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第15章 猴爪5（第1页）

第15章猴爪（5）

Thesoundofhersobsdiedawayohebedwaswarm，andhiseyesheavywithsleep。Hedozedfitfully，auntilasuddenwildhisithastart。

"Thepaw!"shecriedwildly。"Themonkey'spaw!"

&edupinalarm。"Where?Whereisit?What'sthematter?"

&umblingacrosstheroomtowardhim。"Iwantit，"shesaidquietly。"You'veroyedit?"

"It'sintheparlour，o，"hereplied，marvelling。"Why?"

Shedlaughedtogether，andbendingover，kissedhischeek。

"Ionlyjustthoughtofit，"shesaidhysterically。"Whydidn'tIthinkofitbefore?Whydidn'tyouthinkofit?"

"Thinkofwhat?"hequestioned。

"Theothertwowishes，"sherepliedrapidly。"We'veonlyhado;

"Wasnotthatenough?"hedemandedfiercely。

"No，"shecried，triumphantly，"we'llhaveodowquidwishourboyaliveagain。"

&upinbedandfluhesfromhisquakinglimbs。"GoodGod，youaremad!&quhast。

"Getit，"shepa;getitquidwish—Oh，myboy，myboy!"

Herhusbandstruckamatdlitthedle。"Getbacktobed，"hesaid，unsteadily。"Youdon'tknowwhaty。"

"Wehadthefirstwishgra;saidtheoldwoman，feverishly，"whynotthesed。"

"Aeredtheoldman。

"Goaandwish，"criedtheoldwomahext。

Theoldmanturnedandregardedher，andhisvoiceshook。"Hehasbeeendays，andbesideshe—Iwouldnottellyouelse，but—Ilyrebyhisg。Ifhewastooterribleforyoutoseethen，hownow?"

&quhimback，"criedtheoldwoman，aowardthedoor。"DoyouthihechildIhave;

&downinthedarkness，ahiswaytotheparlour，ahemaalismanwasinitspladahorriblefearthattheunspokenwishmightbringhismutilatedsonbeforehimerehecouldestheroomseizeduponhim，ahisbreathashefouthedireofthedoor。Hisbroeat，hefelthiswayrouable，ahewalluntilhefouhesmallpassagewiththeuhinginhishand。

Evenhiswife'sfaceseemedgedasheewasedtohisfearsseemedtohaveanunnaturallookuponit。Hewasafraidofher。