安徒生童话：A Picture Book Without Pictures 没有画的画册TWENTY-THIRD EVENING

"I looked down on Tyrol，"said the Moon，"and my 1338 beams caused the dark pines to throw long shadows upon
the rocks．I looked at the pictures of St．Christopher carrying the Infant Jesus that are painted there upon the walls of the houses，colossal figures reaching from the ground to the roof．St．Florian was represented pouring water on the burning house，and the Lord hung bleeding on the great cross by the wayside．To the present gener- ation these are old pictures，but I saw when they were put up，and marked how one followed the other．On the brow of the mountain yonder is perched，like a swallow 's nest，a lonely convent of nuns．Two of the sisters stood up in the tower tolling the bell；they were both young， and the therefore their glances flew over the mountain out into the world．A travelling coach passed by below，the
postilion wound his horn，and the poor nuns looked after the carriage for a moment with a mournful glance，and a tear gleamed in the eyes of the younger one．And the horn sounded faintly and more faint，and the convent bell drowned its expiring echoes．"