Text B The Dolls House(第2页)
[36]“Pooh,I’mnhtened,”saidLena。Suddenlyshegavealittlesquealanddanfrohergirls。“Watch!Watchme!Watow!”saidLena。Andsliding,gliding,draggi,gigglingbehindherhaovertotheKelveys。
[37]Lillookedupfromherdinner。Sheedtherestquicklyaway。OurElsestoppedg。Whatwasingnow?
[38]“Isittrueytobeaservantwhenyougrowup,LilKelvey?”shrilledLena。
[39]Deadsileead,Lilonlygavehersilly,shame-facedsmile。Shedidomiall。WhatasellforLena!Thegirlsbegantotitter。
[40]Lena’tstandthat。Sheputherhandsonherhips;sheshotforward。“Yah,yerfather’sinprison!”shehissed,spitefully。
[41]Thiswassuchamarvellousthihatthelittlegirlsrushedawayinabody,deeply,deeplyexcited,wildwithjoy。Someonefoundaloheybeganskippiheyskipsohigh,runinandoutsofast,ordsasonthatm。
[42]IcalledfortheBurnellwiththebuggyandtheydrovehome。Therewerevisitors。IsabelandLottie,wholikedvisitors,wentupstairstogetheirpiKeziathievedoutatthebaobodywasabout;shebegantoswiegatesofthecourtyard。Presently,lookingalongtheroad,shesawtwolittledots。Theygrewbigger,theywereingtowardsher。Nowshecouldseethatonewasinfrontandoneclosebehind。NowshecouldseethattheyweretheKelveys。Keziastoppedswinging。Sheslippedoffthegateasifshewasgoingtorunaway。TheheKelveysearer,ahemwalkedtheirshad,stretgrightacrosstheroadwiththeirheadsiercups。Keziaclamberedbathegate;shehadmadeuphermind;sheswungout。
[43]“Hullo,”shesaidtothepassingKelveys。
[44]Theyweresoastouheystopped。Lilgavehersillysmile。OurElsestared。
[45]“Youeandseeourdoll’shouseifyouwantto,”saidKezia,andshedraggedoheground。ButatthatLilturnedredandshookherheadquickly。
[46]“Whynot?”askedKezia。
[47]Lilgasped,thenshesaid,“Yourmatoldourmayouwasous。”
[48]“Oh,well,”saidKezia。Shedidn’tknoly。“Itdoesn’tmatter。Youeandseeourdoll’shouseallthesame。eon。Nobody’slooking。”
[49]ButLilshookherheadstillharder。[50]“Don’tyouwantto?”askedKezia。
[51]Suddewitch,atugatLil’sskirt。Sheturnedround。OurElsewaslookihbig,impleyes;shewasfrowogo。ForamomentLillookedatourElseverydoubtfully。Butthechedherskirtagaiedforward。Kezialedtheway。Liketwolittlestraycatstheyfollowedacrossthecourtyardtowherethedoll’shousestood。
[52]“Thereitis,”saidKezia。
[53]Thereause。Lilbreathedloudly,almostsnorted;ourElsewasstillasastone。
[54]“I’llopenitforyou,”saidKeziakihehookandtheylookedinside。
[55]“There’sthedrawing-roomandthedining-room,andthat’sthe—”[56]“Kezia!”
[57]Oh,whatastarttheygave!
[58]“Kezia!”
[59]ItwasAuntBeryl’svoice。Theyturnedround。AtthebackdoorstoodAuaringasifshe’tbelievewhatshesaw。
[60]“HowdareyouaskthelittleKelveysiyard?”saidhercold,furiousvoiowaswellasIdo,you’realktothem。Runaway,,runawayatoneba,”saidAuntBeryl。Aotheyardahemoutasiftheyweres。
[61]“Offyougoimmediately!”shecalled,dproud。
[62]Theydidellingtwigwithshame,shriher,Lilhuddlingaloher,ourElsedazed,somehowtheycrossedthebigcourtyardahroughthe>
[63]“Wicked,disobedientlittlegirl!”saidAuerlytoKezia,andsheslammedthedoll’shouseto。
[64]Theafternoonhadbeenawful。AletterhadWillieBrent,aterrifyieer,sayimeethimthateveninginPulman’sBush,he’detothefrontdoorandaskthereasonwhy!ButnowthatshehadfrighteleratsofKelveysandgivenKeziaagoodsg,herheartfeltlighter。Thatghastlypressurewasgoothehousehumming。
[65]WhentheKelveyswerewelloutofsightofBurheysatdowonabigreddraihesideoftheroad。Lil’scheekswerestillburookoffthehatwiththequillaonherkheylookedoverthehaypaddocks,pastthecreek,tothegroupofwattleswhereLogan’scowsstoodwaitingtobemilked。Whatweretheirthoughts?
[66]PresentlyourElsenudgedupclosetohersister。Butnowshehadfottenthecrosslady。Sheputoutafirokedhersister’squill;shesmiledherraresmile。
[67]“Iseelelamp,”shesaid,softly。
[68]Theoncemore。
&ionsfordis。
&herelatioheBurhatbetweewoKelveysisters。
2)WhatdoLiland“ourElse”looklike?
3)HowdoesAuthemwheandinginfrontofthedoll’shouse?Whatarethereasonsofherbehaviour?
4)Whatistheroleofthegrown-upsinthisstory?
5)WhatdoKeziaandElsehaveinon?
6)Whatdoyouthihemeofthestory?