美國語文第二冊 第24期：帕蒂和松鼠
LESSON 26
第26課
people
人
forest
樹林
squirrel
松鼠
cool
涼爽
nearest
最近的
tame
馴服
hollow
空洞
snug
舒適
shoulder
肩
miles
英里
sticks
枝
gentle
溫和
though
雖然
Patty
帕蒂
PATTY AND THE SQUIRREL
帕蒂和松鼠
Little Patty lives in a log house near a great forest.
小帕蒂住在大森林附近的小木屋里。
She has no sisters, and her big brothers are away all day helping their father.
她沒有姐妹，她的哥哥們整日幫助父親干活。
But Patty is never lonely; for, though the nearest house is miles away, she has many little friends.
帕蒂也不是一直孤單。雖然最近的房子也在幾英里之外，但她還是有很多小伙伴。
Here are two of them that live in the woods.
其中兩個就住在樹林里。
But how did Patty teach them to be so tame?
帕蒂是怎么教它們，讓它們變得如此馴服呢？
Patty came to the woods often, and was always so quiet and gentle that the squirrels soon found they need not be afraid of her.
帕蒂經(jīng)常去樹林里，總是非常安靜而有禮貌，松鼠們很快就發(fā)現(xiàn)它們不用害怕她。
She brought her bread and milk to eat under the trees, and was sure to leave crumbs for the squirrels.
她帶來面包和牛奶在樹下吃，而且會給松鼠們留下一些面包屑。
When they came near, she sat very still and watched them.
當(dāng)它們走近時，她會安靜地坐著看著它們。
So, little by little, she made them her friends, till, at last, they would sit on her shoulder, and eat from her hand.
漸漸地，她和它們成了朋友。直到最后，它們會坐在她的肩膀上，在她的手里吃東西。
Squirrels build for themselves summer houses.
松鼠們?yōu)樽约航ㄔ爝m合夏天住的房子。
Those are made of leaves, and sticks, and moss.
它們是用葉子、木棍和苔蘚建造的，
They are nice and cool for summer, but would never do for the winter cold and snow.
夏天既漂亮又涼爽，但在寒冬和雪天里卻很冷。
So these wise little people find a hollow in an old tree.
這些聰明的小家伙兒在古樹上找到了一個洞。
They make it warm and snug with soft moss and leaves; and here the squirrels live all through the long winter.
它們用一些柔軟的苔蘚和樹葉把它裝扮得既暖和又舒適。在這里，所有松鼠將度過一個漫長的冬季。
