Annie. Lisbeth herself moved into the earl's mansion. She is dressed in silk and velvet, sitting in a luxurious room, and there is no wind to blow on her. No one can say anything rude to her, because it will make her sad, and sadness is unbearable. She raised the count's children. The child is handsome as a prince and beautiful as an angel. How much she loves the child!
As for her own child, yes, he is at home, at the ditch digger's house. In this family, the pot is less open and the mouth is more open. And there is often no one at home. The child began to cry. However, since no one heard him cry, no one sympathized with him. He cried himself to sleep. He was neither hungry nor thirsty in his sleep. What a wonderful invention sleep is!
Many years have passed. Yes, as the saying goes, weeds will grow with time. Annie. Lisbeth's children have also grown up. Everyone says he is stunted, but now he has become a full member of the family he lives with. The family got a sum of money to support him, Annie? Lisbeth even got rid of him. She became a city woman herself and lived very comfortably; She wore a hat when she went out. But she has never been to the ditch digger's house because it is too far from the city. In fact, there is nothing wrong with her going. The child belongs to someone else; They say children can find their own food now. He should get a job to make a living, so he works for Maze? Look at a red-haired cow. He can herd cattle and do something useful.
Beside the laundry pool of a noble mansion, there is a watchdog sitting on the roof of the dog to bask in the sun. Whoever walks by, it will bark a few times. If it rains, it goes into its own house and sleeps on the dry and comfortable ground. Annie. Lisbeth's children sat by the ditch, basking in the sun and cutting down the stakes that tied the cows. In spring, he saw three strawberries blooming. His only happy thought is that these flowers will bear fruit, but the results are not. He sat in the wind and rain, soaked to the skin, and then the strong wind dried his clothes. When he came home, some men and women either pushed him or pulled him because he was surprisingly ugly. Nobody loves him ― he's used to such things!
Annie. How will Lisbeth's children survive? How does he live?
His fate is that no one loves him.
He was pushed onto the boat from land. He went sailing on a broken ship. While the boatman was drinking, he sat by the rudder. He is cold and hungry. People may think that he has never had enough to eat. Actually, it's the same.
This is the weather in late autumn: cold, windy and rainy. Cold air can penetrate even the thickest clothes ―― especially at sea. This tattered ship is sailing at sea; There were only two people on board ― in fact, only one and a half people: the owner and his assistant. It was cloudy all day, and now it's getting darker and darker. It's bitterly cold. The boatman drank a glass of Deland wine to warm himself up. The wine bottle is very old, especially the wine glass ― the upper part is intact, but the lower part is broken, so it is now placed on a painted blue wooden seat. The boatman said, "One Dylan wine makes me feel comfortable, and two Dylan wines make me feel happier." The child sat by the rudder and held it tightly with greasy hands. He is ugly, with straight hair and an old and stunted appearance. He is a child of a worker's family ― even though he is Anne in the church's birth register? The son of Lisbeth.
The wind is blowing the boat, and the boat is breaking the waves! The sails are full of wind and the ship is moving forward. Around, up and down, there are storms; But worse things are yet to come. Stop. What? What cracked? What hit the boat? The ship is turning sharply! Is this dragon absorbing water? Is the sea boiling? The child sitting by the rudder shouted, "God, help me!" " "The ship hit a huge rock at the bottom of the sea, and then it sank like a broken shoe in a pond ―― as the saying goes," Even people and mice sank. "Yes, there are mice on the boat, but there are only one and a half people: the owner of the boat and the children of the ditch digger.
Only screaming seagulls saw this scene; In addition, there are some fish below, but they didn't see it clearly, because when the water flooded into the boat and the boat was about to sink, they got scared and ran away. The ship sank to the bottom of nearly a foot, so they were both finished. They're dead and forgotten! Only the glass on the blue wooden pedestal didn't sink, because the wooden pedestal held it. It drifts with the current and can be smashed and floated to the shore at any time. But where will it drift to? What time? Yes, it's no big deal! It has finished its task, and it has been loved ―― but what about Anne? Lisbeth's child has never been loved! However, in the kingdom of heaven, no soul can say, "Not loved!" " "
Annie. Lisbeth has lived in this city for many years. People call her "madam". She was particularly proud when she talked about her past memories and being with the count. At that time, she was sitting in a carriage and could talk to the countess and baroness. Her sweet little count is God's most beautiful angel and dearest person. He likes her and she likes him. They kissed and hugged each other. He is her happiness, her half life. Now he has grown very tall. He 14 years old, knowledgeable and handsome. She has not seen him for a long time since she held him in her arms. She hasn't been to the Earl's Mansion for many years, because the journey there is really not simple.
"I must try to go!" Annie. Lisbeth said. "I want to see my baby, my dear little count. Yes, he must also want to see me; He must miss me very much and love me very much, just as he once put his angel's arm around my neck. At that time, he always shouted:' Ann? "Liz!" That sounds like a violin! I must find a way to see him again. "
She walked in the ox cart for a while, then for a while, and finally she came to the earl's mansion. As before, the mansion is still solemn and gorgeous; The garden outside is the same as before. But the people in the house are complete strangers. Nobody knows Annie. Lisbeth. They don't know what great things she has to come here. Of course, the countess will tell them, and so will her dear child. How much she misses them!
Annie. Lisbeth is waiting. She waited for a long time, and the time seems to be getting longer and longer! She was called in before the host had eaten. The host said a few kind words to her. As for her dear child, she won't see it until after dinner ― then she will be called in again.
How old, how tall and how thin he is! But he still has beautiful eyes and an angelic mouth! He looked at her, but said nothing. Obviously, he doesn't know her. He turned around and tried to walk away, but she grabbed his hand and put it to her mouth.
"Well, that's enough!" He said. Then he left the room ―― he was the one in her heart; Is her favorite person; She is a proud person in the world when it comes to it.
Annie. Lisbeth walked out of the mansion and into the wide road. She felt very sad. He was so cold to her that he didn't miss her at all and didn't even say a word of thanks. There was a time when she held him day and night ―― she still held him in her dreams.
A big black crow flew down and landed on the road in front of her, barking incessantly.
"Oh dear!" She said, "You are such a unlucky bird!"
She walked past the ditch digger's hut. The hostess of the hut is standing at the door. They started talking.
"You look so blessed!" The ditch digger's wife said. "You are fat and fat, and you look rich!"
"Not bad!" Annie. Lisbeth said.
"The ship sank with them!" The ditch digger's wife said. "The owner and assistant were drowned. It's over. At first, I thought my children would earn a few dollars to support their families. Annie. Lisbeth, he won't charge you any more. "
"They drowned?" Annie. Lisbeth asked. They stopped talking about it.
Annie. Lisbeth felt very sad because her little count didn't like talking to her. She used to love him so much, and now she has come such a long way to see him ―― this trip is also very expensive, although she didn't get any pleasure from it. But she didn't say anything about it, because telling the ditch digger's wife wouldn't make her feel better. This will only arouse the latter's suspicion that she is not welcome in the earl's house. Then the black crow screamed on her head again.
"This nigger", Annie? Lisbeth said, "Today scares me!" "
She brought some coffee beans and chicory. She thinks it's charity for the ditch digger's wife, so that she can make a cup of coffee. In the meantime, she can have a drink by herself. The ditch digger's wife goes to make coffee; At this time, Annie? Lisbeth fell asleep in the chair. She had a dream that she had never had before. Strangely, she dreamed of her child: he was so hungry in this worker's hut that no one cared about him; Now he is lying at the bottom of the sea-only God knows where he is. She dreamed that she was sitting in this hut, and the ditch digger's wife was making coffee. She could smell the fragrance of coffee beans, and then a lovely figure appeared at the door-this figure was as beautiful as the little count. He said: "The world is dying! Come with me, because you are my mother! There is an angel in heaven! Come with me. "
Cichoric is a plant, and its roots can be used as a substitute for coffee.
He reached out to pull her, but then there was a terrible crack. There is no doubt that the world is bursting when the angel gets up and grabs her shirt sleeve tightly; She seems to feel that she has been lifted from the ground. But there seems to be a heavy thing tied to her feet, dragging her down, as if hundreds of women were holding her and saying:
"If you want to be saved, we also want to be saved! Hold on! Hold on! "
They caught her together; Their number is really large. "psst! Hey! " Her shirt sleeve is torn, Annie? Lisbeth fell down in horror and woke up at the same time. In fact, she almost fell down with the chair she was sitting in. She was so scared that she couldn't even remember what dream she had. But she knew it was a nightmare.
They had coffee and chatted together. Then she went to a nearby town, because she was going there to find a driver, so that she could go home before dark. But when she met the driver, he said they couldn't leave until dark the next day. She began to think about the cost of accommodation and mileage. She thought that if she walked along the coast, she could walk eight or nine miles less than driving. It's sunny and full moon, so Annie? Lisbeth decided to walk; She can go home the next day.
The sun went down; The evening bell is still ringing. However, this is not Bell, but Bedell? The croak of frogs in the oak swamp. Now they are quiet, and there is silence all around them. There is not even a bird chirping, because they are all asleep and even the owl is gone. There is no sound in the Woods and the coast where she walks. She heard her footsteps walking on the beach. There are no waves on the sea; In the deep water in the distance, there was silence. Both creatures and inanimate objects under water are silent.
(1) Andersen wrote here, probably thought of his contemporary Danish poet tiller (J.M.Thiele) two poems:
What if Bedell? At night, frogs croak in the swamp on the oak tree.
The sun will be sunny the next day, smiling at the roses.
Annie. Lisbeth just wants to move on, as the saying goes, thinking nothing. But thoughts never leave her, because thoughts will never leave us. Just sleeping. Those active but still thoughts, those that have not been aroused, are all like this. But thoughts will come out, sometimes moving in our hearts, sometimes moving in our heads, or coming at us from above
"One good deed deserves another," the book says. "culpable of punishment!" That's what the book says. There are many things written and talked about in books, but people don't know and can't remember. Annie. Lisbeth is like this. But sometimes there is a glimmer of light in people's hearts ―― it's entirely possible!
All evil and virtue are hidden in our hearts ―― in our hearts! They are hidden like invisible seeds. A ray of sunshine shines in from the outside, an evil hand touches it, and you turn left or right at the corner-yes, that's enough to decide the problem. So the little seed became active and began to swell and germinate. It spreads its juice into your blood vessels, so your actions are beginning to be affected. When a person walks in a daze, he won't feel that distressing thought, but it is brewing in his heart. Annie. Lisbeth walked half asleep like this, but her mind was about to begin to move.
From the Candlelight Festival in the first year to the Candlelight Festival in the second year, we have recorded many things in our hearts-many things that happened in a year have been forgotten, such as the evil things we did to God, our neighbors and our own conscience in words and thoughts. We didn't think of these things, Annie? Lisbeth did not think of these things either. She knows that she hasn't done anything bad that violates the laws of this country. She is a kind, honest and respected person, and she knows it.
(1) Candle Day (Kyndelmisse) is the anniversary of taking Jesus to Jerusalem to pray on February 2, 40 days after the birth of the Virgin Mary. Also known as "Cleanliness Day of the Virgin Mary" and "Dedication Day".
Now she is walking along the seaside. What's there? She stopped. What is floating up? That is an old man's hat. Where did it come from? She went over and stopped to take a closer look. Oh, dear! What is this thing? She's scared. But there's nothing to be afraid of: it's just seaweed and rushes. It is wrapped around a long stone and looks like a human body. These are just rushes and seaweed, but she is afraid. As she walked on, she remembered more superstitious stories she heard as a child: "Sea Ghost"-a corpse that drifted to a desolate beach without being buried. The corpse itself does not harm anyone, but its soul-"sea ghost"-will chase the lonely traveler, hold him tightly and ask him to send it to the church and bury it in a Christian cemetery.
"hurry up! Hold on! " A voice shouted like this. Annie, when? When Lisbeth remembered these words, her dream clearly came back to her memory-how mothers grabbed her and shouted, "Hold on! Hold on! " How the ground under her feet sank, how her sleeves were torn, how her children held her, and how she fell from her hands in this final trial. Her children, her own children, she never loved him and never thought about him. The child is lying at the bottom of the sea now. He would never get up like a sea ghost and shout, "Hold on! Hold on! Send me to the Christian cemetery! " Thought of here, fear stimulated her feet and made her step faster.
Terror is like a cold and wet hand, pressing on her heart; She almost fainted. When she looked at the sea, it was getting dark. A thick fog rises from the sea and permeates the bushes and trees, forming various strange shapes. She turned and glanced at the moon behind her. The moon is like a pale round mirror, with no luster. Her limbs seem to be pinned down by something heavy: hold on! Hold on! She thinks so. When she turned to look at the moon again, the white face of the moon seemed to be close to her body, and thick fog hung over her shoulders like a shroud. "hurry up! Send me to the Christian cemetery! " She heard such a hollow voice. This is not from the frog in the swamp, nor from the pot-bellied crow, because she didn't see these things. "Bury me, bury me!" The voice said.
Yes, this is the "sea ghost"-the soul of her child lies at the bottom of the sea. This soul will not rest in peace unless someone sends it to the churchyard, unless someone builds a grave for it on Christian land. She had to go there on foot. She must dig a grave there. She walked in the direction of the church, so she felt that her burden was much lighter ― even gone. At this time, she is ready to turn around and walk home along the shortest path. Suddenly, the burden fell on her again: hold on! Hold on! Like frogs and birds, she can hear clearly. "Dig a grave for me! Dig a grave for me! "
The fog is cold and wet; Her hands and face were cold and wet with fear. The pressure around her is coming, but the ideas in her heart are expanding infinitely. This is a feeling she has never experienced before.
In the north, beech can germinate on a spring night, and it will show its happy spring beauty when it sees the sun the next day. Similarly, in our hearts, the seeds of evil hidden in previous lives will germinate in an instant through thoughts, words and actions. When good consciousness awakens, this seed will grow and develop in an instant. This is what God did when we least expected it. There is no need for any excuse, because the facts are in front of you as a witness. Thought becomes language, and language can be heard anywhere in the world. We can't help but feel fear when we think of what is hidden in our hearts and that we have failed to destroy the seeds that we inadvertently planted proudly. All virtues can be hidden in the heart, and evil can also be hidden.
They can breed even in the poorest land.
Annie. Lisbeth's heart deeply understands what we just said. She felt extremely uneasy. She fell to the ground and could only climb a few steps forward. A voice said, "Please bury me! Please bury me! " As long as she can forget everything in the grave, she really wants to bury herself. This is her sober moment full of fear and panic. Superstition makes her blood hot and cold. There are a lot of things she doesn't want to say, and now they are all concentrated in her heart.
An illusion she had heard before, like a cloud in the bright moonlight, appeared silently in front of her: four neighing horses passed by her. Sparks burst out from their eyes and nostrils, pulling a fiery red car with a bad man who has been running amok in this area for more than 100 years. It is said that he runs into the house at midnight every day and then runs out again. His appearance is not as pale and bloodless as the dead described by ordinary people, but as dark as extinguished charcoal. He told Annie. Lisbeth nodded and motioned:
"hurry up! Hold on! You can sit in the count's car again and forget about your children! "
She left in a hurry and went into the churchyard. But the black cross and the crow were confused before her eyes. The crow is crowing ― she saw it during the day. But now she knows what they are called. They said, "I'm mother crow! I am a mother crow! " Everyone says so. Annie. Lisbeth knew that she would become such a blackbird. If she doesn't dig the grave, she will always scream like them.
She fell to the ground and dug a grave in the hard soil with her hands, and her fingers were bleeding.
"Bury me! Bury me! " The voice was shouting. She is afraid that chickens will crow and rosy clouds will shine in the east before her work is finished, because if so, she has no hope.
The rooster crowed at last, and the dawn appeared in the east. She only dug half the grave. A cold hand touched her heart from her head and face.
"Only dig half a grave!" A voice lamented and then gradually sank to the bottom of the sea. Yes, this is the "sea ghost"! Annie. Lisbeth fainted on the ground. She couldn't think and lost consciousness.
When she woke up, it had cleared up. Two people helped her up. She didn't lie in the churchyard, but on the beach. She dug a deep hole in the sand. Her finger was cut by broken glass, and she was bleeding. The foot at the bottom of this cup is mounted on a wooden seat painted with blue paint.
Annie. Lisbeth is ill. Conscience and superstition are intertwined, and she can't tell them apart. As a result, she believes that she has only half a soul now, and the other half has been taken to the sea by the children. Unless she can get the other half of her soul back, she will never fly to heaven for mercy.
Annie. Lisbeth went home. She is not who she used to be. Her thoughts are like a mess. She can only draw a clue, that is, she must transport this "sea ghost" to the church cemetery and dig a grave for him ―― so that she can find her whole soul.
Many nights she is not at home. People always see her waiting for the sea ghost on the beach. She lived like this for a whole year. So one night she disappeared again, and people could never find her again. The next day, everyone looked for a day, and there was no result.
At dusk, the priest came to the church to ring the midnight bell. Then he saw Annie? Lisbeth knelt at the foot of the altar. She has been here since she got up early in the Qing Dynasty. She has no strength, but her eyes are still shining and her face is still red. The last sunset glow of the sun shone on her and fell on the silver button of the Bible spread out on the altar. The spread of the Bible reveals the words of the prophet Joel: "Tear your's heart, don't tear your's clothes, and go to God!"
The ancient Bible is like a small box, which can be buttoned when it is not read.
(2) see the bible? Old Testament? Joel, chapter 2, section 13. Finally, the sentence "to God" should be "to the Lord, your God", which is slightly different from what Andersen quoted here.
"It's a complete coincidence," people said. "Many things happen by accident."
Annie. In the sun, Lisbeth's face showed a peaceful and quiet expression. She said she felt very happy. She has recovered her soul now. "Sea Ghost" ―― her son ―― was with her last night. The ghost said to her:
"You only dug half a grave for me, but in a whole year, you built a complete grave for me in your heart. This is the best place for mothers to bury their children. "
So he returned her lost half soul and brought her to this church.
"Now I am in God's house," she said. "We are all very happy in this house!"
When the sun goes down, Annie? Lisbeth's soul has risen to another level. When people have struggled in the world, they will not feel pain when they come to this realm; Where's Annie? Lisbeth struggled for a moment.