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1、RoseO'theRiverRoseO'theRiverbyKateDouglasWiggin1RoseO'theRiverTHEPINEANDTHEROSEItwasnotlongaftersunrise,andStephenWaterman,freshfromhisdipintheriver,hadscrambledupthehillsidefromthehutinthealder-busheswherehehadmadehismorningtoilet.Anearlyablutionofhissortwasnotthecustomofthefarme
2、rsalongthebanksoftheSaco,buttheWatermanhousewashardlyastone'sthrowfromthewater,andtherewasaclear,deepswimming-holeintheWillowCovethatwouldhavetemptedthebusiestman,ortheleastcleanly,inYorkCounty.Then,too,Stephenwasachildoftheriver,born,reared,schooledonitsverybrink,neverhappyunless
3、hewereonit,orinit,orbesideit,oratleastwithinsightorsoundofit.Theimmensityoftheseahadalwayssilencedandoverawedhim,lefthimcoldinfeeling.Theriverwooedhim,caressedhim,wonhisheart.Itwasjustbigenoughtolove.Itwasfullofcharmsandchanges,ofvaryingmoodsandsuddensurprises.Itsvoicestoleinuponh
4、isearwithamelodyfarsweeterandmoresubtlethantheboomoftheocean.Yetitwasnotwithoutstrength,andwhenitwasswollenwiththefreshetsofthespringandbrimmingwiththebountyofitssisterstreams,itcoulddashandroar,boomandcrash,withthebestofthem.Stephenstoodonthesideporch,drinkinginthegloryofthesunri
5、se,withtheSacowindinglikeasilverribbonthroughthesweetlovelinessofthesummerlandscape.Andtheriverrolledontowardthesea,singingitsmorningsong,creatingandnourishingbeautyateverystepofitsonwardpath.Cradledintheheartofagreatmountain-range,itpursueditsgleamingway,herelyingsilentinglassyla
6、kes,thererushingintotinklinglittlefalls,foaminggreatfalls,andthunderingcataracts.Scoresofbridgesspanneditswidth,butnosteamersflurrieditscrystaldepths.Hereandtherearoughlittlerowboat,tetheredtoawillow,rockedtoandfroinsomequietbendoftheshore.Herethesilvergleamofarisingperch,chub,ort
7、routcaughttheeye;thereapickerellayrigidintheclearwater,afishcarvedinstone:hereeelscoiledinthemuddybottomofsomepool;andthere,underthedeepshadowsoftherocks,layfat,sleepybass,old,andincrediblywise,2RoseO'theRiverquiteuntemptedby,andwhollysuperiorto,theruralfisherman'sworm.Theriverlap
8、pedtheshoresofpeacefulmeadows;itf
