2013年5月24日星期五

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sea-gull skimming the waves. A great cloud floating behind them

appeared like a vast mountain, and upon it Eliza saw her own shadow

and those of the eleven swans, looking gigantic in size. Altogether it

formed a more beautiful picture than she had ever seen; but as the sun

rose higher, and the clouds were left behind, the shadowy picture

vanished away. Onward the whole day they flew through the air like a

winged arrow, yet more slowly than usual, for they had their sister to

carry. The weather seemed inclined to be stormy, and Eliza watched the

sinking sun with great anxiety, for the little rock in the ocean was

not yet in sight. It appeared to her as if the swans were making great

efforts with their wings. Alas! she was the cause of their not

advancing more quickly. When the sun set, they would change to men,

fall into the sea and be drowned. Then she offered a prayer from her

inmost heart, but still no appearance of the rock. Dark clouds came

nearer, the gusts of wind told of a coming storm, while from a

thick, heavy mass of clouds the lightning burst forth flash after

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