讲给小马听

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It was almost a week since his son had died, 儿子去世快一个星期了，

and Iona still hadn't talked to anyone properly about it. 约纳却还没真正跟谁好好唠过这事。

He needed to tell it slowly, carefully: how his son fell ill, 他想慢慢地、细细地说：儿子是怎么病倒的，

how he suffered, what he said before he died. 遭了多少罪，临走前又说了些什么。

But there was no one to tell. 可根本没人听他说。

"I'll go and see the horse," he thought. “去看看马吧，”他心想。

He put on his coat, and went out to the stable. 他穿上大衣，朝马厩走去。

"Are you eating?" “吃着呢？”

he asked the mare. 他问那匹母马。

"Go on, eat. “吃吧，多吃点。

We didn't earn enough for oats, but we'll eat hay. 咱没挣够买燕麦的钱，就凑合吃点干草吧。

I'm too old to drive. 我年纪太大，赶不动车了。

My son should be driving, not me." 赶车的本该是我儿子，不该是我。”

He was silent for a while. 他沉默了一会儿。

"That's how it is, old girl. “事情就是这样啊，老伙计。

Suppose you had a little colt, and that colt went and died. 比方说你有只小马驹，那小马驹就这么没了，

You'd be sad, wouldn't you?" 你心里也得难受，不是吗？”

The little mare chewed her hay, listened, 小母马嚼着干草，静静地听着，

and breathed warmly on her master's hands. 把温热的鼻息喷在主人的手上。

And Iona, at last, told her everything. 约纳终于把心里的话，一股脑儿全倒给了它。