"The musicians will sit in their gallery," said the young student, "and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng round her. But with me she will not dance, for I have no red rose to give her:" and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in his hands, and wept.

  "Why is he weeping?" asked a little green lizard, as he ran past him with his tail in the air.

  "Why, indeed?" said a butterfly, who was fluttering about after a sunbeam.

  "Why, indeed?" whispered a daisy to his neighbour, in a soft, low voice.

  "He is weeping for a red rose," said the nightingale.

【词汇简析】

emeralds n. 翡翠

opals n. 蛋白石

pomegranate n. 石榴 

stringed adj. 弦乐的

courtier n. 谄媚者

throng round  围绕

flutter n. 拍翅膀

sunbeam n. 阳光光束