经典英语美文：扫帚把上的一场沉思
<p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="stick">stick</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="ingloriously">ingloriously</span> <span word="lying">lying</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="neglected">neglected</span> <span word="corner">corner</span>.</p><p><span word="Once">Once</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="forest">forest</span>, <span word="full">full</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sap">sap</span>, <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="boughs">boughs</span>1; <span word="now">now</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="vain">vain</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="compete">compete</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="tying">tying</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="withered">withered</span>2 <span word="bundle">bundle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="twigs">twigs</span>3 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="trunk">trunk</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reverse">reverse</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span>: <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="upside">upside</span> <span word="down">down</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="branches">branches</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earth">earth</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="root">root</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="air">air</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="handled">handled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="maid">maid</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="clean">clean</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="dirty">dirty</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span>, <span word="worn">worn</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="maids">maids</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="either">either</span> <span word="thrown">thrown</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="firewood">firewood</span>.</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="sighed">sighed</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="myself">myself</span>: <span word="surely">surely</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="broomstick">broomstick</span>. <span word="Nature">Nature</span> <span word="sends">sends</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lusty">lusty</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="wears">wears</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="hair">hair</span>, <span word="just">just</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="flourishing">flourishing</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="branches">branches</span>. <span word="Later">Later</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="axe">axe</span>5 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="intemperance">intemperance</span>6 <span word="cuts">cuts</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="green">green</span> <span word="branches">branches</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="withered">withered</span> <span word="trunk">trunk</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="puts">puts</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wig">wig</span>4 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="covers">covers</span> <span word="himself">himself</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="powder">powder</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="broomstick">broomstick</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="proud">proud</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="branches">branches</span> <span word="added">added</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="him">him</span>; <span word="yet">yet</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="dust">dust</span>. <span word="Though">Though</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dust">dust</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="finest">finest</span> <span word="lady">lady</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="chamber">chamber</span>7, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="ridicule">ridicule</span>8 <span word="it">it</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="despise">despise</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="vanity">vanity</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="partial">partial</span> <span word="judges">judges</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span>, <span word="partial">partial</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="excellencies">excellencies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="men">men</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="faults">faults</span>.</p><p>一根扫帚把灰溜溜地躺在无人注意的角落。</p><p>曾经在树林里，它树液充沛，枝叶繁茂;如今变了样，却还有人自作聪明，想靠手艺同大自然竞争，拿来一束枯枝捆在它的身上，结果却是枉费心机。不过是颠倒了它原来的位置，使它枝干朝地，根梢向天。它在女仆的手里使用，从此受命运摆布，把别人打扫干净，自己却落得个又脏又臭。而在女仆们的手里折腾过多次之后，或者被扔出门外，或者作为引火的柴禾被烧掉了。</p>
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