美国小学英语教材3:第112课 布莱德诺克的小棕仙(7)

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　　"He never will stay to let me thank him. 他从来不留下来接受我的感谢。

　　Winter is coming on, and he will be cold in his old thin suit. I will make him a warm coat."  冬天来了，他的衣服又旧又薄，他会冷的。我要给他做一件暖和的外套。”

　　So she cut and sewed¹ a little coat for the brownie. 于是、她剪了布、开始给小棕仙缝件小外套。

　　She told no one what she was doing; but one night she put the last stitch² in the pretty little coat. 她没有跟任何人说她在做的事情；那天晚上，她缝完了这件漂亮小衣的最后一针。

　　Then she went softly³ to the barn⁴ and laid it down beside the bowl of porridge. 接着她便悄悄地来到了谷仓，这件衣服放在粥碗的旁边。

　　Never again did Aiken-Drum work for the people of Blednock. 艾肯·德拉姆再也不会为布莱德诺克小镇的人工作了。

　　The strange little man had to go away, for a true brownie cannot stay where he is paid. 这个奇怪的小人儿必须离开了，因为一个真正的小棕仙是不能待在付酬给他的地方的。

　　But sometimes the children would hear his voice down by the old mill⁵. 但是，孩子们有时在老磨坊那里还会听到他的歌声。

　　It was always soft and low and sweet. 他的声音总是那么柔和、那么低沉，那么甜美。

　　He was singing the songs of his own land, just as he used⁶ to do when the little ones were gathered⁷ around him. 他吟唱着自己家乡的歌曲、就像从前孩子一个围在他身边时样。

　　Then the good people in the town would remember the kind brownie and his wise saying: "He is happiest who helps others most." 小镇里的好人们会记住这个善良的小棕仙以及他充满智慧的话：帮助别人最多的人最快乐。”

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