双语安徒生童话：the Flax亚麻
the flax was in full bloom; it had pretty littleblue flowers as delicate as the wings of a moth， oreven more so. The sun shone， and the showerswatered it; and this was just as good for the flaxas it is for little children to be washed and thenkissed by their mother. They look much prettier forit， and so did the flax.
“People say that I look exceedingly well，” saidthe flax， “and that I am so fine and long that I shall make a beautiful piece of linen. Howfortunate I am; it makes me so happy， it is such a pleasant thing to know that somethingcan be made of me. How the sunshine cheers me， and how sweet and refreshing is the rain;my happiness overpowers me， no one in the world can feel happier than I am.”
“Ah， yes， no doubt，” said the fern， “but you do not know the world yet as well as Ido， for my sticks are knotty;” and then it sung quite mournfully—
“Snip， snap， snurre，Basse lurre：the song is ended.”
“No， it is not ended，” said the flax. “To-morrow the sun will shine， or the rain descend.I feel that I am growing. I feel that I am in full blossom. I am the happiest of all creatures.”
Well， one day some people came， who took hold of the flax， and pulled it up by theroots; this was painful; then it was laid in water as if they intended to drown it; and， afterthat， placed near a fire as if it were to be roasted; all this was...