When I was sick and lay a-bed,

I had two pillows at my head,

And all my toys beside me lay

To keep me happy all the day.

And sometimes for an hour or so

I watched my leaden soldiers go,

With different uniforms and drills,

Among the bed-clothes, through the hills;

And sometimes sent my ships in fleets

All up and down among the sheets;

Or brought my trees and houses out,

And planted cities all about.

I was the giant great and still

That sits upon the pillow-hill,

And sees before him, dale and plain,

The pleasant land of counterpane.

Key points

bed-clothes 被褥 counterpane 床單 dale 山谷 drill 操練

fleet 艦隊(duì) lay 躺（lie的過(guò)去式） leaden 鉛灰色的

pillow 枕頭 sheet 被單 sick 不舒服的 uniform 制服

床上的大陸

當(dāng)我生病躺在床上，

靠著兩只枕頭遐想，

所有的玩具陪在我身旁，

度過(guò)整天悠閑的時(shí)光。

一個(gè)鐘頭又一個(gè)鐘頭，

我看著錫兵列隊(duì)行走，

佩著各色肩章和紐扣，

各自穿過(guò)床單的山溝。

有時(shí)我的艦隊(duì)航行在海上，

對(duì)抗著棉被掀起的巨浪；

有時(shí)我讓樹木到處生長(zhǎng)，

再蓋起一座座漂亮的樓房。

我是一個(gè)了不起的巨人，

坐在枕頭山岡的最高處，

靜靜俯視我的平原和峽谷，

還有整個(gè)床上的大陸。

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