谷仓里的小狗

类别:经典文学

莱尼不慎弄死了一只小狗,陷入恐惧和悲伤,担心乔治的反应,此时柯利的妻子出现。

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Slim had given Lenny one of his puppies to keep. 斯利姆把他的其中一只小狗送给了雷尼。

Lenny loved it more than anything. 雷尼爱它胜过世上的一切。

It was soft and warm, and he petted it all day long. 它又软又暖,雷尼整天都在抚摸它。

One quiet afternoon, Lenny sat alone in the barn with the little puppy. 一个安静的下午,雷尼独自和小狗坐在谷仓里。

He stroked its fur again and again, 他一遍又一遍地抚摸着小狗的毛,

but he petted too hard. 但他摸得太用力了。

The puppy was so small, and Lenny's hands were so strong. 小狗那么小,雷尼的力气却那么大。

Suddenly, the puppy stopped moving. 突然,小狗不动了。

It was dead. 它死了。

Lenny stared at it in horror. 雷尼惊恐地盯着它。

He had not meant to do it. 他不是有意要这样做的。

He never meant to hurt anything soft, 他从没想过要伤害任何柔软的东西,

but it always happened. 但这种事总是会发生。

now george won't let me tend the rabbits lenny said frightened “现在乔治不会让我照看兔子了,”雷尼害怕地说。

he grew angry and sad and he tried to hide the puppy in the hay 他变得又生气又难过,他试图把小狗藏在干草里。

why did you have to get killed “你为什么非得死呢?”

he whispered to it 他对着它轻声说。

you are not so little as a mouse “你又不像老鼠那么小啊。”

the things lenny loved most were the very things his hands destroyed 雷尼最爱的东西,却正是被他双手毁掉的东西。

he sat there in the shadows alone and afraid not knowing what to do 他独自坐在阴影里,又害怕又不知所措。

then a soft voice spoke from the barn door 这时,一个温柔的声音从谷仓门口响起。

it was curly's wife 那是柯里太太。

she had come to find someone to talk to 她来是想找个人聊聊天。