散文：忠诚的朋友Part 8

  "'Good morning, little Hans,' said the Miller¹.

  "'Good morning,' said Hans, leaning on his spade, and smiling from ear to ear.

  "'And how have you been all the winter?' said the Miller.

  "'Well, really,' cried Hans, 'it is very good of you to ask, very good indeed. I am afraid I had rather a hard time of it, but now the spring has come, and I am quite happy, and all my flowers are doing well.'

  "'We often talked of you during the winter, Hans,' said the Miller, 'and wondered how you were getting on.'

  "'That was kind of you,' said Hans; 'I was half afraid you had forgotten me.'

  "'Hans, I am surprised at you,' said the Miller; 'friendship never forgets. That is the wonderful thing about it, but I am afraid you don't understand the poetry of life. How lovely your primroses³ are looking, by-the-bye"!

  "'They are certainly very lovely,' said Hans, 'and it is a most lucky thing for me that I have so many. I am going to bring them into the market and sell them to the Burgomaster's daughter, and buy back my wheelbarrow with the money.'

  "'Buy back your wheelbarrow? You don't mean to say you have sold it? What a very stupid thing to do'!

 

【词汇简析】

 spade n. 铁楸

primrose² n. 报春花

wheelbarrow n. 独轮小推车

1 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

2 primrose   

n.樱草，最佳部分，

参考例句：

• She is in the primrose of her life.她正处在她一生的最盛期。
• The primrose is set off by its nest of green.一窝绿叶衬托着一朵樱草花。

3 primroses   

n.报春花( primrose的名词复数 )；淡黄色；追求享乐（招至恶果）

参考例句：

• Wild flowers such as orchids and primroses are becoming rare. 兰花和报春花这类野花越来越稀少了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The primroses were bollming; spring was in evidence. 迎春花开了，春天显然已经到了。 来自互联网