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“Come, David,” said the Man-in-the-moon, “it is time for your work now. Tomorrow night you shall see something new.” Then the Man-in-the-moon led David up to the third story of the moon-house. There was nothing above him but the hollow sky. The first thing that David saw was a great basket full of stars of all kinds. Some shone white, and some blue, and some rosy red. The light shone from them, so that all about was a mist of brightness. Beside the basket was a bundle of lamb’s wool. “There is your work,” said the Man-in-the-moon. “It is to polish the stars with lamb’s wool, so that they may shine brightly when the moon wanes, and the sky is dark once more.” David sat down on the wooden bench, and took up a big star. He blew his breath upon it, and rubbed it with lamb’s wool. As he robbed, the star grew brighter and brighter, and glowed with light as though it were alive. David did not know how beautiful a star could be until he held it in his own hand and rubbed it with lamb’s wool. I dare say that there are some wise folk who will tell you that this is all nonsense. All that you have to do then is to look up into the sky when the moon is full. There you will see for yourself that there are hardly any stars to be seen. Those few are so dull and dim that they hardly twinkle at all. That is because somebody in the moon is polishing the others with lamb’s wool to make them bright for the time when the sky is dark again. 大卫在月球上的工作 “来吧，大卫，”月中人说，“现在你该工作了。明晚，你就能看到不一样的世界。”于是，月中人带大卫来到了月亮之屋的三楼，头顶上只有空荡荡的天空。 大卫第一眼看到的是一个篮子，里面装着各种各样的星星，有的闪着白光，有的闪着蓝光，有的闪着玫瑰红色的光，所有的星星都闪烁着，整个篮子散发出炫目的光芒。 篮子的旁边有一捆羊毛。“这就是你的工作，”月亮老爷爷说道，“用羊毛把星星擦亮，这样下次月亮渐缺，天色渐黑的时候，星星就会闪闪发光。” 大卫坐在木凳上，拿起一颗大星星，轻轻吹一口气，再用羊毛擦一擦。星星越擦越亮，还发光散热，如同一个鲜活的生命一般。 大卫握着一颗星星，用羊毛把它擦亮，而在这之前他根本不知道星星是那么美。我敢说，一些自作聪明的人会告诉你，这些故事都是瞎编的。你只能在满月的时候，抬头望望天空。 可是你会发现，天空上的星星寥寥无几，仅有的几颗星星也黯淡无光，更别说闪耀发光了。这是因为在月亮上，有人正在擦拭着其他的星星，只为在第二天夜幕降临时，让大家看到耀眼的星光。 Tip：戳左下角“原文链接”可购买常青藤版《美国语文》全书哟(* ￣3)(ε￣ *) |
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