my house英语作文三年级经典20篇

I like traveling on foot With my brother in holidays.

At the very beginning, I felt very tired. I got out of breath so easily.Then my brother started to tell me some interesting stories.We walked and walked while he didnt stop telling stories. We walked a long way without knowing.

Then my brother asked me, "Are you still feeling tired?" The feelings of tiredness were already out of my mind.

我喜欢在假期跟哥哥一起徒步旅行。刚开始的时候，我还真有点吃不消，没走多远就累得上气不接下气。

于是哥哥就给我讲动听的故事。他一边讲我们一边走，不知不觉走了很远。哥哥问我：“你还累吗?”呵呵，我早把“累”这回事忘到九霄云外去了。

我的家乡在六朝古都南京，南京是个风景优美的大都市。

My hometown is in the ancient capital of Nanjing, Nanjing is a beautiful city.

南京有许多名胜古迹和风景区，比如：梅花山、夫子庙、雨花台、珍珠泉、玄武湖、中山陵……其中最吸引人的就是梅花山和夫子庙了。

There are many places of historic interest and scenic beauty and scenic areas, such as: Nanjing, Yuhuatai, plum hill, Confucius temple, Xuanwu Lake, Dr. Sun Yat-sens Mausoleum, Pearl spring...... One of the most attractive is the Plum Blossom Hill and Confucius temple.

春天一到，梅花山上的梅花就一朵接着一朵的开放了，它们张开粉红色的笑脸，好像在欢迎来自四面八方的客人哩。这时候，梅花山上人山人海、观者如堵，好像一幅美丽的图画。

In the spring, Plum Blossom Hill plum then a flower open, they open the pink face, seemed to welcome guests from all sides. At this time, the Plum Blossom Hill, Spectators stood round like a wall. huge crowds of people, like a beautiful picture.

一到休息日，夫子庙就人声鼎沸，人一走进去，就感觉挤得快要透不过气来了。每年春节这儿都会举办花灯展览，有荷花灯、兔子灯、狮子灯等各种各样的花灯。

A rest day, Confucius temple is Jaleo, people walked in, feel the squeeze to breathe. The annual Spring Festival will be held here lantern exhibition, lotus lamp, lamp, lamp rabbit lion and a variety of lanterns.

如果你不信的话，可以来我的家乡做客哦!

If you dont believe me, you can come to visit my hometown!

Father’s Day is coming and you must be thinking of giving a present to your father。 Different people like different kinds of gifts。

If you have enough pocket money， you can buy a useful but not expensive thing， like a tie。 I think your father will like it。 But if you don’t have enough pocket money， you can do something that you can do， for example， you can prepare a cup of tea。 When your father comes back from work， he can drink it。

No matter what you do， the most important thing is to make your father happy on Father’s Day。 Don’t you think so?

We are living in a society where people help each other in many ways. Not only does helping good for people, it is also good for our society.

Helping each other does good for people in different ways. Nobody can survive or live a better life without having other peoples help in our society. On the other hand, helping each other can help the progress of our society. Human labour is a good example.

Last but not least, helping each other does good for people and the society where they are living in!

To a Chinese, the task of learning English well is not easy.

在中国，任务是学习英语的好是不容易的。

So I, like many other English learners, have met with difficulties in learning English during the past seven years.

所以我，像其他许多英语学习者，在英语学习中遇到困难，在过去的七年。

But I managed to overcome them and made much progress.

但我设法克服了他们很大的进展。

The spelling and meaning of words can be said to be the first difficulty I met as a beginner.

词的拼写和意思，可以说是我作为一个新手遇到的第一个困难。

But I foundmy own way to deal with them.

但是我发现我自己的方式来对付他们。

As to spelling, I never copied a new work again and again to remember it, but tried to find its relevance to the sound.

至于拼写，我从来没有一次又一次地记住它，但试图找出其相关性良好。

In fact, as long as I can read the word out, I can write it out.

事实上，只要我能读出来的词，我可以写出来。

As to the meaning, I rarely recite its Chinese translation but often put the word into the sentence to learn its meaning.

至于意思，我很少背诵它的中国翻译，而往往把这个词到句，了解其含义。

Moreover, if you use a word quite often, its spelling and meaning will be no problem.

此外，如果您相当经常使用一个词，它的拼写和意思是没有问题的。

After all, we are learning English in order to use it.

毕竟，我们学习英语是为了使用它。

Grammar and idioms may be another difficulty.

语法和习语可能是另一个困难。

But I have also got over it.

但我也得到了它。

I have not read lots of grammar books.

我没有读很多书。

But I spent much time reading the articles written by native speakers or specialists in English.

但我花了很多时间阅读文章的母语或英语专家写的。

By doing so, I came to gain “a sense of English language”.

通过这样做，我来到获得“英语语感”。

I began to gain a feel for which sentences are “good English” and which are not.

我开始获得一种感觉，这句话是“好的英语”，这是不。

Finally, I want to say that overcoming all these difficulties requires perseverance.

最后，我想说的是，克服所有这些困难，需要毅力。

In the past seven years I spent at least an hour on English each day.

在过去的七年我花了至少一个小时的英语每一天。

I believe this is an important reason why I am able to make progress in learning English.

我相信这是一个重要原因，我能够在学习英语的进步。

What I saw was a great opportunity to provide computing technology in a more efficient way.That was the core idea of what became dell computer Corporation, and that’s one we were stuck over ever since.当时我看到一个大机遇就是以更有效的方式提供电脑技术。那后来成为了戴尔公司的核心理念，自那以后我们便一直坚持不懈。

I started the business with a simple question: how can we make the process of buying a computer better?The answer was :sell the computer directly to the end customers.Eliminate the reseller’s markup and pass the savings on to the customers.我是从一个简单的问题开始创业的：我们如何使购买电脑的过程变得更方便?答案是：直接把电脑卖给终端用户。去除转销商这一层的钱，并把省下的钱还给用户。

It is a celebrating day. I got in touch with Michael whom I have been losing contact for one year.

It is really magic. I was searching online aimlessly yesterday when an idea struck me suddenly: since Ben can find out my secret by keying in my name in the search engines, why can’t I do so, either?

I intended to find out something about Ben in revenge in the first place, but soon extend my name list to a wider category. It was then that I recalled Michael suddenly.

We have lost contact since our last correspondence in my senior 3. He mentioned to me in his last letter that he was preparing for going to UK to further his education. I, shamefully, was too busy to reply his mail then. When I was recommended to ZJU and won the final freedom, I thought he had already been in UK so I had no idea where to write him.

I used to think that we would never meet again. However, when I browsed the entries about him, I found out excitedly that he is still in P.R.C.!!

Without a moment hesitation, I ran upstairs to my dorm and found out my old address book. Thank goodness, his home no was still there.

After 3 times calling with no answer replies, I eventually got him on the phone. He was more surprised than I could imagine that when I asked for his hp no he was too nervous to remember it. :P Hehe.

Life is enjoyable in moments such like this. Old friends meet again surprisingly, on a road of their own ways to their dreams. they look at the face of each other, and recognize the old pal. It is such moment that makes me feel grateful to life: whenever I set off for a new destination, I see I have friends in the same direction, with whom I won’t feel alone any more.

"Yang Jun Bao" is my good friend and classmate from grade 1 to grade four. And he was divided into class five (6) this year, and I was divided into grade five (4), so we couldnt play together.

Yang Junbao is eleven years old. He has jet black hair, watery eyes and big nose. He likes painting and sports. His personality is good and bad. I remember the third grade, there is a class, he and I go out to bars parallel bars, but we only think of it next to the teacher said not to let the students play bars. Yang Junbao said to me: "lets go, the teacher said not to play bars!" I replied, "whats the matter?" The teacher cant see it again! " But Yang Junbao insisted on not playing, and finally threatened to say, "if you play, Ill ignore you!" I replied, "ignore me without me, and Im afraid to lose your friend..." So I didnt play with Yang Junbao.

However, I think the evening back to the home, he does not, then I will in the evening to Yang Junbao home made a phone call, asking for forgiveness. And he said, "Ive forgiven you." I listened to his words and was very happy. Because we can be friends again!

This is my good friend, Yang Junbao.

My father

My fathers name is Wang Yaohan. He has an English name, Jack. He is thirty-eight years old. My father is a worker. Heworks in a factory. He has two big eyes and two big ears. He has short hair. My father is very thin. He is only fifty kilograms. He likes learning English very much. He learns English everyday. My father likes watching TV. His favorite television channel is CCTV-10, because he can learn a lot English from the program Outlook English at that channel.

English is my fathers good friend. I am my fathers friend, too My holiday.

May Day is coming. Im so happy because my father and my mother take me to WuQuan Park this holiday.

In the park, I see many trees and beautiful flowers. There are many children and many

happy playing games, too.

My parents take me to the zoo. There are lions, tigers, eagles, bears, deer, monkeys, and so on. I like the monkeys best because they are

very clever and they make us laugh. How lovely they are! I have a good time that day. What a beautiful and happy holiday.

Parents to our love is meticulous, their love always with us. Now, we want to use the grateful heart to repay their parents.

Parents and nurturing since childhood to the big us, about how much love we pour! Dont we should thank them? Perhaps some people think its no big deal, if this understanding is wrong. In a word, I think parents love is beyond expression. And some let us listen to bother "nag", also contain the parents of our deep love. As they were leaving the mother a charge: "be careful on the road!" , "the road slowly!" Infinite embodies the parents of our caring. On one occasion, my mother said to me he when I rode a bike to school, heart in her throat. Visible parents about how much we care!

Aging parents day by day, but we are growing up day by day. We cannot to parents "winter is warm, summer is part of the morning is province, faint is." At the very least ought to be "parents call, do not delay, parents life, do not lazy, parents teach, must respect, parents, must be suitable bearing. The will, the will face." We must learn to understand, to understand the world parents heart! We should be doing little things for parents, even washing dishes, a tow, wipe the table, poured a glass of water for the parents... Help your parents. To the best of our filial piety.

Parents are our parents, are our partners, and take care of us and raising us. We should thank our parents for us the care and support. You did wrong, parents sometimes harsh rebuke. See the exam is, parents will be criticism, even beat and scold! Dont think their parents what is bad, that is hate iron not to produce! We dont wrong about the hardest thing in the world who love us!

Now, let us learn to Thanksgiving! Have a grateful heart, people become more noble, the world will become more beautiful!

父母对我们的爱是无微不至的，他们的爱时时伴随着我们。现在，我们要用感恩的心来回报父母。

父母把我们从小养育大，对我们倾注了多少爱呀!难道我们不应该感恩他们吗?或许有些人认为这没什么大不了的，如果这样理解就错了。总之，我觉得父母的爱是无法用语言来表达的。又是一些让我们听着烦的"唠叨",也包含着父母对我们深深的爱。临出门时母亲一句嘱咐："路上小心!"，"路上慢点儿!"都体现着父母对我们的无限牵挂。有一次，妈妈对我说他每当我骑着自行车去学校的时候，心都提到了嗓子眼儿。可见父母对我们是多么的牵挂啊!

父母一天一天的衰老了，而我们却一天一天的长大了。我们对父母虽不能"冬则温，夏则凊，晨则省，昏则定。"最起码应该"父母呼，行勿缓，父母命，行勿懒，父母教，须敬听，父母责，须顺承。出必告，反必面。"我们要学会懂事，明白天下父母心!我们应该为父母做一些小事，哪怕是洗一洗碗，拖一拖地，擦一擦桌子，为父母倒一杯水……帮一下父母。尽一下我们的孝心。

父母是我们的家长，是我们的伙伴，也是照顾我们和养育我们的人。我们应该感谢父母对我们的照顾和养育之恩。自己做错了，父母有时会严厉的责备。看是考砸了，父母会批评，甚至打骂!不要认为自己的父母是怎样的不好，那是恨铁不成钢啊!我们不要错怪这世上最疼爱我们的人啊!

现在，让我们学会感恩吧!有了感恩的心，人会变得更高尚，人间也会变得更加美好!

Today is Sunday. After supper, father, mother and I went to the pardk. I sat on the back of father’s bike. After a while, father said, Girl, you should lose weight. Motheragreed with father. But I thought it wasn’t bad for me. So I said, No, I don’t want to. I like to be myself. Do you know the famous actress named Fei Fei in Hong Kong? She is very fat but very popular with the audience. But few fat people can become famous, father didn’t agree with me. And mother continued, You know, a lot of illnesses are caused by obesity, such as heart disease, hypertension and so on.

It seemed I had two opponents. I should try my best to defeat them. So I quibbled, There’s nothing to be worried about. Anyway, the medical technology has been developed so advanced. And then I directed the spearhead at mother, You are also so fat. Why don’t you want to lose weight’? Mother sighed, I dowant to. But it’s not good for me to do so. I’min my forties while you are so young. If you can do more exercises and control your diet, you’ll easily lose weight. No, you’re rong. I said loudly. Some experts say that exercises can’t help people lose weight because they will eat more after the exercise.

Father and mother looked at each other and didn’t know’ what to say. I won the debate! I stopped laughing when I heard father saying, Fat daughter, please get off my bike. Oh, no!

That was a morning in the early of June. I took a bus to my school in the suburb which was surrounded by rice paddies and ponds. The sky was gray with the gloomy clouds congregating gradually along the far eastern horizon. "There must be a heavy rain soon." I spoke to myself.

When I hurried into the classroom, the sky, gray before, was shrouded now by black clouds, darken to twilight, I felt quite stuffy, while it was quite calm, without wind. I saw the leaves of trees and grass static, which seem to await something tohappen. Several minutes later, I saw the lightening split the clouds and heard the thunders following. Suddenly, the curtain of rain fell and the wind blew. soon the grass flattened under the wind and the rain. With the rain forming like a fog, the sky became bright. I took several deep breathes. I felt comfortable.

The heavy rain lasted three hours and stopped when the class was over. The air was so fresh and the sky was so clear. I felt like a new man myself.

导语：你每天都是怎么过的呢?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

Today is Sunday.I get up early.Because I play sports.I wear my T-shirt and my skirt.Then I go to the playground to play ping-pong with Lucy.We are happy.After that,we eat breakfast .I like drinking milk but she likes drinking juice.At 10:00,I play the piano.Then I eat lunch at 2:30. I will go to school to study English. After that,I will go home and eat dinner.Then I will go to bed.

This is my day. Do you like it?

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今天是星期日，我早起，因为我运动，我穿我的T恤和裙子，然后我去操场和露西打乒乓球，我们很开心，然后我们吃早餐，我喜欢喝牛奶，但是她喜欢喝果汁，在10:00，我弹钢琴，然后我在2:30吃午饭。我要去学校学英语。之后，我会回家吃晚饭，然后去睡觉。

这是我的日子。您喜欢吗?

Chinese people usually have two word or three word names: the family name, a middle name and the last name.中国人的名字通常由两个字或三个字组成：姓，中间名和最后名。

Family names always come tirst.For example, my full name is Bai Junwei.Bai is my family name. Junwei is my given name.But some Chinese people dont have the middle name. For example, a man called Zhou Jian. Zhou is his family name,and Jian is his given name.姓要放在第一位。例如：我的全名叫白君伟。白是我的姓，君伟是我的名。但有些中国人没有中间的名，例如：一个人叫周健，周是他的姓，健是他的名。

People often use Mr. , Mrs. , or Miss before their family names, but never before.their given names.So you can say "Mr. Zhou", but you could never say "Mr.Jian".人们经常在他姓的后面使用先生、夫人、小姐，但此种说法从不在名字后面使用。所以你能说“周先生”，而不能说“健先生”。

Chinese names are different from English names.In England, the last name is the family name. The first and the middle name is tile given name.For example,there is a man called Jim Henry Brown. Brown is his family name. Jim Henry is his given name.Another difference between~ E.nglish and Chinese names is that in China, the younger peoples names shouldnt be the same as the elders in the family.For example, my grandpas name is Guo Dong, so i cant be called Guo Dong again.This shows that we respect the old people.中国人的名字与英国人的名字不同。在英国，最后一个字是姓，第一个和第二个是名字。例如：有个人叫Jim HenryBrown，Brown是他的姓，JimHenry是他的名字。英文和中文名字的另一个不同之处是：在中国，年轻人一般不能取和老人一样的名字。例如：我的外公叫郭冬，而我不能再叫郭冬，这是对老人的尊重。

In the family, people usually call me Weiwei for short. This is because it is shorter and easier than Bai Junwei, and it also they love me.In one word, Chinese names are quite different from English names.在家里，大人通常简称我伟伟，这是因为这比白君伟短并且容易叫，也显示出了他们对我的疼爱之情。总之，中国人的姓名表示法与英国人不同。

Time is like a never-ending river, in a hurry, quietly from the people around you. Unwittingly, the days left in a hurry, ushered in a new age, people and began a journey.

Today is the first day of the New Year, the air is fresh and sunny morning, my mother took me to feel the atmosphere of New Years day outside. Flowed along the street cars coming and going, very lively, my mother took me to the supermarket to buy things, the hustle and bustle in the supermarket, because all the people in a hurry to buy a New Years day gift! Mother said to buy me a toy, I said: "these are big kids dont my car toys, to save some money to buy school supplies," then I will chose some school supplies and a cake billet yourself to make the cake to celebrate New Years day. On the way back to my grandmas I saw so many stores and supermarkets, and all written on the glass I wish you all a happy New Years day, back to my grandmas brother and I take out the cake billet starts in the above article. Less than half an hour a charmingly homemade cake will appear in the eyes, its really a happy New Year!

At the moment, out of the window and the sound of the firecrackers of villager, are reluctant farewell to the old, is also a good vision of the New Year.

时光就像一条永不停息的小河，匆匆地、悄悄地从人们身边流过。不知不觉中，日子匆匆地走了，迎来了一个新的岁月，开始了人们的又一段旅程。

今天是新年的第一天，早上空气清新、阳光明媚，妈妈带我到外面感受一下元旦的气氛。大街上车辆来来往往，川流不息好不热闹，妈妈带我去超市买东西，超市里熙熙攘攘，原来人们都急着买过元旦的礼物呢!妈妈说要给我买一个玩具，我说：“我都是大小孩了不要汽车这些玩具，要省些钱来买学习用品，”随后我就选了一些学习用品还有一个蛋糕坯自己来做蛋糕庆祝元旦。在回外婆家的路上我看见许许多多的商店、超市都在玻璃上写着祝大家元旦快乐，回到外婆家我拿出蛋糕坯和哥哥在上面做起文章来。不到半小时一个漂漂亮亮的自制蛋糕就出现在眼前，这真是一个快乐的元旦呀!

此刻，窗外又响起了噼里啪啦的鞭炮声，这是人们告别旧年的恋恋不舍，也是人们对新年的美好憧憬。

导语：学会感激，你就会少一分烦恼，多一分释然;少一分忧愁，多一分欢笑;少一分抱怨，多一分感恩;少一分孤独，多一分友爱;少一分斤斤计较，多一分潇洒自若。 下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

One Sunday afternoon when I was learning to ride my bike, I fell down and hurt my arms badly. As soon as my parents heard this, they took me to the hospital at once. During my stay in bed, they took good care of me and cheered me up. Meanwhile, they helped me with my lessons. With their help, I caught up with my classmates. Now Ill try my best to study well to repay my parents.

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一个星期天的下午,我正学着骑自行车时,我摔倒了,胳膊伤得很厉害。父母一听说,就立刻把我送到医院。在我卧床养伤期间,他们静心照顾我,让我高兴起来。与此同时,他们还帮我学习。在他们的帮助下,我赶上了我的同学,现在我尽我最大的努力来学习好用以报达我的父母。

The Importance of Breakfast

As people are so busy with their work, they go to work directly in the morning without eating breakfast. Some people think not having breakfast does no influence on their body health. Some believe breakfast is important to peoples body health. In my opinion, Im convinced that we should have breakfast because it is good for our body health.

First of all, breakfast offer us the energy we need for the day. Before breakfast, our body has consumed all the energy we get from previous meal. Consequently, we need to eat some food in the morning to get enough energy and nutrient to support our body. If we dont have breakfast, then we have no enough energy to do our work efficiently.

Secondly, people who skip breakfast will get weight easily. If you dont have breakfast, then you will eat more food at noon and in the evening. Generally speaking, we dont have much excise in the evening while we eat too much food. As a result, the surplus calorie will be stored in our body and make us fat.

All in all, people should eat breakfast for the good of our health and for the good of keeping a good body shape.

人们都忙于自己的工作，所以在早上都会选择直接上班，而不吃早餐。一些人认为不吃早餐不会影响自己的身体健康。一些人认为早餐对健康很重要。就我来说，我觉得为了身体健康着想，我们应该吃早餐。

首先，早餐能够给我们提供自己一天所需的能量。在吃早餐前，我们的身体一斤高消耗完了前一餐的食物提供给我们的能量。说以，我们需要在早上吃点儿东西来给我们的身体提供一些能量和营养。如果我们不吃早餐，那么我们没有足够的能量，这样会导致我们工作效率低。

其次，不吃早餐的人更容易肥胖。如果不吃早餐，你将会在中午和晚上吃大量的食物。通常来说，一般人们在晚上的活动量会很少，但是，我们由于吃了太多的食物，那些多余的热量会储存在我们的身体里，让我们变胖。

总之，人们应该吃早餐，不仅为了身体健康着想，也为我们能够保持一个好的身材着想。

I’m Liu Yuan jiao. I am very happy to say something here. At this time, I’ d like to talk about my hobby.

我是刘元角。我说的东西在这里很开心。在这个时候，我想谈谈我的爱好。

I have many hobby. First, I like playing games.

我有许多的爱好。首先，我喜欢玩游戏。

Computer games are cool. I like CS best. I could play it all day.

电脑游戏很酷。我喜欢CS最好。我可以玩一整天。

Second, I like sports. I love playing football with friends. Swimmin in the sea is my favorite. And l like to draw pictures ai home. I often read comics on the bedin the evening. It’s my secrot pleas don’t tell my parents, I like music. I like singing. I often sing songs. Of course, I learn English everyday. As you konw, English is used everywhere in the world. So l learn English very well someday. Then l can talk about the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games with them. It’s my colorful dream in the English world

第二，我喜欢运动。我喜欢和朋友一起踢足球。在海里游泳是我最喜欢的。我喜欢画画，艾家。我经常在晚上看漫画的副官。这是我的秘密请不要告诉我的父母，我喜欢音乐。我喜欢唱歌。我经常唱的歌曲。当然，我每天都学习英语。你知道，英语是用来在世界各地。我学习英语有一天很好。然后我可以谈广州2010亚运会与他们。这是我在英语世界的五彩缤纷的梦

October 8th Wednesday Windy

10月8日 星期三 有风

I was fifteen minutes late for school this morning. I usually go to school by bike. But this morning there was something wrong with my bike. It didnt work on the way to school. I had to have it repaired. So I had to take a bus. It took me about twenty minutes to get to school. When I arrived at the school gate, it was 8:15. I was afraid when I entered the classroom, because Mr. Zhang is very strict with us. Luckily, he was not angry with me this time.

今天早晨上学我迟到了15分钟。我通常骑车上学，可是今天早晨我的自行车出了毛病，在上学的路上它不转了。我不得不找人修车。因此我乘上了公共汽车。我用了20分钟才到了学校。当我到达校门口时，时间已经是8点15分了。当走进教师时我很害怕，因为张老师对我们很严格。幸好今天他没有对我发火。

词义解析：

1.October：十月

2.Wednesday：星期三

3.fifteen：事物

4.minute：分钟

5.repair：修理

6.twenty：二十

7.arrive：到达

8.afraid：担心

9.enter：进入

10.strict：严格的

11.luckily：幸运地

12.angry：生气的

词组解析：

1.be strict with：对……严格

2.be angry with：对……生气

The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment, then where is it to be found?

The very stealth, the eerie quietness, of the thing makes it more magical. Ifall the snow fell at once in one shattering crash, awakening us in the middle of the night the event would be robbed of its wonder. But it flutters down, soundless, hour after hour while we are asleep. Outside the closed curtains of the bedroom a vast transfbrmation scene is takiag place, just as if a myriad elves and brownies were at work, and we turn and yawn and stretch and know nothing about it. And then, what an extraordinary change it is! It is as if the house continent. Even the inside, which has not been touched, seems different, every room appearing smaller and cosier, just as if some power were trying to turn it into a woodcutter’s hut or a snug logcabin. Outside, where the garden was yesterday, there is now a white and glistening level, and the village beyond is no longer your own familiar cluster of roofs but a village in an old German fairy-tale.

You would not be surprised to learn that all the people there, the speetacled postmistress, the cobbler, the retired school master, and the rest, had suffered a change too and had become queer elvish beings, purveyors of invisible caps and magic shoes. You yourselves do not feel quite the same people you were yesterday. How could you not when so much has been changed? There is a curious stir, a little shiver of excite-ment, troubling the house, not unlike the feeling there is abroad when a journey has to be made. The children, of course, are all excitement but even the adults hang about and talk to one another longer than usual before setting down to the day’s work. Nobody can resist the windows. It is like being on board a ship.