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1、DreamLifeandRealLifeALittleAfricanStoryDreamLifeandRealLifeALittleAfricanStorybyOliveSchreiner1DreamLifeandRealLifeALittleAfricanStoryAuthorof"TheStoryofanAfricanFarm"and"Dreams"Dedication.ToMyBrotherFred,Forwhoselittleschoolmagazinethefirstofthesetinys
2、tories--oneofthefirstIevermade--waswrittenoutmanylongyearsago.O.S.NewCollege,Eastbourne,Sept.29,1893.Kopjes-Inthekaroo,arehillocksofstones,thatriseupsinglyorinclusters,hereandthere;presentingsometimesthefantasticappearanceofoldruinedcastlesorgiantgraves
3、,theworkofhumanhands.Kraal-Asheepfold.Krantz-Aprecipice.Sluit-Adeepfissure,generallydry,inwhichthesuperfluoustorrentsofwaterarecarriedfromthekarooplainsafterthunderstorms.Stoep-Aporch.2DreamLifeandRealLifeALittleAfricanStoryI.DREAMLIFEANDREALLIFE;ALITTL
4、EAFRICANSTORY.LittleJannitasatalonebesideamilk-bush.Beforeherandbehindherstretchedtheplain,coveredwithredsandandthornykaroobushes;andhereandthereamilk-bush,lookinglikeabundleofpalegreenrodstiedtogether.Notatreewastobeseenanywhere,exceptonthebanksoftheri
5、ver,andthatwasfaraway,andthesunbeatonherhead.RoundherfedtheAngoragoatsshewasherding;prettythings,especiallythelittleones,withwhitesilkycurlsthattouchedtheground.ButJannitasatcrying.Ifanangelshouldgatherupinhiscupallthetearsthathavebeenshed,Ithinkthebitt
6、erestwouldbethoseofchildren.Byandbyshewassotired,andthesunwassohot,shelaidherheadagainstthemilk-bush,anddroppedasleep.Shedreamedabeautifuldream.Shethoughtthatwhenshewentbacktothefarmhouseintheevening,thewallswerecoveredwithvinesandroses,andthekraalswere
7、notmadeofredstone,butoflilactreesfullofblossom.AndthefatoldBoersmiledather;andthestickheheldacrossthedoor,forthegoatstojumpover,wasalilyrodwithsevenblossomsattheend.Whenshewenttothehousehermistressgaveherawholeroaster-cakeforhersupper,andthemistress'sda
8、ughterhadstuckaroseinthecake;andhermistress'sson-in-lawsaid,"Thankyou!"whenshepulledoffhisboots,anddidnotkickher.Itwasabeautifuldream.Whileshelaythusdreaming,oneofthelittlekidscameandlickedheronhercheek,becauseofthesaltfromherdri
