红楼梦Chapter18_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter18

When Pao-yue heard the suggestion made by Pao-chai， he speedily replied， as he wiped off the perspiration： I cant at all just at present call to mind any passage from the contents of some old book.

Just simply take， proposed Pao-chai smilingly， the character jade in jade-like GREen and change it into the character wax， thats all.

Does GREen wax， Pao-yue inquired， come out from anywhere?

Pao-chai gently smacked her lips and nodded her head as she laughed. I fear， she said， that if， on an occasion like to-night， you show no more brains than this， by and by when you have to give any answers in the golden hall， to the questions (of the examiner)， you will， really， forget (the very first four names) of Chao， Ohien， Sun and Li (out of the hundred)! What， have you so much as forgotten the first line of the poem by Han Yue， of the Tang dynasty， on the Banana leaf：

Cold is the candle and without a flame， the GREen wax dry?

On hearing these words， Pao-yues mind suddenly became enlightened. What a fool I am! he added with a simper; I couldnt for the moment even remember the lines， ready-made though they were and staring at me in my very eyes! Sister， you really can be styled my teacher， little though you may have taught me， and Ill henceforward address you by no other name than teacher， and not call you sister any more!