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1、英语民间故事SeekingHerHusbandattheGreatWall SeekingHerHusbandattheGreatWall Alittleovertwohundredyearsbeforeourera,thefirstemperoroftheChindynastyascendedthethroneunderthenameofShihHuang.Thisemperorwasverycrueltowardshissubjects,forcingpeoplefromeverypartofthecountrytocomeandbuildtheGreatWallt
2、oprotecthisempire.Workneverstopped,dayornight,withthepeoplecarryingheavyloadsofearthandbricksundertheoverseers'whips,lashes,andcurses.Theyreceivedverylittlefood;theclothestheyworewerethreadbare.Soitwasscarcelytobewonderedatthatlargenumbersofthemdiedeveryday. Therewasayoungman,namedWanHsi-
3、liang,amongthosewhohadbeenpressedintotheserviceofbuildingEmperorShihHuang'sGreatWall.ThisWanHsi-lianghadabeautifulandvirtuouswife,whosenamewasMengChiang-nu.Foralong,longtimeafterherhusbandwasforcedtoleaveher,MengChiang-nuhadnonewsofhim,anditsaddenedhertothinkwhathemustbesuffering,toilingfo
4、rtheaccursedemperor.Herhatredofthewickedrulergrewapacewithherlongingforthehusbandhehadtornfromherside.Onespring,whentheflowerswereinbloomandthetreesbudding,whenthegrasswasalushgreen,andtheswallowswereflyinginpairsinthesky,hersorrowseemedtodeepenasshewalkedinthefields,soshesang: InMarchthe
5、peachisblossom-dressed; Swallows,mating,buildtheirnest. Twobytwotheygailyfly.... Leftallalone,howsadamI! Butevenwhenautumncameround,therestillwasnonewsaboutWanHsi-liang.ItwasrumoredthattheGreatWallwasinbuildingsomewherewayupnorthwhereitwassocoldthatonewouldhardlydarestickone'shandsouto
6、fone'ssleeves.WhenMengChiang-nuheardthis,shehurriedlymadecotton-paddedclothesandshoesforherhusband.ButwhoshouldtakethesetohimwhenitwassuchalongwaytotheGreatWall?Ponderingthematteroverandover,shefinallydecidedshewouldtaketheclothesandshoestoWanHsi-liangherself. Itwasrathercoldwhenshestarte
7、dout.Theleaveshadfallenfromthetreesand,astheharvesthadbeengatheredin,thefieldswereemptyandforlornlydismal.ItwasverylonelyforMengChiang-nutowalkallbyherself,especiallysinceshehadneverbeenawayfromhomeinherlife,anddidnotknowthewayandhadtoaskfordirectionseverynowa
