《Dream Life and Real Life(梦境与现实[未加密]) 》.pdf

Dream Life and Real Life A Little African Story Dream Life and Real Life A Little African Story by Olive Schreiner 1 Dream Life and Real Life A Little African Story Author of The Story of an African Farm and Dreams Dedication. To My Brother Fred, For whose little school magazine the first of these tiny stories-- one of the first I ever made--was written out many long years ago. O.S. New College, Eastbourne, Sept. 29, 1893. Kopjes - In the karoo, are hillocks of stones, that rise up singly or in clusters, here and there; presenting sometimes the fantastic appearance of old ruined castles or giant graves, the work of human hands. Kraal - A sheepfold. Krantz - A precipice. Sluit - A deep fissure, generally dry, in which the superfluous torrents of water are carried from the karoo plains after thunderstorms. Stoep - A porch. 2 Dream Life and Real Life A Little African Story I. DREAM LIFE AND REAL LIFE; A LITTLE AFRICAN STORY. Little Jannita sat alone beside a milk-bush. Before her and behind her stretched the plain, covered with red sand and thorny karoo bushes; and here and there a milk-bush, looking like a bundle of pale green rods tied together. Not a tree was to be seen anywhere, except on the banks of the river, and that was far away, and the sun beat on her head. Round her fed the Angora goats she was herding; pretty things, especially the little ones, with white silky curls that touched the ground. But Jannita sat crying. If an angel should gather up in his cup all the tears that have been shed, I think the bitterest