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seminarist) wrote2008-07-13 08:28 am
seminarist) wrote2008-07-13 08:28 am
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Омерзительный мир миссис Мортимер: Китай-2
The first book which children read is full of stories, with a picture on each page. Would you like to hear one of these stories?
"There was a boy of eight years old, named Um-wen. His parents were so poor that they could not afford to buy a gauze curtain for their bed, to keep off the flies in summer. This boy could not bear that his parents should be bitten by the flies; so he stood by their bedside, and uncovered his little bosom and his back that the flies might bite him, instead of his parents. 'For,' said he, 'if they fill themselves with my blood, they will let my parents rest.'"
Would it be right for a little boy to behave in this way? Certainly not; for it would grieve kind parents that their little boys should be bitten.
"There was a boy of eight years old, named Um-wen. His parents were so poor that they could not afford to buy a gauze curtain for their bed, to keep off the flies in summer. This boy could not bear that his parents should be bitten by the flies; so he stood by their bedside, and uncovered his little bosom and his back that the flies might bite him, instead of his parents. 'For,' said he, 'if they fill themselves with my blood, they will let my parents rest.'"
Would it be right for a little boy to behave in this way? Certainly not; for it would grieve kind parents that their little boys should be bitten.