素材-全国-2020_小学英语 英语故事（童话故事）The Bell Deep 钟渊.doc

3TheBell.Deep钟渊"Ding-dong!Ding-dong!"ringsoutfromtheBellDeepintheOdenseRiver.Andwhatsortofriveristhat?Why,everychildinOdenseTownknowsitwell.Itflowsaroundthefootofthegardens,fromthelockstothewatermill,underthewoodenbridges.Yellowwaterliliesgrowintheriver,andbrown,featherlikereeds,andtheblack,velvetybulrushes,sohighandsothick.Decayedoldwillowtrees,bentandgnarled,hangfaroverthewaterbesidethemonks'marshandthepalemeadows;butalittleabovearethemanygardens,eachverydifferentfromthenext.Somehavebeautifulflowersandarborsascleanandneatasdolls'houses,whilesomehaveonlycabbages,andinothersnoattemptsatformalgardenscanbeseenatall,onlygreateldertreesstretchingoutandoverhangingtherunningwater,whichinplacesisdeeperthatanoarcanmeasure.Thedeepestpartisrightoppositetheoldnunnery.ItiscalledtheBellDeep,anditistherethattheMermanlives.Byday,whenthesunshinesthroughthewater,hesleeps,butonclear,starry,ormoonlitnightshecomesforth.Heisveryold;Grandmotherhasheardofhimfromhergrandmother,shesays;andhelivesalonelylife,withhardlyanyonetospeaktoexceptthebigoldchurchbell.Itusedtohangupinthesteepleofthechurch,butnownotraceislefteitherofthesteepleorofthechurchitself,whichusedtobecalledSt.Alban's."Ding-dong!Ding-dong!"rangtheBellwhenithunginthesteeple.Butoneevening,justasthesunwassettingandtheBellwasinfullswing,ittorelooseandflewthroughtheair,itsshiningmetalglowingintheredbeamsofthesunset."Ding-dong!Ding-dong!NowI'mgoingtobed!"sangtheBell,anditflewintothedeepestspotoftheOdenseRiver,whichiswhythatspotisnowcalledtheBellDeep.Butitfoundneithersleepnorrestthere,foritstillringsandclangsdownattheMerman's;oftenitcanbeheardupabove,throughthewater,andmanypeoplesaythatitringstoforetellthedeathofsomeone-butthatisnotthereason;no,itreallyringstotalktotheMerman,whothenisnolongeralone.AndwhatstoriesdoestheBelltell?Itissoveryold;itwascastbeforeGrandmother'sgrandmotherwasborn,yetitwasscarcelymorethanachildcomparedwiththeMerman.Heisaquiet,odd-lookingoldfellow,withpantsofeelskin,ascalycoatdecoratedwithyellowwaterlilies,bulru