经典安徒生童话：瓶颈"Yes,youmaywellsing!"saidtheBottleNeck.Ofcourse,itdidn'tsayitaudibly,aswe'reableto,forabottleneckcannotspeak,butitthoughtit,justaswhenwehumansspeakinwardly."Yes,youmaywellsing-you,withyourlimbswhole!ButwhatifyouhadlostyourlowerhalfasIhave,andhadonlyaneckandamouthleft,andthenhadacorkstuffedintoyou!Youcertainlywouldn'tsingthen!Butit'sgoodthatsomebodyispleased.Ihavenoreasontosing,andIcan'tanyway;Icouldonce,whenIwasawholebottle,andsomeonerubbedmewithacork;theyusedtocallmeareallarkthen,'thegrandlark.'Didn'tIsingthatdayinthewoodswhenthefurrier'sdaughterbecameengaged?Icanrememberitasthoughitwereyesterday.WhenIcometothinkofit,I'velivedthroughmanythings;I'vebeenthroughfireandwater-downintheblackearth,andhigherupthanmostpeople.AndnowIhanghereontheoutsideofthecageintheairandsunshine.Itmightbeworthwhiletohearmystory,butI'mnotgoingtotellitaloud,becauseIcan't!"Andsoitinwardlytold,orthought,itsstory,whichwasastrangeone,andinthemeantimethelittlebirdsangmerrily,andpeoplerodeorwalkedthroughthestreetsdownbelow.Eachthoughtofhisownstoryordidn'tthinkatall;but,atanyrate,theBottleNeckwasengrossedinthought.Itrememberedtheflamingfurnaceinthemanufacturingplant,whereithadbeenblownintoexistence.Itstillrememberedhowwarmitwasatfirst,howitlookedintothatroaringfurnace,itsbirthplace,andlongedtoleapbackintoit.Butthenasitgraduallycooled,itfounditselfwelloffwhereitwas,standinginalongrowwithawholeregimentofbrothersandsisters.Allhadbeenbornfromthesamefurnace,butsomehadbeenblownintochampagnebottles,someintobeerbottles,andthatmakesadifference.Tobesure,asthingshappenintheworld,abeerbottlemayholdthecostliestLachrymaChristiwine,whileachampagnebottlemaybefilledwithblackink;butwhateachonewasbornformaystillbeclearlyseeninitsform;nobilityremainsnobility,evenwithblackinkinside.Allthebottlesweresoonpackedup,ourBottleamongthem.Littlediditthinkthenthatitwouldendasabottleneck,servingasabirdglass,andyetthatisanhonorableexistence-it'satleastsomething.Itdidnotseedaylightagainuntilitwasunpacked,togetherwithits