16.就在那个秋天里,一匹马掉进了井里,原因就是乔治没有时间把井盖盖上。
17.直到他长大成人,这个坏习惯还伴随着他,结果他的房子被烧着了,而且里面的东西也都烧光了。
18.乔治一直在不停地一次接一次地下保证,但一个接一个地把事情推到明天,所有的原因只是因为“没时间”。
19.乔治这种拖拉的习惯是他毁灭的根本原因。
20.这种习惯毁掉了包括乔治在内的很多好孩子。我的小读者们,这个习惯也会把你毁掉吗?
21.改变习惯不是件容易的事情。有些习惯,我们从孩提时代就开始形成,一直伴随我们长大成为青年,那么这样的习惯几乎就会伴随我们的一生了,可见培养良好的习惯是多么重要啊!
AUNT LINA’S SUNSHINE
丽娜姑姑的阳光
1.“What is your name?”said I to my friend‘s little girl,asshe came up to me.
2.“I’m Aunt Lina‘s Sunshine,”was the pleasant answer of the child,whose soft blue eyes told me that she was a joy,indeed,to those around her.
3.“That is a queer name.Why do they call you so?”said I.
4.Shaking back her long ringlets,and looking up to me with those earnest,speaking eyes,she said,“Aunt Lina is papa’s sister;she is blind and can not see any thing;not the pretty flowers,nor the soft,white clouds,nor the birds.
5.”She hears the birds sing,though;but she can not see their pretty colors.She feels the warm sunshine,too,but she can not see how beautiful it makes the meadows look after the rain.
6.“Sometimes,when she is sad and lonely,she calls me to her,and I sit on my little stool by her side,and say the pretty verses to her that I learn in the Sabbath-school;and I have learned some hymns,too,and I repeat those to her;and then she calls me her sunshine.Don‘t you think it is very nice to be Aunt Lina’s sunshine?”
7.“Yes,indeed I do.You are a real little missionary.”
8.“No,I‘m not a missionary.I know who the missionaries are.They are people who go a great way off to the poor heathen that don’t know anything about Jesus,and tell them about Him.What made you say that I was a missionary?”
9.“Because missionaries do good,and you do good to AuntLina,don‘t you?”
10.“I don’t tell her about Jesus,because she knows all about Him,and she tells me pretty stories about Him;”and the child stopped and thought a moment,and then looked up and added,“No,I‘m not a missionary;I’m only Aunt Lina‘s sunshine.”
11.I wonder how many of my little friends are sunbeams in their homes!All have not an Aunt Lina to gladden by their love and kindness;but all can bring sunshine to their homes,and make them bright and cheerful.
12.An act,a word,a smile,a look showing that the heart is full of love,will give a gladness more precious than the brightness of sunshine【中文阅读】
1.朋友的小女儿向我走了过来,于是我问她:“你叫什么名字?”
2.“我叫丽娜姑姑的阳光,”传来孩子欢快的回答声,她那双温柔的蓝眼睛告诉我,对周围的人来说她确实是个开心果。
3.“真是个奇怪的名字,为什么这么叫你呢?”我问。
4.她一边来回摆动着一头长发,一边抬起头来用那双恳切的、会说话的眼睛看着我说:“丽娜姑姑是爸爸的姐姐,她眼睛瞎了,什么也看不见,看不见美丽的花朵,也看不见棉花般的白云,还看不见小鸟。
5.”尽管她能听见鸟儿唱歌,却看不见各种鸟儿的漂亮颜色。她能感觉到阳光的温暖,却看不见雨后的牧场是多么漂亮。
6.“有的时候,当伤心、感觉孤独时,姑姑就把我叫到她身边。我坐在小凳子上,靠在她身旁,给她背一些我从学校里学到的优美诗词,我还学过一些赞美诗,我把这些说给她听,所以后来她就叫我她的阳光,难道你不认为叫这个名字很好吗?”
7.“是的,的确很好,你真是个小传教士。”
8.“不,我不是传教士,我知道谁是传教士,他们是那些走很远的路去找对基督一点都不了解的可怜的异教徒的人,并且告诉他们关于基督的一切。可你为什么说我是传教士呢?”
9.“因为传教士做好事呀,你帮助了丽娜姑姑,做了好事,不是吗?”
10.“我不给她讲耶稣基督,因为她都知道,她还给我讲这方面的故事呢。”说完,她停顿下来想了一会儿,然后又抬起头来说:“不,我不是传教士,我只是丽娜姑姑的阳光。”
11.我很想知道我的小朋友们在家里有多阳光四射!虽然我们没有用爱和善良使之高兴起来的丽娜姑姑;但是我们都有家人,都能给他们带来阳光,使他们欢乐。
12.一个举动、一句话、一个微笑、一个表情,所有这些只要是充满爱,就能给人比明媚的阳光还要珍贵的快乐。