24. 骄傲的花朵（讲解）

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"I have been silly," she said to him, at last. "I ask your forgiveness. Try to be happy . . ."

He was surprised by this absence of reproaches. He stood there all bewildered, the glass globe held arrested in mid-air. He did not understand this quiet sweetness.

"Of course I love you," the flower said to him. "It is my fault that you have not known it all the while. That is of no importance. But you--you have been just as foolish as I. Try to be happy . . . Let the glass globe be. I don't want it any more."

"But the wind--"

"My cold is not so bad as all that . . . The cool night air will do me good. I am a flower."

"But the animals--"

"Well, I must endure the presence of two or three caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies. It seems that they are very beautiful. And if not the butterflies--and the caterpillars--who will call upon me? You will be far away . . . As for the large animals--I am not at all afraid of any of them. I have my claws."

And, naïvely, she showed her four thorns. Then she added:

"Don't linger like this. You have decided to go away. Now go!"

For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower . . .

语言点

- silly：adj. 愚蠢的；近义词：stupid、idiot
- absence：n. 缺席；例：leave of absence 休假；反义词：presence；present at the first appearance of a huge bud 花苞一出现的时候他就在场
- reproach：n. 责备
- arrest：v. 逮捕 / 阻止；例：to be arrested by the police 被警察逮捕；例：arrested growth 生长停滞
- do sb. good：对某人有好处；例：This won’t do me any good. 这事儿对我没什么好处。
- endure：v. 忍耐
- caterpillar：n. 毛毛虫
- be acquainted with sb: 认识某人
- linger：v. 逗留；例：let your eyes linger over the view 慢慢欣赏美景吧