笔记Chapter1-2

导读

原来围墙镇每九年一届的草地市集不是一场普通的市集，是一场神奇的一天一夜的精灵市集。来围墙外和山中的精灵们，在围墙外的草地上去上货架，贩卖各种不可思异的奇妙事物。Dunstan打算在集市上挑一件不贵的小礼物取悦Daisy姑娘。

在喧哗的市集上Dunstan被美妙的叮叮钟声吸引，来到了空无一人的水晶花摊位。贩卖水晶花的姑娘是围墙镇外另一个世界的小仙女，她被女巫旎了咒语，成了女巫的奴隶。Dunstan被美丽的小仙女吸引，用一个吻交换了一只雪花莲。失了魂的Dunstan在当晚的月落时分在草地上赴约会了小仙女。在星空下，小仙女让Dunstan意乱情迷，一番云雨，天亮后两人分别，Dunstan回到生活的轨迹。

Daisy因为Dunstan莫不关心日渐憔悴，在双方父母的安排下，Dunstan娶了Daisy, 建新房，两人开始了快乐的田园牧歌生活，Dunstan渐渐走出了恍惚迷离。

然而就像金庸的武侠小说，开始出场的人物通常都不是主角，比如《射雕》首先出场的是郭靖和杨康的爹妈，故事真正的主角是他们的下一代人。Tristran Thorn来了，我们的故事就开始。

词汇

1. 英国老钱币，读经典英国小说，旧时的硬币有，1镑的硬币，先令有时候会傻傻分不清币值，今天做了功课，好好说一说旧时的英国钱币

Before 1971 money was divided into: pounds (£ or l ) shillings (s. or /-) and pennies (d.) 英磅，先令，便士

1 pound =  20 shillings

1 shilling (a bob) = 12 pence

1 Crown = 5 shillings

1 half crown = 2 shillings and 6 pence

8个半克朗（half crown)= 1 pound

2. pat of butter 一块黄油，量词用pat

3. bid sb good morning/afternoon 祝早安／午安

4. at the stroke of midday 中午12点整

At the stroke of midday Dunstan strode up to the wall and...

5.thong 三个意思，在书中是带子，还有丁衣裤，人字拖的意思。貌似三个意思差异挺大，仔细想想，都是细细一根，形也很类似，自已脑补吧。

6. be festooned with

给…饰花彩;结彩于；If something is festooned with, for example, lights, balloons, or flowers, large numbers of these things are hung from it or wrapped around it, especially in order to decorate it

It was festooned with flowers: bluebells and foxgloves and harebells and daffodils, but also...

7. waste away

变消瘦;变衰弱；If someone wastes away, they become extremely thin or weak because they are ill or worried and they are not eating properly

Summary

For every nine years May Day, people from Beyond the Wall and over the hold Faerie Market for one day and one night outside the Wall. There are wonders for sale. Dunstan visited the market at the stroke of the midday and he would like looking for something small and inexpensive gift for Daisy. Going through the thronged market, he was attracted to a chiming in the air which led him to a deserted stall full of crystal flowers. 

The stall holder was a small faerie who was very beautiful, but a slave of a witch woman under a spell. The girl sold the crystal snowdrop for a kiss from Dunstan. When Dunstan kissed the girl, he though the girl stole his heart. Later that night,  Dunstan met the girl in the woods t and makes love with her. 

Tommy got married Bridget two weeks after the market. Then Dunstan was married to Daisy two month later. At the end of February next year, one cold day evening,  a wicker basket was pushed through the space in the wall, a baby boy named Trisstran in it.

感悟

小时候我们都爱童话故事，成人的世界里似乎离童话世界趣来越远，我们也不再有一颗纯真的童心。孩童一般的心是最可贵的，有观察，控索和无尽的想像。希望我能永葆童真，永远对生活充满好奇。