勤劳的博克瑟

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The summer went well, 夏天过得很好，

the animals worked hard, and the farm did fine. 动物们辛勤工作，农场一切顺利。

Boxer, the big horse, worked hardest of all. 拳击手，那匹大马，工作最努力。

He was very strong, as strong as three horses. 他非常强壮，力气抵得上三匹马。

Whenever there was a hard job, Boxer was there. 每当有重活儿时，拳击手总是在场。

He had a simple answer for every problem. 他对每个问题都有一个简单的答案。

I will work harder, 我会更努力工作，

he said. 他说。

He got up early. 他起得很早。

He pulled the heaviest loads. 他拉最重的货物。

Everyone loved him. 每个人都爱他。

Clover, the mother horse, worked hard too. 克洛弗，那匹母马，也努力工作。

She was kind, and she looked after the younger animals. 她很善良，照顾着年幼的动物。

But not everyone was so good. 但不是所有动物都那么好。

Molly, the pretty white horse, did not like work. 莫莉，那匹漂亮的白马，不喜欢工作。

She often ran off to look at herself in the water, 她经常跑去看自己在水中的倒影，

and the cat vanished whenever there was a job to do. 而那只猫每当有活儿要干时就会消失。

Still, the farm was happy. 尽管如此，农场还是很快乐。

On Sundays, no one worked. 每逢星期天，没有人工作。

They raised their green flag and held a meeting. 他们升起绿旗并举行会议。

They made plans and sang Beasts of England. 他们制定计划并唱《英格兰之兽》。

The pigs did not work in the fields. 猪不在地里干活。

We do the thinking, they said. “我们负责思考，”它们说。

That is our job. “那是我们的工作。”

And the milk and apples, it turned out, went only to the pigs. 结果，牛奶和苹果只给了猪。

They need it for their brains, said Squealer. “它们需要这些来滋养大脑，”尖嗓子说。

But was that really true? 但那真的是事实吗？