安徒生童话：沙冈那边的一段故事_少儿英语故事

安徒生童话：沙冈那边的一段故事

　　A wrong order given in front of the reefthe slightest hesitationand the boat would be lost，

　　Then it would be all over with me and Martin too！

　　This thought passed through Jorgens mind one day while they were out at sea， where his foster-father had been taken suddenly ill. The fever had seized him. They were only a few oars strokes from the reef， and Jorgen sprang from his seat and stood up in the bow.

　　Father-let me come！ he said， and he glanced at Martin and across the waves； every oar bent with the exertions of the rowers as the great wave came towards them， and he saw his fathers pale face， and dared not obey the evil impulse that had shot through his brain. The boat came safely across the reef to land； but the evil thought remained in his heart， and roused up every little fibre of bitterness which he remembered between himself and Martin since they had known each other. But he could not weave the fibres together， nor did he endeavour to do so. He felt that Martin had robbed him， and this was enough to make him hate his former friend. Several of the fishermen saw this， but Martin did nothe remained as obliging and talkative as ever， in fact he talked rather too much.

　　Jorgens foster-father took to his bed， and it became his death-bed， for he died a week afterwards； and now Jorgen was heir to the little house behind the sand-hills. It was small， certainly， but still it was something， and Martin had nothing of the kind.