The Water-Babies
/ðə ˈwɔːtə beɪbiz/
/ðə ˈwɔːtər beɪbiz/
- a children's book (1863) by Charles Kingsley. It is about a small boy who works cleaning chimneys, escapes from his cruel employer and falls into a stream, where he meets the little creatures who live there, the water-babies. It is a moral story about good and evil. Many people remember the names of two of its characters especially: Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid, who is fierce, and Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby, who is very kind.
婴儿戏水：查尔斯·金斯利（Charles Kingsley）的儿童读物（1863年）。这是关于一个正在打扫烟囱的小男孩，逃离了他残酷的雇主，跌入溪流，在那里他遇到了住在那儿的小动物，水生婴儿。这是一个关于善与恶的道德故事。许多人特别记得其中两个角色的名字：凶猛的Bedonebyasyoudid太太和非常友善的Doasyouwouldbedoneby太太。