The Mysterious Child Learn English through story level 3

chapter one

allegra one

i met allegra

one night in april

12 years ago

i was 16 years old and she was only five

i remember that it rained a lot that

night and we arrived late at the house

we were driving along a dark road

when my mother saw a sign

which said

in big letters

villa henderson

bed and breakfast

it’s in english

my mother said

she was surprised because we were on

holiday in italy

my father turned right

and drove along an old road

when we arrived

we saw a big villa

with tall black trees around it

there was a light in one of the windows

and on the wall above the door were the

words

villa henderson

my father knocked at the door

and a small woman opened it

she was about 60

and wore strange clothes

are you english

my father asked

yes

i am

she answered in a quiet voice

we’re looking for rooms for the night

can we stay here

please

come in

we went into a long comfortable room

there was a bright fire in the old

fireplace

which gave a beautiful

warm light

the weather is very bad

said the woman

it’s cold for april

i’ll make some tea for you

when she went out

we looked around the room

there were lots of english tables and

chairs in dark wood

and the walls and floor were of stone

there were two big armchairs in front of

the fire

and a large black dog was sleeping in

one of them

i like this room

said my mother

it looks comfortable

but it’s beautiful too

just then

the woman returned with the tea

behind her came a woman in a long black

dress

my name is margaret henderson

said the old woman

and this is my daughter

chiara

she has a daughter too

so i’m a grandmother

my daughter is in bed smiled kiara

she was a tall woman with long fair hair

and blue eyes

she was perhaps about 35

have you come far today

she asked

yes my father replied we’re very tired

your rooms are ready for you

i’ll take you up when you’ve had your

tea

after tea

we went up some stairs and followed

kiara along a corridor

she stopped at a door

and told my parents that it was their

room

then she looked at me

your room is round the corner

come this way please

we turned right and walked along another

corridor

my room was at the end

good night

and sleep well

said kiara with a smile

but i didn’t sleep well

i locked the door

and after five minutes i was in bed

the house was silent

but i could hear the rain on the window

and the strong wind in the trees outside

i slept a little

woke up

then slept again

and then

i woke up suddenly

the window shutters were making a loud

noise against the wall

i could see that the window was open

because the long white curtains were

moving in the wind

i got up

and closed both the shutters and the

window

now the room was very dark

so i walked with my hands out in front

of me

to try and find the light on the table

by the bed

my left hand touched the table

and then something took hold of my right

arm

it was a cold little

hand the hair on my neck

stood up

and my legs began to shake

who is it

i cried

at the same time

i found the light on the table

and turned it on

a little girl

in a long white night dress

stood in front of me near the bed

she was looking at me with big eyes

as blue as an italian sky in summer

her blonde hair was as bright as

sunlight round her pale face

what a beautiful child

i thought

hello

my name’s alegwa she said

her voice was soft and sweet

and she spoke english beautifully but

she couldn’t say the letter r

did you come in through the window i

asked

but she answered me with a question

what’s your name

adrian

i’m five years

and three months old she said

how old are you

sixteen

how did you get in here

don’t be angry with me adrian she said

i’m not angry with you

don’t cry

tell me your name again

it means happy in italian

what are you doing here allegra

what do you want

will you take me to my mama

she asked suddenly

i looked at her in surprise

but you know where your mother is i said

yes

but she’s a long way from here

no she isn’t allegra

she’s in this house

i want to see mama

will you take me please

no allegra

she’ll be angry with you because you

aren’t in bed

oh no

mama was never angry with me

she said with a little smile

but sometimes

papa was angry

and i was afraid of him

for a while

i didn’t speak

and i just looked at her

why did she say was

and not is when she spoke about her

parents

she was a very strange little girl

you must go back to bed now allegra i

said i’m not going to take you to your

mother

she looked at me

and now her blue eyes were sad

will you take me to mama tomorrow then

yes

thank you

she cried happily

now where is your room

it’s next to this one

okay

let’s go

and i took her hand

her cold little hand

just then the window opened again

and the wind and rain came in

i went to the window to close it

but the curtains flew up in my face and

i couldn’t see anything

i closed the window

and when i turned round

allegra wasn’t there

for a minute

i just stood still

then i unlocked my door

and went along the corridor

there was a door on the left

i opened it slowly

the room was dark

but i could see that it was a child’s

room

somebody was sleeping in a bed near the

window

good i thought

she’s in bed now

and i closed the door

next morning

after breakfast

we went into the garden

there were beautiful hills and woods

around it

i walked round to the back of the house

because i wanted to look at the windows

of my room and allegra’s room

there was a big tree between them

near the wall of the house

perhaps she got out of her window onto

the tree

and then got in through my window i

thought

but it looked a difficult and dangerous

thing to do

possible for an adult perhaps

but not for a girl of five

when i went back to the front garden

allegra’s mother was there

she was talking to my parents

did your shutters open last night she

asked

i heard a noise

no replied my mother

but we heard a noise too

it was the shutters in my room

i said

oh i’m sorry said kiara

those shutters are very old

but i hope you slept well after you

closed them

shall i tell her

i thought

then i said with a smile

yes

i slept well thank you

but only after your daughter’s visit

allegra

chiara was very surprised

yes

she came to my room in the middle of the

night

did she

well

i know she sometimes walks in her sleep

but

i began

and i stopped

again i thought

shall i tell her

but i decided not to say that the door

was locked

i knew they wouldn’t believe me

and i thought that they would laugh at

so i just said that allegra was a

beautiful child

yes

she is

kiara answered

but she isn’t a very happy girl

doesn’t her name mean happy in italian

yes

but i have never met an italian child

called allegra

why did you call her allegra

my mother asked

i don’t know

the name came to me suddenly

perhaps i wanted a happy child

and chiara smiled sadly

then she turned to the house and called

her daughter

allegra

come downstairs please

i’m coming

came a shout from the house

we heard allegra on the stairs

then she came out

i looked at her

i looked

and looked

but i couldn’t believe my eyes

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chapter two

allegra two

she was pale

and beautiful

like the girl in my room

but this

was a different girl

this allegra had long black hair

and her eyes were brown

hello

she said

was it the same voice

it was soft and sweet but

i wasn’t sure

this is adrian

said kiara

he says that you went into his room last

night allegra

the girl looked at me in surprise

no mommy i wasn’t in his womb

she spoke english beautifully

but she couldn’t say the letter r

you see

she doesn’t remember

chiara said to me

i think that she was walking in her

sleep again

when i went to bed that night

i couldn’t sleep

i was waiting for the girl

and i was afraid

but after about an hour my eyes closed

and i slept

i woke up suddenly when a cold little

hand touched my face

the girl’s voice spoke softly in my ear

wake up adrian

wake up

i turned on the light

she was there

but was she real

her skin was like milk

her blonde hair was like sunlight in the

room

she was wearing the long white night

dress

is she real or is this a dream i thought

and i touched her face

it was cold

very cold

but it was real

will you take me to mama now she asked

i looked at the window

it was closed

then i went to the door

it was locked

i began to feel very afraid

how did you get in here i asked

you weren’t here

so i waited for you

i was sleeping behind that curtain

she showed me a curtain in a corner of

the room

there was another smaller bed for a

child behind it

so she was in the room before i came

but where did she come from

and who was her mother

okay

i’ll take you to your mother i said

where is she

suddenly the girl began to speak in

italian

she’s at banyo avepoli

near florence

but we can’t go to florence tonight i

said

i could understand italian but i spoke

in english

you must take me

allegra said angrily speaking in english

again

i want to see my mama tonight

i want to see her before i die

then she began to cry

die

what did she mean

why do you say that

i said in surprise

you’re not going to die

yes i am

i know

papa didn’t like mama

and he took me away from her

i didn’t see her for a long time

i wanted to see her and she wanted to

see me too

oh i must see her before i die

again

i couldn’t understand why she spoke in

the past

i really couldn’t understand anything

was this all a little girl’s fantasy

i decided to ask her some questions

who is your mother

what is her name

claire

claire was the english for chiara

i thought for a second

come with me allegra i said

we’ll go downstairs

i wanted to show this little girl to

kiara

then she would know that her daughter

wasn’t walking in her sleep and i would

know that i wasn’t dreaming

i took the girl’s cold little hand

but she wouldn’t come

she cried in italian again

my dear mama

is at banyo a wipoli near florence i

want to go there

i said

wait here allegra

i’ll go downstairs and bring my friend

she wants to see you

wait here

i found kiara in the long room

she was reading a book in an armchair by

the fire

i told her that there was a girl in my

room again

she looked surprised and followed me

upstairs

we went along the corridor

my door was open and we went into the

room

the child wasn’t there

we looked everywhere but found nothing

the only child in the house was chiara’s

daughter

she’s sleeping in her bed

chiara told me

perhaps you had a dream adrian

it wasn’t a dream

there was a girl in my room a few

minutes ago

i saw her and talked to her

then i told kiara everything about the

girl

when i finished she said

well

it’s very strange

who is this girl

she isn’t my daughter

my allegra has got black hair and brown

eyes

and my husband didn’t take her away from

i know that he

wants to take her away

but he

can’t allegra lives with me

you see

i don’t love my husband anymore

and so he doesn’t live here with us

he’s in england

but allegra likes him a lot

and i know that she wants to see him

she was silent for a minute

then said

the child in your room wants to see her

mother and allegra wants to see her

father

it’s strange isn’t it

i don’t understand it

next day

i went for a walk with allegra henderson

the big black dog came with us

we walked down a hill and came to a

little river with a bridge

we stood on the bridge while allegra

dropped stones into the water and the

dog tried to find them

do you speak italian allegra i asked

oh yes

listen

and she spoke fast in italian

did you learn it at school

yes

it’s a convent school

and the teachers are italian nuns

look

nero has got a stone in his mouth

isn’t he clever

come here nero

allegra

do you know a place called bagno aripoli

i don’t

oh don’t shake the water over us nero

you bad boy

do you know anybody called claire

yes of course

that’s mummy’s name in english

allegra laughed

but she didn’t laugh when i asked

where’s your daddy allegra

she didn’t answer me

you’re a bad boy nero

she said angrily

give me that stone

i asked her the question again

this time she answered

mummy says he’s in england

was she sad or angry

i didn’t know

do you want to see him

yes

she said

and i saw that she was unhappy

she didn’t want to talk about it

why can’t you see him

i asked

because mummy says that he wants to take

me away from her

would you like to go away with your

daddy

she looked at me for a second

then suddenly

she began to cry

i want to see my daddy she cried

sad and angry at the same time

i want to see him before i die

why doesn’t he come

and then she ran away

she ran fast up the hill

and nero ran behind her

my parents liked the villa so he stayed

there for a week

but i wanted to go

i was afraid

every night the blonde allegra came to

my room in her long white night dress

and asked me to take her to her mama

when i said no

she was always very angry with me

and every day

i talked and played with the dark-haired

allegra

kiara’s daughter

i liked her a lot

and she liked me

we were good friends

but she was like two different people

sometimes she spoke to me angrily

like the other allegra in the night

at other times she was a happy sweet

little girl of five again

i often asked her

why she thought that she was going to

die

she always answered with the same words

i know

during that week’s holiday

i began to feel love for allegra

henderson

but there was the other allegra who came

at night

who was she

i didn’t believe in ghosts but i was

beginning to think

that she was a ghost

the day before we left

i wrote some notes

allegra henderson

five years old

tall

black

hair

brown eyes

pale

speaks english

and italian

but can’t say ah

mother’s name

chiara

calls her

mummy

wants to see her father

who lives in england

thinks

she is going to die

allegra

the ghost

five years old

tall

blonde hair

blue eyes

pale

speaks english and italian

but can’t say ah

mother’s name claire

and lives at banyo a

near florence

calls her

mama

wants to see her mother

but her father says no

thinks

she is going

to die

i read these notes

lots of times

but they didn’t help me

then i saw that i didn’t know anything

about the ghost allegra’s father

so i decided to ask her that night

which was our last night at the villa

i didn’t sleep much that night

i waited

and waited

but she didn’t come

she didn’t come

and i was angry

i felt sure that her father was

important

next morning

we said goodbye to the hendersons

when i said goodbye to allegra

i felt sad

she was sad too

and she gave me a kiss

i hope that one day you will see your

daddy

i said to her

then you’ll be happy

oh no

she answered in a strange voice

papa is dead now

he was a famous lord

and he took me away from my mama

but he’s dead now

we were all

very surprised

what are you saying allegra

chiara said

your father isn’t a lord

and he isn’t dead

what a strange fantasy

but allegra only smiled

a sad smile

and that was the last time i saw her

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chapter three

allegra three

in england i went back to school

and my studies

but i didn’t forget allegra

i wrote letters to her

and sent some small presents

she didn’t answer my letters

but i said to myself

well

she’s only five

perhaps she can’t write letters yet

then

a year after our holiday in italy

a letter arrived from margaret henderson

first she thanked me for my letters and

presents

then she wrote

i’m sorry that we didn’t write to you

but it has been a very bad year for us

it is difficult for me to right now

but today

is april the 21st

and i want to tell you

that something terrible happened on the

same day last year

kiara and i

are still very sad

and kiara has been ill

she doesn’t eat much

and she doesn’t want to speak to anybody

now i’ll tell you why

a week after your holiday

our little allegra got a fever

a few days later

the fever was worse

and we called the doctor

he said

that he wasn’t sure what the fever was

perhaps she drank some bad water

or ate food that was bad he told us

he gave her some medicine

and she was better

but then the fever returned very quickly

we couldn’t find the doctor

and when he arrived

it was too late

our dear little allegra

died on april the 21st a year ago

it’s like a terrible dream

our darling child

was only five years and three months old

now she has gone

and she will never come back to us

when i read this

i was shocked

allegra

dead i felt very sad

and i began to cry

for a long time i just couldn’t believe

i remembered her face

her voice and her child’s talk

i remembered our games and our

conversations

allegra came back to me like a ghost

and i was very unhappy

when i was 18

i went to university to study italian

but i often remembered allegra

and that strange week at the villa

henderson

how could i forget it

and i often thought about allegra’s

strange words

i want to see my daddy before i die

how did she know that she was going to

die

and then there was the ghost allegra in

my room

saying

i want to see my mama before i die

what did it all mean

i wanted to find the answer to this

mystery

but how

in spring

i went to italy for my studies

and i stayed in florence with an italian

family

they had a little daughter

when they told me her name

i couldn’t believe my ears

we wanted

a different name

the mother told me

a name

that you don’t often find in italy

allegra

came to me suddenly

it’s a beautiful name

and we hoped that she would be a happy

child

but

she isn’t happy

she’s a strange girl

i looked at the child

she was tall

her face was pale and beautiful

she had long brown hair

and brown

eyes how old is she

i asked

she’s five

five

uh are you sure

i mean

is she

i said stupidly

yes

five

the mother looked at me strangely

can i

ask you

when she was five

i mean

when is her birthday

the mother looked surprised

in january

why but please

tell me the exact

day

you see i i’d like to buy her a present

next year

now the mother was smiling

she was born on january the 21st

when i went to my room that night

i was afraid

and i didn’t go to bed

i was thinking about allegra henderson

she died on april the 21st when she was

five years and three months old

so she was born

on january the 21st too

was it possible that this italian

allegra had the same name

the same birthday the same age

i couldn’t sleep

so i tried to read a book

about some english poets in italy

but i couldn’t

i was waiting

waiting

she came

at midnight

i looked at my watch

and then she was there

in a dark corner of the room

a beautiful

blonde child

her skin like milk

her eyes like the blue of an italian sky

she wore a long white

night dress

allegra

will you take me to my mama

she asked in her beautiful english

she’s at banyo a whip bully

it isn’t far from here

i was very afraid now

and i shouted

go away

but she came and stood by my armchair

i want to see mama before i die

take me

she said angrily

i ran out of that room

very fast

next morning

i decided to go to banyo aripoli

i drove there in my small feared five

hundred

there were only a few houses

and a small church

called

santa maria delantella

i went into the church

but there was nothing special about it

then i walked around the small cemetery

behind it

but i didn’t see anything different

so i decided to go back to florence

when i was going out of the cemetery

i saw a tombstone

with some english words on it

i stopped

and read

hear lies

claire claremont

died in florence

march the 19th

1879

aged

the name

claire again

the name of the ghost allegra’s mother

i was very

surprised but i still didn’t understand

anything

in florence that afternoon

i decided to go to a bar

and read the book about the english

poets

and while i was reading about byron and

shelley

i began to understand the mystery of

allegra

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chapter 4

lord byron’s daughter

this

is what i read

on january the 21st

1817

claire claremont

19 years old

had a baby daughter in a town called

bath in england

the baby’s father was the poet lord

byron

but he was not claire’s husband

they were lovers for a while

but then

byron went to italy he did not love

claire

and he did not want to be with her

so claire lived with byron’s friends

the poet shelley

his wife mary

and their two children

claire and mary were half sisters

they had the same father but different

mothers

shelley likes children very much

and he felt a strong love for claire’s

baby

he hoped that his friend byron would

help claire and her daughter

from bath he wrote to him

claire has a very beautiful girl

her hair is fair and her eyes are blue

claire calls her alba

baron wanted to see his baby daughter

and he asked shelley to bring her to

italy

shelley wanted to live in italy too

so he and his family

and claire and her baby all traveled

there

the baby was a year old

and now she was called allegra because

byron liked the name

in italy claire decided to give allegra

to byron

because she thought that the daughter of

an english lord would have a good future

shelley said to her

don’t do it claire or you will never see

your daughter again

but byron was rich

and claire thought that allegra would

have a better life with him

of course she did not want to give

allegra to byron

and when she sent the child to him in

venice she was very unhappy

in a letter to a friend she wrote

in the spring of 1818

i sent my little darling to her father

she was the only thing that i loved in

the world

it was a terrible mistake

allegra lived with her father in a big

house called the palazzo mochenigo

it was full of strange animals and even

stranger people

after a while lord baron understood that

it was not a good home for a child

so he gave allegra to an english family

in venice

and in august claire saw her there

then barron said that claire and her

baby and shelley’s family could stay at

his villa

near a town called este

for two months

claire was happy there with allegra

but byron also said that she must bring

allegra to him in venice in the autumn

so in october allegra went back to her

father

and claire never saw her again

allegra stayed in venice for eight

months with different families

then byron took her to the city of

bologna

he wrote to shelley

she is like me

she has white skin

her voice is soft

and she can’t say the letter r

for many months he sent no news to

claire about her daughter

then she heard that allegra was with her

father in a town called ravenna

she wrote to him

i want to see my daughter

please

but he said no

claire wrote a lot of letters like this

to byron

but he did not answer them

she was very unhappy

when allegra was four years old

byron sent her to a convent school near

ravenna

the nuns were kind

and loved her very much

but the convent was strange to her

the walls were white and cold

the rooms were empty

and sometimes she was cold

because there was no fire

every day

she did the same things at the same time

this quiet life was very different from

her life with byron

claire was now very angry

she did not like convent schools

and she was sure that allegra was always

cold and lonely

she wrote an angry letter to byron

my child

must be with one of her parents

she said

he did not answer the letter

he thought that the convent was good for

allegra

and he told the nuns that claire must

never visit the child

they must lock the doors to stop her

but he said that shelley could see

allegra

because he was his friend

so one day

shelley went to visit allegra at the

convent

he wrote in his diary

she is tall

and pale

but her eyes are very blue

and she has a lot of blonde hair

she is beautiful

and very different from the other

children

i ran and played with her in the garden

she is very light and fast

i gave her some sweets

and i asked her

what shall i say to your mama

she answered in italian

tell her to send me a kiss

and a beautiful dress

then i asked her

what shall i say to your papa

and she answered tell him to visit me

and to bring mama with him

but papa did not visit her

and mama did not come

on june the 6th

1821

claire dreamt that allegra was ill

she thought that her daughter was going

to die

and she would never see her again

take her away from the convent

she wrote to byron

but he said no

of course

claire wanted to go to the convent and

take allegra away

but this was very difficult

byron was a rich and famous lord

and the people in the convent did what

he wanted

they locked the doors

and then

allegra got a fever

the doctor came and gave her some

medicine

for a while she was better

and the nuns hoped that she would live

but she died

on april the 21st

1822

she was five years and three months old

shelley

was afraid to tell claire that allegra

was dead

she thought that she would try to kill

herself

but one evening

shelley

mary

and some friends were talking about

allegra when claire came into the room

at once

everybody stopped talking

and she knew

allegra’s dead

isn’t she

she said

so shelley told her the sad story

she was very unhappy

and wanted to die

shelley was also unhappy

he loved allegra like a daughter

and he could not forget her

two weeks after allegra died

he was with one of his friends on the

balcony of a house by the sea

suddenly

he saw a child

with long fair hair

and very blue eyes

she was coming out of the sea

and she was smiling at him

in the moonlight

he saw that she wanted to come to him

look

there it is

he said to his friend

can you see her

look

there

but his friend saw nothing

it was allegra’s ghost

and 50 years after allegra died

claire wrote to a friend

i can never forget my darling child

but did she really die

byron and shelley said that she died

but i have heard

that she is alive

some people

say that they have seen her

i am sure that she is alive

claire died in 1879

when she was 81 years old

her tombstone is in the cemetery of

santa maria del antella at banyo

arripoli

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chapter five

banyo arripoli

after i read this strange sad story

i understood the mystery of allegra

was she still alive

but her ghost was still in the world

the little girl in my room

was the ghost of claire claremont’s

allegra

she was unhappy and she couldn’t rest

because she wanted to be with her mother

but she couldn’t find her

she knew that her mother was at banyo

aripoli

but she didn’t know how to get there

so her unhappy ghost

lived and waited in the body of allegra

henderson

chiara’s daughter

at night

it left allegra’s body

and came to my room for help

then

poor allegra died of fever

just like claire’s allegra

but the ghost couldn’t rest

it had to find another child’s body

who is the child

i ask myself

who is the next allegra

allegra 3

but i already knew the answer

my italian family in florence had a

little daughter

her name was allegra

and she would be five years

and three months

on april the 21st

it was now

the evening of april the 20th

i left the bar quickly and ran back to

my family’s house

when i arrived

the mother was crying

electra

is in hospital

she told me she’s got a bad fever

and the doctors aren’t sure what it is

i hope it isn’t dangerous

i hope she’ll get better soon

she’ll be all right i said

she’ll get better

but that night

in my room i said to myself

oh please

no no

i walked round and round the room

and i thought of my dear friend allegra

henderson

i was afraid that allegra 3 was going to

die the next day

but what could i do about it

this allegra must not die

i said angrily

then suddenly

i knew what to do

i waited

ten o’clock

eleven o’clock

midnight

please please come i said

i looked at my watch

12 15

will she come

i said again and again

and then she was there

the ghost of lord byron’s daughter

pale

beautiful

with big blue eyes

and hair like gold

she was smiling at me

are you going to take me to mama

yes allegra

we’re going to banyo arribali

but we must hurry

come on

let’s go

she laughed happily

oh thank you

you’re so kind

i took a cold little hand

we went out of the house

and got into my car

i drove very fast through the night

i’m going to see my dear mama allegra

said

i’ll be with her after all these years

we’ll be so happy

i loved her and she loved me

but papa took me away from her

and he sent me to a convent school

i didn’t like it there

it was so cold and quiet

mama didn’t come

and papa didn’t come

why didn’t they come

but then she laughed

and began to sing an italian song

when we arrived at banyo aripoli she

jumped out of the car and looked around

where is mama

she cried

follow me i said

we went into the cemetery

and i took her to claire claremont’s

tombstone

she’s here i said

your mama is here

allegra read the name on the tombstone

mama

she called

are you here

it’s me

alegwa

i’m here

your allegra is here she was crying with

happiness

i was happy too

but i was also afraid

the cemetery was dark and silent

there was a soft wind in the trees

and in front of my eyes

was this little child’s ghost in a white

night dress

calling for its dead mother

yes

i hear you mama

allegra cried

i’m coming

and very slowly

the ghost of allegra began to disappear

and her voice

was slowly going away

wait for me mama

i’m coming

and then

the ghost wasn’t there

allegra was with her mother at last

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第一章

阿莱格拉一

我

在 12 年前的 4 月的一个晚上遇见了阿莱格拉

我 16 岁，她只有 5 岁

我记得那天晚上下了很多雨

，我们到家很晚，

当我妈妈开车时，我们正沿着一条黑暗的道路行驶看到一个牌子

，上面

写着大写的

别墅亨德森

住宿加

早餐酒店是英文的

我妈妈说

她很惊讶，因为我们

在意大利度假

我父亲右转

，沿着一条老路开车

当我们到达时，

我们看到了一座黑色的大别墅

周围的树

一扇窗户里有一盏灯，

门上方的墙上

写着

我父亲敲门的别墅亨德森别墅

，一个小女人打开了门，

她大约 60 岁

，穿着奇怪的

衣服，你是英国人吗，

我父亲问

是的，

我是，

她用安静的声音回答

我们正在寻找过夜的房间

我们可以住在这里吗

请

进来

温暖的

光线天气很糟糕

那个女人

说四月很冷

我出去的时候给你泡茶

我们环顾了房间

有很多

用深色木头

制成的英式桌椅墙壁和地板都是石头的

火炉前有两把大扶手椅，其中一个睡着一只大黑狗

我喜欢这个

房间我妈妈

说它看起来很舒服

但也很漂亮

就

在那个女人回来时

她身后拿着茶来了一个女人黑色长裙

我的名字是玛格丽特·亨德森

说那位老妇人

，这是我的女儿

chiara

她也有一个女儿，

所以我是祖母

我的女儿在床上微笑着 kiara

她是个高个子女人，长着金色的长发

和蓝色的眼睛

也许大约 35

你今天来远了吗

她问

是的我父亲回答我们很累

你的房间已经为你准备好了你

喝完茶我会带你上楼所以喝完茶我们上了一些楼梯跟着 kiara 一条走廊

她在一扇门前停下来

告诉我父母这是他们的

房间

然后她看着我

你的房间就在拐角处

请这边

走我们右转沿着另

一条走廊走

我的房间在尽头

晚安睡得很好

说 kiara 面带微笑，

但我睡得不好，

我锁上了门

，五分钟后，我躺在

床上，屋子里一片寂静，

但我能听到窗户上的雨声

和外面树上的强风声，

我睡了一点

，

然后醒来又睡了

，然后

我突然醒来，

百叶窗对着墙发出很大的

响声

房间里很暗，

所以我把手伸到

我面前，

试图在床边的桌子上找到灯

我的左手碰到了桌子

，然后有什么东西抓住了我的右臂

那是一只冰冷的小

手头发在我身边 ck

站了起来

，我的双腿开始颤抖我

是谁，

我

哭了，同时

我发现桌子上的灯

打开它，

一个

穿着白色长睡裙的小女孩

站在我面前，靠近

她看着的床我有一双

像夏天意大利天空一样蓝的大眼睛

她的金发像阳光一样明亮地

环绕在她苍白的脸上

多么漂亮的孩子

“不是说字母

r，你是从窗户进来的吗？我

问

她，但她回答了我一个问题

，你叫什么名字，

阿德里安，

我五岁

零三个月大，她说

你十六岁，你是

怎么进来的

？” 别生我的气，阿德里安，她说

我不生你的气，

别哭了，

告诉我你的名字，

这在意大利语中是快乐的

意思，你在这里做什么，阿莱格拉

，你想要什么，你要

带我去见我妈妈吗？

她突然问

我惊讶地看着她，

但你知道你在哪里 r 妈妈，我说

是的，

但她离这里很远，

不，她不是阿莱格拉，

她在这房子里

我想见妈妈，

你能带我去吗？

不，阿莱格拉，

她会生你的气，因为你

不在床上

哦没有

妈妈从不生我的气，

她笑着说，

但有时

爸爸很生气

，我有一段时间害怕他

她的

父母

她是一个非常奇怪的小女孩

你现在必须回去睡觉阿莱格拉我

说我不会带你去见你

妈妈

她看着

我现在她的蓝眼睛很伤心

你明天带我去妈妈那里那么

是的

哦，

谢谢你，

她现在高兴地哭

了，你的房间在哪里，就在

这个房间旁边，

好吧，

我们走吧

，我拉着她的手，

她冰冷的小

手，然后窗户又打开了

，风和雨进来了，

我走到窗户关上，

但是窗帘在我脸上飞舞，

我什么也看不见

我关上窗户

当我转身时，

阿莱格拉一分钟都不在

那里，

我只是站着不动，

然后我打开门

，沿着走廊走

，左边有一扇门，

我慢慢地打开它

，房间很黑，

但我可以看到这是一个孩子的

房间

有人睡在靠近窗户的床上

很好我以为

她现在在床上

第二天早上

早餐后我关上了门

我们走进花园

周围有美丽的山丘和树林我绕到房子后面

因为我想看看

我房间和阿莱格拉房间的窗户，

在房子的墙壁附近有一棵大树，

也许她从窗户爬到树上

，然后从我的窗户进来，我

想，

但看起来很难一个成年人可能

会做危险的事情，

但对于一个五岁的女孩来说，

当我回到前花园时，

阿莱格拉的母亲在那儿

她正在和我父母说话，

你的百叶窗是否打开了昨晚她

问

我听到了不 ise

no 回答我妈妈，

但我们也听到了声音，

那是我房间里的百叶窗，

我说哦，对不起，kiara

那些百叶窗很旧，

但我希望你在

关上

它们后睡得很好，我可以告诉她

我当时想吗？笑着

说是的，

我睡得很好，谢谢，

但只有在你女儿来访之后，

allegra

chiara 才感到非常惊讶，

是的，

她在半夜来到我的房间，

她

很好，

我知道她有时会在睡梦中走路，

但

我开始了

，我停下了

我又一次

想我应该告诉她，

但我决定不说门

是锁着的

但她不是一个很快乐的女孩

她的名字在意大利语中不是意味着

快乐吗我想要一个快乐的孩子

和c hiara 悲伤地笑了笑，

然后她转身走向房子，叫

她的女儿

allegra 下楼，

我要

来了，房子里传来一声喊叫，

我们听到楼梯上有 allegra，

然后她出来了

相信我的眼睛

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第二章

allegra 2

她

像我房间里的那个女孩一样苍白而美丽，

但这

是一个不同的女孩

这个 allegra 有一头黑色的长发

，她的眼睛是棕色的

你好

她说

是同一个声音

吗？甜蜜，但

我不确定

这是阿德里安

说的 kiara

他说你昨晚进了他的房间

阿莱格拉女孩惊讶地看着我

不，妈妈，我不在他的子宫里

她说英语很好，

但她不会说字母 r

你看

她不记得

chiara 对我说

我想那天晚上我睡觉时她又在睡梦中走路

我无法入睡

我在等那个

女孩我很害怕

但大约一个小时后我

闭上眼睛睡着了

突然醒来一只冰冷的小

手抚摸我的

脸女孩的声音在我耳边轻声说话

她穿着白色的长睡裙

她是真的还是这是一个梦我以为我是在做梦我

摸了摸她的脸

很冷

但这是真的

你现在能带我去妈妈那里吗她问

我看着窗户

那时它是关着的

我走到门前，

门是

锁着的后面是给孩子的另一张小床，

所以在我来之前她就在房间里，

但她从哪里来

，她妈妈是谁

意大利语

她在

佛罗伦萨附近的banyo

avepoli 但是今晚我们不能去佛罗伦萨我

说

我能听懂意大利语但是我

说英语

你必须带我

阿莱格拉又生气地说英语

我今晚想见我妈妈

我想在我死前见她

然后她开始哭死

她是什么意思

你为什么

说我惊讶地说

你不会死

是的

我知道

爸爸不喜欢

妈妈他把我从她身边带走了

我有一段时间没见到她

好久好想见她她也想见

我 oh 死前一定要见她

不明白她为什么

以前说话

我真的什么

都不懂这都是小女孩的幻想

我决定了问她一些问题

你妈妈是谁

她的

女儿没有在睡梦中走路，我会

知道我是

我不是在做梦我拉着女孩冰冷的小手

但她不会来

不

她又用意大利语哭了

我亲爱的

妈妈在佛罗伦萨附近的一个 wipoli 班约我

想去那里

我说

在这里等一下阿莱格拉

我会下楼去带上我的朋友，

她想见你

在这里等

我在长长的房间里找到了 kiara，

她正在炉火旁的扶手椅上看书

我告诉她我的房间里又来了一个女孩

走廊

我的门是开着的我们走进

房间孩子不在

我们四处寻找却一无所获

房子里唯一的孩子是 chiara 的

女儿

她睡在她的床上

chiara 告诉我

也许你做了一个梦 adrian

不

不是的没想到

几分钟前我的房间里有一个女孩，我

看到她并和她交谈，

然后我把关于这个女孩的一切都告诉了 kiara，

当我完成时她说

很好，

这很奇怪

这个女孩是谁，

她不是我的女儿

阿莱格拉有黑头发和棕色的

眼睛

，我丈夫没有把她从我身边带走

我知道他

想把她带走，

但他

不能和我

住在一起我们

他在英国，

但阿莱格拉很喜欢他

，我知道她想见他

我不明白

第二天

我和阿莱格拉·亨德森一起去散步

大黑狗和我们一起

走我们下山来到

一条有一座桥的小河

我们站在桥上当

阿莱格拉往水里扔石头的时候

狗试图找到他们

你会说意大利语吗？ allegra 我问

哦，是的，

听着

，她意大利语说得很快

你在学校学过吗

是的，

这是一所修道院学校

，老师是意大利修女

他不是很聪明

吗？尼禄阿莱格拉你知道吗？ ace 叫 bagno aripoli

不，

我不，

哦，不要在我们身上摇水

阿莱格拉

她没有回答我

你是个坏孩子尼禄

她生气地

说把那块石头给我这次

我又问了她一次她回答

妈妈说他在

英国她是伤心还是生气

我不知道

你想不想见他

是的

她

说我看到她不开心

她不想谈论这件事

为什么你不能见他

我问

因为妈妈说他想把

我从她身边带走

你愿意和你的朋友一起走吗

爸爸

她看了我

一会儿然后突然

开始哭

我想见爸爸她哭

的同时又伤心又生气

我想在死前见他

为什么他不来

然后她跑了

她跑了快速上山

，尼禄跟在她身后，

我父母喜欢别墅，所以他就

住在那里 e 一个星期，

但我想去，

我害怕

每天晚上金发女郎阿莱格拉

穿着她的白色长睡裙来到我的房间

，让我带她去见她妈妈，

当我拒绝时，

她总是对我很生气

，每天

我和黑头发的

allegra

kiara 的女儿聊天和玩耍

又是一个快乐可爱

的五岁小女孩

我经常问她

为什么她认为她会

死

她总是用同样的话回答

我知道

在那周的假期里

我开始感受到对阿莱格拉亨德森的爱

但是还有另一个阿莱格拉谁是

晚上来的

她是谁

我不相信有鬼但

在我们离开的前一天我开始认为她是鬼

伊什

和意大利语，

但不能说啊，

妈妈的名字

基亚拉

叫她

妈妈

想见

她住在英国的父亲

认为

她要死了

阿莱格拉鬼魂

五岁

高

金发

蓝眼睛

苍白

会说英语和意大利语

但不能说啊，

妈妈的名字克莱尔

，住在靠近佛罗伦萨的班约，

叫她

妈妈

想见她的母亲，

但她的父亲说不，

认为

她

会死，

我读了

很多次这些笔记，

但他们没有帮助我，

然后我看到了我

对幽灵阿莱格拉的父亲一无所知，

所以我决定那天晚上问她，

这是我们在别墅的最后一晚，

那天晚上我没怎么睡，

我等了

又等，

但她没有来，

不，

她没有来

我很生气

我觉得她父亲很

重要

第二天早上

我们和亨德森

说再见当我和阿莱格拉说再见时

我感到很难过

她也很难

过她给了我一个吻

我希望有一天你能见到你的

爸爸对她说

那你会高兴

哦，不，

她用奇怪的声音回答

爸爸死了，现在

他是一位著名的领主

，他把我从妈妈身边带走了，

但他现在已经死了，

我们

都很惊讶

你在说什么，阿莱格拉·

基亚拉说

你父亲不是领主

他并没有死，

多么奇怪的幻想，

但阿莱格拉只是笑了笑

，那是我最后一次看到她

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第三章

阿莱格拉三

在英国我回到学校

和我的学习，

但我没有忘记阿莱格拉

我给她写信

并寄了一些小礼物

她没有回我的信

但我对自己说

她只有五岁

也许她还不会写信

然后我们在意大利度假一年后

玛格丽特亨德森的一封信

首先她谢谢我的信和

礼物，

然后她

写信很抱歉我们没有给你写信，

但这对我们来说是非常糟糕的一年，

现在对我来说很难，

但今天

是 4 月 21 日

，我想告诉你

，那天发生了可怕的事情

去年的同一天，

kiara 和我

仍然很伤心

，kiara 病了，

她吃得

不多，现在不想和任何人说话，

我会告诉你为什么

在你假期后一周，

我们的小阿莱格拉得到了一个

几天

后发烧，发烧更严重了

，我们打电话给医生，

他

说他不确定是什么发烧，

也许她喝了一些坏水

或吃了不好的食物，他告诉我们

他给了她一些药

，她好多了

但是很快就发烧了，

我们找不到医生

，当他到达

时为时已晚，

我们亲爱的小

阿莱格拉于一年前的 4 月 21 日去世，

哦，

这就像一个可怕的梦，

我们亲爱的

孩子只有 5 岁零 3 个月

现在她老了，她已经走了

，当我读到这篇文章时，她再也不会回到我们身边了

，

我震惊了，

阿莱格拉

死了，我感到非常难过

，我开始哭

了很长时间，我简直不敢相信

我记得她的脸，

她的声音和她孩子的谈话

我记得我们的游戏和我们的

对话 ons

allegra 像幽灵一样回到我身边

，我 18 岁时非常不开心

我去大学学习意大利语，

但我经常记得 allegra

和在别墅亨德森的那个奇怪的一周

我怎么能忘记它

，我经常想到 allegra 的

奇怪

我想在我死前见我爸爸的话

她怎么知道她会

死

，然后我房间里的鬼阿莱格拉

说

我想在我死前见我妈妈

这一切意味着

我想找到回答这个

谜，

但是

在春天

我是如何去意大利学习的

，我和一个意大利家庭住在佛罗伦萨，

他们有一个小女儿，

当他们告诉我她的名字时，

我简直不敢相信我的耳朵，

我们想要

一个不同的

名字我

是

一个你在意大利不常见的名字 allegra

突然出现在我面前

这是一个美丽的名字

，我们希望她会是一个快乐的

孩子，

但

她不快乐

她是一个奇怪的女孩

我看着那个孩子

她很高

脸色苍白漂亮，

她有一头棕色的长发

和棕色的

眼睛，她多大了

我问

她

五岁，

呃，你确定

吗？

生日妈妈在一月份看起来很惊讶

为什么但是请

告诉我你看到的确切

日期

我想明年给她买礼物

现在妈妈微笑着

她出生于 1 月 21 日

那天晚上我去房间

很害怕

，我没有睡觉

我在想阿莱格拉亨德森

她于 4 月 21 日去世，当时她

5 岁零 3 个月大，

所以她

也于 1 月 21 日出生

同一个生日同一个年龄

我睡不着

所以我想读一本

关于意大利一些英国诗人的书

但我不能

我在等

她

半夜来

我看了看表

然后她就在

那里房间的黑暗角落

一个美女

漂亮的金发孩子

她的皮肤像牛奶

她的眼睛像意大利天空的蓝色

她穿着一件白色的长

睡裙 allegra

你能带我去见我妈妈吗

她用漂亮的英语问

她在班约一个鞭子欺负者

离这里不远

我现在很害怕

，我喊着

走开走开，

但她来了，站在我的扶手椅

旁，我想在死前见妈妈带我走，她生气地说我很快就跑出了那个房间，第二天早上

我决定去班约阿里波利

我开着我害怕的五百辆小车开着

那里只有几间房子

和一个

叫

圣玛丽亚德兰泰拉

的小教堂

有什么不同，

所以我决定回到佛罗伦萨，

当我走出墓地时，

我看到了一块墓碑，上面

有一些英文单词

我停下

来读了

听谎言

克莱尔克莱尔蒙特

于 1879 年 3 月 19 日在佛罗伦萨去世，

享年 81 岁

克莱尔又

是鬼阿莱格拉的母亲的名字

我很

惊讶，但那天下午我在佛罗伦萨还是

什么都

不懂

开始了解阿莱格拉的奥秘

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第 4 章拜伦

勋爵的女儿

这

就是我

在 1817 年 1 月 21 日

读到的克莱尔克莱蒙特

19 岁在英国

一个叫巴斯的小镇生了一个女儿

孩子的父亲是诗人

拜伦勋爵

但是他不是克莱尔的丈夫，

他们有一段时间是恋人，

但后来

拜伦去了意大利

同父异母的姐妹，同父异母的

雪莱非常喜欢孩子

，他对克莱尔的孩子有强烈的爱，

希望他的朋友拜伦能

帮助克莱尔和她

洗澡的女儿他写信给他

克莱尔有一个非常漂亮的女孩

她的头发很白眼睛很蓝

克莱尔打电话给她的阿尔巴

男爵想见他的小

女儿他让雪莱带她去

意大利

雪莱想住在意大利

所以他和他的家人

和克莱尔和她的孩子都去那里旅行

了婴儿一岁

，现在她被称为阿莱格拉，因为

拜伦喜欢

意大利的名字克莱尔决定把阿莱格拉

给拜伦，

因为她认为

英国领主的女儿会有一个美好的未来

雪莱对她

说不

，不要这样做，克莱尔，否则你永远不会再见到

你的女儿，

但拜伦很富有

，克莱尔认为阿莱格拉

和他会过上更好的生活

，当然她不想把

阿莱格拉给拜伦

，当她在威尼斯把孩子寄给他时，

她在

1818 年春天

写给朋友的一封信

中非常

不高兴这是一个可怕的错误

allegra 和她的父亲住在

一栋名为 palazzo mochenigo 的大房子里，

里面到处都是奇怪的动物，甚至是

陌生人

，过了一段时间，男爵领主明白

这不是一个孩子的好家，

所以他把 allegra 给了一个英国家庭

在威尼斯

和 8 月克莱尔在那里看到了她，

然后巴伦说克莱尔和她的

孩子以及雪莱的家人可以在

他

位于埃斯特镇附近的别墅

住

两个月秋天在威尼斯给他，

所以在十月，阿莱格拉回到她

父亲身边

，克莱尔再也没有见过她，

阿莱格拉

和不同的家庭在威尼斯呆了八个月，

然后拜伦带她去了博洛尼亚市，

他写信给雪莱，

她和我一样，

她她的皮肤很白，

声音很轻

，很多个月都不会说字母

r 他没有给

克莱尔发过关于她女儿的消息，

然后她听说阿莱格拉和她

父亲在加州的一个小镇 lled ravenna

她写信给他

我想见见我的女儿

但他说没有

克莱尔给拜伦写了很多这样的信

但他没有回

在拉

文纳附近

，修女们很友善

，非常爱她，

但修道院对她来说很陌生，

墙壁又白

又冷，房间空荡荡

，有时她很冷，

因为每天没有火，

她在同一时间做同样的事情

平静的

生活与她和拜伦的生活截然不同

克莱尔现在很生气

她不喜欢修道院

学校她确信阿莱格拉总是

冷酷孤独

她给拜伦写了一封愤怒的信

我的孩子

必须和她的一位父母在一起

她说

他没有回信，

他认为修道院对

阿莱格拉有好处

，他告诉修女克莱尔绝

不能拜访孩子，

他们必须锁门阻止她，

但他说雪莱可以看到

一切埃格拉，

因为他是他的朋友，

所以有一天

雪莱去

他在日记中写的修道院拜访

阿莱格拉

孩子们

我在花园里和她一起跑步和玩耍

她非常轻快

我给了她一些

糖果我问她

我该对你妈妈说什么

她用意大利语回答

告诉她给我一个吻

和一件漂亮的裙子

然后我问她

我该对你爸爸说什么

，她回答告诉他来看我

并带上妈妈，

但爸爸没有来看她

，妈妈也没有

在 1821 年 6 月 6 日来

她会死，她再也见不到她

带她离开

她写信给拜伦

的修道院，但他说克莱尔当然想去修道院

带走阿莱格拉，

但这非常困难

拜伦是一位富有而有名的领主

， p 修道院里的人做了

他想做的事，

他们锁上了门

，然后

阿莱格拉发烧

了，医生来了，给了她一些

药，她好些

了，修女们希望她能活下来，

但她

于 1822 年 4 月 21 日去世。

五岁零三个月大的

雪莱不敢告诉克莱尔阿莱格拉

死了，

她以为她会试图

自杀，

但一天晚上

，雪莱玛丽和一些朋友正在谈论

阿莱格拉，当克莱尔走进房间

时，

每个人都停止了谈话

，她知道

阿莱格拉死了

是不是

她说

的他的朋友们在

海边一栋房子的阳台上

突然看到了一个金发碧眼的孩子

，

她从海里出来，

在月光下对他微笑

他看到她想来找他

看

那里是

他对他的朋友说

你能看到她

在那里看吗

但他的朋友什么也没看到

那是阿莱格拉的

鬼魂在阿莱格拉去世 50 年

后克莱尔写信给一个朋友

我永远不会忘记我的宝贝孩子，

但她真的死了

吗拜伦和雪莱说她死了，

但我

听说她还活着

有人

说他们见过她

我相信她还活着

克莱尔于 1879 年去世，

当时她 81 岁

她的墓碑在

位于banyo arripoli 的santa maria del antella 墓地

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第五章

banyo arripoli

读完这个奇怪的悲伤故事后，

我明白了阿莱格拉的奥秘，

她还活着，

不，

但她的鬼魂还在这个世界

上我房间里的小女孩

是克莱尔克莱尔蒙特的阿莱格拉的幽灵

她很不开心，她无法休息，

因为她想和她的母亲在一起，

但她找不到她

她知道她的母亲在班

约阿里波利，

但她不知道如何得到

所以她不快乐的鬼魂晚上

住在阿莱格拉·亨德森·基亚拉的女儿的身体里等待

它离开阿莱格拉的

身体来到我的房间寻求帮助

然后

可怜的阿莱格拉

像克莱尔的阿莱格拉一样死于发烧

但鬼魂不能休息

它必须找到另一个孩子的身体

谁是孩子

我问自己

谁是下一个 allegra

allegra 3

但我已经知道答案

我在佛罗伦萨的意大利家庭有一个

小女儿，

她的名字叫 allegra

，她将于 4 月 21 日满 5 岁

零 3 个

月

现在是 4 月 20 日晚上，

我迅速离开酒吧，跑回

我家，

当我到达时

，母亲正在哭泣，

electra 在医院里，

她告诉我她发烧

了，医生不确定是什么

哦

我希望这不是危险的

我希望她很快会好起来

她会没事的我说

她会好起来

但那天晚上

在我的房间里我对自己说

哦拜托

不不

我在房间里转来转去

我想到了我的德 ar 朋友 allegra

henderson

我担心 allegra 3 会

在第二天死去，

但我能做些什么呢

不，

这个 allegra 一定不能死

我生气地说

然后突然

我知道该怎么做

我等了

十点

十一点十一点

午夜，

请过来我说

我看了看表

12 15

她会来吗她会来吗

我一遍又一遍地说

然后她就在那里

拜伦勋爵的女儿的鬼魂

苍白

美丽

，蓝色的大眼睛

和金色的头发

她对我微笑

你要带我去妈妈

那里吗是的 allegra

我们要去banyo arribali

但我们必须快点

来吧

走吧

她开心地笑了

哦谢谢你真好

我握着一只冰冷的小手

我们走出

屋子得到了上了我的车，

我开得很快，整晚都开着

哦，

我要去见我亲爱的妈妈阿莱格拉

说

这些年来我会

和她在一起，我们会很高兴我爱她，她也爱我，

但爸爸带我走了从她那里

，他把我送到了一所我不喜欢的修道院学校

那里很冷很安静

妈妈没

来爸爸也没来

他们为什么没来

但是当我们到达banyo aripoli时她

笑着开始唱一首意大利歌曲

她

跳下车环顾四周

妈妈在哪里

她哭了

跟我来我说

我们去了

墓地我带她去了克莱尔克莱蒙的

墓碑

她在这里我说

你妈妈在这里

阿莱格拉读到墓碑上的名字

她

打电话给妈妈你在这里

吗是我

alegwa

我在这里

你的阿莱格拉来了她高兴地哭了

我也高兴

但我也

害怕墓地漆黑一片寂静

树上吹着轻柔的风

眼前

是这个穿着白色睡衣的小孩的鬼魂在

呼唤它死去的母亲

是的，

我听到你妈妈

阿莱格拉哭

了鬼不在那

里阿莱格终于和她妈妈在一起了，

希望你喜欢这个

节目，

你