002 新的家园

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Patrasche lay still in the grass ditch

帕特拉什一动不动地躺在草沟里。

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His cruel master had left him and was now far away

他残忍的主人离开了他，现在已远去。

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The road was busy, and hundreds of people passed by

路上很繁忙，成百上千的人经过。

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Some were on foot, and some rode horses

有些人步行，有些人骑马。

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Some people saw him, but most did not even look

有些人看见了他，但大多数人甚至不看一眼。

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No one stopped

没有人停下。

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A dead dog was not worth a thought

一只死狗不值得多想。

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After a while, a little old man who was bent and lame came by

过了一会儿，一个弯腰瘸腿的矮小老人走过来。

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A little boy walked with him

一个小男孩和他一起走。

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The old man looked at the dog with pity, and the little boy too

老人怜悯地看着狗，小男孩也是。

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They knelt down beside the dog

他们在狗旁边跪了下来。

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With much effort, the old man lifted Patrasche out of the ditch

老人费了好大劲，把帕特拉什从沟里抬了出来。

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Then he and the boy carried Patrasche back home to their little hut

然后他和男孩把帕特拉什抬回了他们的小屋。

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The old man's name was Jehan

老人名叫杰汉。

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When Jehan had turned eighty, his daughter had died

杰汉八十岁时，他的女儿去世了。

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He was asked to look after her two-year-old son

他被要求照顾她两岁的儿子。

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The old man could barely support himself, but he took the little boy willingly

老人自己都快养不活了，但他心甘情愿地收留了小男孩。

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Jehan's grandson was named Nello

杰汉的孙子名叫尼洛。

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They lived at the edge of a small village in a small but clean mud hut

他们住在一个小村庄的边缘，在一间虽小但干净的泥屋里。

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They kept a little garden where they grew beans and pumpkins and herbs

他们有一个小菜园，种了豆子、南瓜和香草。

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There were only two dozen houses in the village

村里只有二十来户人家。

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Their walls were painted white and shone in the sun like snow

墙壁刷得雪白，在阳光下闪闪发光。

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They had colorful red roofs and shutters of bright green or sky blue

屋顶是鲜亮的红色，百叶窗则是翠绿或天蓝色。

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In the center of the village stood a red windmill

村子中央矗立着一座红色风车。

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Around Jehan's hut stretched flat pastures and fields of corn

杰汉家小屋周围，是平坦的牧场和玉米地。

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A great canal ran through the village and the fields

一条大运河穿过村庄和田野。

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On both sides of the canal, long lines of poplar trees bent their branches in the breeze

运河两岸，成排的白杨树在微风中弯着枝条。

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Across the fields, the distant town of Antwerp was just visible on the horizon

田野那边，远处的安特卫普城在地平线上隐约可见。

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But the tall spire of the Antwerp cathedral stood out

但安特卫普大教堂高耸的尖塔却脱颖而出。

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It shone bright in the morning sun, and at dusk, its shadow stood out against the clouds

它在晨光中熠熠生辉，黄昏时分，其身影在云霞映衬下格外分明。

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Jehan and Nello made Patrasche a little straw bed in the corner of their hut

杰汉和尼洛在他们小屋的角落里，给帕特拉什铺了一张小稻草床。

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He was very weak, but still alive

它非常虚弱，但还活着。

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For many days, Patrasche lay there, not moving

好多天，帕特拉什都躺在那儿，一动不动。

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At night, Nello stayed awake, listening anxiously to his breathing

夜里，尼洛醒着，焦急地听着它的呼吸声。

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Jehan could not give Patrasche much food

杰汉没法给帕特拉什太多食物。

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He barely had enough for himself and his grandson

他自己和孙子的食物也勉强够吃。

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In his youth, Jehan had been a soldier

年轻时，杰汉当过兵。

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But his leg had been injured during the war

但打仗时腿受了伤。

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This made it difficult for him to work, and he had been poor ever since

这让他很难干活，从那以后就一直很穷。

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Some days, Jehan and Nello had nothing to eat

有些日子，杰汉和尼洛什么吃的都没有。

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But even though their lives were hard, they were content

但尽管生活艰难，他们却很知足。

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Jehan was very gentle and good to the boy, and the boy was beautiful, truthful, and kind

杰汉对男孩非常温柔慈爱，而男孩则漂亮、诚实又善良。

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During Patrasche's long recovery, Nello and his grandfather grew very fond of him

在帕特拉什漫长的康复期间，尼洛和爷爷越来越喜欢它。

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Nello leaned his cheek against Patrasche's fur at night, and they both slept soundly

夜里，尼洛把脸颊贴在帕特拉什的毛上，他俩都睡得很香。

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Patrasche became part of their little family

帕特拉什成了他们小家庭的一份子。

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One day, Patrasche made a noise, a little bark

有一天，帕特拉什发出了声音，轻轻地叫了一声。

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Jehan and Nello laughed and then wept with joy

杰汉和尼洛笑了，接着又高兴得哭了。

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Little Nello made a necklace of flowers for Patrasche and hugged him around his huge neck

小尼洛给帕特拉什做了一个花环，然后搂着它粗大的脖子拥抱它。

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Patrasche was getting better

帕特拉什在好转。

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A few weeks later, Patrasche's health and strength returned

几周后，帕特拉什恢复了健康和体力。

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He stood up, and his big brown eyes showed surprise

它站了起来，棕色的大眼睛里流露出惊讶。

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Nobody was hitting him or cursing him

没有人在打它，也没有人在骂它。

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He looked lovingly at Jehan and Nello

它深情地看着杰汉和尼洛。

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He owed them his life

它这条命是他们给的。