经典英文绘本

最后一片叶子｜The Last Leaf

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原著作者｜欧·亨利
  • He was a painter who had failed his whole life
  • For forty years, no one recognized his works
  • Until that night of wind and rain
  • He saved a young girl's life with a paintbrush
  • This was his only masterpiece, yet no one ever saw it
  • The story happened in Greenwich Village, New York
  • A place where artists gathered
  • Johnsy and Sue were young painters
  • They shared a studio apartment
  • Sharing dreams and paints
  • But winter came
  • Johnsy caught pneumonia
  • She lay in her small bed
  • Pale face, weak breathing
  • The doctor told Sue
  • Her illness was not severe
  • But her will to live was weak
  • She felt she could not recover
  • Johnsy looked out the window every day
  • At the ivy leaves falling one by one
  • She whispered softly
  • "When the last leaf falls
  • I will leave too"
  • Sue's heart tightened
  • She put down her brush
  • Stayed by the bedside
  • Cooking soup, feeding medicine, telling stories
  • But Johnsy's eyes grew dimmer
  • Downstairs lived an old painter, Behrman
  • He painted for forty years
  • Yet remained a failure
  • His canvas held only unfinished lines
  • Behrman often drank wine
  • He spoke in a rough voice
  • But deep inside, he had a soft spot
  • That day, Sue found Behrman
  • Tears in her eyes
  • She said
  • "Johnsy believes she will die when the last leaf falls
  • There are only a few leaves left"
  • Behrman stared at Sue
  • Suddenly roared
  • "How can there be such a foolish thought in the world"
  • He put on his coat
  • Rushed into the cold wind
  • Stood under the ivy
  • Watching those swaying leaves
  • That night, storms raged
  • Rain poured like waterfalls
  • Winds howled
  • Branches shook in the wind
  • Sue held Johnsy tightly
  • Listening to the storm outside
  • She feared the last leaf would fall
  • In the morning
  • Johnsy whispered softly
  • "Pull the curtain
  • I want to see if the leaves have all fallen"
  • Sue trembled as she pulled the curtain
  • She was stunned
  • On the wall
  • One leaf remained
  • That leaf hung alone
  • Still stubbornly clinging to the wall after the storm
  • Johnsy stared at that leaf
  • It did not fall
  • It held on through the storm
  • A flash of light appeared in Johnsy's eyes
  • She said
  • "I am such a bad child
  • Even a leaf has more courage than me"
  • That day
  • Johnsy drank more soup
  • Her breathing became steady
  • The next day
  • Johnsy sat up
  • She said
  • "I want to paint
  • I want to paint an ocean"
  • Tears fell from Sue's eyes
  • She held Johnsy tightly
  • The doctor came
  • He examined Johnsy
  • Smiled and said
  • "She has made it through
  • Now she just needs proper rest"
  • That afternoon
  • Sue came to Johnsy's bedside
  • Whispered softly
  • "Mr. Behrman passed away in the hospital today
  • He caught pneumonia"
  • Sue paused
  • Then continued
  • "That night
  • When the storm was strongest
  • Mr. Behrman took his brush and paints
  • And climbed the ladder"
  • Sue pointed outside
  • "That leaf
  • He painted it"
  • Johnsy was stunned
  • She looked at that leaf on the wall
  • Tears streamed down her cheeks
  • A painted leaf
  • Yet became the most real hope
  • Behrman saved a young life
  • With his final masterpiece
  • He spent his whole life pursuing great art
  • Yet painted his most touching work
  • On his final night
  • Sometimes
  • Hope does not need to be real
  • It just needs to exist
  • And some people
  • Will light a lamp with their lives
  • Even if you never realize it
  • That leaf
  • Still hangs on the wall
  • In the hearts of everyone who needs hope
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