妻子含辛茹苦支撑家庭40年, 一直等待丈夫为全家人盖新房子, 但丈夫却出尔反尔了, 新的畜舍取代了她盼望的新房子, 然而她不甘罢休, 带着儿女毅然”起义”…
The Revolt of Mother
Now the special English program American stories. Our story today is called the revolt of mother. It was written by Mary Wilcons Freeman. It was published as part of a collection of stories in 1891.Here is CL with the story.
“Father, what are the men digging over in the field for?” The old man shut his mouth and continued getting his horse ready to ride.
They were in the barn, standing before the wide open doors. The spring air was full of the smell of growing grass. On a narrow pen, looked at his wife Sarah. She looked as unmovable as one of the rocks in these fields.
“Father”, she said, “I want to know what / the men are digging over there in that field for?”
“They are digging a foundation if you have got to know.”
“For what? For a barn. HA HA, a barn? You aren’t going to build a barn over there where we was going to have a house.”
The old man hurried away. The woman went to the house. It looked extremely small, next to the great barn and other farm buildings. A pretty girl’s face looked out one of the windows. She turned quickly when the woman entered.
“What are they digging for, mother? Did they tell you? They are digging for a new barn. Oh, mother, they aren’t going to build another barn.
”That’s what he says.” A boy stood by smoothing his hair.
“Sammy, did you know father was going to build a new barn?” The girl asked.
“Yes I suppose I did.” he said.
His mother looked at him hard.
“Is he going to buy more cows?”
“I, I suppose yes.” Sammy answered.
The mother said nothing more. The boy got his cap and his book and started for school.
“Mother,” the girl said, “don’t you think it’s too bad that father is going to build a new barn when we need a better house to live in?”
“You should not judge Father, Annie, he does not look at things just the way we do. I do not think you should complain. You have a good father and a good home. Annie began to sew. She was to be married in the autumn.
The Revolt of Mother: 
