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  【】:容柯整理</p>

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  thestoryofnkind</p>

  byhendrikvanloon</p>

  thestoryofnkind</p>

  byhendrikvanloon,ph.d.</p>

  professorofthesocialsantiochllege.</p>

  authorofthefallofthedut,theriseofthedutch</p>

  kingdothegoldenbookofthedutavigators,</p>

  ashortstoryofdisvery,an.</p>

  tojiie</p>

  ``istheuseofabookhoutpicturessaidalice.</p>

  foreword</p>

  forhansjeand:</p>

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  neeloveforbooksandpicturesprosed</p>

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  hiothetopoftheto.</p>

  andso,onefineday,asextonhakeyaslargeasthat</p>

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  hesaid,``ebadtogetout,andh</p>

  agreatgrindingofrustyoldhingesheseparatedusfrohe</p>

  hebusystreetandlockedusintoaworldofnewand</p>

  strangeexperiences.</p>

  forthefirsttiinlifeienon</p>

  ofaudiblesilence.hefirst</p>

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  khatoftangibledarkness.a</p>

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  peopleoftheyyearsago.thateantlife</p>

  aoouraorsojunkandrub</p>

  bish.theindustriousrathadbuilthisangthecarved</p>

  igesandtheeverchfulspiderhadopenedupshopbetween</p>

  theoutspreadarofakindlysaint.</p>

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  thehighandbarrenrooheroostingplaceofhundredsof</p>

  pigeons.thehroughtheironbarsandtheairwas</p>

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  bythedistaherulingofheavycartsandtheking</p>

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  ofninathousanddifferentheyhadallbeen</p>

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  bablingoingofthepigeons.</p>

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  afterthefirstladderaslipperyoldthingadeonefeel</p>

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  seedtostopandaehadbeenchoppedoffeteity.</p>

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  thehourofnoon.</p>

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  tustiffiddleofthe</p>

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  ithadsharedthejoysandthesoodpeopleof</p>

  rotterdaaroundit,lyarrangedlikethebluejarsin</p>

  anoldfashionedapothecaryshop,hulefellows,who</p>

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  thebellofdeath.</p>

  thendarknessoncereandotherladders,steeperand</p>

  evenredangerousthanthosebedbefore,and</p>

  suddenlythefreshairofthehed</p>

  thehighestgallery.aboveusthesky.belohecity</p>

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  andthither,eaeiuponhisorherparticularbusiness,</p>

  andbeyondthejuleofstohehe</p>

  openuntry.</p>

  ityfirstgliseofthebigworld.</p>

  sihen,heopportunity,ihave</p>

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  landandthesky,andiykind</p>

  friendthean,allshack,builtina</p>

  shelterederofthegallery.helookedafterthek</p>

  ahebells,andhehe</p>

  enjoyednyfreehoursandthenheskedapipeand</p>

  thoughthisoost</p>

  fiftyyearsbeforeandhehadrarelyreadabook,buthe</p>

  hadlivedoopofhistoahathehad</p>

  absorbedtheofthat</p>

  onallsides.</p>

  historyhekne.</p>

  ``there,heingtoabendoftheriver,``there,</p>

  boy,doyouseethosetreesthatisheprinceof</p>

  ecutthedikestodrohelandandsaveleyden.</p>

  orheethetaleoftheolduse,untilthebroad</p>

  rivereawonderful</p>

  highroad,pupon</p>

  thatfauslastvoyage,heygavetheirlivesthatthe</p>

  seaghtbefreetoall.</p>

  thentherehelittlevillages,clusteringaroundthe</p>

  protegchuryyearsago,hadbeenthe</p>

  hooftheirpatronsaints.iancehe</p>

  leaningto.hinsightofitshigharches,</p>

  thesilenthadbeenrderedandtheregrotiushad</p>

  leaedtonstruehisfirstlatiences.andstillfurther</p>

  ae</p>

  ofthenightierthanthearesof</p>

  nyaneeror,thecharityboytheeto</p>

  knous.</p>

  finallythesilverliheendlessseaandas</p>

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