100个儿童英语小故事: The Angel 天使

 

060 The Angel

When a good kid dies, an angel with white wings comes down from the sky. The angel embraces¹ the kid, and flies around everywhere showing him beautiful things. She takes him to places where there are beautiful flowers and angels sing. The kid feels so happy in the angel's arms.

"Sweet Heart, what kind of flower do you want to plant in the garden of Heaven?" The angel asked the kid. "Well, what do I plant?" The kid and the angel searched for good flowers for the garden of Heaven.

Under the angel and the boy, there was standing² a delicate³ and beautiful rose bush. But a naughty boy was torturing⁴ the rose bush. "Angel, Let's plant the rose bush over there in the garden."

The angel kissed the good kid's head. "Yes, you are right. Let's bring the bush and plant it in the garden." The angel held the rose bush and the kid in her arms and tried to go back to the garden of heaven.

On the ground were piles of garbage and dust. Broken pieces of plates, an abandoned flowerpot and rootless wild flowers were all over the ground. The kid said, "Angel, let's take the wild flowers, too." The good kid embraced⁵ the wild flowers in his arms.

Then, the angel talked to him sadly, "A little boy who is very sick is living in the basement. He has been staying in his bed because of his sickness, since he was a little baby. He can not see any sunlight and has to stay in his room."

"Angel, let's meet the boy before we go back to Heaven." The baby asked her. "What's wrong?" "You'll see."

The angel went to the small basement room with the kid, rose bush and the wild flower. The sick boy kept coughing in the dark room alone. "Ah! I wish I could walk and run outside, and I want to see the beautiful flowers too." He seemed dizzy and went back to his bed leaning on the wall.

"Angel, can I give him this rose bush and the wild flowers? These are the only things I have." He asked the angel. "Then, what are we going to plant in the garden of Heaven?"

"There are lots of beautiful flowers in the garden. The garden will still be beautiful without this rose bush and the wild flowers." The angel was impressed by the kid's warm heart. "Ok, Let's give these flowers to him."

The angel gave the sick boy bright sunlight and the cool breeze⁶. And then she also planted the rose bush and the wild flowers. The sick boy cried for joy.

The angel and the kid went back to Heaven. The angel told the story about what had happened to God. "What a nice kid! I will give you a present." He gave him a pretty pair of white wings on his back. After that, the good kid became an angel.

1 embraces   

拥抱( embrace的第三人称单数 )； 包括； 包含； 接受

参考例句：

• This course of study embraces every aspect of the subject. 本课程涉及这门学科的每个方面。
• His statement embraces all his arguments. 他的发言包括了他所有的论点。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 delicate   

adj.巧妙的，敏感的；易损的，娇嫩的

参考例句：

• Be careful with those wine cups — they are very delicate.当心那些酒杯—它们很容易碎。
• The delicate handicraft works will not bear rough handling.精致的手工艺品经不起粗鲁的摆弄。

4 torturing   

使痛苦( torture的现在分词 )； 使苦恼； 使焦急

参考例句：

• demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地狱里折磨罪人的魔鬼
• He saw himself as a possible second in such a torturing destiny. 他觉得他自己很有可能是第二个受那样残酷命运支配的人。

5 embraced   

拥抱( embrace的过去式和过去分词 )； 包括； 包含； 接受

参考例句：

• They embraced and promised to keep in touch. 他们互相拥抱，许诺将保持联系。
• She embraced my offer to go to the hospital. 她接受了我的建议去看医生。

6 breeze   

n.微风；轻而易举的事；vi.来去匆匆，急速走

参考例句：

• A little breeze is blowing in from the window.微风从窗户里吹进来。
• The clouds are pale and a light breeze is blowing.云淡风轻。