C教授来的是这样的仓促，去的又是这样的急促。桢主张在C教授游颐和园之后，离开北平之前，请他吃顿晚饭。他们在国外的交谊，是超乎师生以上的。瑛常从桢的通讯和谈话里模拟出一个须发如银，声音慈蔼的老者。她对于举行这个宴会，表示了完全的同意。 新婚的瑛——或者在婚前——是早已虚拟下了她小小家庭里一个第一次宴会：壁炉里燃着松枝，熊熊的喜跃的火焰，映照得客厅里细致的椅桌，发出乌油的严静的光亮...
一个巨灵之掌，将我从郁闷痛楚的密网中打破了出来，我呱的哭出了第一声悲哀的哭。 睁开眼，我的一只腿仍在那巨灵的掌中倒提着，我看见自己的红到玲珑的两中小手，在我头上的空中摇舞着。 另一个巨灵之掌轻轻的托住我的腰，他笑着回头，向仰卧在白色车床上的一个女人说：“大喜呵，好一个胖小子！”一面轻轻的放我在一个铺着白布的小筐里。 我挣扎着向外看，看见许多白衣白帽的...
这是个法国故事，法国人的小说，即使是非常质朴，以乡村为背景的，里面也看得出他们一种玩世的聪明。这一篇小说讲到阿尔卑斯出上的居民，常会遇到山崩、冰雹、迷路、埋在雪里，种种危险。一老翁，有一个美丽的女儿，翁择婿条件太苛刻，大家简直拿他没办法，有一个青年，遇到机会，救了老翁的命。
最近听到两个故事，觉得很有意思，尤其是这个，以后人家问句太多的时候，我想我就告诉他这一只笑话。德国的佛德烈大帝，大约是在打仗吧，一个将军来见他，问他用的是什么策略。皇帝道：“你能够保守秘密么？”他指天誓曰：“我能够，沉默得像坟墓，像鱼，像深海底的鱼。”皇帝道：“我也能够。”
Nachdem die Kompanie vom Kasernenhof abgerückt war, eilte Renatus noch einmal auf die Stube, um, wie es die Vorschrift zu seinem Dienst verlangte, den weißen Drillich anzuziehen. Die Stille der Flure erschreckte ihn. Mitten am Tage des gewohnten Lebens entblößt, zeigte die Kaserne ein fremdes Gesicht. Der Boden schien zu erschrecken unter dem Schritt der genagelten Stiefel.
A carpenter's story（木匠的故事） 立即阅读
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurel life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week ,but he needed to retire. They could get by. The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor.
He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were after her, but nobody paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised. So as not to appear rude, she went along. As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous to say anything and she felt uncomfortable.
I was six years old and my sister, Sally Kay, was a submissive three.For some reason, I thought we needed to earn some money. I decided we should “hire out” as maids. We visited the neighbors, offering to clean houses for them for a quarter cents. Reasonable as our offer was, there were no takers. But one neighbor telephoned Mother to let her know what Mary Alice and Sally Kay were doing.
A box full of kisses（装满吻的盒子） 立即阅读
The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy.” The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty.