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ns Amathea answered with a loud purring noise; expressing with closed eyes of ecstasy her delight in the encounter。
“You will never leave me; Amathea;” I said。 “I will respect your sleep and we will sit here together through all uncounted time; I holding you in my arms and you dreaming of the fields of Paradise。 Nor shall anything part us; Amathea; you are my cat and I am your human。 Now and onwards into the fullness of peace。”
Then it was that Amathea lifted herself once more; and with delicate; discreet; unweighted movement of perfect limbs leapt lightly to the floor as lovely as a wave。 She walked slowly away from me without so much as looking back over her shoulder; she had another purpose in her mind; and as she so gracefully and so majestically neared the door which she was seeking; a short; unpleasant man standing at the bar said; “Puss; Puss; Puss!” and stooped to scratch her gently behind the ear。 With what a wealth of singular affection; pure and profound; did she not gaze up at him; and then rub herself against his leg in token and external expression of a sacramental friendship that should never die。
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看不見的微笑
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道森先生是一個脾氣很怪的老頭,這在鎮上是眾所周知的事。孩子們都害怕去他的院子裡摘美味的蘋果,因為大家都說道森會拿著氣槍追著打進了院子的人。
星期五那天,珍妮特和艾米走近道森先生家時,他如往常一樣眉頭緊鎖地望著她們,可是當他認出艾米時,便立刻微笑著問候道:“你好,艾米小姐,今天和朋友在一起啊。”
艾米也微笑著回答他,今晚她們要一起過夜、聽音樂、玩遊戲。道森先生說,這聽起來很有趣,還從他的樹上給她們每個人摘了新鮮的蘋果。她們興奮地收下了——道森先生家的蘋果是鎮上最美味的。
走遠後,珍妮特問:“每個人都說他是鎮上最吝嗇的人,可他為什麼對我們這麼好呢?”
艾米解釋說,她第一次路過道森家時,他很不友好,艾米很怕他,可她假定道森臉上有一種別人看不見的微笑,所以她總是微笑著面對他。過了一段時間之後,有一天,道森也衝她擠出了微笑。
後來過了很久,他才開始綻放出真正的笑容,還開始與她交談,一開始僅僅是“你好”,後來慢慢地話就多了。艾米說他現在總是給她蘋果,而且一直很友好。
“看不見的微笑?”珍妮特問。
“是的,” 艾米回答說,“奶奶告訴我,只要我裝作一點也不懼怕,假裝道森先生正在對我綻露他看不見的微笑,同時我也衝他微笑,他遲早會綻露出真正的笑容。奶奶說微笑是可以傳染的。”
如果我們記住艾米的奶奶說過的話
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