读英文微小说，习得英语词汇 | The Alley with No End

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单篇小说

Dellahad walked the streets of her hometown countless times, but she hadneverseen that alley before.

It waslate, nearly midnight, when she found it—a narrow passage between two old brick buildings. The lights above flickered, casting dancing shadows on the damp walls. She felt astrange pull, an urge to step inside, even though the alley gave her chills.

Butcuriositywon out.

With each step, the alley seemed tostretch, the air growing colder. Her footsteps echoed loudly, like the space was much larger than it appeared. The dim light receded behind her until it was justdarkness.

Then, from somewhere ahead, she saw asingle flickering light—like a streetlamp that shouldn’t be there.

She walked toward it. The alleytwisted, the walls angling in ways that defied reason, and the floor slightlyslanted. Each time she thought she’d reached the end, it just kept going.

Finally, she arrived under theflickering lamp. Beneath it was adoor, old and wooden, withno handle.

She raised her hand to knock, but the doorswung openon its own, revealingpitch-blackemptiness.

A whisperdrifted out:
“You came.”

Della’s heart pounded. She glanced over her shoulder, but now the alley behind her wasshrouded in darkness, no sign of the entrance she’d come through.

She had only two choices:go forwardor stay trapped in the alley forever.

Taking ashakingbreath, she stepped through the door. The silence was absolute—no wind, no city sounds. Just her own pounding heart.

Inside, she found along corridor, its walls lined withmirrors. Each mirror reflected the corridor infinitely, creating endless versions of her ownfrightened face. Thewhispercame again, echoing all around.

“Why did you come?”

Della tried to speak, but her voice caught in her throat. She passedmirror after mirror, each reflection seeming moredistortedthan the last—like afunhouse, but darker.

Then one reflectionmoveddifferently. It turned its head, looking away from her when she hadn’t moved at all.Its eyes were empty, hollow black spaces, and acold grinspread across its face.

“You shouldn’t have come,”it said, in a voice that soundedtoo closeto Della’s own.

She screamed and ran down the corridor. The mirrorsstretched on, the path twisting, leading her nowhere. The reflectionsstaredat her, somelaughingwithout sound, somecryingwithbleedingeyes.

At last, she found anotherdoor. She flung it open and stumbled through.

The cool night air hit her like a shock. She wasback on the main street, standing between the two old buildings. The alley was gone—just asolid brick wallin its place.

Panting, she stepped out onto the sidewalk. Everything looked normal again—cars, streetlights, the distant hum of the city.

She glanced back, half expecting to see the alley. But it was justbricks.

And yet… in thereflection of a nearby shop window, she saw somethingbehind her. A silhouette withempty eyes, staring.

When she spun around,no onewas there.

Key Words & Phrases

1. strange pull- 奇怪的吸引力

2. darkness- 黑暗

3. single flickering light- 唯一的闪烁灯光

4. no handle- 没有门把手

5. drifted out- 飘出

6. mirrors- 镜子

7. distorted- 扭曲的

8. bleeding eyes- 流血的眼睛

9. solid brick wall- 坚固的砖墙

10. empty eyes- 空洞的眼睛

德拉在家乡的街道上走过无数次，却从未见过那条小巷。

那天已近午夜，她发现了一条狭窄的通道，夹在两栋破旧的砖房之间。上方的灯忽明忽暗，为潮湿的墙面投下一片晃动的阴影。她感到一股奇怪的吸引力，让她想要踏进去，尽管那小巷让她背脊发冷。

好奇心占了上风。

随着她每走一步，小巷似乎在延伸，空气也愈发冰冷。她的脚步在寂静中回响，好像空间比看上去更大。昏暗的灯光很快被她甩在身后，只剩下黑暗。

忽然，她看见远处有一盏闪烁的灯，像不该出现的街灯。

她朝着那灯光前进。小巷弯弯曲曲，墙壁以不合逻辑的方式倾斜，地面微微倾斜。每次她以为自己到了尽头，却总能看到小巷仍在继续。

终于，她来到了那闪烁的灯下。下面是一个旧木门，没有门把手。

她正要敲门，门却自动打开了，里面黑暗到无法看清。只听到一道低语从门内飘出：

“你来了。”

德拉的心砰砰直跳。她回头想走，可发现身后的巷子已被黑暗笼罩，入口无影无踪。

眼前只有两个选择：进去，或永远被困在这条巷子里。

深吸一口气，她跨过门槛。门内寂静无声，没有风，没有城市的声音，只能听到自己的心跳。

她发现自己置身于一条走廊中，两侧的墙上挂满了镜子。每面镜子里都映着走廊的无限倒影，还有她自己那惶恐的面容。空气里传来低语声，在走廊中回荡。

“你为什么来？”

德拉想回答，却无法开口。她走过一面又一面的镜子，倒影变得越来越扭曲，像恐怖屋的效果，但更加阴森。

忽然，她发现其中一面镜子里的“自己”动了，角度和她本人的动作不符。那“她”眼神空洞，脸上慢慢绽开一个诡异的笑。

“你不该来这里，”它用与德拉极其相似却又阴冷的声音说道。

她吓得尖叫，沿着走廊疯跑，镜子一面接一面，全都直勾勾地盯着她。有的无声地“笑”，有的流着鲜血般的眼泪。

终于，她看到另一扇门。她猛地打开门，跌跌撞撞地冲了出去。

迎面而来的是夜晚清凉的空气。她回到了街道上，两栋旧建筑之间的地方。那条小巷不见了，只剩坚固的砖墙。

她气喘吁吁地走到人行道上，看着周围的一切都恢复正常——车子、街灯、城市的轻微噪音。

她回头望那两栋建筑间，本以为还能看到那巷子。却只有一堵砖墙，什么都没有。

然而，从附近商店的玻璃橱窗中，她却看到了自己身后的倒影——
一个轮廓模糊、眼神空洞的身影，直勾勾地看着她。

她猛地转身，那里却没有任何人。

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