以赛亚·伯林1921年初来到英国,年仅11岁,实际上对英语还一窍不通。根据伯林在儿童杂志竞赛中获得“一大篮食物”一事,可以得知这则故事(手稿上无标题)写于1922年2月,当时他只有12岁;故事末尾签有“I.伯林”。这是伯林残存的最早的作品,也是他写的唯一一则故事,同时亦显示仅过了一年后他英语水平的进展程度。这里所展示的是他原作的原原本本的抄本。除了作了少许微不足道的改动外,其绝对 Isaiah Berlin arrived in England at the beginning of 1921, at the age of 11, and practically did not know anything about English. According to Berlin’s “big basket of food” in a children’s magazine contest, one can tell that the story (manuscript no title) was written in February 1922 when he was only 12 years old; the end of the story was signed “ I. Berlin ”. This is the earliest surviving work of Berlin, but also the only one he wrote, and also shows how well he has progressed to English after just one year. Shown here is a transcript of his original book. In addition to making a few insignificant changes, its absolute