Even the consciousness that it was only a dreadful mistake did not lessen my suffering, and when at last I was allowed to leave the room, I was dazed and did not notice my teacher's caresses, or the tender words of my friends, who said I was a brave little girl and they were proud of me.
甚至连我的意识也变成了可怕的帮凶，它无法解除我的痛苦。终于，我被获准离开了房间，我头晕脑涨，根本没有留意老师的拥抱和朋友们的好言安慰。朋友们都说我是一个勇敢的女孩，她们为我感到自豪。
As
I
lay
in
my
bed
that
night,
I
wept
as
I
hope
few
children
have
wept.
I
felt
so
cold,
I
imagined
I
should
die
before
morning,
and
the
thought
comforted
me.
I
think
if
this
sorrow
had
come
to
me
when
I
was
older,
it
would
have
broken
my
spirit
beyond
repairing.
But
the
angel
of
forgetfulness
has
gathered
up
and
carried
away
much
of
the
misery
and
all
the
bitterness
of
those
sad
days.
那晚我躺在床上，我难过得哭了，我希望别的孩子不要遭受我这样的痛苦。我浑身发冷，我觉得自己在天亮之前就会死去；而且，这种想法令我感到了一丝宽慰。我想，假如在我长大后遇到这种伤心事，那么我的灵魂一定会破碎到无法修补的境地。但是，遗忘天使迟早会收集起痛苦岁月的所有悲伤，并且将其彻底清除出脆弱的心灵。
Miss
Sullivan
had
never
heard
of
"
The
Frost
Fairies"
or
of
the
book
in
which
it
was
published.
With
the
assistance
of
Dr.
Alexander
Graham
Bell,
she
investigated
the
matter
carefully,
and
at
last
it
came
out
that
Mrs.
Sophia
C.
Hopkins
had
a
copy
of
Miss
Canby's
"
Birdie
and
His
Friends"
in
1888,
the
year
that
we
spent
the
summer
with
her
at
Brewster.
Mrs.
Hopkins
was
unable
to
find
her
copy;
but
she
has
told
me
that
at
that
time,
while
Miss
Sullivan
was
away
on
a
vacation,
she
tried
to
amuse
me
by
reading
from
various
books,
and
although
she
could
not
remember
reading
"
The
Frost
Fairies"
any
more
than
I,
yet
she
felt
sure
that
"
Birdie
and
His
Friends"
was
one
of
them.
She
explained
the
disappearance
of
the
book
by
the
fact
that
she
had
a
short
time
before
sold
her
house
and
disposed
of
many
juvenile
books,
such
as
old
schoolbooks
and
fairy
tales,
and
that
"
Birdie
and
His
Friends"
was
probably
among
them.
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