安徒生童话：The Ice Maiden 冰姑娘
let us visit switzerland. let us take a look at that magnificent land of mountains, where the forests creep up the sides of the steep rocky walls; let us climb to the dazzling snow-fields above, and descend again to the green valleys below, where the rivers and streams rush along as if afraid they will be too late to reach the ocean and disappear. the burning rays of the sun shine in the deep dales and also on the heavy masses of snow above, so that the ice blocks which have been piling for years melt and turn to thundering avalanches or heaped-up glaciers.
two such glaciers lie in the broad ravines under the schreckhorn and the wetterhorn, near the little mountain town of grindelwald. they are strange to look at, and for that reason, in summertime many travelers come here from all parts of the world. they cross the lofty, snow-capped hills, and they come through the deep valleys; then they have to climb for several hours, and as they ascend, the valleys seem to become deeper and deeper, until they look as if they are being viewed from a balloon. often the clouds hang around the towering peaks like thick curtains of smoke, while down in the valley dotted with brown wooden houses, a ray of the sun may be shining brightly, throwing into sharp relief a brilliant patch of green, until it seems transparent. the water foams and roars, and rushes along below, but up above the water murmurs and tinkles; it looks as if silver ribbons were streaming down over the rocks.
on both sides of the ascending road are wooden houses. each house has its little potato garden, and this is a real necessity; for within those doors are many hungry mouths - there are many children, and children are often wasteful with food. from all the cottages they swarm out and besiege travelers, whether these be on foot or in carriages. all the children are little merchants; they offer for sale charming toy wooden houses, replicas of those that are built here in the mountains.
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