013 海蒂回家

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The next day, Heidi made a suggestion:

第二天，海蒂提了一个建议：

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" Clara, I can read aloud to you every day, just as I did for Grandmamma."

“克拉拉，我可以每天读给你听，就像我给奶奶读那样。”

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Clara agreed, and Heidi started reading with her usual enthusiasm

克拉拉同意了，海蒂便以她一贯的热情开始朗读起来。

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But Heidi had hardly begun when she cried out

但海蒂才刚读了一会儿，就突然喊起来：

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" Oh no! Then Grannie is dead!" and burst into tears

“哦不！那奶奶死了！”接着便放声大哭。

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The story was about a dying grandmother

那个故事讲的是⼀位即将离世的奶奶。

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It seemed so real to her that Heidi could not stop thinking that it was Peter's grandmother who had died

故事对她来说太真实了，海蒂总忍不住想，死去的肯定是彼得的奶奶。

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" She is dead

“她死了。

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I shall never see her again

我再也见不到她了。

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She never had the chance to eat one white roll," Heidi sobbed

她连一个白面包卷都没尝过呢，”海蒂抽泣着说。

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Clara explained over and over that the story was about a different grandmother

克拉拉一再解释，故事讲的是另一位奶奶。

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But even when Heidi understood that it was only a story and not real, she couldn't stop weeping

但即使海蒂明白那只是个故事，不是真的，她还是止不住哭泣。

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Fraulein came into the room and Clara explained what had happened

小姐走进房间，克拉拉解释了发生的事情。

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As Heidi continued to weep, Fraulein became impatient

海蒂继续哭泣，小姐变得不耐烦了。

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" Now, Heidi, that is enough!" she said

“好了，海蒂，够了！”她说。

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" If you act like this again while you are reading, I will take your book away and never let you have it again!"

“如果你在读书时再这样，我就拿走你的书，再也不让你碰它！”

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Fraulein's words had an immediate effect

小姐的话立刻起了作用。

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Heidi turned pale with fear

海蒂吓得脸色苍白。

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The book was Heidi's one treasure

这本书是海蒂唯一的宝贝。

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She quickly dried her eyes and swallowed her sobs

她迅速擦干眼泪，强忍住啜泣。

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Heidi never let herself cry out loud again, but she often had to struggle to keep back her tears

海蒂再也没有让自己哭出声来，但她常常要苦苦忍住泪水。

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As the weeks passed, Heidi battled silently with her terrible homesickness

几周过去了，海蒂默默地与她强烈的思乡之情作斗争。

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She would sit in a corner of her lonely room until Clara sent for her

她会坐在自己冷清房间的角落里，直到克拉拉派人来叫她。

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She lost her appetite and did not know if it was winter or summer

她没了胃口，也不知此刻是冬天还是夏天。

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Heidi began to look so pale and thin that Sebastian became concerned

海蒂开始看起来如此苍白和消瘦，这让塞巴斯蒂安担心起来。

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One day, something very mysterious started to happen

有一天，一件非常神秘的事情开始发生了。

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Every morning, the front door was found wide open

每天早上，人们都发现前门大敞四开。

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Fraulein could find no explanation for it

罗特麦耶小姐对此找不到任何解释。

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So one night, Sebastian and John, the stable boy, stayed up to watch the front door

于是，一天晚上，塞巴斯蒂安和马厩小工约翰熬夜看守前门。

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During the night, both men fell asleep, but John suddenly awoke to see a white figure before him

夜里，两个人都睡着了，但约翰突然醒来，看见面前有一个白色的身影。

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He gave a cry of alarm and Sebastian woke up

他发出一声惊叫，塞巴斯蒂安被惊醒了。

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" What's the matter?

“出什么事了？

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What did you see?" Sebastian asked

你看到什么了？” 塞巴斯蒂安问道。

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" A white figure standing on the stairs

“一个白色的人影站在楼梯上。

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It stood there a minute and disappeared," explained John

它在那儿站了一会儿，然后就消失了，” 约翰解释说。

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Sebastian felt his blood run cold

塞巴斯蒂安觉得血都凉了。

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When Fraulein heard the story, she immediately wrote to Clara's father

小姐听说了这件事，她立刻写信给克拉拉的爸爸。

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When Herr Sesemann read her letter, he did not believe there was a ghost in his house, but he felt that he should investigate

塞瑟曼先生读了她的信，他不相信自己的房子里有幽灵，但他觉得应该查个清楚。

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Two days later, he arrived at the house

两天后，他回到了家里。

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" And how is the ghost getting on?"

“那幽灵怎么样了？”

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asked Herr Sesemann upon seeing Fraulein

塞瑟曼先生一见到小姐就这样问道。

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" It is no joke, I assure you," replied Fraulein

“这可不是玩笑，我向你保证，” 小姐回答。

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" You will not laugh tomorrow morning, Herr Sesemann."

“明天早上您就笑不出来了，塞瑟曼先生。”

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Clara's father decided to ask his good friend, Clara's doctor, to come and spend the evening

克拉拉的爸爸决定邀请他的好朋友，也就是克拉拉的医生，来共度这一晚。

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The doctor arrived punctually at nine o'clock, and together, they waited up for the ghost

医生在九点钟准时到达，他们一起熬夜等那幽灵现身。

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At one o'clock, there was not a sound in the house

到了凌晨一点，房子里一片寂静。

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Then suddenly, the doctor lifted his finger

突然，医生举起了他的手指示意。

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They both listened

他们俩都侧耳倾听。

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They distinctly heard the bar on the door being pushed aside and the key turning in the lock

他们清楚地听到门闩被拨开，钥匙在锁孔里转动的声音。

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" Who is there?" thundered the doctor

“谁在那儿？” 医生厉声喝道。

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The figure at the door turned and gave a little cry

门口的人影转过身来，发出了一声轻叫。

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There, standing before them in her white nightgown, was Heidi

站在他们面前的，是穿着白色睡袍的海蒂。