But she ignored them and continued to empty the box.
Eventually, she was down to the last rocket. She had saved the biggest till last and this was her grand finale[17]. She stuck the tail in the ground and lit the fuse paper with the remnants of his screwed up inscription.[18] She stood well back and waited. The fuse paper glowed, fizzled and then went out. The neighbours sighed. She tried again. Nothing. She went into the kitchen and found a box of household matches. She returned and put a match to the fuse. Nothing still. She tore off a strip of card from the fireworks box and used that as a taper. The cardboard produced a healthy flame and this time the fuse sparked back into life. The rocket screamed and shot straight up into the air. The neighbours gasped and applauded and the little girl ran into her house. Then, with one almighty bang, a spectacular display of light filled the sky.[19] Multicoloured balls of fire scattered in all directions and then exploded as they dropped back to earth. Then, with one last whimper[20], it was all over and darkness returned again.
The neighbours wandered back to their evening rituals. She bundled up the empty firework cases and laid them out with all the rest of his stuff. It was cold now and a frost was beginning to settle on the lawn. She buttoned up her coat and went back inside.
Vocabulary
1. 她把修面刷、一次性剃须刀、牙刷和牙线塞进一个黑色的大垃圾袋里。下文中出现的bag、bin以及trash(垃圾)有时作动词用。
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