,andforinwarduse,too;andIalsohavewaxcandles,oillamps,andtallowcandles.Yes,IdaresayI'menlight
2、ened.I'mathinkingindividualandsowellbuiltthatI'mapleasuretolookat.Ihaveagoodwindpipeinmychest,andIhavefourwingsplaceduponmyhead,justundermyhat.Eventhebirdshaveonlytwowingsandhavetocarrythemontheirbacks.I'maDutchmanbybirth-youcantellthatfrommyfigure-aFlyingDutchman!Peopleca
3、llthemsupernaturalbeings,Iknow,andyetI'mquitenatural.There'sagalleryroundmystomach,andadwellingplaceunderneathit;that'swheremythoughtslive.Mystrongestthought,whorulesandgoverns,iscalledbytheotherthoughts:'TheMillers.'Heknowswhathewants,andrulesovertheflourandtheoats;butheh
4、asamate,too,whocallsherself'Mother.'Sheismyrealheart.Shedoesn'trunaroundawkwardly;sheknowswhatshewantsandwhatshecando.She'sasgentleasthewindandasstrongasatempest;sheknowshowtoleaduptoathingcarefullybutgetherownway.Sheismysofterside,andthefatherismyharder;theyaretwoandyeton
5、e;andeachcallstheother'Mybetterhalf.'"Thesetwohaveyoungsters,littlethoughtsthatwillgrowup,andtheselittleonesmakealotofnoise."TheotherdayIwiselyletthefatherandhishelpersexaminemythroatandtheholeinmychest.Iwantedtoknowwhatwaswrong,forsomethingwaswrong,andwhenyou'reoutoforder
6、it'swelltolookintoyourself.Theyoungstersmadeatremendousracket,whichwasveryannoyingtome;for,remember,onthetophillwhereIstandIaminthelimelight,andoneisjudgedaccordingly.Theyoungestonejumpedupintomyhatandshoutedsouptherethatittickledme.Yes,Iknowthoselittlethoughtswillgrowup.O
7、utintheworldthoughtscome,too,butthey'renotmysort;asfarasIcansee,Icannotmakeoutanythinglikeme.Thosewinglesshouses,thatcan'tmakeanoiseintheirthroats,havethoughts,too,andthesesometimescometomythoughts,andmakelovetothem,aspeoplecallit.Yes,it'sverystrange,buttherearemanystrange
8、things.Somechangehascomeoverme,orinsideme,somethingisdifferentintheworkingofthemill.Itsee
