| 1 Marley's ghost | |
| It is important to remember that Jacob Marley was dead．Did Scrooge know that？Of course he did． | |
| Scrooge and Marley had been partners in London for many years，and excellent men of business they were，too．When Marley died，Scrooge continued with the business alone．Both names still stood above the office door：Scrooge and Marley．Sometimes people who were new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge，and sometimes Marley，but he answered to both names．He did not care what name they called him．The only thing that mattered to him was the business，and making money． | |
| Oh！He was a hard，clever，mean old man，Scrooge was！ There was nothing warm or open about him．He lived a secretive，lonely life，and took no interest in other people at all．The cold inside him made his eyes red，and his thin lips blue，and his voice high and cross．It put white frost on his old head，his eyebrows and his chin．The frost in his heart made the air around him cold，too．In the hottest days of summer his office was as cold as ice，and it was just as cold in winter． | |
| Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say，with a happy smile，‘My dear Scrooge，how are you？When will you come to see me？’No poor man asked him for money，no children asked him the time，no man or woman ever，in all his life， asked him the way．Animals as well as people were afraid of him．Dogs used to hide in doorways when they saw him coming．But what did Scrooge care！It was just what he wanted．He liked being on the edge of people's busy lives，while warning everyone to keep away from him． | |
| One Christmas Eve，old Scrooge was working busily in his office．It was cold，frosty，foggy weather．Outside it was already dark，although it was only three o'clock in the afternoon，and there were candles in all the office windows The fog covered everything，like a thick grey blanket． | |
| Scrooge kept his office door open，in order to check that his clerk，Bob Cratchit，was working．Bob spent his days in a dark little room，a kind of cupboard，next to his employer's office．Scrooge had a very small fire，but Bob's fire was much smaller．It was very cold in the cupboard，and Bob had to wear his long white scarf to try to keep warm． | |
| ‘Merry Christmas，uncle！God bless you！’cried a happy voice．Scrooge's nephew had arrived． | |
| ‘Bah！’said Scrooge crossly．‘Humbug！’ | |
| ‘Christmas is humbug！Surely you don't mean that， uncle？’said his nephew． | |
| ‘I do，’said scrooge．‘Why do you call it“merry”Christmas？You're too poor to be merry．’ | |
| ‘Well，’replied the nephew，smiling，‘why are you so cross？You're too rich to be unhappy．’ | |
| ‘of course I'm cross，’answered the uncle，‘when I live in a world full of stupid people like you！You say“Merry Christmas”！But what is Christmas？Just a time when you spend too much，when you find yourself a year older and not an hour richer，when you have to pay your bills．Everyone who goes around saying“Merry Christmas”should have his tongue cut out．Yes，he should！’ | |
| ‘Uncle！Please don't say that！’said the nephew．‘I've always thought of Christmas as a time to be helpful and kind to other People．It's the only time of the year when men and women open their hearts freely to each other．And so，uncle， although I've never made any money from it，I think Christmas has been and will be a good time for me！And I say，God bless Christmas！’ | |
| Bob，in the cupboard，agreed loudly，without thinking．He immediately realized his mistake，and went quickly back to his work，but Scrooge had heard him． | |
| ‘If I hear another sound from you，’said Scrooge，‘you'll lose you job！’ | |
| ‘Don't be angry with him，uncle，’said the nephew．‘come and have dinner with us tomorrow．’ | |
| ‘Dinner with you？I'll see you dead first！’ | |
| ‘But why won't you come？Why？’ | |
| ‘Because Christmas is humbug！Good afternoon！’ | |
| ‘I want nothing from you．I ask nothing of you．Why can't we be friends？’ | |
| ‘Good afternoon！’said Scrooge． | |
| ‘I am sorry，with all my heart，to find you like this．I have never wanted to argue with you．But I came to see you and invite you because it's Christmas，and so I'll say，a merry Christmas，uncle！’ | |
| ‘Good afternoon，’said Scrooge． | |
| ‘And a happy new year！’ | |
| ‘Good afternoon！’said Scrooge． | |
| His nephew left the room，without an angry word，stopping only to wish Bob Cratchit a merry Christmas． | |
| Then two other gentlemen came in．They were large，round，comfortable-looking men，with books and papers in their hands． | |
| ‘This is Scrooge and Marley's，I think，’said one of them， looking at the papers that he was carrying．‘Am I speaking to Mr Scrooge or Mr Marley？’ | |
| ‘Mr Marley is dead，’scrooge replied．‘He died seven years ago today，on Christmas Eve．’ | |
| ‘I'm sure that you are just as kind to the poor as your partner，’said the gentleman，smiling． | |
| What was true was that Scrooge was just as mean as Marley，and Marley had been just as mean as Scrooge． | |
| ‘At this happy time of year，Mr Scrooge，’the gentleman went on，taking up his pen，‘we should help poor people who have no food or clothes or homes．’ | |
| ‘Are there no prisons？’asked Scrooge coldly． | |
| ‘Plenty of prisons，’said the gentleman． | |
| ‘And the workhouses，where poor people can live and work？Are they still open？’ | |
| ‘Yes，they are，I'm sorry to say．’ | |
| ‘I'm happy to hear It，’said Scrooge．‘I thought，from what you said at first，that perhaps these useful places were closed，for some reason．’ | |
| ‘But some of us feel，’replied the gentleman，‘that these places don't offer enough to poor people．We're hoping to give some meat and drink，and wood for a fire，to people who need all these things．This is a time when we should all be able to enjoy ourselves．How much will you give，sir？’ | |
| ‘Nothing！’scrooge replied．‘I don't have a merry Christmas myself，and I won't pay for other people to be merry．We all have to pay for prisons and workhouses—they cost enough．The poor will have to go there．’ | |
| ‘Many can't go there，and many prefer to die．’ | |
| ‘If they prefer to die，why don't they die，then？There are too many people in the world，so it's a good thing if some of them die．All this is none of my business！It's enough for a man to understand his own business，and not to think about other people's．I'm a very busy man．Good afternoon，gentlemen！’ | |
| The gentlemen shook their heads a little sadly，and left the office．Scrooge went back to his work，feeling pleased with himself． | |
| Now the fog was at its thickest outside，and the cold was biting．Lights shone brightly from the shop windows．People were hurrying here and there—rich and poor alike－to buy what they needed for tomorrow's Christmas dinner． | |
| At last it was time to close the office．Scrooge got up slowly from his desk．Bob was waiting for this moment，and he immediately put on his hat． | |
| ‘You'll want a holiday all day tomorrow，I suppose？’said Scrooge． | |
| ‘If you don't mind，sir．’ | |
| ‘I do mind．It's not fair．I have to pay you for a day's work when you don't do any work．’ | |
| ‘It's only once a year，sir，’said Bob politely． | |
| ‘That's no reason for robbing me every twenty-fifth of December！’said Scrooge，putting on his coat．‘But I suppose you must have it．Be here early next morning．’ | |
| ‘Yes，sir，I will，I promise，’Bob said happily．Scrooge walked out，without another word．When bob had closed the office，he ran home to his family in Camden Town as quickly as possible． | |
| Scrooge always used to eat his dinner alone，in the same miserable little eating-house．Tonight was no different from other nights．He read the newspapers，looked at his bank books， and went home to bed．He lived in rooms which had once belonged to his dead partner．They were in an old，dark building in a lonely side street，where no one except Scrooge lived． | |
| In the blackness of the night，through the fog and the frost， Scrooge had to feel his way along the street with his hands．He finally reached his front door and put the key in the lock．Suddenly，to his great surprise，he saw that the knocker was not a knocker any more，but had become the face of Jacob Marley！ | |
| He had not thought of his partner for seven years，until that afternoon，when he spoke Marley's name to his visitors．But there in front of him was Marley's face，white and ghostly， with terrible staring eyes． | |
| As Scrooge looked，it became a knocker again．He was afraid，but he did not show his fear．He turned the key， opened the door and walked in．He did look around before he shut the door，and he did look behind the door，to see if anyone was hiding there．But there was nothing there．He shut the door with a bang，to show that he was not afraid． | |
| With his one candle he went slowly up the stairs．It was impossible to see into all the dark corners．Darkness was cheap， and Scrooge liked it．But he remembered the face，so he walked through all his rooms，checking that everything was all right．Nobody under the table or the bed，nobody behind the door！On the small fire in the bedroom there was a pot of soup，and Scrooge's bowl was ready on the table．Nobody in any of the rooms！Sure that he was safe now，Scrooge shut and locked his bedroom door behind him．He sat down by the fire to eat his soup． | |
| The fireplace was an old one，with hundreds of pictures on the tiles around the fire．But Scrooge could only see Marley's face on every tile． | |
| ‘Humbug！’said Scrooge to the tiles，and walked across the room．When he sat down again，he noticed a bell on the other side of the room．As he looked，he saw，with great surprise and fear，that the bell was slowly beginning to move from side to side．Soon it was ringing loudly，and so was every bell in the house． | |
| Suddenly they all stopped ringing at the same moment，and then came a strange noise from down below．It sounded like someone pulling heavy chains across the floor．Scrooge remembered hearing that ghosts in old houses sometimes pulled chains behind them．Then a door below opened with a crash，and the noise started coming up the stairs．It was coming towards his door． | |
| ‘It's humbug still！’cried Scrooge．But the colour left his face when，without stopping，it came straight through the heavy，locked door，and appeared in front of him．It was Marley's ghost！ | |
| Scrooge could see right through its body．Around its middle was a long chain，which had money-boxes，keys，bank books， and heavy purses on it．The ghost's death-cold eyes stared fixedly at Scrooge． | |
| ‘Well！’said Scrooge，trying to pretend that nothing strange was happening．‘What do you want？And who are you？’ | |
| ‘In life I was your partner，Jacob Marley．’ | |
| ‘It's humbug，I tell you！’said Scrooge．‘There are no ghosts！’But when he said this，the ghost gave a terrible cry， and shook its chain in a very frightening way．At once Scrooge fell on the ground in great fear，crying，‘Yes！Yes！You are real！I see that now！Why have you come？Why do ghosts come back from the dead？Tell me，Jacob！’ | |
| ‘The spirit of every man who does not help other people in life has to travel endlessly through the world after his death．We have to carry the chains that we made for ourselves in our lifetime．Do you，Ebenezer Scrooge，recognize my chain？It is very like the one that you wear！’ | |
| Scrooge looked around him，but could see no chain．‘Jacob，’he said，‘please tell me more！’ | |
| ‘I cannot help you much，Ebenezer！I cannot rest，I cannot stay anywhere for long．I have been dead for seven years and all that time I have been travelling on the wings of the wind！ No peace，no rest for me in death，because I was never good or kind in life！’ | |
| ‘But you were always a good man of business，Jacob，’said Scrooge，who was now beginning to worry about his own life． | |
| ‘Business！’cried the ghost miserably．‘Why didn't I think of people as my business？I thought only about making money，not about being kind and helpful to other people．Listen to me，Ebenezer！I am here tonight to warn you．You still have a chance to save yourself from what has happened to me．Three spirtis will come to visit you：the first tomorrow at one o'clock，the second at the same time the next night，and the third at midnight the following night．You will not see me any more，and for your own peace after death，remember what I have told you！’ | |
| The spirit walked slowly backwards to the window，which began to open．When the ghost reached the window，it held up its hand，and Scrooge listened．He could hear a noise of sad crying in the air．The spirit began to cry，too，and it moved out into the frosty，dark night to join the others．Scrooge ran to the window．Outside，the air was full of spirits，all wearing chains like Marley's ghost，all crying miserably as they realized，too late，the terrible mistakes that they had made in their lives． | |
| Little by little，the spirits and their voices disappeared into the fog and the darkness，and the night was silent again．Scrooge closed the window，and checked his bedroom door．It was still locked．He started to say，‘Humbug！’but stopped suddenly．Perhaps because he was very tired，or because it was late，he went straight to bed，without taking off his clothes，and fell asleep immediately． | |
| 1．马利的鬼魂 | |
| 要记住雅各布·马利已经死了，这可是件重要的事儿。斯克罗吉知道这个吗？他当然知道。斯克罗吉和马利在伦敦曾是多年的合作伙伴，并且他们还都是精明的生意人。当马利死的时候，斯克罗吉一个人继续操持着生意。办公室门口的上方悬挂的依旧是两个人的名字：斯克罗吉和马利。有时初次来这儿打交道的人们喊斯克罗吉斯克罗吉，有时喊马利，但两个名字他都应答。他不在乎别人叫他什么名字。对他来说唯一重要的事情是他的生意和赚钱。 | |
| 噢！他是一个刻薄、精明、吝啬的老头儿，斯克罗吉的确是这样的！他没有丝毫热情，也从来不敞开心扉。他过着神秘、孤独的生活，对别人丝毫不感兴趣。他内心的冷漠使他的眼睛呈红色，他的薄唇呈蓝色，他的嗓音既高又暴躁。他的冷漠使他的老脑壳、眉毛和下巴罩上了白色的冰霜。他内心的冰雾使得他周围的空气都变得寒冷。在最炎热的夏日里他的办公室也很冰冷，就像冬天一样寒冷。 | |
| 走在街上没有人截住他并面带幸福的微笑向他说，“我亲爱的斯克罗吉，你好吗？你什么时候来我这里坐坐？”穷人没有向他讨过钱，孩子们没有向他问过时间。在他一生中，从没有任何人，无论男女，向他问过路。人和动物都怕他。狗见到他来了就藏到门廊下。但斯克罗吉在乎什么呢！这正是他梦寐以求的。他喜欢处在人们繁忙生活的边缘，他警告所有的人都离他远点儿。 | |
| 在一个圣诞前夜，老斯克罗吉正在办公室忙碌着。天气寒冷，还有霜冻，雾蒙蒙的。虽然才下午3点，但外面天已经黑了，办公室窗子里都亮起了蜡烛。雾就像一条厚厚的毯子笼罩了一切。 | |
| 斯克罗吉办公室的门总是敞开着，目的是监督他的雇员，鲍勃·克拉奇蒂有没有怠工。鲍勃整天呆在老板隔壁的一间小黑屋里，它实际是一个壁橱。斯克罗吉房间的火很小，鲍勃的火更小。壁橱里冷极了，鲍勃不得不戴着他那条白色的长围巾取暖。 | |
| “舅舅，圣诞快乐！上帝保佑你！”一个声音高兴地说。斯克罗吉的外甥已经到了。 | |
| “呸！”斯克罗吉恼怒地说。“骗人的东西！” | |
| “圣诞节是骗人的东西！舅舅，当然你不是这个意思？”他外甥说。 | |
| “我就是这个意思，”斯克罗吉说。“你为什么管它叫‘快乐’的圣诞节？你太穷了，根本快乐不起来。” | |
| “哎，”外甥笑着回答说，“你为什么这么生气？你很有钱不该不高兴啊。” | |
| “我当然生气，”舅舅回答说，“当我生活在一个满是像你这种蠢人的世界里！你说‘圣诞快乐’！但圣诞节是什么？不过是一个让你大把大把花钱的日子，这时你会发现你老了一岁可财富却没有增加半点，而且你还得去付所有的账单。所有到处游逛说‘圣诞快乐’的人的舌头都应被割掉。是的，他会的！” | |
| “舅舅，请不要这么说！”外甥说。“我一直把圣诞看作是一个帮助别人、善待别人的日子。一年中只有这么一天男男女女可以彼此自由地敞开心扉。所以舅舅，尽管我从未发过圣诞的财，我认为对我来说圣诞节一直就是而且也将是美好的时刻！愿上帝保佑你！” | |
| 坐在壁橱里的鲍勃未加思索大声表示赞同。但他立刻意识到自己所犯的错误，便又立即埋头工作，但斯克罗吉已经听见了他的话。 | |
| “如果我再听到你发出一点声音的话，”斯克罗吉说，“你就会丢掉这份工作！” | |
| “舅舅，别生他的气，”外甥说。“明天来和我们一起吃晚饭吧。” | |
| “和你们吃晚饭？门儿也没有！” | |
| “那你为什么不来呢？为什么？” | |
| “因为圣诞节是个骗人的把戏！再见！” | |
| “我什么也不要你送给我，我什么都不问你要。我们为什么不能成为朋友呢？” | |
| “再见！”斯克罗吉说。 | |
| “看到你这样，我真感到难过，我从来就没想过要与你争吵，但我来是为了看看你并邀请你，因为是圣诞节，所以我要说一声，舅舅，圣诞快乐！” | |
| “再见。”斯克罗吉说。 | |
| “新年快乐！” | |
| “再见！”斯克罗吉说。 | |
| 他外甥离开了房间，没有一句愠怒之言。他停下来只是为了祝鲍勃·克拉奇蒂圣诞快乐。 | |
| 然后进来了另外两位绅士，他们身材魁梧，胖胖的，仪表堂堂，手里拿着书和文件。 | |
| “我想，这是斯克罗吉和马利的办公室吧，”其中一位看着手中的文件问到。“你是斯克罗吉先生还是马利先生？” | |
| “马利先生死了，”斯克罗吉回答说。“他是七年前的今天死的，死在圣诞夜。” | |
| “我肯定你对穷人同你的合伙人的态度一样好，”绅士微笑着说。 | |
| 事实是斯克罗吉同马利一样的吝啬，马利在世时也曾和斯克罗吉一样吝啬。 | |
| “在一年中这个幸福的日子里，斯克罗吉先生，”绅士拿起笔继续说，？我们应该帮助那些没有衣食和无家可归的穷人。” | |
| “没有看守所吗？”斯克罗吉冷冷地问。 | |
| “有很多看守所，”绅士说。 | |
| “还有可供穷人生活和工作的济贫院呢？它们还开着吗？” | |
| “是的，它们开着，很抱歉。” | |
| “我很高兴听到这个，”斯克罗吉说。“听你最开始说的，我还以为这些能够提供帮助的地方由于某种原因都关掉了呢。” | |
| “但是我们有些人感到，”绅士回答说，“这些地方无法为穷人提供足够的东西。我们希望为那些需要帮助的人提供一些肉类，饮料和柴火。这个时候我们都应该能够过得开心。你能给多少，先生？” | |
| “什么都不给！”斯克罗吉回答说。“我自己圣诞节都不快乐，所以我也不会花钱去让其他人快乐。我们都要付钱给看守所和济贫院——这笔开销够大的了。没钱的人应该去那儿。” | |
| “很多人不能去，还有很多人宁愿去死。” | |
| “如果他们宁愿死的话，他们为什么不去死呢？世界上的人太多了，所以如果有些人死了的话这倒是件好事。这些都与我无关！一个人能清楚他自己该做什么就够了，用不着去考虑别人的事。我很忙，再见，先生们！” | |
| 两位绅士难过地摇摇头，离开了办公室。斯克罗吉又重新开始工作，心中很得意。 | |
| 现在外面的雾大得不能再大了，天气寒冷刺骨。商店的窗户闪烁出耀眼的光。人们匆忙地穿梭着——有钱人和穷人都一样——去采购他们明天圣诞晚餐所需要的东西。 | |
| 最后终于到了关门的时间了。斯克罗吉慢慢地从桌子后站起身。鲍勃等的就是这一刻，所以他立即戴上了帽子。 | |
| “我猜测你想明天一天都放假，是吗？”斯克罗吉问。 | |
| “先生，如果你不介意的话。” | |
| “我确实介意，这不公平。你不做任何工作，我还得付你工钱。” | |
| “先生，一年就这么一次，”鲍勃礼貌地说。 | |
| “这也并不能成为每年的12月25五日你抢夺我钱财的理由！”斯克罗吉边说边穿上了大衣。“但我想这个节你必须得过。第二天早晨早点到。” | |
| “是的，先生，我会的，我保证。”鲍勃高兴地说。斯克罗吉再没说一名话走了出去。鲍勃关上办公室的门后，以最快的速度跑回他位于卡姆登镇的家。 | |
| 斯克罗吉总是独自一人在同样寒酸的小饮食店里吃晚饭，今晚也同往常一样。他读着报纸，看着银行的存单，然后回家去睡觉。他住在他的合伙人曾住过的房子里，它在一幢临街的孤零零的又旧又黑的楼里，只有斯克罗吉一人住在这里。 | |
| 夜幕下，要穿过雾和霜，斯克罗吉不得不用手摸索着在街上前行。最后终于来到了他的前门，把钥匙插进锁里。突然，令他大吃一惊的是，他看到门环已不再是门环了，它已变成了雅各布·马利的脸了。 | |
| 直到今天下午他对来访者说起马利的名字时，他已经有七年没有想过他的合伙人了。但呈现在他面前的是马利的脸，惨白似鬼一般，还有一双怒目圆睁的恐怖的眼睛。 | |
| 斯克罗吉看着看着，它又变成了门环，但他没有表现出他的惧怕。他转动钥匙，打开门走了进去。在关上房门以前，他的确环顾了四周，也的确往门后看了看，其目的是看看是否有人藏在那里，但门后没有人。他“砰”地一声把门关上以示他并不惧怕。 | |
| 他手举起唯一的一根蜡烛慢慢地上了楼，他无法看见所有黑暗的角落。黑暗便宜得很，所以斯克罗吉喜欢它。但他记起了那张脸，所以他到所有的房间都走了一遍看看是否一切都安然无恙。桌子底下和床底下都没人，门后也没人！卧室微小的炉火上炖着一锅汤，斯克罗吉的碗已经摆在了桌子上。所有房间里都没有人！确信此刻安全无误之后，斯克罗吉随手关上并锁上了卧室的门。他坐在火旁开始喝汤。 | |
| 这是一个旧壁炉，火周围是数以百计的印有图案的瓷砖，但斯克罗吉在每张瓷砖上所看到的都是马利的脸。 | |
| “骗人的东西！”斯克罗吉对着瓷砖说，并在屋里踱着步。当他坐下之后，他发现房间的另一面墙上挂着一个铃挡。他看着看着，惊奇而又恐惧地发现铃挡慢慢地开始左右摆动起来，不一会儿，它响了起来，声音很大，紧接着屋里所有的铃铛都响了起来。 | |
| 突然它们在同一时间都不响了，紧接着从下面传来了一个奇怪的声音，听上去像是有人拖着沉重的链子从地板上走过。斯克罗吉记起曾听说过有时旧房子里的鬼魂身后拖着链子。然后楼下的一间房门当啷一声开了，声音开始朝楼上走来，朝他的房门走来。 | |
| “又是骗人的鬼把戏！”斯克罗吉大声说道，但当声音径直地穿过厚厚的被锁着的房门出现在他面前时，他面无血色。这是马利的鬼魂！ | |
| 斯克罗吉能够看穿它的躯体。一条长长的锁链缠在腰间，上面挂着钱盒子、钥匙、存折和厚厚的钱包。鬼魂死一般冷漠的眼睛盯着斯克罗吉看。 | |
| “哎！”斯克罗吉说，极力装出什么怪事也没发生的样子。“你想要什么？你是谁？” | |
| “活着的时候我是你的合伙人，雅各布·马利。” | |
| “我告诉你，这是骗人的。”斯克罗吉说。“没有鬼魂！”但当他说此话时，鬼魂发出了可怕的叫声，疯狂地摇动着身上的链子。斯克罗吉吓得立刻趴倒在地板上，大声说，“是的！是的！你是真的！我现在明白了！你来干什么？为什么人死后鬼魂要回来？告诉我，雅各布！” | |
| “那些在世时不帮助他人的人，其灵魂死后都要在这个世界上永无休止地游荡。我们不得不戴着我们活着时为自己制造的锁链。埃比尼泽·斯克罗吉，你认出我的锁链了吗？它和你戴的锁链很相似！” | |
| 斯克罗吉向他四周看了看，但没看到锁链。“雅各布，”他说，“请你再多告诉我一些！” | |
| “我帮不上你太大的忙，埃比尼泽！我不能停下来，我不能在一个地方久留。我已经死了七年了，在这七年中，我一直借着风的翅膀飘游着！没有安宁，死了也不得休息，因为我活着的时候从来没有行善积德！” | |
| “但你是一个精明的商人，雅各布，”斯克罗吉说，他现在开始担忧起自己的命运来。 | |
| “生意！”鬼魂悲惨地说。“我为什么不把人看作是我的生意？我一心想的就是赚钱，但没有想过善待别人或是帮助别人。听我说，埃比尼泽！我今晚来这儿是要警告你，你还有机会拯救你自己避免重蹈我的覆辙。有三个幽灵将来看你：第一个于明天一点钟来，第二个于次日的同一时间来，第三个于大后天的午夜来。你不会再见到我了，为了你自己死后能太平，务必记住我对你说的话！” | |
| 幽灵慢慢地退回到窗前，窗户开始打开。当鬼魂到了窗前时，它举起一只手，斯克罗吉听着。他听见空中传来一声凄惨的叫声。幽灵也开始大叫，它来到了雾蒙蒙、黑漆漆的夜色里，加入到其它幽灵的行列。外面的空中到处都是幽灵，它们都戴着和马利鬼魂一样的锁链，它们都在悲惨地叫着，因为它们过晚地认识到了它们活着的时候所犯下的不可饶恕的错误。 | |
| 渐渐地，幽灵们和它们的吵闹声消失在雾霭和夜色中，夜晚又恢复了平静。斯克罗吉关上窗户，检查了卧室的门。门依然锁着。他开始说，“骗人的东西！”但突然停住了。也许是因为他太累了，或是太晚了，他连衣服也没脱就上床睡觉了，而且立刻就睡着了。 |
| 1 Marley' s ghost | |
| It is important to remember that Jacob Marley was dead Did Scrooge know that? Of course he did | |
| Scrooge and Marley had been partners in London for many years, and excellent men of business they were, too When Marley died, Scrooge continued with the business alone Both names still stood above the office door: Scrooge and Marley Sometimes people who were new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley, but he answered to both names He did not care what name they called him The only thing that mattered to him was the business, and making money | |
| Oh! He was a hard, clever, mean old man, Scrooge was! There was nothing warm or open about him He lived a secretive, lonely life, and took no interest in other people at all The cold inside him made his eyes red, and his thin lips blue, and his voice high and cross It put white frost on his old head, his eyebrows and his chin The frost in his heart made the air around him cold, too In the hottest days of summer his office was as cold as ice, and it was just as cold in winter | |
| Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with a happy smile,' My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me?' No poor man asked him for money, no children asked him the time, no man or woman ever, in all his life, asked him the way Animals as well as people were afraid of him Dogs used to hide in doorways when they saw him coming But what did Scrooge care! It was just what he wanted He liked being on the edge of people' s busy lives, while warning everyone to keep away from him | |
| One Christmas Eve, old Scrooge was working busily in his office It was cold, frosty, foggy weather Outside it was already dark, although it was only three o' clock in the afternoon, and there were candles in all the office windows The fog covered everything, like a thick grey blanket | |
| Scrooge kept his office door open, in order to check that his clerk, Bob Cratchit, was working Bob spent his days in a dark little room, a kind of cupboard, next to his employer' s office Scrooge had a very small fire, but Bob' s fire was much smaller It was very cold in the cupboard, and Bob had to wear his long white scarf to try to keep warm | |
| ' Merry Christmas, uncle! God bless you!' cried a happy voice Scrooge' s nephew had arrived | |
| ' Bah!' said Scrooge crossly' Humbug!' | |
| ' Christmas is humbug! Surely you don' t mean that, uncle?' said his nephew | |
| ' I do,' said scrooge' Why do you call it" merry" Christmas? You' re too poor to be merry' | |
| ' Well,' replied the nephew, smiling,' why are you so cross? You' re too rich to be unhappy' | |
| ' of course I' m cross,' answered the uncle,' when I live in a world full of stupid people like you! You say" Merry Christmas"! But what is Christmas? Just a time when you spend too much, when you find yourself a year older and not an hour richer, when you have to pay your bills Everyone who goes around saying" Merry Christmas" should have his tongue cut out Yes, he should!' | |
| ' Uncle! Please don' t say that!' said the nephew' I' ve always thought of Christmas as a time to be helpful and kind to other People It' s the only time of the year when men and women open their hearts freely to each other And so, uncle, although I' ve never made any money from it, I think Christmas has been and will be a good time for me! And I say, God bless Christmas!' | |
| Bob, in the cupboard, agreed loudly, without thinking He immediately realized his mistake, and went quickly back to his work, but Scrooge had heard him | |
| ' If I hear another sound from you,' said Scrooge,' you' ll lose you job!' | |
| ' Don' t be angry with him, uncle,' said the nephew' come and have dinner with us tomorrow' | |
| ' Dinner with you? I' ll see you dead first!' | |
| ' But why won' t you come? Why?' | |
| ' Because Christmas is humbug! Good afternoon!' | |
| ' I want nothing from you I ask nothing of you Why can' t we be friends?' | |
| ' Good afternoon!' said Scrooge | |
| ' I am sorry, with all my heart, to find you like this I have never wanted to argue with you But I came to see you and invite you because it' s Christmas, and so I' ll say, a merry Christmas, uncle!' | |
| ' Good afternoon,' said Scrooge | |
| ' And a happy new year!' | |
| ' Good afternoon!' said Scrooge | |
| His nephew left the room, without an angry word, stopping only to wish Bob Cratchit a merry Christmas | |
| Then two other gentlemen came in They were large, round, comfortablelooking men, with books and papers in their hands | |
| ' This is Scrooge and Marley' s, I think,' said one of them, looking at the papers that he was carrying' Am I speaking to Mr Scrooge or Mr Marley?' | |
| ' Mr Marley is dead,' scrooge replied' He died seven years ago today, on Christmas Eve' | |
| ' I' m sure that you are just as kind to the poor as your partner,' said the gentleman, smiling | |
| What was true was that Scrooge was just as mean as Marley, and Marley had been just as mean as Scrooge | |
| ' At this happy time of year, Mr Scrooge,' the gentleman went on, taking up his pen,' we should help poor people who have no food or clothes or homes' | |
| ' Are there no prisons?' asked Scrooge coldly | |
| ' Plenty of prisons,' said the gentleman | |
| ' And the workhouses, where poor people can live and work? Are they still open?' | |
| ' Yes, they are, I' m sorry to say' | |
| ' I' m happy to hear It,' said Scrooge' I thought, from what you said at first, that perhaps these useful places were closed, for some reason' | |
| ' But some of us feel,' replied the gentleman,' that these places don' t offer enough to poor people We' re hoping to give some meat and drink, and wood for a fire, to people who need all these things This is a time when we should all be able to enjoy ourselves How much will you give, sir?' | |
| ' Nothing!' scrooge replied' I don' t have a merry Christmas myself, and I won' t pay for other people to be merry We all have to pay for prisons and workhouses they cost enough The poor will have to go there' | |
| ' Many can' t go there, and many prefer to die' | |
| ' If they prefer to die, why don' t they die, then? There are too many people in the world, so it' s a good thing if some of them die All this is none of my business! It' s enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to think about other people' s I' m a very busy man Good afternoon, gentlemen!' | |
| The gentlemen shook their heads a little sadly, and left the office Scrooge went back to his work, feeling pleased with himself | |
| Now the fog was at its thickest outside, and the cold was biting Lights shone brightly from the shop windows People were hurrying here and there rich and poor alike to buy what they needed for tomorrow' s Christmas dinner | |
| At last it was time to close the office Scrooge got up slowly from his desk Bob was waiting for this moment, and he immediately put on his hat | |
| ' You' ll want a holiday all day tomorrow, I suppose?' said Scrooge | |
| ' If you don' t mind, sir' | |
| ' I do mind It' s not fair I have to pay you for a day' s work when you don' t do any work' | |
| ' It' s only once a year, sir,' said Bob politely | |
| ' That' s no reason for robbing me every twentyfifth of December!' said Scrooge, putting on his coat' But I suppose you must have it Be here early next morning' | |
| ' Yes, sir, I will, I promise,' Bob said happily Scrooge walked out, without another word When bob had closed the office, he ran home to his family in Camden Town as quickly as possible | |
| Scrooge always used to eat his dinner alone, in the same miserable little eatinghouse Tonight was no different from other nights He read the newspapers, looked at his bank books, and went home to bed He lived in rooms which had once belonged to his dead partner They were in an old, dark building in a lonely side street, where no one except Scrooge lived | |
| In the blackness of the night, through the fog and the frost, Scrooge had to feel his way along the street with his hands He finally reached his front door and put the key in the lock Suddenly, to his great surprise, he saw that the knocker was not a knocker any more, but had become the face of Jacob Marley! | |
| He had not thought of his partner for seven years, until that afternoon, when he spoke Marley' s name to his visitors But there in front of him was Marley' s face, white and ghostly, with terrible staring eyes | |
| As Scrooge looked, it became a knocker again He was afraid, but he did not show his fear He turned the key, opened the door and walked in He did look around before he shut the door, and he did look behind the door, to see if anyone was hiding there But there was nothing there He shut the door with a bang, to show that he was not afraid | |
| With his one candle he went slowly up the stairs It was impossible to see into all the dark corners Darkness was cheap, and Scrooge liked it But he remembered the face, so he walked through all his rooms, checking that everything was all right Nobody under the table or the bed, nobody behind the door! On the small fire in the bedroom there was a pot of soup, and Scrooge' s bowl was ready on the table Nobody in any of the rooms! Sure that he was safe now, Scrooge shut and locked his bedroom door behind him He sat down by the fire to eat his soup | |
| The fireplace was an old one, with hundreds of pictures on the tiles around the fire But Scrooge could only see Marley' s face on every tile | |
| ' Humbug!' said Scrooge to the tiles, and walked across the room When he sat down again, he noticed a bell on the other side of the room As he looked, he saw, with great surprise and fear, that the bell was slowly beginning to move from side to side Soon it was ringing loudly, and so was every bell in the house | |
| Suddenly they all stopped ringing at the same moment, and then came a strange noise from down below It sounded like someone pulling heavy chains across the floor Scrooge remembered hearing that ghosts in old houses sometimes pulled chains behind them Then a door below opened with a crash, and the noise started coming up the stairs It was coming towards his door | |
| ' It' s humbug still!' cried Scrooge But the colour left his face when, without stopping, it came straight through the heavy, locked door, and appeared in front of him It was Marley' s ghost! | |
| Scrooge could see right through its body Around its middle was a long chain, which had moneyboxes, keys, bank books, and heavy purses on it The ghost' s deathcold eyes stared fixedly at Scrooge | |
| ' Well!' said Scrooge, trying to pretend that nothing strange was happening' What do you want? And who are you?' | |
| ' In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley' | |
| ' It' s humbug, I tell you!' said Scrooge' There are no ghosts!' But when he said this, the ghost gave a terrible cry, and shook its chain in a very frightening way At once Scrooge fell on the ground in great fear, crying,' Yes! Yes! You are real! I see that now! Why have you come? Why do ghosts come back from the dead? Tell me, Jacob!' | |
| ' The spirit of every man who does not help other people in life has to travel endlessly through the world after his death We have to carry the chains that we made for ourselves in our lifetime Do you, Ebenezer Scrooge, recognize my chain? It is very like the one that you wear!' | |
| Scrooge looked around him, but could see no chain' Jacob,' he said,' please tell me more!' | |
| ' I cannot help you much, Ebenezer! I cannot rest, I cannot stay anywhere for long I have been dead for seven years and all that time I have been travelling on the wings of the wind! No peace, no rest for me in death, because I was never good or kind in life!' | |
| ' But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' said Scrooge, who was now beginning to worry about his own life | |
| ' Business!' cried the ghost miserably' Why didn' t I think of people as my business? I thought only about making money, not about being kind and helpful to other people Listen to me, Ebenezer! I am here tonight to warn you You still have a chance to save yourself from what has happened to me Three spirtis will come to visit you: the first tomorrow at one o' clock, the second at the same time the next night, and the third at midnight the following night You will not see me any more, and for your own peace after death, remember what I have told you!' | |
| The spirit walked slowly backwards to the window, which began to open When the ghost reached the window, it held up its hand, and Scrooge listened He could hear a noise of sad crying in the air The spirit began to cry, too, and it moved out into the frosty, dark night to join the others Scrooge ran to the window Outside, the air was full of spirits, all wearing chains like Marley' s ghost, all crying miserably as they realized, too late, the terrible mistakes that they had made in their lives | |
| Little by little, the spirits and their voices disappeared into the fog and the darkness, and the night was silent again Scrooge closed the window, and checked his bedroom door It was still locked He started to say,' Humbug!' but stopped suddenly Perhaps because he was very tired, or because it was late, he went straight to bed, without taking off his clothes, and fell asleep immediately | |
| 1 ma li de gui hun | |
| yao ji zhu ya ge bu ma li yi jing si le, zhe ke shi jian zhong yao de shi er. si ke luo ji zhi dao zhe ge ma? ta dang ran zhi dao. si ke luo ji he ma li zai lun dun ceng shi duo nian de he zuo huo ban, bing qie ta men hai dou shi jing ming de sheng yi ren. dang ma li si de shi hou, si ke luo ji yi ge ren ji xu cao chi zhe sheng yi. ban gong shi men kou de shang fang xuan gua de yi jiu shi liang ge ren de ming zi: si ke luo ji he ma li. you shi chu ci lai zhe er da jiao dao de ren men han si ke luo ji si ke luo ji, you shi han ma li, dan liang ge ming zi ta dou ying da. ta bu zai hu bie ren jiao ta shen me ming zi. dui ta lai shuo wei yi zhong yao de shi qing shi ta de sheng yi he zhuan qian. | |
| o! ta shi yi ge ke bo jing ming lin se de lao tou er, si ke luo ji di que shi zhe yang de! ta mei you si hao re qing, ye cong lai bu chang kai xin fei. ta guo zhe shen mi gu du de sheng huo, dui bie ren si hao bu gan xing qu. ta nei xin de leng mo shi ta de yan jing cheng hong se, ta de bao chun cheng lan se, ta de sang yin ji gao you bao zao. ta de leng mo shi ta de lao nao ke mei mao he xia ba zhao shang le bai se de bing shuang. ta nei xin de bing wu shi de ta zhou wei de kong qi dou bian de han leng. zai zui yan re de xia ri li ta de ban gong shi ye hen bing leng, jiu xiang dong tian yi yang han leng. | |
| zou zai jie shang mei you ren jie zhu ta bing mian dai xing fu de wei xiao xiang ta shuo," wo qin ai de si ke luo ji, ni hao ma? ni shen me shi hou lai wo zhe li zuo zuo?" qiong ren mei you xiang ta tao guo qian, hai zi men mei you xiang ta wen guo shi jian. zai ta yi sheng zhong, cong mei you ren he ren, wu lun nan nv, xiang ta wen guo lu. ren he dong wu dou pa ta. gou jian dao ta lai le jiu cang dao men lang xia. dan si ke luo ji zai hu shen me ne! zhe zheng shi ta meng mei yi qiu de. ta xi huan chu zai ren men fan mang sheng huo de bian yuan, ta jing gao suo you de ren dou li ta yuan dian er. | |
| zai yi ge sheng dan qian ye, lao si ke luo ji zheng zai ban gong shi mang lu zhe. tian qi han leng, hai you shuang dong, wu meng meng de. sui ran cai xia wu 3 dian, dan wai mian tian yi jing hei le, ban gong shi chuang zi li dou liang qi le la zhu. wu jiu xiang yi tiao hou hou de tan zi long zhao le yi qie. | |
| si ke luo ji ban gong shi de men zong shi chang kai zhe, mu di shi jian du ta de gu yuan, bao bo ke la qi di you mei you dai gong. bao bo zheng tian dai zai lao ban ge bi de yi jian xiao hei wu li, ta shi ji shi yi ge bi chu. si ke luo ji fang jian de huo hen xiao, bao bo de huo geng xiao. bi chu li leng ji le, bao bo bu de bu dai zhe ta na tiao bai se de zhang wei jin qu nuan. | |
| " jiu jiu, sheng dan kuai le! shang di bao you ni!" yi ge sheng yin gao xing di shuo. si ke luo ji de wai sheng yi jing dao le. | |
| " pei!" si ke luo ji nao nu di shuo." pian ren de dong xi!" | |
| " sheng dan jie shi pian ren de dong xi! jiu jiu, dang ran ni bu shi zhe ge yi si?" ta wai sheng shuo. | |
| " wo jiu shi zhe ge yi si," si ke luo ji shuo." ni wei shi me guan ta jiao' kuai le' de sheng dan jie? ni tai qiong le, gen ben kuai le bu qi lai." | |
| " ai," wai sheng xiao zhe hui da shuo," ni wei shi me zhe me sheng qi? ni hen you qian bu gai bu gao xing a." | |
| " wo dang ran sheng qi," jiu jiu hui da shuo," dang wo sheng huo zai yi ge man shi xiang ni zhe zhong chun ren de shi jie li! ni shuo' sheng dan kuai le'! dan sheng dan jie shi shen me? bu guo shi yi ge rang ni da ba da ba hua qian de ri zi, zhe shi ni hui fa xian ni lao le yi sui ke cai fu que mei you zeng jia ban dian, er qie ni hai de qu fu suo you de zhang dan. suo you dao chu you guang shuo' sheng dan kuai le' de ren de she tou dou ying bei ge diao. shi de, ta hui de!" | |
| " jiu jiu, qing bu yao zhe me shuo!" wai sheng shuo." wo yi zhi ba sheng dan kan zuo shi yi ge bang zhu bie ren shan dai bie ren de ri zi. yi nian zhong zhi you zhe me yi tian nan nan nv nv ke yi bi ci zi you di chang kai xin fei. suo yi jiu jiu, jin guan wo cong wei fa guo sheng dan de cai, wo ren wei dui wo lai shuo sheng dan jie yi zhi jiu shi er qie ye jiang shi mei hao de shi ke! yuan shang di bao you ni!" | |
| zuo zai bi chu li de bao bo wei jia si suo da sheng biao shi zan tong. dan ta li ke yi shi dao zi ji suo fan de cuo wu, bian you li ji mai tou gong zuo, dan si ke luo ji yi jing ting jian le ta de hua. | |
| " ru guo wo zai ting dao ni fa chu yi dian sheng yin de hua," si ke luo ji shuo," ni jiu hui diu diao zhe fen gong zuo!" | |
| " jiu jiu, bie sheng ta de qi," wai sheng shuo." ming tian lai he wo men yi qi chi wan fan ba." | |
| " he ni men chi wan fan? men er ye mei you!" | |
| " na ni wei shi me bu lai ne? wei shi me?" | |
| " yin wei sheng dan jie shi ge pian ren de ba xi! zai jian!" | |
| " wo shen me ye bu yao ni song gei wo, wo shen me dou bu wen ni yao. wo men wei shi me bu neng cheng wei peng you ne?" | |
| " zai jian!" si ke luo ji shuo. | |
| " kan dao ni zhe yang, wo zhen gan dao nan guo, wo cong lai jiu mei xiang guo yao yu ni zheng chao, dan wo lai shi wei le kan kan ni bing yao qing ni, yin wei shi sheng dan jie, suo yi wo yao shuo yi sheng, jiu jiu, sheng dan kuai le!" | |
| " zai jian." si ke luo ji shuo. | |
| " xin nian kuai le!" | |
| " zai jian!" si ke luo ji shuo. | |
| ta wai sheng li kai le fang jian, mei you yi ju yun nu zhi yan. ta ting xia lai zhi shi wei le zhu bao bo ke la qi di sheng dan kuai le. | |
| ran hou jin lai le ling wai liang wei shen shi, ta men shen cai kui wu, pang pang de, yi biao tang tang, shou li na zhe shu he wen jian. | |
| " wo xiang, zhe shi si ke luo ji he ma li de ban gong shi ba," qi zhong yi wei kan zhuo shou zhong de wen jian wen dao." ni shi si ke luo ji xian sheng huan shi ma li xian sheng?" | |
| " ma li xian sheng si le," si ke luo ji hui da shuo." ta shi qi nian qian de jin tian si de, si zai sheng dan ye." | |
| " wo ken ding ni dui qiong ren tong ni de he huo ren de tai du yi yang hao," shen shi wei xiao zhe shuo. | |
| shi shi shi si ke luo ji tong ma li yi yang de lin se, ma li zai shi shi ye zeng he si ke luo ji yi yang lin se. | |
| " zai yi nian zhong zhe ge xing fu de ri zi li, si ke luo ji xian sheng," shen shi na qi bi ji xu shuo,? wo men ying gai bang zhu nei xie mei you yi shi he wu jia ke gui de qiong ren." | |
| " mei you kan shou suo ma?" si ke luo ji leng leng di wen. | |
| " you hen duo kan shou suo," shen shi shuo. | |
| " hai you ke gong qiong ren sheng huo he gong zuo de ji pin yuan ne? ta men hai kai zhe ma?" | |
| " shi de, ta men kai zhe, hen bao qian." | |
| " wo hen gao xing ting dao zhe ge," si ke luo ji shuo." ting ni zui kai shi shuo de, wo hai yi wei zhei xie neng gou ti gong bang zhu de di fang you yu mou zhong yuan yin dou guan diao le ne." | |
| " dan shi wo men you xie ren gan dao," shen shi hui da shuo," zhei xie di fang wu fa wei qiong ren ti gong zu gou de dong xi. wo men xi wang wei nei xie xu yao bang zhu de ren ti gong yi xie rou lei, yin liao he chai huo. zhe ge shi hou wo men dou ying gai neng gou guo de kai xin. ni neng gei duo shao, xian sheng?" | |
| " shen me dou bu gei!" si ke luo ji hui da shuo." wo zi ji sheng dan jie dou bu kuai le, suo yi wo ye bu hui hua qian qu rang qi ta ren kuai le. wo men dou yao fu qian gei kan shou suo he ji pin yuan zhe bi kai xiao gou da de le. mei qian de ren ying gai qu na er." | |
| " hen duo ren bu neng qu, hai you hen duo ren ning yuan qu si." | |
| " ru guo ta men ning yuan si de hua, ta men wei shi me bu qu si ne? shi jie shang de ren tai duo le, suo yi ru guo you xie ren si le de hua zhe dao shi jian hao shi. zhei xie dou yu wo wu guan! yi ge ren neng qing chu ta zi ji gai zuo shi mo jiu gou le, yong bu zhao qu kao lv bie ren de shi. wo hen mang, zai jian, xian sheng men!" | |
| liang wei shen shi nan guo di yao yao tou, li kai le ban gong shi. si ke luo ji you chong xin kai shi gong zuo, xin zhong hen de yi. | |
| xian zai wai mian di wu da de bu neng zai da le, tian qi han leng ci gu. shang dian de chuang hu shan shuo chu yao yan de guang. ren men cong mang di chuan suo zhe you qian ren he qiong ren dou yi yang qu cai gou ta men ming tian sheng dan wan can suo xu yao de dong xi. | |
| zui hou zhong yu dao le guan men de shi jian le. si ke luo ji man man di cong zhuo zi hou zhan qi shen. bao bo deng de jiu shi zhe yi ke, suo yi ta li ji dai shang le mao zi. | |
| " wo cai ce ni xiang ming tian yi tian dou fang jia, shi ma?" si ke luo ji wen. | |
| " xian sheng, ru guo ni bu jie yi de hua." | |
| " wo que shi jie yi, zhe bu gong ping. ni bu zuo ren he gong zuo, wo hai de fu ni gong qian." | |
| " xian sheng, yi nian jiu zhe me yi ci," bao bo li mao di shuo. | |
| " zhe ye bing bu neng cheng wei mei nian de 12 yue 25 wu ri ni qiang duo wo qian cai de li you!" si ke luo ji bian shuo bian chuan shang le da yi." dan wo xiang zhe ge jie ni bi xu de guo. di er tian zao chen zao dian dao." | |
| " shi de, xian sheng, wo hui de, wo bao zheng." bao bo gao xing di shuo. si ke luo ji zai mei shuo yi ming hua zou le chu qu. bao bo guan shang ban gong shi de men hou, yi zui kuai de su du pao hui ta wei yu ka mu deng zhen de jia. | |
| si ke luo ji zong shi du zi yi ren zai tong yang han suan de xiao yin shi dian li chi wan fan, jin wan ye tong wang chang yi yang. ta du zhe bao zhi, kan zhe yin hang de cun dan, ran hou hui jia qu shui jiao. ta zhu zai ta de he huo ren ceng zhu guo de fang zi li, ta zai yi chuang lin jie de gu ling ling de you jiu you hei de lou li, zhi you si ke luo ji yi ren zhu zai zhe li. | |
| ye mu xia, yao chuan guo wu he shuang, si ke luo ji bu de bu yong shou mo suo zhe zai jie shang qian xing. zui hou zhong yu lai dao le ta de qian men, ba yao shi cha jin suo li. tu ran, ling ta da chi yi jing de shi, ta kan dao men huan yi bu zai shi men huan le, ta yi bian cheng le ya ge bu ma li de lian le. | |
| zhi dao jin tian xia wu ta dui lai fang zhe shuo qi ma li de ming zi shi, ta yi jing you qi nian mei you xiang guo ta de he huo ren le. dan cheng xian zai ta mian qian de shi ma li de lian, can bai shi gui yi ban, hai you yi shuang nu mu yuan zheng de kong bu de yan jing. | |
| si ke luo ji kan zhe kan zhe, ta you bian cheng le men huan, dan ta mei you biao xian chu ta de ju pa. ta zhuan dong yao shi, da kai men zou le jin qu. zai guan shang fang men yi qian, ta di que huan gu le si zhou, ye di que wang men hou kan le kan, qi mu di shi kan kan shi fou you ren cang zai na li, dan men hou mei you ren. ta" peng" di yi sheng ba men guan shang yi shi ta bing bu ju pa. | |
| ta shou ju qi wei yi de yi gen la zhu man man di shang le lou, ta wu fa kan jian suo you hei an de jiao luo. hei an pian yi de hen, suo yi si ke luo ji xi huan ta. dan ta ji qi le na zhang lian, suo yi ta dao suo you de fang jian dou zou le yi bian kan kan shi fou yi qie dou an ran wu yang. zhuo zi di xia he chuang di xia du mei ren, men hou ye mei ren! wo shi wei xiao de lu huo shang dun zhe yi guo tang, si ke luo ji de wan yi jing bai zai le zhuo zi shang. suo you fang jian li dou mei you ren! que xin ci ke an quan wu wu zhi hou, si ke luo ji sui shou guan shang bing suo shang le wo shi de men. ta zuo zai huo pang kai shi he tang. | |
| zhe shi yi ge jiu bi lu, huo zhou wei shi shu yi bai ji de yin you tu an de ci zhuan, dan si ke luo ji zai mei zhang ci zhuan shang suo kan dao de dou shi ma li de lian. | |
| " pian ren de dong xi!" si ke luo ji dui zhe ci zhuan shuo, bing zai wu li duo zhe bu. dang ta zuo xia zhi hou, ta fa xian fang jian de ling yi mian qiang shang gua zhe yi ge ling dang. ta kan zhe kan zhe, jing qi er you kong ju di fa xian ling dang man man di kai shi zuo you bai dong qi lai, bu yi hui er, ta xiang le qi lai, sheng yin hen da, jin jie zhe wu li suo you de ling dang dou xiang le qi lai. | |
| tu ran ta men zai tong yi shi jian dou bu xiang le, jin jie zhe cong xia mian chuan lai le yi ge qi guai de sheng yin, ting shang qu xiang shi you ren tuo zhe chen zhong de lian zi cong di ban shang zou guo. si ke luo ji ji qi ceng ting shuo guo you shi jiu fang zi li de gui hun shen hou tuo zhe lian zi. ran hou lou xia de yi jian fang men dang lang yi sheng kai le, sheng yin kai shi chao lou shang zou lai, chao ta de fang men zou lai. | |
| " you shi pian ren de gui ba xi!" si ke luo ji da sheng shuo dao, dan dang sheng yin jing zhi di chuan guo hou hou de bei suo zhe de fang men chu xian zai ta mian qian shi, ta mian wu xue se. zhe shi ma li de gui hun! | |
| si ke luo ji neng gou kan chuan ta de qu ti. yi tiao chang chang de suo lian chan zai yao jian, shang mian gua zhe qian he zi yao shi cun zhe he hou hou de qian bao. gui hun si yi ban leng mo de yan jing ding zhe si ke luo ji kan. | |
| " ai!" si ke luo ji shuo, ji li zhuang chu shen me guai shi ye mei fa sheng de yang zi." ni xiang yao shen me? ni shi shui?" | |
| " huo zhe de shi hou wo shi ni de he huo ren, ya ge bu ma li." | |
| " wo gao su ni, zhe shi pian ren de." si ke luo ji shuo." mei you gui hun!" dan dang ta shuo ci hua shi, gui hun fa chu le ke pa de jiao sheng, feng kuang di yao dong zhe shen shang de lian zi. si ke luo ji xia de li ke pa dao zai di ban shang, da sheng shuo," shi de! shi de! ni shi zhen de! wo xian zai ming bai le! ni lai gan shen me? wei shi me ren si hou gui hun yao hui lai? gao su wo, ya ge bu!" | |
| " nei xie zai shi shi bu bang zhu ta ren de ren, qi ling hun si hou dou yao zai zhe ge shi jie shang yong wu xiu zhi di you dang. wo men bu de bu dai zhe wo men huo zhe shi wei zi ji zhi zao de suo lian. ai bi ni ze si ke luo ji, ni ren chu wo de suo lian le ma? ta he ni dai de suo lian hen xiang si!" | |
| si ke luo ji xiang ta si zhou kan le kan, dan mei kan dao suo lian." ya ge bu," ta shuo," qing ni zai duo gao su wo yi xie!" | |
| " wo bang bu shang ni tai da de mang, ai bi ni ze! wo bu neng ting xia lai, wo bu neng zai yi ge di fang jiu liu. wo yi jing si le qi nian le, zai zhe qi nian zhong, wo yi zhi jie zhe feng de chi bang piao you zhe! mei you an ning, si le ye bu de xiu xi, yin wei wo huo zhe de shi hou cong lai mei you xing shan ji de!" | |
| " dan ni shi yi ge jing ming de shang ren, ya ge bu," si ke luo ji shuo, ta xian zai kai shi dan you qi zi ji de ming yun lai. | |
| " sheng yi!" gui hun bei can di shuo." wo wei shi me bu ba ren kan zuo shi wo de sheng yi? wo yi xin xiang de jiu shi zhuan qian, dan mei you xiang guo shan dai bie ren huo shi bang zhu bie ren. ting wo shuo, ai bi ni ze! wo jin wan lai zhe er shi yao jing gao ni, ni hai you ji hui zheng jiu ni zi ji bi mian chong dao wo de fu zhe. you san ge you ling jiang lai kan ni: di yi ge yu ming tian yi dian zhong lai, di er ge yu ci ri de tong yi shi jian lai, di san ge yu da hou tian de wu ye lai. ni bu hui zai jian dao wo le, wei le ni zi ji si hou neng tai ping, wu bi ji zhu wo dui ni shuo de hua!" | |
| you ling man man di tui hui dao chuang qian, chuang hu kai shi da kai. dang gui hun dao le chuang qian shi, ta ju qi yi zhi shou, si ke luo ji ting zhe. ta ting jian kong zhong chuan lai yi sheng qi can de jiao sheng. you ling ye kai shi da jiao, ta lai dao le wu meng meng hei qi qi de ye se li, jia ru dao qi ta you ling de hang lie. wai mian di kong zhong dao chu dou shi you ling, ta men dou dai zhe he ma li gui hun yi yang de suo lian, ta men dou zai bei can di jiao zhe, yin wei ta men guo wan di ren shi dao le ta men huo zhe de shi hou suo fan xia de bu ke rao shu de cuo wu. | |
| jian jian di, you ling men he ta men de chao nao sheng xiao shi zai wu ai he ye se zhong, ye wan you hui fu le ping jing. si ke luo ji guan shang chuang hu, jian cha le wo shi de men. men yi ran suo zhe. ta kai shi shuo," pian ren de dong xi!" dan tu ran ting zhu le. ye xu shi yin wei ta tai lei le, huo shi tai wan le, ta lian yi fu ye mei tuo jiu shang chuang shui jiao le, er qie li ke jiu shui zhao le. |
| 1 Marley' s ghost | |
| It is important to remember that Jacob Marley was dead Did Scrooge know that? Of course he did | |
| Scrooge and Marley had been partners in London for many years, and excellent men of business they were, too When Marley died, Scrooge continued with the business alone Both names still stood above the office door: Scrooge and Marley Sometimes people who were new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley, but he answered to both names He did not care what name they called him The only thing that mattered to him was the business, and making money | |
| Oh! He was a hard, clever, mean old man, Scrooge was! There was nothing warm or open about him He lived a secretive, lonely life, and took no interest in other people at all The cold inside him made his eyes red, and his thin lips blue, and his voice high and cross It put white frost on his old head, his eyebrows and his chin The frost in his heart made the air around him cold, too In the hottest days of summer his office was as cold as ice, and it was just as cold in winter | |
| Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with a happy smile,' My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me?' No poor man asked him for money, no children asked him the time, no man or woman ever, in all his life, asked him the way Animals as well as people were afraid of him Dogs used to hide in doorways when they saw him coming But what did Scrooge care! It was just what he wanted He liked being on the edge of people' s busy lives, while warning everyone to keep away from him | |
| One Christmas Eve, old Scrooge was working busily in his office It was cold, frosty, foggy weather Outside it was already dark, although it was only three o' clock in the afternoon, and there were candles in all the office windows The fog covered everything, like a thick grey blanket | |
| Scrooge kept his office door open, in order to check that his clerk, Bob Cratchit, was working Bob spent his days in a dark little room, a kind of cupboard, next to his employer' s office Scrooge had a very small fire, but Bob' s fire was much smaller It was very cold in the cupboard, and Bob had to wear his long white scarf to try to keep warm | |
| ' Merry Christmas, uncle! God bless you!' cried a happy voice Scrooge' s nephew had arrived | |
| ' Bah!' said Scrooge crossly' Humbug!' | |
| ' Christmas is humbug! Surely you don' t mean that, uncle?' said his nephew | |
| ' I do,' said scrooge' Why do you call it" merry" Christmas? You' re too poor to be merry' | |
| ' Well,' replied the nephew, smiling,' why are you so cross? You' re too rich to be unhappy' | |
| ' of course I' m cross,' answered the uncle,' when I live in a world full of stupid people like you! You say" Merry Christmas"! But what is Christmas? Just a time when you spend too much, when you find yourself a year older and not an hour richer, when you have to pay your bills Everyone who goes around saying" Merry Christmas" should have his tongue cut out Yes, he should!' | |
| ' Uncle! Please don' t say that!' said the nephew' I' ve always thought of Christmas as a time to be helpful and kind to other People It' s the only time of the year when men and women open their hearts freely to each other And so, uncle, although I' ve never made any money from it, I think Christmas has been and will be a good time for me! And I say, God bless Christmas!' | |
| Bob, in the cupboard, agreed loudly, without thinking He immediately realized his mistake, and went quickly back to his work, but Scrooge had heard him | |
| ' If I hear another sound from you,' said Scrooge,' you' ll lose you job!' | |
| ' Don' t be angry with him, uncle,' said the nephew' come and have dinner with us tomorrow' | |
| ' Dinner with you? I' ll see you dead first!' | |
| ' But why won' t you come? Why?' | |
| ' Because Christmas is humbug! Good afternoon!' | |
| ' I want nothing from you I ask nothing of you Why can' t we be friends?' | |
| ' Good afternoon!' said Scrooge | |
| ' I am sorry, with all my heart, to find you like this I have never wanted to argue with you But I came to see you and invite you because it' s Christmas, and so I' ll say, a merry Christmas, uncle!' | |
| ' Good afternoon,' said Scrooge | |
| ' And a happy new year!' | |
| ' Good afternoon!' said Scrooge | |
| His nephew left the room, without an angry word, stopping only to wish Bob Cratchit a merry Christmas | |
| Then two other gentlemen came in They were large, round, comfortablelooking men, with books and papers in their hands | |
| ' This is Scrooge and Marley' s, I think,' said one of them, looking at the papers that he was carrying' Am I speaking to Mr Scrooge or Mr Marley?' | |
| ' Mr Marley is dead,' scrooge replied' He died seven years ago today, on Christmas Eve' | |
| ' I' m sure that you are just as kind to the poor as your partner,' said the gentleman, smiling | |
| What was true was that Scrooge was just as mean as Marley, and Marley had been just as mean as Scrooge | |
| ' At this happy time of year, Mr Scrooge,' the gentleman went on, taking up his pen,' we should help poor people who have no food or clothes or homes' | |
| ' Are there no prisons?' asked Scrooge coldly | |
| ' Plenty of prisons,' said the gentleman | |
| ' And the workhouses, where poor people can live and work? Are they still open?' | |
| ' Yes, they are, I' m sorry to say' | |
| ' I' m happy to hear It,' said Scrooge' I thought, from what you said at first, that perhaps these useful places were closed, for some reason' | |
| ' But some of us feel,' replied the gentleman,' that these places don' t offer enough to poor people We' re hoping to give some meat and drink, and wood for a fire, to people who need all these things This is a time when we should all be able to enjoy ourselves How much will you give, sir?' | |
| ' Nothing!' scrooge replied' I don' t have a merry Christmas myself, and I won' t pay for other people to be merry We all have to pay for prisons and workhouses they cost enough The poor will have to go there' | |
| ' Many can' t go there, and many prefer to die' | |
| ' If they prefer to die, why don' t they die, then? There are too many people in the world, so it' s a good thing if some of them die All this is none of my business! It' s enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to think about other people' s I' m a very busy man Good afternoon, gentlemen!' | |
| The gentlemen shook their heads a little sadly, and left the office Scrooge went back to his work, feeling pleased with himself | |
| Now the fog was at its thickest outside, and the cold was biting Lights shone brightly from the shop windows People were hurrying here and there rich and poor alike to buy what they needed for tomorrow' s Christmas dinner | |
| At last it was time to close the office Scrooge got up slowly from his desk Bob was waiting for this moment, and he immediately put on his hat | |
| ' You' ll want a holiday all day tomorrow, I suppose?' said Scrooge | |
| ' If you don' t mind, sir' | |
| ' I do mind It' s not fair I have to pay you for a day' s work when you don' t do any work' | |
| ' It' s only once a year, sir,' said Bob politely | |
| ' That' s no reason for robbing me every twentyfifth of December!' said Scrooge, putting on his coat' But I suppose you must have it Be here early next morning' | |
| ' Yes, sir, I will, I promise,' Bob said happily Scrooge walked out, without another word When bob had closed the office, he ran home to his family in Camden Town as quickly as possible | |
| Scrooge always used to eat his dinner alone, in the same miserable little eatinghouse Tonight was no different from other nights He read the newspapers, looked at his bank books, and went home to bed He lived in rooms which had once belonged to his dead partner They were in an old, dark building in a lonely side street, where no one except Scrooge lived | |
| In the blackness of the night, through the fog and the frost, Scrooge had to feel his way along the street with his hands He finally reached his front door and put the key in the lock Suddenly, to his great surprise, he saw that the knocker was not a knocker any more, but had become the face of Jacob Marley! | |
| He had not thought of his partner for seven years, until that afternoon, when he spoke Marley' s name to his visitors But there in front of him was Marley' s face, white and ghostly, with terrible staring eyes | |
| As Scrooge looked, it became a knocker again He was afraid, but he did not show his fear He turned the key, opened the door and walked in He did look around before he shut the door, and he did look behind the door, to see if anyone was hiding there But there was nothing there He shut the door with a bang, to show that he was not afraid | |
| With his one candle he went slowly up the stairs It was impossible to see into all the dark corners Darkness was cheap, and Scrooge liked it But he remembered the face, so he walked through all his rooms, checking that everything was all right Nobody under the table or the bed, nobody behind the door! On the small fire in the bedroom there was a pot of soup, and Scrooge' s bowl was ready on the table Nobody in any of the rooms! Sure that he was safe now, Scrooge shut and locked his bedroom door behind him He sat down by the fire to eat his soup | |
| The fireplace was an old one, with hundreds of pictures on the tiles around the fire But Scrooge could only see Marley' s face on every tile | |
| ' Humbug!' said Scrooge to the tiles, and walked across the room When he sat down again, he noticed a bell on the other side of the room As he looked, he saw, with great surprise and fear, that the bell was slowly beginning to move from side to side Soon it was ringing loudly, and so was every bell in the house | |
| Suddenly they all stopped ringing at the same moment, and then came a strange noise from down below It sounded like someone pulling heavy chains across the floor Scrooge remembered hearing that ghosts in old houses sometimes pulled chains behind them Then a door below opened with a crash, and the noise started coming up the stairs It was coming towards his door | |
| ' It' s humbug still!' cried Scrooge But the colour left his face when, without stopping, it came straight through the heavy, locked door, and appeared in front of him It was Marley' s ghost! | |
| Scrooge could see right through its body Around its middle was a long chain, which had moneyboxes, keys, bank books, and heavy purses on it The ghost' s deathcold eyes stared fixedly at Scrooge | |
| ' Well!' said Scrooge, trying to pretend that nothing strange was happening' What do you want? And who are you?' | |
| ' In life I was your partner, Jacob Marley' | |
| ' It' s humbug, I tell you!' said Scrooge' There are no ghosts!' But when he said this, the ghost gave a terrible cry, and shook its chain in a very frightening way At once Scrooge fell on the ground in great fear, crying,' Yes! Yes! You are real! I see that now! Why have you come? Why do ghosts come back from the dead? Tell me, Jacob!' | |
| ' The spirit of every man who does not help other people in life has to travel endlessly through the world after his death We have to carry the chains that we made for ourselves in our lifetime Do you, Ebenezer Scrooge, recognize my chain? It is very like the one that you wear!' | |
| Scrooge looked around him, but could see no chain' Jacob,' he said,' please tell me more!' | |
| ' I cannot help you much, Ebenezer! I cannot rest, I cannot stay anywhere for long I have been dead for seven years and all that time I have been travelling on the wings of the wind! No peace, no rest for me in death, because I was never good or kind in life!' | |
| ' But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' said Scrooge, who was now beginning to worry about his own life | |
| ' Business!' cried the ghost miserably' Why didn' t I think of people as my business? I thought only about making money, not about being kind and helpful to other people Listen to me, Ebenezer! I am here tonight to warn you You still have a chance to save yourself from what has happened to me Three spirtis will come to visit you: the first tomorrow at one o' clock, the second at the same time the next night, and the third at midnight the following night You will not see me any more, and for your own peace after death, remember what I have told you!' | |
| The spirit walked slowly backwards to the window, which began to open When the ghost reached the window, it held up its hand, and Scrooge listened He could hear a noise of sad crying in the air The spirit began to cry, too, and it moved out into the frosty, dark night to join the others Scrooge ran to the window Outside, the air was full of spirits, all wearing chains like Marley' s ghost, all crying miserably as they realized, too late, the terrible mistakes that they had made in their lives | |
| Little by little, the spirits and their voices disappeared into the fog and the darkness, and the night was silent again Scrooge closed the window, and checked his bedroom door It was still locked He started to say,' Humbug!' but stopped suddenly Perhaps because he was very tired, or because it was late, he went straight to bed, without taking off his clothes, and fell asleep immediately | |
| 1 mǎ lì de guǐ hún | |
| yào jì zhù yǎ gè bù mǎ lì yǐ jīng sǐ le, zhè kě shì jiàn zhòng yào de shì ér. sī kè luó jí zhī dào zhè gè ma? tā dāng rán zhī dào. sī kè luó jí hé mǎ lì zài lún dūn céng shì duō nián de hé zuò huǒ bàn, bìng qiě tā men hái dōu shì jīng míng de shēng yì rén. dāng mǎ lì sǐ de shí hòu, sī kè luó jí yí ge rén jì xù cāo chí zhe shēng yì. bàn gōng shì mén kǒu de shàng fāng xuán guà de yī jiù shì liǎng gè rén de míng zì: sī kè luó jí hé mǎ lì. yǒu shí chū cì lái zhè ér dǎ jiāo dào de rén men hǎn sī kè luó jí sī kè luó jí, yǒu shí hǎn mǎ lì, dàn liǎng gè míng zì tā dōu yìng dá. tā bù zài hu bié rén jiào tā shén me míng zì. duì tā lái shuō wéi yī zhòng yào de shì qíng shì tā de shēng yì hé zhuàn qián. | |
| ō! tā shì yí gè kè bó jīng míng lìn sè de lǎo tou er, sī kè luó jí dí què shì zhè yàng de! tā méi yǒu sī háo rè qíng, yě cóng lái bù chǎng kāi xīn fēi. tā guò zhe shén mì gū dú de shēng huó, duì bié rén sī háo bù gǎn xīng qù. tā nèi xīn de lěng mò shǐ tā de yǎn jīng chéng hóng sè, tā de báo chún chéng lán sè, tā de sǎng yīn jì gāo yòu bào zào. tā de lěng mò shǐ tā de lǎo nǎo ké méi máo hé xià bā zhào shàng le bái sè de bīng shuāng. tā nèi xīn de bīng wù shǐ de tā zhōu wéi de kōng qì dōu biàn de hán lěng. zài zuì yán rè de xià rì lǐ tā de bàn gōng shì yě hěn bīng lěng, jiù xiàng dōng tiān yí yàng hán lěng. | |
| zǒu zài jiē shàng méi yǒu rén jié zhù tā bìng miàn dài xìng fú de wēi xiào xiàng tā shuō," wǒ qīn ài de sī kè luó jí, nǐ hǎo ma? nǐ shén me shí hòu lái wǒ zhè lǐ zuò zuò?" qióng rén méi yǒu xiàng tā tǎo guò qián, hái zi men méi yǒu xiàng tā wèn guò shí jiān. zài tā yī shēng zhōng, cóng méi yǒu rèn hé rén, wú lùn nán nǚ, xiàng tā wèn guò lù. rén hé dòng wù dōu pà tā. gǒu jiàn dào tā lái le jiù cáng dào mén láng xià. dàn sī kè luó jí zài hu shén me ne! zhè zhèng shì tā mèng mèi yǐ qiú de. tā xǐ huān chǔ zài rén men fán máng shēng huó de biān yuán, tā jǐng gào suǒ yǒu de rén dōu lí tā yuǎn diǎn ér. | |
| zài yí gè shèng dàn qián yè, lǎo sī kè luó jí zhèng zài bàn gōng shì máng lù zhe. tiān qì hán lěng, hái yǒu shuāng dòng, wù méng méng de. suī rán cái xià wǔ 3 diǎn, dàn wài miàn tiān yǐ jīng hēi le, bàn gōng shì chuāng zi lǐ dōu liàng qǐ le là zhú. wù jiù xiàng yī tiáo hòu hòu de tǎn zi lǒng zhào le yī qiè. | |
| sī kè luó jí bàn gōng shì de mén zǒng shì chǎng kāi zhe, mù dì shì jiān dū tā de gù yuán, bào bó kè lā qí dì yǒu méi yǒu dài gōng. bào bó zhěng tiān dāi zài lǎo bǎn gé bì de yī jiān xiǎo hēi wū lǐ, tā shí jì shì yí gè bì chú. sī kè luó jí fáng jiān de huǒ hěn xiǎo, bào bó de huǒ gèng xiǎo. bì chú lǐ lěng jí le, bào bó bù dé bù dài zhe tā nà tiáo bái sè de zhǎng wéi jīn qǔ nuǎn. | |
| " jiù jiù, shèng dàn kuài lè! shàng dì bǎo yòu nǐ!" yí gè shēng yīn gāo xìng dì shuō. sī kè luó jí de wài shēng yǐ jīng dào le. | |
| " pēi!" sī kè luó jí nǎo nù dì shuō." piàn rén de dōng xī!" | |
| " shèng dàn jié shì piàn rén de dōng xī! jiù jiù, dāng rán nǐ bú shì zhè gè yì sī?" tā wài shēng shuō. | |
| " wǒ jiù shì zhè gè yì sī," sī kè luó jí shuō." nǐ wèi shí me guǎn tā jiào' kuài lè' de shèng dàn jié? nǐ tài qióng le, gēn běn kuài lè bù qǐ lái." | |
| " āi," wài shēng xiào zhe huí dá shuō," nǐ wèi shí me zhè me shēng qì? nǐ hěn yǒu qián bù gāi bù gāo xìng a." | |
| " wǒ dāng rán shēng qì," jiù jiù huí dá shuō," dāng wǒ shēng huó zài yí gè mǎn shì xiàng nǐ zhè zhǒng chǔn rén de shì jiè lǐ! nǐ shuō' shèng dàn kuài lè'! dàn shèng dàn jié shì shén me? bù guò shì yí gè ràng nǐ dà bǎ dà bǎ huā qián de rì zi, zhè shí nǐ huì fā xiàn nǐ lǎo le yī suì kě cái fù què méi yǒu zēng jiā bàn diǎn, ér qiě nǐ hái dé qù fù suǒ yǒu de zhàng dān. suǒ yǒu dào chù yóu guàng shuō' shèng dàn kuài lè' de rén de shé tou dōu yīng bèi gē diào. shì de, tā huì de!" | |
| " jiù jiù, qǐng bú yào zhè me shuō!" wài shēng shuō." wǒ yī zhí bǎ shèng dàn kàn zuò shì yí gè bāng zhù bié rén shàn dài bié rén de rì zi. yī nián zhōng zhǐ yǒu zhè me yì tiān nán nán nǚ nǚ kě yǐ bǐ cǐ zì yóu dì chǎng kāi xīn fēi. suǒ yǐ jiù jiù, jǐn guǎn wǒ cóng wèi fā guò shèng dàn de cái, wǒ rèn wéi duì wǒ lái shuō shèng dàn jié yī zhí jiù shì ér qiě yě jiāng shì měi hǎo de shí kè! yuàn shàng dì bǎo yòu nǐ!" | |
| zuò zài bì chú lǐ de bào bó wèi jiā sī suǒ dà shēng biǎo shì zàn tóng. dàn tā lì kè yì shí dào zì jǐ suǒ fàn de cuò wù, biàn yòu lì jí mái tóu gōng zuò, dàn sī kè luó jí yǐ jīng tīng jiàn le tā de huà. | |
| " rú guǒ wǒ zài tīng dào nǐ fā chū yì diǎn shēng yīn de huà," sī kè luó jí shuō," nǐ jiù huì diū diào zhè fèn gōng zuò!" | |
| " jiù jiù, bié shēng tā de qì," wài shēng shuō." míng tiān lái hé wǒ men yì qǐ chī wǎn fàn ba." | |
| " hé nǐ men chī wǎn fàn? mén ér yě méi yǒu!" | |
| " nà nǐ wèi shí me bù lái ne? wèi shí me?" | |
| " yīn wèi shèng dàn jié shì gè piàn rén de bǎ xì! zài jiàn!" | |
| " wǒ shén me yě bú yào nǐ sòng gěi wǒ, wǒ shén me dōu bù wèn nǐ yào. wǒ men wèi shí me bù néng chéng wéi péng yǒu ne?" | |
| " zài jiàn!" sī kè luó jí shuō. | |
| " kàn dào nǐ zhè yàng, wǒ zhēn gǎn dào nán guò, wǒ cóng lái jiù méi xiǎng guò yào yǔ nǐ zhēng chǎo, dàn wǒ lái shì wèi le kàn kàn nǐ bìng yāo qǐng nǐ, yīn wéi shì shèng dàn jié, suǒ yǐ wǒ yào shuō yī shēng, jiù jiù, shèng dàn kuài lè!" | |
| " zài jiàn." sī kè luó jí shuō. | |
| " xīn nián kuài lè!" | |
| " zài jiàn!" sī kè luó jí shuō. | |
| tā wài shēng lí kāi le fáng jiān, méi yǒu yī jù yùn nù zhī yán. tā tíng xià lái zhǐ shì wèi le zhù bào bó kè lā qí dì shèng dàn kuài lè. | |
| rán hòu jìn lái le lìng wài liǎng wèi shēn shì, tā men shēn cái kuí wú, pàng pàng de, yí biǎo táng táng, shǒu lǐ ná zhe shū hé wén jiàn. | |
| " wǒ xiǎng, zhè shì sī kè luó jí hé mǎ lì de bàn gōng shì ba," qí zhōng yī wèi kàn zhuó shǒu zhōng de wén jiàn wèn dào." nǐ shì sī kè luó jí xiān shēng huán shì mǎ lì xiān shēng?" | |
| " mǎ lì xiān shēng sǐ le," sī kè luó jí huí dá shuō." tā shì qī nián qián de jīn tiān sǐ de, sǐ zài shèng dàn yè." | |
| " wǒ kěn dìng nǐ duì qióng rén tóng nǐ de hé huǒ rén de tài dù yí yàng hǎo," shēn shì wēi xiào zhe shuō. | |
| shì shí shì sī kè luó jí tóng mǎ lì yí yàng de lìn sè, mǎ lì zài shì shí yě zēng hé sī kè luó jí yí yàng lìn sè. | |
| " zài yī nián zhōng zhè gè xìng fú de rì zi lǐ, sī kè luó jí xiān shēng," shēn shì ná qǐ bǐ jì xù shuō,? wǒ men yīng gāi bāng zhù nèi xiē méi yǒu yī shí hé wú jiā kě guī de qióng rén." | |
| " méi yǒu kān shǒu suǒ ma?" sī kè luó jí lěng lěng dì wèn. | |
| " yǒu hěn duō kān shǒu suǒ," shēn shì shuō. | |
| " hái yǒu kě gōng qióng rén shēng huó hé gōng zuò de jì pín yuàn ne? tā men hái kāi zhe ma?" | |
| " shì de, tā men kāi zhe, hěn bào qiàn." | |
| " wǒ hěn gāo xìng tīng dào zhè gè," sī kè luó jí shuō." tīng nǐ zuì kāi shǐ shuō de, wǒ hái yǐ wéi zhèi xiē néng gòu tí gōng bāng zhù de dì fāng yóu yú mǒu zhǒng yuán yīn dōu guān diào le ne." | |
| " dàn shì wǒ men yǒu xiē rén gǎn dào," shēn shì huí dá shuō," zhèi xiē dì fāng wú fǎ wèi qióng rén tí gōng zú gòu de dōng xī. wǒ men xī wàng wèi nèi xiē xū yào bāng zhù de rén tí gōng yī xiē ròu lèi, yǐn liào hé chái huō. zhè gè shí hòu wǒ men dōu yīng gāi néng gòu guò de kāi xīn. nǐ néng gěi duō shǎo, xiān shēng?" | |
| " shén me dōu bù gěi!" sī kè luó jí huí dá shuō." wǒ zì jǐ shèng dàn jié dōu bù kuài lè, suǒ yǐ wǒ yě bú huì huā qián qù ràng qí tā rén kuài lè. wǒ men dōu yào fù qián gěi kān shǒu suǒ hé jì pín yuàn zhè bǐ kāi xiāo gòu dà de le. méi qián de rén yīng gāi qù nà ér." | |
| " hěn duō rén bù néng qù, hái yǒu hěn duō rén nìng yuàn qù sǐ." | |
| " rú guǒ tā men nìng yuàn sǐ de huà, tā men wèi shí me bù qù sǐ ne? shì jiè shang de rén tài duō le, suǒ yǐ rú guǒ yǒu xiē rén sǐ le de huà zhè dǎo shì jiàn hǎo shì. zhèi xiē dōu yǔ wǒ wú guān! yí ge rén néng qīng chǔ tā zì jǐ gāi zuò shí mǒ jiù gòu le, yòng bù zháo qù kǎo lǜ bié rén de shì. wǒ hěn máng, zài jiàn, xiān shēng men!" | |
| liǎng wèi shēn shì nán guò dì yáo yáo tóu, lí kāi le bàn gōng shì. sī kè luó jí yòu chóng xīn kāi shǐ gōng zuò, xīn zhōng hěn dé yì. | |
| xiàn zài wài miàn dí wù dà dé bù néng zài dà le, tiān qì hán lěng cì gǔ. shāng diàn de chuāng hù shǎn shuò chū yào yǎn de guāng. rén men cōng máng dì chuān suō zhe yǒu qián rén hé qióng rén dōu yí yàng qù cǎi gòu tā men míng tiān shèng dàn wǎn cān suǒ xū yào de dōng xī. | |
| zuì hòu zhōng yú dào le guān mén de shí jiān le. sī kè luó jí màn màn dì cóng zhuō zi hòu zhàn qǐ shēn. bào bó děng de jiù shì zhè yī kè, suǒ yǐ tā lì jí dài shang le mào zi. | |
| " wǒ cāi cè nǐ xiǎng míng tiān yì tiān dōu fàng jià, shì ma?" sī kè luó jí wèn. | |
| " xiān shēng, rú guǒ nǐ bù jiè yì de huà." | |
| " wǒ què shí jiè yì, zhè bù gōng píng. nǐ bù zuò rèn hé gōng zuò, wǒ hái dé fù nǐ gōng qián." | |
| " xiān shēng, yī nián jiù zhè me yī cì," bào bó lǐ mào dì shuō. | |
| " zhè yě bìng bù néng chéng wéi měi nián de 12 yuè 25 wǔ rì nǐ qiǎng duó wǒ qián cái de lǐ yóu!" sī kè luó jí biān shuō biān chuān shang le dà yī." dàn wǒ xiǎng zhè gè jié nǐ bì xū de guò. dì èr tiān zǎo chén zǎo diǎn dào." | |
| " shì de, xiān shēng, wǒ huì de, wǒ bǎo zhèng." bào bó gāo xìng dì shuō. sī kè luó jí zài méi shuō yī míng huà zǒu le chū qù. bào bó guān shàng bàn gōng shì de mén hòu, yǐ zuì kuài de sù dù pǎo huí tā wèi yú kǎ mǔ dēng zhèn de jiā. | |
| sī kè luó jí zǒng shì dú zì yī rén zài tóng yàng hán suān de xiǎo yǐn shí diàn lǐ chī wǎn fàn, jīn wǎn yě tóng wǎng cháng yí yàng. tā dú zhe bào zhǐ, kàn zhe yín háng de cún dān, rán hòu huí jiā qù shuì jiào. tā zhù zài tā de hé huǒ rén céng zhù guò de fáng zi lǐ, tā zài yī chuáng lín jiē de gū líng líng de yòu jiù yòu hēi de lóu lǐ, zhǐ yǒu sī kè luó jí yī rén zhù zài zhè lǐ. | |
| yè mù xià, yào chuān guò wù hé shuāng, sī kè luó jí bù dé bù yòng shǒu mō suǒ zhe zài jiē shàng qián xíng. zuì hòu zhōng yú lái dào le tā de qián mén, bǎ yào shi chā jìn suǒ lǐ. tū rán, lìng tā dà chī yī jīng de shì, tā kàn dào mén huán yǐ bù zài shì mén huán le, tā yǐ biàn chéng le yǎ gè bù mǎ lì de liǎn le. | |
| zhí dào jīn tiān xià wǔ tā duì lái fǎng zhě shuō qǐ mǎ lì de míng zì shí, tā yǐ jīng yǒu qī nián méi yǒu xiǎng guò tā de hé huǒ rén le. dàn chéng xiàn zài tā miàn qián de shì mǎ lì de liǎn, cǎn bái shì guǐ yì bān, hái yǒu yī shuāng nù mù yuán zhēng de kǒng bù de yǎn jīng. | |
| sī kè luó jí kàn zhe kàn zhe, tā yòu biàn chéng le mén huán, dàn tā méi yǒu biǎo xiàn chū tā de jù pà. tā zhuàn dòng yào shi, dǎ kāi mén zǒu le jìn qù. zài guān shàng fáng mén yǐ qián, tā dí què huán gù le sì zhōu, yě dí què wǎng mén hòu kàn le kàn, qí mù dì shì kàn kàn shì fǒu yǒu rén cáng zài nà li, dàn mén hòu méi yǒu rén. tā" pēng" dì yī shēng bǎ mén guān shàng yǐ shì tā bìng bù jù pà. | |
| tā shǒu jǔ qǐ wéi yī de yī gēn là zhú màn màn dì shàng le lóu, tā wú fǎ kàn jiàn suǒ yǒu hēi àn de jiǎo luò. hēi àn pián yí de hěn, suǒ yǐ sī kè luó jí xǐ huān tā. dàn tā jì qǐ le nà zhāng liǎn, suǒ yǐ tā dào suǒ yǒu de fáng jiān dōu zǒu le yī biàn kàn kàn shì fǒu yī qiè dōu ān rán wú yàng. zhuō zi dǐ xià hé chuáng dǐ xià dū méi rén, mén hòu yě méi rén! wò shì wēi xiǎo de lú huǒ shàng dùn zhe yī guō tāng, sī kè luó jí de wǎn yǐ jīng bǎi zài le zhuō zi shàng. suǒ yǒu fáng jiān lǐ dōu méi yǒu rén! què xìn cǐ kè ān quán wú wù zhī hòu, sī kè luó jí suí shǒu guān shàng bìng suǒ shàng le wò shì de mén. tā zuò zài huǒ páng kāi shǐ hē tāng. | |
| zhè shì yí gè jiù bì lú, huǒ zhōu wéi shì shù yǐ bǎi jì de yìn yǒu tú àn de cí zhuān, dàn sī kè luó jí zài měi zhāng cí zhuān shàng suǒ kàn dào de dōu shì mǎ lì de liǎn. | |
| " piàn rén de dōng xī!" sī kè luó jí duì zhe cí zhuān shuō, bìng zài wū lǐ duó zhe bù. dāng tā zuò xià zhī hòu, tā fā xiàn fáng jiān de lìng yī miàn qiáng shàng guà zhe yí gè líng dǎng. tā kàn zhe kàn zhe, jīng qí ér yòu kǒng jù dì fā xiàn líng dǎng màn màn dì kāi shǐ zuǒ yòu bǎi dòng qǐ lái, bù yī huì ér, tā xiǎng le qǐ lái, shēng yīn hěn dà, jǐn jiē zhe wū lǐ suǒ yǒu de líng dāng dōu xiǎng le qǐ lái. | |
| tū rán tā men zài tóng yī shí jiān dōu bù xiǎng le, jǐn jiē zhe cóng xià miàn chuán lái le yí gè qí guài de shēng yīn, tīng shǎng qù xiàng shì yǒu rén tuō zhe chén zhòng de liàn zǐ cóng dì bǎn shàng zǒu guò. sī kè luó jí jì qǐ céng tīng shuō guò yǒu shí jiù fáng zi lǐ de guǐ hún shēn hòu tuō zhe liàn zǐ. rán hòu lóu xià de yī jiān fáng mén dāng lāng yī shēng kāi le, shēng yīn kāi shǐ cháo lóu shàng zǒu lái, cháo tā de fáng mén zǒu lái. | |
| " yòu shì piàn rén de guǐ bǎ xì!" sī kè luó jí dà shēng shuō dào, dàn dāng shēng yīn jìng zhí dì chuān guò hòu hòu de bèi suǒ zhe de fáng mén chū xiàn zài tā miàn qián shí, tā miàn wú xuè sè. zhè shì mǎ lì de guǐ hún! | |
| sī kè luó jí néng gòu kàn chuān tā de qū tǐ. yī tiáo cháng cháng de suǒ liàn chán zài yāo jiān, shàng miàn guà zhe qián hé zi yào shi cún zhé hé hòu hòu de qián bāo. guǐ hún sǐ yì bān lěng mò de yǎn jīng dīng zhe sī kè luó jí kàn. | |
| " āi!" sī kè luó jí shuō, jí lì zhuāng chū shén me guài shì yě méi fā shēng de yàng zi." nǐ xiǎng yào shén me? nǐ shì shuí?" | |
| " huó zhe de shí hòu wǒ shì nǐ de hé huǒ rén, yǎ gè bù mǎ lì." | |
| " wǒ gào sù nǐ, zhè shì piàn rén de." sī kè luó jí shuō." méi yǒu guǐ hún!" dàn dāng tā shuō cǐ huà shí, guǐ hún fā chū le kě pà de jiào shēng, fēng kuáng dì yáo dòng zhe shēn shàng de liàn zǐ. sī kè luó jí xià dé lì kè pā dào zài dì bǎn shàng, dà shēng shuō," shì de! shì de! nǐ shì zhēn de! wǒ xiàn zài míng bái le! nǐ lái gàn shén me? wèi shí me rén sǐ hòu guǐ hún yào huí lái? gào sù wǒ, yǎ gè bù!" | |
| " nèi xiē zài shì shí bù bāng zhù tā rén de rén, qí líng hún sǐ hòu dōu yào zài zhè gè shì jiè shang yǒng wú xiū zhǐ dì yóu dàng. wǒ men bù dé bù dài zhe wǒ men huó zhe shí wéi zì jǐ zhì zào de suǒ liàn. āi bǐ ní zé sī kè luó jí, nǐ rèn chū wǒ de suǒ liàn le ma? tā hé nǐ dài de suǒ liàn hěn xiāng sì!" | |
| sī kè luó jí xiàng tā sì zhōu kàn le kàn, dàn méi kàn dào suǒ liàn." yǎ gè bù," tā shuō," qǐng nǐ zài duō gào sù wǒ yī xiē!" | |
| " wǒ bāng bù shàng nǐ tài dà de máng, āi bǐ ní zé! wǒ bù néng tíng xià lái, wǒ bù néng zài yí gè dì fāng jiǔ liú. wǒ yǐ jīng sǐ le qī nián le, zài zhè qī nián zhōng, wǒ yī zhí jiè zhe fēng de chì bǎng piāo yóu zhe! méi yǒu ān níng, sǐ le yě bù dé xiū xī, yīn wèi wǒ huó zhe de shí hòu cóng lái méi yǒu xíng shàn jī dé!" | |
| " dàn nǐ shì yí gè jīng míng de shāng rén, yǎ gè bù," sī kè luó jí shuō, tā xiàn zài kāi shǐ dān yōu qǐ zì jǐ de mìng yùn lái. | |
| " shēng yì!" guǐ hún bēi cǎn dì shuō." wǒ wèi shí me bù bǎ rén kàn zuò shì wǒ de shēng yì? wǒ yī xīn xiǎng de jiù shì zhuàn qián, dàn méi yǒu xiǎng guò shàn dài bié rén huò shì bāng zhù bié rén. tīng wǒ shuō, āi bǐ ní zé! wǒ jīn wǎn lái zhè ér shì yào jǐng gào nǐ, nǐ hái yǒu jī huì zhěng jiù nǐ zì jǐ bì miǎn chóng dǎo wǒ de fù zhé. yǒu sān ge yōu líng jiāng lái kàn nǐ: dì yí gè yú míng tiān yì diǎn zhōng lái, dì èr gè yú cì rì de tóng yī shí jiān lái, dì sān ge yú dà hòu tiān de wǔ yè lái. nǐ bú huì zài jiàn dào wǒ le, wèi le nǐ zì jǐ sǐ hòu néng tài píng, wù bì jì zhù wǒ duì nǐ shuō de huà!" | |
| yōu líng màn màn dì tuì huí dào chuāng qián, chuāng hù kāi shǐ dǎ kāi. dāng guǐ hún dào le chuāng qián shí, tā jǔ qǐ yì zhī shǒu, sī kè luó jí tīng zhe. tā tīng jiàn kōng zhōng chuán lái yī shēng qī cǎn de jiào shēng. yōu líng yě kāi shǐ dà jiào, tā lái dào le wù méng méng hēi qī qī de yè sè lǐ, jiā rù dào qí tā yōu líng de háng liè. wài miàn dí kōng zhōng dào chù dōu shì yōu líng, tā men dōu dài zhe hé mǎ lì guǐ hún yí yàng de suǒ liàn, tā men dōu zài bēi cǎn dì jiào zhe, yīn wèi tā men guò wǎn dì rèn shi dào le tā men huó zhe de shí hòu suǒ fàn xià de bù kě ráo shù de cuò wù. | |
| jiàn jiàn dì, yōu líng men hé tā men de chǎo nào shēng xiāo shī zài wù ǎi hé yè sè zhōng, yè wǎn yòu huī fù le píng jìng. sī kè luó jí guān shàng chuāng hù, jiǎn chá le wò shì de mén. mén yī rán suǒ zhe. tā kāi shǐ shuō," piàn rén de dōng xī!" dàn tū rán tíng zhù le. yě xǔ shì yīn wèi tā tài lèi le, huò shì tài wǎn le, tā lián yī fú yě méi tuō jiù shàng chuáng shuì jiào le, ér qiě lì kè jiù shuì zháo le. |
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