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1、Chapter1MYfather'sfamilynamebeingPirrip,andmychristiannamePhilip,myinfanttonguecouldmakeofbothnamesnothinglongerormoreexplicitthanPip.So,IcalledmyselfPip,andcametobecalledPip.IgivePirripasmyfather'sfamilyname,ontheauthorityofhistombstoneandmysister-MrsJoeGa
2、rgery,whomarriedtheblacksmith.AsIneversawmyfatherormymother,andneversawanylikenessofeitherofthem(fortheirdayswerelongbeforethedaysofphotographs),myfirstfanciesregardingwhattheywerelike,wereunreasonablyderivedfromtheirtombstones.Theshapeofthelettersonmyfathe
3、r's,gavemeanoddideathathewasasquare,stout,darkman,withcurlyblackhair.Fromthecharacterandturnoftheinscription,`AlsoGeorgianaWifeoftheAbove,'Idrewachildishconclusionthatmymotherwasfreckledandsickly.Tofivelittlestonelozenges,eachaboutafootandahalflong,whichwer
4、earrangedinaneatrowbesidetheirgrave,andweresacredtothememoryoffivelittlebrothersofmine-whogaveuptryingtogetaliving,exceedinglyearlyinthatuniversalstruggle-IamindebtedforabeliefIreligiouslyentertainedthattheyhadallbeenbornontheirbackswiththeirhandsintheirtro
5、users-pockets,andhadnevertakenthemoutinthisstateofexistence.Ourswasthemarshcountry,downbytheriver,within,astheriverwound,twentymilesofthesea.Myfirstmostvividandbroadimpressionoftheidentityofthings,seemstometohavebeengainedonamemorablerawafternoontowardseven
6、ing.AtsuchatimeIfoundoutforcertain,thatthisbleakplaceovergrownwithnettleswasthechurchyard;andthatPhilipPirrip,lateofthisparish,andalsoGeorgianawifeoftheabove,weredeadandburied;andthatAlexander,Bartholomew,Abraham,Tobias,andRoger,infantchildrenoftheaforesaid
7、,werealsodeadandburied;andthatthedarkflatwildernessbeyondthechurchyard,intersectedwithdykesandmoundsandgates,withscatteredcattlefeedingonit,wasthemarshes;andthatthelowleadenlinebeyond,wastheriver;andthatthedistantsavagelairfromwhichthewindwasrushing,wasthes
8、ea;andthatthesmallbundleofshiversgrowingafraidofitallandbeginningtocry,wasPip.`Holdyournoise!'criedaterriblevoice,asamanstartedupfromamongthegravesatthesideofthechurchporch.`Keepstill,youlittledevil,or
