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1、The Shadow 影子Itisinthehotcountriesthatthesunburnsdowninearnest,turningthepeoplethereadeepmahogany-brown.Inthehottestcountriesofalltheyaresearedintonegroes,butitwasnotquitethathotinthiscountrytowhichamanoflearninghadcomefromthecoldernorth.Heexpectedtogo
2、abouttherejustashehadathome,buthesoondiscoveredthatthiswasamistake.Heandothersensiblesoulshadtostayinside.Theshuttersweredrawnandthedoorswereclosedalldaylong.Itlookedjustasifeveryonewereasleeporawayfromhome.Thenarrowstreetofhighhouseswherehelivedwassos
3、ituatedthatfrommorningtillnightthesunbeatdownonit-unbearably!Tothisyoungandcleverscholarfromthecoldernorth,itfeltasifheweresittinginablazinghotoven.Itexhaustedhimsothathebecameverythin,andevenhisshadowshrankmuchsmallerthanithadbeenathome.Onlyintheeveni
4、ngs,aftersundown,didthemanandhisshadowbegintorecover.Thiswasreallyajoytosee.Assoonasacandlewasbroughtintotheroom,theshadowhadtostretchitselftogetitsstrengthback.Itstretcheduptothewall,yes,evenalongtheceiling,sotalldiditgrow.Tostretchhimself,thescholarw
5、entoutonthebalcony.Assoonasthestarscameoutinthebeautifullyclearsky,hefeltasifhehadcomebacktolife.Inwarmcountrieseachwindowhasabalcony,andinallthebalconiesupanddownthestreetpeoplecameouttobreathethefreshairthatoneneeds,evenifoneisalreadyafinemahogany-br
6、own.Bothupaboveanddownbelow,thingsbecamelively.Tailors,shoemakers-everybody-movedoutinthestreet.Chairsandtableswerebroughtout,andcandleswerelighted,yes,candlesbythethousand.Onemantalked,anothersang,peoplestrolledabout,carriagesdroveby,anddonkeystrotted
7、along,ting-a-ling-a-ling,fortheirharnesshadbellsonit.Therewerechurchbellsringing,hymnsinging,andfuneralprocessions.TherewereboysinthestreetfiringoffRomancandles.Ohyes,itwaslivelyaslivelycanbedowninthatstreet.Onlyonehousewasquiet-theonedirectlyacrossfro
8、mwherethescholarlystrangerlived.Yetsomeonelivedthere,forflowersonthebalconygrewandthrivedunderthathotsun,whichtheycouldnothavedoneunlesstheywerewatered.Sosomeonemustbewateringthem,andtheremustbepeopleinthehouse.Alongintheevening,asamatt
