建造风车

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Building the windmill was terrible work. 建造风车是件苦差事。

The animals needed heavy stone, but they had no tools to break it, 动物们需要沉重的石头，但它们没有工具来砸碎它，

so they thought of a clever way. 于是它们想出了一个聪明的办法。

They pushed each big stone slowly to the top of a hill. 它们把每一块大石头慢慢地推到山顶。

Then they let it roll off the edge. 然后让它从边缘滚下去。

When it hit the ground below, it broke into smaller pieces. 当它撞到下面的地面时，就碎成了小块。

The work was slow, hard, and tiring. 这项工作缓慢、艰苦而又累人。

All summer they carried stone. 整个夏天它们都在搬运石头。

Their bones ached and their feet grew sore. 它们的骨头酸痛，脚也磨破了。

But no one worked like Boxer. 但没有人能像拳击手那样干活。

Boxer was everywhere. 拳击手无处不在。

He pulled loads that three horses could hardly move. 他拉动着三匹马都难以移动的重物。

Early in the morning, before the others woke, he was already at work. 清晨，在其他动物醒来之前，他已经开始工作了。

I will work harder, “我会更努力地工作，”

he always said. 他总是这样说。

And when anything went wrong, he had a second answer. Napoleon is always right. 而当任何事情出错时，他还有第二个答案：“拿破仑总是对的。”

The animals loved him for it. 动物们因此而爱戴他。

His huge strength kept the whole farm going. 他巨大的力量维持着整个农场的运转。

Slowly, the walls of the windmill began to rise. 慢慢地，风车的墙壁开始升高。

Every stone was heavy with their sweat, 每一块石头都浸透了它们的汗水，

and they were proud of what their own bodies could build. 它们为自己身体所能建造的一切感到自豪。

But that autumn, a storm was gathering in the sky, 但那个秋天，一场暴风雨正在天空中聚集，

and the animals did not know what a single night of wind could destroy. 动物们不知道一夜的狂风能摧毁什么。