罗马是怎样建成的（5）（2/2）
《泰西故事30篇》作者：李汉昭 2017-04-10 17:32
ched the river they saw, floating in an eddying pool, a small trough, such as shepherds used when feeding their lambs in winter.
“I have it now,” said the second shepherd. “Let us put the babes in the trough and send it floating into the current. They will be drowned, but not by us nor while we are looking on.”
“You are right! You are right!” answered his companion.“Seize the thing as it comes near the shore, and let us end this ugly business.”
They dipped the water out of the trough and wiped it dry and clean. Then they wrapped the babes in their mother’s cloak and laid them down, side by side, in the bottom of the rude vessel.
“Fare you well, sweet babes,” said the second shepherd. “I could never look my own twin boys in the face were I to see you drown.”
“Fare you well, and a long, safe voyage,” said the other, as he pushed the trough far out from the shore.
Then, without once looking behind them, the two men silently turned away and returned to Alba Longa to tell Amulius that they had done his bidding.
“Now at last I can breathe freely,” he said to himself.
Ⅳ The She-Wolf
Far down the stream floated the little trough boat with its tiny passengers. In the strong current it was rocked like a cradle, yet not a drop of water found its way into the frail craft. Lulled by the gentle motion and soothed by the rippling music of the waves, the babes soon fell asleep.
Then the boat drifted into smoother water. It was caught in a broad eddy and carried toward the shore. Slowly now it floated among logs and brushwood and over the flooded land. At nightfall it grounded in shallow water at the foot of a wooded hill; and the voyage was ended.
That night an old she-wolf was ro***ng through the underwoods by the shore, looking for her whelps， which had been carried away by the flood. Suddenly she heard a feeble, wailing sound, as of some young creature in distress.
She paused and listened. Could it be her own little ones?
The sound seemed to come from some driftwood close at hand. She ran out into the shallow water, leaped upon a floating log, and looked down upon the strangest sight that wolf ever saw—two babies lying in a sheep trough and wailing, oh, so pitifully!
“I have it now,” said the second shepherd. “Let us put the babes in the trough and send it floating into the current. They will be drowned, but not by us nor while we are looking on.”
“You are right! You are right!” answered his companion.“Seize the thing as it comes near the shore, and let us end this ugly business.”
They dipped the water out of the trough and wiped it dry and clean. Then they wrapped the babes in their mother’s cloak and laid them down, side by side, in the bottom of the rude vessel.
“Fare you well, sweet babes,” said the second shepherd. “I could never look my own twin boys in the face were I to see you drown.”
“Fare you well, and a long, safe voyage,” said the other, as he pushed the trough far out from the shore.
Then, without once looking behind them, the two men silently turned away and returned to Alba Longa to tell Amulius that they had done his bidding.
“Now at last I can breathe freely,” he said to himself.
Ⅳ The She-Wolf
Far down the stream floated the little trough boat with its tiny passengers. In the strong current it was rocked like a cradle, yet not a drop of water found its way into the frail craft. Lulled by the gentle motion and soothed by the rippling music of the waves, the babes soon fell asleep.
Then the boat drifted into smoother water. It was caught in a broad eddy and carried toward the shore. Slowly now it floated among logs and brushwood and over the flooded land. At nightfall it grounded in shallow water at the foot of a wooded hill; and the voyage was ended.
That night an old she-wolf was ro***ng through the underwoods by the shore, looking for her whelps， which had been carried away by the flood. Suddenly she heard a feeble, wailing sound, as of some young creature in distress.
She paused and listened. Could it be her own little ones?
The sound seemed to come from some driftwood close at hand. She ran out into the shallow water, leaped upon a floating log, and looked down upon the strangest sight that wolf ever saw—two babies lying in a sheep trough and wailing, oh, so pitifully!