英语灵异故事-Bloody Mary 01 血腥马莉 01

She lived deep in the forest in a tiny cottage and sold herbal remedies for a living. Folks living in the town nearby called her Bloody¹ Mary, and said she was a witch. None dared cross the old crone for fear that their cows would go dry, their food-stores rot away before winter, their children take sick of fever, or any number of terrible things that an angry witch could do to her neighbors.
Then the little girls in the village began to disappear, one by one. No one could find out where they had gone. Grief-stricken families searched the woods, the local buildings, and all the houses and barns, but there was no sign of the missing girls. A few brave souls even went to Bloody Mary's home in the woods to see if the witch had taken the girls, but she denied any knowledge of the disappearances².

她住在森林深处的一间小茅屋里，以卖草药维生。附近村子里的人说她是个女巫，叫她血腥马莉。没人敢惹这个干瘪的老太婆，深怕自己家的牛挤不出奶，储藏的粮食在冬季来临前腐烂，孩子会发烧，以及其他种种愤怒的女巫有可能对她的邻居做出的可怕的事情发生。
村子里的小女孩开始一个接一个的消失，没人知道她们去了哪儿。悲伤的家人们四处找寻，森林、建筑物、所有的房屋和谷仓都找遍了，但哪儿都没有这些孩子们的踪影。一些胆大的人甚至还到森林里血腥马莉的住处去找过，看是不是这个女巫把孩子们带走了，但血腥马莉表示对孩子们失踪一事一无所知。

1 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

2 disappearances   

n.消失( disappearance的名词复数 )；丢失；失踪；失踪案

参考例句：

• Most disappearances are the result of the terrorist activity. 大多数的失踪案都是恐怖分子造成的。 来自辞典例句
• The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹，这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学