高中生必看的经典英文名著泰戈尔的故事Word格式.docx

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MACMILLAN&

CO., 

Limited

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CALCUTTA

MELBOURNE

THEMACMILLANCO.OFCANADA, 

Ltd.

TORONTO

StoriesfromTagore

NewYork

TheMacmillanCompany

1918

Allrightsreserved

Copyright1916and1918

By 

Setupandelectrotyped.Published,October,1918

PREFACE

Every 

experiencedteachermusthavenoticedthedifficultyofinstructingIndianchildrenoutofbooksthatarespeciallyintendedforuseinEnglishschools.Itisnotmerelythatthesubjectsareunfamiliar,butalmosteveryphrasehasEnglishassociationsthatarestrangetoIndianears.TheenvironmentinwhichtheyarewrittenisunknowntotheIndianschoolboyandhismindbecomesoverburdenedwithitsdetailswhichhefailstounderstand.Hecannotgivehiswholeattentiontothelanguageandthusmasteritquickly.

ThepresentIndianstory-bookavoidssomeatleastoftheseimpediments.Thesurroundingsdescribedinitarethoseofthestudents'

everydaylife;

thesentimentsandcharactersarefamiliar.Thestoriesaresimplytold,andthenotesattheendwillbesufficienttoexplainobscurepassages.ItshouldbepossiblefortheIndianstudenttofollowthepagesofthebookeasilyandintelligently.ThosestudentswhohavereadthestoriesintheoriginalwillhavethefurtheradvantageofknowingbeforehandthewholetrendofthenarrativeandthustheywillbeabletoconcentratetheirthoughtsontheEnglishlanguageitself.

ItisproposedtopublishtogetherinasinglevolumetheoriginalstorieswhoseEnglishtranslationsaregiveninthisReader.VersionsofthesamestoriesinthedifferentIndianvernacularshavealreadyappeared,andothersarelikelytofollow.

Twoofthelongeststoriesinthisbook—"

MasterMashai"

and"

TheSonofRashmani"

—arereproducedinEnglishforthefirsttime.Therestofthestorieshavebeentaken,withslightrevision,fromtwoEnglishvolumesentitled"

TheHungryStones"

Mashi."

AshortparagraphhasbeenaddedfromtheoriginalBengaliattheendofthestorycalled"

ThePostmaster."

ThiswasunfortunatelyomittedinthefirstEnglishedition.

ThelistofwordstobestudiedhasbeenchosenfromeachstoryinordertobringtonoticedifferenttypesofEnglishwords.Thelistsareinnosenseexhaustive.TheendinviewhasbeentoendeavourtocreateaninterestinIndianwordsandtheirhistory,whichmayleadontofurtherstudy.

CONTENTS

PAGE

TheCabuliwallah

3

TheHome-Coming

21

OncetherewasaKing

35

TheChild'

sReturn

51

MasterMashai

69

Subha

101

ThePostmaster

115

TheCastaway

129

TheSonofRashmani

151

TheBabusofNayanjore

203

Notes

223

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THECABULIWALLAH

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[Pg3]

I

My 

fiveyears'

olddaughterMinicannotlivewithoutchattering.Ireallybelievethatinallherlifeshehasnotwastedaminuteinsilence.Hermotherisoftenvexedatthis,andwouldstopherprattle,butIwouldnot.ToseeMiniquietisunnatural,andIcannotbearitlong.Andsomyowntalkwithherisalwayslively.

Onemorning,forinstance,whenIwasinthemidstoftheseventeenthchapterofmynewnovel,mylittleMinistoleintotheroom,andputtingherhandintomine,said:

"

Father!

Ramdayalthedoor-keepercallsacrowakrow!

Hedoesn'

tknowanything,doeshe?

"

BeforeIcouldexplaintoherthedifferencesoflanguageinthisworld,shewasembarkedonthefulltideofanothersubject."

Whatdoyouthink,Father?

Bholasaysthereisanelephantinthe 

[Pg4]clouds,blowingwateroutofhistrunk,andthatiswhyitrains!

Andthen,dartingoffanew,whileIsatstillmakingreadysomereplytothislastsaying:

whatrelationisMothertoyou?

WithagravefaceIcontrivedtosay:

GoandplaywithBhola,Mini!

Iambusy!

Thewindowofmyroomoverlookstheroad.Thechildhadseatedherselfatmyfeetnearmytable,andwasplayingsoftly,drummingonherknees.Iwashardatworkonmyseventeenthchapter,wherePratapSingh,thehero,hadjustcaughtKanchanlata,theheroine,inhisarms,andwasabouttoescapewithherbythethird-storywindowofthecastle,whenallofasuddenMinileftherplay,andrantothewindow,crying:

ACabuliwallah!

aCabuliwallah!

SureenoughinthestreetbelowwasaCabuliwallah,passingslowlyalong.Heworetheloose,soiledclothingofhispeople,withatallturban;

therewasabagonhisback,andhecarriedboxesofgrapesinhishand.

Icannottellwhatw