巧言的解释

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The whole farm was full of grief and anger. 整个农场充满了悲伤和愤怒。

They had seen the terrible words on the van. 他们看到了货车上可怕的字眼。

Everyone knew what had happened to Boxer. 每个人都知道拳击手发生了什么事。

Three days later, Squealer came to speak. 三天后，尖嗓子来发表讲话。

He looked very sad, and he wiped his eyes. 他看起来非常悲伤，擦了擦眼睛。

Comrades, he said gently, I have sad news. “同志们，”他轻声说，“我有一个悲伤的消息。”

Boxer died in the hospital, with the best doctors beside him. 拳击手在医院去世了，身边有最好的医生。

I was there at the end. 我当时就在那里。

The animals were confused, 动物们感到困惑，

but the van had said horse slaughterer. 但货车上写着“屠马者”。

Squealer had an answer ready, as always. 尖嗓子像往常一样，早有准备好的答案。

Ah, you saw that word and worried. “啊，你们看到了那个词就担心了。”

But listen, “但是听着，”

the van once belonged to a horse butcher. “那辆货车曾经属于一个屠马者。”

A kind doctor bought it and had not yet painted over the old name. “一位好心的医生买下了它，但还没来得及把旧名字涂掉。”

That is all. “就是这样。”

Boxer was safe. 拳击手是安全的。

The animals felt a wave of relief. 动物们感到一阵宽慰。

Of course, they thought. “当然了，”它们想。

How silly we were. “我们多傻啊。”

They wanted so badly to believe good news that they let the lie comfort them. 它们太想相信好消息了，以至于让谎言安慰了它们。

Boxer's last words, Squealer added, were, Napoleon is always right. 尖嗓子补充说，拳击手的遗言是：“拿破仑永远是对的。”

So even in death, Boxer was used. 所以即使在死亡中，拳击手也被利用了。

People will believe almost anything if the truth is too painful to face. 如果真相太痛苦而无法面对，人们几乎会相信任何事情。

Soon after, Napoleon bought a case of whiskey for the pigs. 不久之后，拿破仑为猪们买了一箱威士忌。