09-12-15 The Smallpox Hut WHEN we arrived at that hut at mid-afternoon, we saw no signs of life about it. The field near by had been denuded of剥光，除光 its crop some time before, and had a skinned look, so exhaustively had it been harvested and gleaned收集...

09-12-15 Drilling the King ON the morning of the fourth day, when it was just sunrise, and we had been tramping an hour in the chill寒冷的 dawn, I came to a resolution决议，决心 : the king MUST be drilled; things could not go on so, he must be taken in hand...

09-12-15 The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito ABOUT bedtime I took the king to my private quarters住处，营房 to cut his hair and help him get the hang of熟知某物的用法 the lowly raiment衣服 he was to wear. The high classes wore their hair banged across t...

09-11-11 Chapter 26 - The First Newspaper WHEN I told the king I was going out disguised as a petty freeman to scour the country and familiarize myself with the humbler life of the people, he was all afire with the novelty of the thing in a minute, and was b...

09-11-11 Chapter 25 - A Competitive Examination WHEN the king traveled for change of air, or made a progress, or visited a distant noble whom he wished to bankrupt with the cost of his keep, part of the administration moved with him. It was a fashion of the...

09-11-11 Chapter 24 - A Rival Magician MY influence in the Valley of Holiness was something prodigious now. It seemed worth while to try to turn it to some valuable account. The thought came to me the next morning, and was suggested by my seeing one of my kn...

09-11-11 Chapter 23 - Restoration of the Fountain SATURDAY noon I went to the well and looked on a while. Merlin was still burning smoke-powders, and pawing the air, and muttering gibberish as hard as ever, but looking pretty down-hearted, for of course he h...

09-11-11 Chapter 22 - The Holy Fountain THE pilgrims were human beings. Otherwise they would have acted differently. They had come a long and difficult journey, and now when the journey was nearly finished, and they learned that the main thing they had come...

09-11-11 WHEN I did get to bed at last I was unspeakably tired; the stretching out, and the relaxing of the long-tense muscles, how luxurious, how delicious! but that was as far as I could get -- sleep was out of the question for the present. The ripping and...

09-09-21 The 81-year-old king of Thailand has been admitted to hospital suffering from fever. 81岁高龄的泰国国王因发热而住进医院。 King Bhumibol is the world's longest reigning current monarch People are gathering at the hospital to convey prayers and good w...