巴里爵士《彼得·潘》.pdf

文档介绍：PETER PAN IN
KENSINGTON
GARDENS
by J. M. BARRIE
作者简介
巴里爵士( ),小
说家和剧作家,生于英国泰赛德行政区基里缪尔。就读于爱丁堡大
学,写了一系列自传体小说,年后开始为剧院写剧本。先后写了
《沃克,伦敦》(),《上等社会街》(
)、《每个女人都知道的事》(
),这些剧本为他建立声誉,然而他的最令人难忘的作品还是
《彼得·潘》( )。作为不倦的罗曼蒂克作家,他继
续探索仙境,写成后期剧作如《亲爱的布鲁特斯》(
)和《玛丽·罗斯》( )著。
CONTENTS
Peter Pan.....................................................................................................1
The Thrush's Nest.......................................................................................8
The Little House.........................................................................................15
Lock-Out Time.........................................................................................26
PETER PAN IN KENSIN GTON GARDENS 1
Peter Pan
If you ask your mother whether she knew about Peter Pan when she was
a little girl she will say, “Why, of course, I did, child,” and if you ask her
whether he rode on a goat in those days she will say, “What a foolish ques-
tion to ask, certainly he did.” Then if you ask your grandmother whether
she knew about Peter Pan when she was a girl, she also says, “Why, of
course, I did, child,” but if you ask her whether he rode on a goat in those
days, she says she never heard of his having a goat. Perhaps she has
forgotten, just as she sometimes forgets your name and calls you Mildred,
which is your mother’s name. Still, she could hardly forget such an impor-
tant thing as the goat. Therefore there was no goat when your grandmother
was a little girl. This shows that, in telling the story of Peter Pan, to begin
with the goat (as most people do) is as silly as to put on your jacket before
your vest.
Of course, it also shows that Peter is ever so old, but he is really always
the same age, so that does not matter in the least. His age is one week, and
though he was born so long ago he has never had a birthday, nor is there the
slightest chance of his ever having one. The reason is that he escaped from
being a huma