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一天，一个天使听到一个小孩在哭，就来看看是什么事让孩子伤心。他发现小孩坐在地上，背对着太阳，正看着地上自己的影子，伤心地哭着。 "什么事让你难过，小家伙? ”天使问。 "世界那么黑暗。”小孩说，"看，到处都是暗灰色，一点也不美丽。我为什么要活在在这个悲伤灰暗的世界上呢？” “你没听到鸟儿在歌唱、孩子在嬉戏吗？ ”天使问。 "听到了，”小家伙回答，"我听到了。但是我不知道他们在哪里。我看不到他们，只看到了一片阴影。而且，如果他们看到了阴影，鸟儿也不会唱歌，小孩也不会喊叫，而是会像我一样哭泣。” 天使抱起小孩让他站起来面朝太阳。 “看！”天使说。 小孩擦干了眼里的泪水，放眼望去。展现在他们眼前的是一片片绿油油金灿灿的田野，缀满了闪亮的露珠。其他的孩子来回奔跑着，笑声喊声不绝于耳,正在给另一个孩子戴花冠呢。 "嗨丨孩子们在那儿呢！ ”那个小孩说。 "是呀! ”天使说，"他们就在那里 ’’ "太阳光芒四射。”小孩叫道。 "是的，”天使说，‘‘太阳一直放射着光芒。'’ "阴影不见了！” “噢，不是的。”天使说，“影子就在你身后，那是它应该在的地方。去吧，快，去给坐在那边草丛里最小的那个孩子摘些花吧！ ” The Shadow An angel heard a child crying one day, and little one sitting on the ground，with the sun at its lay on the ground before it, and weeping bitterly “What ails you, little one?” asked the Angel. “丁he world is so dark!” said the child. “See, it is all dusky gray, and there is no beauty in it. Why must I stay in this sad, gray world?” “Do you not hear the birds singing, and the other children calling at their play?” asked the Angel. “Yes，” said the child, “I hear them, but I do not know where they are. I cannot see them, I see only the shadow. Moreover, if they saw it, they would not sing and call, but would weep as I do. ” The Angel lifted the child, and set it on its feet, with its face to the early sun. “Look!” said the Angel. The child brushed away the tears from its eyes and looked. Before them lay the fields all green and gold, shining with dewdrops, and the other children were running to and fro, laughing and shouting, and crowning one another with blossoms. “Why, there are the children!” said the little one. “Yes,” said the Angel, “there they are.” “And the sun is shining!” cried the child. “Yes，，，said the Angel, “it was shining all the time. ” “And the shadow is gone!” “Oh, no!” said the Angel, “the shadow is behind you, where it belongs. Run, now, and gather flowers for the littlest one, who sits in the grass there!” |
