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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 657

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

The monkeys were perched around the windows, shivering with dread and afraid to jump out. The snakes were writhing about, crippled and blistered by the heat, darting out their forked tongues, and expressing their rage and fear in the most sibilant of hisses. The “Happy Family” were experiencing an amount of beatitude which was evidently too cordial for philosophical enjoyment. A long tongue of flame had crept under the cage, completely singing every hair from the cat’s body. The felicitous adder was slowly burning in two and busily engaged in impregnating his organic system with his own venom. The joyful rat had lost his tail by a falling bar of iron; and the beatific rabbit, perforated by a red hot nail, looked as if nothing would be more grateful than a cool corner in some Esquimaux farmyard. The members of the delectated convocation were all huddled together in the bottom of their cage, which suddenly gave way, precipitating them out of view in the depths below, which by this time were also blazing like the fabled Tophet.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 657 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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猴子们蹲在窗边发抖不敢跳,蛇被烫得扭动吐信,所谓“快乐家庭”的动物们挤在笼底,火焰烧焦猫毛、烧断鼠尾、烫穿兔子。笼底突然塌陷,动物们掉进下方火海。巴纳姆用讽刺笔调写“快乐家庭”的惨状,反衬火灾的无情。这提醒我们,展示动物必须考虑防火和逃生设计,笼舍材料要阻燃,并设置独立逃生口,避免动物在灾难中无路可逃。

上下文

巴纳姆的博物馆里有一个著名的“快乐家庭”展区,将不同动物关在一起展示和谐。

今日一问

如果突发火灾,你所在场所的动物或人员是否有独立的逃生通道?

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