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挑个王爷做夫君）（
庶女妖娆：媚骨生春）（
酸心的酥心糖）（
魔君宠舞）（
商战教父）（
黑道的救赎）by mark twain
my father wat. bernard,mother waollie, but iwhatmother told me, inot know these nice distinctionthey are only fine large words meanin mother haondness for such; she likedsay them, and see other dogs look surprised and envious,wondering how she gotmuch education.
but, indeed,was not real education;was only show: she got the wordslisteningthe dining room and drawing room when there was pany, andgoing with the childrensunday school and listening there; and whenever she heararge word she saidoverherself many times, andwas ablekeepuntil there waogmatic gatheringthe neighborhood, then she would getoff, and surprise and distress them all, from pocket pupmastiff, which rewarded her for allthere watrangerwas nearly surebe suspicious, and whengot his breath againwould ask her whahe always tol was never expecting this but thoughtwould catch her;when she told him,was the ohat looked ashamed, wherea.
the others were always waiting for this, and gladit and proudher, for they knew what was goinghappen, because they hadshe told the meaninga big word they were alltakenwith admiration thatnever occurredany dogdoubtit was the right one; and that was natural, because, for ohing, she answeredso promptly thatseemed likictionary speaking, and for another thing, where could they find out whetherwas rightnot?for she was the only cultivated dog there was.
by and by, wheas older, she brought home the word unintellectual, oime, and workedpretty hard all the weekdifferent gatherings, making much unhappiness and despondency; andwasthis time thaoticed that during that week she was asked for the meaningeight different assemblages, and flashed ouresh definition every time, which showedthat she had more presencemind than culture, thougaid nothing, o had one word which she always kepthand, and ready, likife preserver, a kindemergency wordstrapwhen she was likelyget washed overboarda sudden way that was the word synonymous.
when she happenedfetch ouong word which had had its day weeks before and its prepared meanings goo her dump pile,there watranger therecourseknocked him groggy fooupleminutes, thenwould e to, andthat time she wouldaway down windanother tack, and not expecting anything;when he’d hail and ask hercash in, i (the only dogthe insideher game) could see her canvas flickeoment but only jusoment thenwould belly out taut and full, and she would say,calma summer’s day, “it’s synonymous with supererogation,”some godless long reptilea word like that, andplacidly about and skim awaythe next tack, perfectly fortable, you know, and leave that stranger looking profane and embarrassed, and the initiated slatting the floor with their tailsunison and their faces transfigured witoly joy.
andwas the same with phrases.
she would drag homhole phrase,it harand sound, and playsix nights and two matinees, and explainiew way every time which she had to, for all she cared for was the phrase; she wasn’t interestedwhatmeant, and knew those dogs hadn’t wit enoughcatch her, anyway.
yes, she waaisy!
she gotshe wasn’t afraidanything, she had such confidencethe ignorancethose creatures.
she even brought anecdotes that she had heard the family and the dinner guests laugh and shout over; anda rule she got the nubone chestnut hitched onto another chestnut, where,course,didn’t fit and hadn’t any point; and when she delivered the nub she fell over and rolledthe floor and laughed and barkedthe most insane way, whilould see that she was wonderingherself whydidn’t seemfunnyit did when she first heard it.
butharm was done; the others rolled and barked too, privately ashamedthemselves for not seeing the point, and never suspecting that the fault was not with them and there wasn’t anysee.
you can seethese things that she wasa rather vain and frivolous character; still, she had virtues, and enoughmake up, i think.
she haind heart and gentle ways, and never harbored resentments for injuries done her, but put them easily outher mind and fot them; and she taught her children her kindly way, and from herlearned alsobe brave and prompttimedanger, and notrun away, but face the peril that threatened friendstranger, and help him the bestcould without stoppingthink what the cost mightto us.
and she taughtnotwords only, butexample, and thatthe best way and the surest and the most lasting.
why, the brave things she did, the splendid things!
she was jusoldier; andmodest aboutwell, you couldn’t help admiring her, and you couldn’t help imitating her; not eveing charles spaniel could remain entirely despicableher society.
so,you see, there was moreher than her education.
m.pi.co
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