005 金妮的故事

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As I've said, Ginger wasn't terribly friendly toward me at first

就像我说过的，金吉儿起初对我并不怎么友好。

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But the longer we worked together, the better we got along

但在一起干活的时间越长，我们相处得就越融洽。

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One warm afternoon we were out in the orchard

一个温暖的午后，我们来到外面的果园里。

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Ginger and I stood under the big chestnut tree while the other horses grazed

金吉儿和我站在那棵大栗子树下，其他马儿在吃草。

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I told her about my life before coming to Birtwick Park

我跟她讲了我来伯特维克庄园之前的生活。

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" You're lucky," she said when I finished

“你真幸运，” 我说完后，她说道。

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" If I'd grown up with your Farmer Grey, I might have a good temper too

“要是我也是在你那位农夫格雷身边长大的，或许我也能有个好脾气。

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But I'm afraid it's too late for me."

但恐怕对我来说已经太晚了。”

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" What do you mean?" I asked

“你这话是什么意思？” 我问道。

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" My life has been very different from yours," she said

“我的生活和你大不一样，” 她说。

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" Before coming here, no one was ever kind to me

“来这里之前，从没有人对我好过。

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I was taken from my mother as early as possible and put in with several other young horses

我很小的时候就被从妈妈身边带走，和几匹小马关在一起。

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We had food and shelter, but that was all

我们有吃的有住的地方，但也仅此而已。

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There were no kind words or pats like you had."

从没有像你得到过的那种亲切话语或轻拍。”

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" That's too bad," I said, feeling sorry for her

“那太糟了。”我说着，觉得她怪可怜的。

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" Yes. And you just told me that your master chased away a boy who threw rocks at you," she said

“是啊。你刚才还告诉我，你的主人赶走了一个朝你扔石头的男孩，”她说。

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" Well, a whole group of boys used to throw things at us to make us run

“唉，以前有一大群男孩总朝我们扔东西，撵着我们跑。

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And if my master ever noticed, he didn't seem to care

就算我的主人看见了，也好像毫不在意。

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One colt even got hit in the face. The poor horse probably still has a scar."

有匹小马甚至被砸中了脸。那可怜的马可能现在还有疤呢。”

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" Oh no," I said softly

“哦，不。”我轻声说道。

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" At least you had a pasture to play in," I added a moment later, looking around the orchard

“至少你还有牧场可以玩耍，”过了一会儿，我环顾着果园补充道。

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" That must have been nice."

“那一定很美好。”

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" I suppose so," Ginger said

“我想是吧，”金吉儿说。

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" But when it was time for my training, things got much worse."

“但到了我受训的时候，情况变得糟糕多了。”

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" Do you mean when you had to wear a bit?" I asked

“你是说你得戴上嚼子的时候吗？”我问。

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" It took me a while to get used to that."

“我花了好一阵子才习惯那个。”

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She swished her tail

她甩了甩尾巴。

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" I mean all of it

“我指的是那全部过程。

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When the men came to catch me in the field, they were in a hurry

那些人到田野里来抓我的时候，他们急匆匆的。

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They chased me into a corner, then one of them grabbed my mane and another grabbed my nose

他们把我追赶到一个角落，然后一个人揪住我的鬃毛，另一个人揪住我的鼻子。

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They held me still while a third man put on my halter

他们按住我，让我一动不能动，第三个人就给我套上了笼头。

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Then they all dragged me off to the stable, hitting me when I didn't go fast enough."

然后，他们一起把我连拖带拽地拉进马厩，我走得不够快，他们就打我。"

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There was more to Ginger's story

金吉儿的故事还远不止这些。

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She explained how she had been shut up in a stall day after day

她解释说自己曾日复一日地被关在一个小隔间里。

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The men had handled her roughly while training her

训练她时，那些男人们手法粗暴。

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They never let her understand what they wanted before forcing her to do things

他们从不让她先弄明白他们的意图，就强迫她去做事。

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Often they made her run around at the end of a long rope until she was completely exhausted

他们经常让她被拴在长绳末端，绕着圈跑，直到她精疲力竭。

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When she didn't behave perfectly while being ridden, they put a painful, new bit in her mouth

当她被骑乘时表现不佳，他们就会给她戴上一种很疼的新衔铁。

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" What a terrible way to get trained," I said

"多么可怕的训练方式啊，"我说道。

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Ginger snorted in agreement

金吉儿哼了一声，表示同意。

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Things didn't get any better once her training was finished

训练结束后，情况并没好转。

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Her first master sold her to a horse dealer

她的第一个主人把她卖给了一个马贩子。

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" The dealer wanted me to match another chestnut horse," she said

“马贩子想让我和另一匹栗色马配成对，”她说。

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" He drove us together for a while, and then sold us to a rich gentleman in London

“他让我们一起拉车跑了一阵子，然后就把我们卖给了伦敦的一位有钱绅士。

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Our new owner liked to drive with a very tight checkrein."

我们的新主人喜欢用很紧的紧缰绳拉车。”

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" What's a checkrein?" I asked

“紧缰绳是什么？”我问。

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" You're lucky not to know," Ginger said

“你不知道是你的福气，”金吉儿说。

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" It's an extra rein that forces a horse to hold her head up very high

“它是一根额外的缰绳，逼着马把头高高地抬起来。

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I like to toss my head and hold it high, but it's tiring to be forced to do it."

我喜欢甩头，也喜欢把头抬高，但被逼着这样做可就累人了。”

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I didn't really understand what she meant. But it sounded very unpleasant

我并不真明白她的意思，但听起来让人很不舒服。

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I stayed quiet as she continued her story

她继续讲她的经历，我静静听着。

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" My new master used a harsh bit as well," she said

“我的新主人还用了一种很严厉的嚼子，”她说。

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" And we often had to stand for hours waiting for the mistress outside a party

“而且我们常常得在聚会场所外面站上好几个小时等候女主人。

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If I dared to stamp my hooves or move, the coachman whipped me."

我要是敢跺一下蹄子或是动一下，车夫就用鞭子抽我。”

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" How terrible!" I exclaimed

“太可怕了！”我惊叫道。

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" Soon I began to kick or bite whenever anyone came to harness me

“很快，每次有人来给我套马具时，我就开始又踢又咬。

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I was miserable and sore all the time. One day I couldn't take any more

我一直都很痛苦、浑身酸痛。有一天我实在受不了了。

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When they hitched me, I started to jump and kick

他们套好我时，我就开始又跳又踢。

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I soon broke free, and that was the end of that place."

我很快就挣脱了，那个地方的日子也就结束了。”

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" Is that when you came here?" I asked

“你就是那时候来这儿的吗？”我问。

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" No. I was sold to a different gentleman whose groom was impatient and cruel

“不是。我被卖给另一位绅士，他的马夫又急躁又残忍。

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If I didn't do as he ordered right away, he hit me with a broom or whatever else was handy

要是我不马上照他吩咐的做，他就用扫帚或手边随便什么东西打我。

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One day I bit him. Soon after that I was sold again, and ended up here."

有一天我咬了他。不久我就又被卖了，最后到了这里。”

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It was a very sad tale

这真是段非常悲伤的经历。

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When she was finished telling me about her past, we just stood there for a while, watching the other horses

她讲完自己的过去后，我们就在那儿站了一会儿，看着其他的马。

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But the longer we all lived at Birtwick Park, the calmer and more relaxed Ginger became

不过，我们在伯特威克庄园住得越久，金吉儿就变得越平静、越放松。

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The men noticed it too

马夫们也注意到了这点。

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" That horse is getting much better," James said one day after Ginger let him rub her forehead

“那匹马变得好多了，”一天，金吉儿让詹姆斯摸了摸她的额头后，詹姆斯说道。

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" She'll be as good as Black Beauty soon," John agreed

“她很快就能和黑骏马一样好了，”约翰表示同意。

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" Kindness is all she wanted after all."

“说到底，她想要的只是善待。”