father, and mother, and brothers, and sisters, were gone
to the play; only little anna and her grandpapa were left at
home.

"we'll have a play too," he said, "and it may begin
immediately."

"but we have no theatre," cried little anna, "and we have
no one to act for us; my old doll cannot, for she is a fright,
and my new one cannot, for she must not rumple her new
clothes."

"one can always get actors if one makes use of what one
has," observed grandpapa.

"now we'll go into the theatre. here we will put up a
book, there another, and there a third, in a sloping row. now
three on the other side; so, now we have the side scenes. the
old box that lies yonder may be the back stairs; and we'll lay
the flooring on top of it. the stage represents a room, as
every one may see. now we want the actors. let us see what we
can find in the plaything-box. first the personages, and then
we will get the play ready. one after the other; that will be
capital! here's a pipe-head, and yonder an odd glove; they
will do very well for father and daughter."

"but those are only two characters," said little anna.
"here's my brother's old waistcoat- could not that play in our
piece, too?"

"it's big enough, certainly," replied grandpapa. "it shall
be the lover. there's nothing in the pockets, and that's very
interesting, for that's half of an unfortunate attachment. and
here we have the nut-cracker's boots, with spurs to them. row,
dow, dow! how they can stamp and strut! they shall represent
the unwelcome wooer, whom the lady does not like. what kind of
a play will you have now? shall it be a tragedy, or a domestic
drama?"

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作文地带知识拓展:

• 英语（English）属于印欧语系日耳曼语族西日耳曼语支，最早被中世纪的英国使用，并因其广阔的殖民地而成为世界使用面积最广的语言。英国人的祖先盎格鲁部落是后来迁移到大不列颠岛地区的日耳曼部落之一，称为英格兰。这两个名字都来自波罗地海半岛的Anglia。该语言与弗里斯兰语和下撒克森语密切相关，其词汇受到其他日耳曼语族语言的影响，尤其是北欧语（北日耳曼语），并在很大程度上由拉丁文和法文撰写。

  英语的英文释义：

  English 名词 uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  the language that is spoken in the UK, the US, and in many other countries

  英语

  American/British English

  美式／英式英语

  Do you speak English?

  你会说英语吗？

  English   形容词 adjective   uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  in or relating to the English language

  英语的

  an English teacher

  英语老师

  relating to or from England

  英格兰的;英国的

  English films/food/people

  英国电影／食品／人

  English law

  英格兰法律