012 农场的夏天

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June 10

6月10日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿叔叔，

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I just got here, but already Lock Willow Farm seems like heaven to me!

我才刚到，但柳树农场对我来说已经像是天堂！

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Mr. and Mrs. Semple are so kind

森普尔先生和太太真是太好了。

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The farmhouse is more than a hundred years old with a lovely porch out front

农舍有一百多年历史了，前面还有个可爱的门廊。

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My room has two big windows, and there's even a table where I can write

我的房间有两扇大窗户，甚至还有一张桌子可以写字。

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I'm going to write a novel this summer

这个夏天我要写一部小说。

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I can't believe that I get to spend three months here in Connecticut

真不敢相信我能在康涅狄格州这里度过三个月。

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You've given me more than I deserve

您给我的，远超过我应得的。

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You should hear the frogs croaking and the pigs squealing!

你真该听听青蛙呱呱叫和猪儿哼哼叫的声音！

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I can't wait until tomorrow to explore

我等不及明天去探索了。

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It's only half past eight, but I have to try to sleep

现在才八点半，但我必须试着睡觉了。

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We rise at five in the morning on the farm

在农场，我们早上五点起床。

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Good night

晚安，

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Judy

朱迪

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July 15

7月15日

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Dear Daddy Longlegs

亲爱的长腿爸爸，

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How did your secretary know about Lock Willow Farm?

您的秘书是怎么知道柳树农场的？

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I'm curious because I've just learned something interesting

我很好奇，因为我刚刚知道了一件有趣的事。

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Mr. Jervis Pendleton used to own this farm!

杰维斯·彭德尔顿先生曾经拥有这个农场！

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He gave it to Mrs. Semple, who had been his nanny

他把农场给了曾经照顾他的保姆森普太太。

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Did you ever hear such a coincidence?

你听说过这么巧的事吗？

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Mrs. Semple still calls him " Master Jervie."

森普太太现在还是叫他“杰维少爷”。

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She's always talking about what a sweet little boy he was

她总会说起他小时候是个多么可爱的小男孩。

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She even has one of his baby curls saved in a box

她甚至在一个盒子里珍藏着他婴儿时期的一缕卷发。

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( He had red hair!)

（他小时候是红头发呢！）

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Mrs. Semple was very impressed that I'd met him

森普太太对我见过他这件事印象非常深刻。

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She thinks Master Jervie is the best member of the Pendleton family

她认为杰维少爷是彭德尔顿家族里最好的人。

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And so do I!

我也觉得！

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The farm gets more entertaining every day

农场一天比一天更有趣了。

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I rode on a hay wagon yesterday

我昨天坐了干草车。

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We have three big pigs and nine little piglets

我们有三头大猪和九只小猪。

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They all have huge appetites!

它们胃口都大得很！

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There are also lots of chickens, ducks, and turkeys

还有很多鸡、鸭子和火鸡。

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Every day my job is to collect the eggs

我每天的工作就是捡鸡蛋。

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Yesterday I fell off a beam in the barn loft

昨天我从谷仓阁楼的横梁上摔了下来。

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When I came into the kitchen, I showed Mrs. Semple my scraped knee

我走进厨房时，给森普太太看了我擦伤的膝盖。

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" Oh, dear, let me clean that for you."

“哦，天哪，我来帮你清理一下吧。”

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She rubbed my knee with a liquid that stung

她用一种药水擦我的膝盖，感觉火辣辣的。

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" Ouch!" I cried

“哎呀！”我大叫起来。

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" How did you scrape your knee?" she asked

“你的膝盖是怎么擦伤的？”她问道。

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" The black hen made her nest on a beam in the barn loft

“那只黑母鸡在谷仓阁楼的横梁上做了个窝。

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I fell when I was trying to get the eggs

我去拿鸡蛋的时候摔了下来。

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Why would she build her nest up there?"

它为什么要把窝搭在那上面呢？”

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" To keep her eggs safe." Mrs. Semple laughed

“为了它的蛋安全呀。”森普太太笑了。

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" It seems only yesterday that Master Jervie fell off the very same beam

“仿佛就在昨天，杰维少爷也从那同一根横梁上掉下来过。

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And I believe he scraped that very same knee."

而且我相信他擦伤的也是那同一个膝盖。”

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We have six calves and I've chosen names for most of them

我们有六头小牛，我已经给它们大部分都起了名字。

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One is named Sallie, and another is Judy

一头叫莎莉，另一头叫朱迪。

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There's also a dull, ordinary one that I called Julia

还有一头呆板又平凡的小牛，我叫它茱莉亚。

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I hope you don't mind, but I've also named one Daddy Longlegs

我希望你不介意，我也给一头牛起名叫长腿爸爸。

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It has a very sweet personality

它的性格非常温顺。

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July 16

7月16日

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I meant to finish this letter yesterday

我本打算昨天写完这封信。

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But then I remembered that I'd promised to pick blackberries for supper

但后来我记起答应过要摘黑莓做晚饭。

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So I went off and left the letter on the table

于是我就走了，把信留在了桌子上。

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What do you think I found today?

你猜我今天发现了什么？

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A real daddy longlegs, sitting in the middle of the page!

一只真正的长腿蜘蛛，正坐在信纸中央！

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I gently set it on the windowsill so it could escape

我轻轻把它放在窗台上，好让它逃走。

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I'd never hurt one of them

我绝不会伤害它们中的任何一只。

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They always remind me of you!

它们总让我想起您！

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When I finish this letter, I'm going to read a book that I found in the attic

写完这封信，我就要去读一本我在阁楼找到的书了。

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It belonged to Jervis Pendleton

这本书原来是杰维斯·彭德尔顿的。

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I know this because he wrote his name on the first page

我知道这个，是因为第一页有他写的名字。

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I showed it to Mrs. Semple last night

昨晚我拿给森普太太看了。

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We were sitting on the front porch after supper

我们晚饭后坐在前门廊上。

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" Oh, I remember this book."

“哦，我记得这本书。”

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She took it from my hand and smiled fondly

她把书从我手里接过去，露出了怀念的微笑。

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" Master Jervie read it over and over

“杰维少爷曾一遍又一遍地读它。

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He spent the whole summer here one year after he'd been ill."

有一年他病好了之后，在这里度过了整个夏天。”

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" How old was he?"

“他那时候多大？”

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" Hmm." Mrs. Semple stopped to think

“嗯。”森普太太停下来想了想。

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" He must have been 11 that year

“他那年肯定有十一岁了。

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He was always running up the stairs, making an awful racket

他总是跑着上楼梯，动静大得吓人。

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I always had to remind him to close the screen door, so the bugs would stay out

我总得提醒他关上纱门，免得飞虫进来。

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And, of course, he was constantly asking for cookies."

当然了，他还老是来要饼干吃。”

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" I'm sure you always gave him cookies," I said

“我敢肯定，你每次都给他饼干吃了。”我说。

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" Well, yes." Mrs. Semple smiled at the memory

“嗯，是啊。”森普太太回忆着，笑了起来。

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" But not before meals, of course."

“但当然不能在饭前吃。”

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She handed the book back to me

她把书递还给了我。

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I know Master Jervie enjoyed this book because his fingerprints are all over the pages!

我敢肯定杰维少爷很喜欢这本书，因为书页上到处都是他的指印！

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Mrs. Semple talks about him all the time

森普太太总是不停地讲起他。

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Now I think of him as a nice but dirty little boy full of adventure

现在，我把他想象成一个讨人喜欢却又脏兮兮的小男孩，浑身充满了冒险精神。

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She says he was a brave and truthful child

她说，他是个勇敢又诚实的孩子。

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Here at the farm, I can't think of him as that grown man with a silk hat and walking stick

在农场这里，我实在无法将他想象成那个戴着丝绸礼帽、拿着手杖的成年男人。

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His toys are still in a corner of the attic!

他的玩具还放在阁楼的角落里呢！

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I'm sorry that he's a Pendleton because he's clearly much better than that other Pendleton I know

我有点遗憾他姓彭德尔顿，因为他显然比我认识的那位彭德尔顿好太多了。

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I haven't had time to begin my novel

我还没时间动笔写我的小说。

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But I've learned how to make doughnuts!

但我已经学会怎么做甜甜圈了！

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Your affectionate orphan

你深情的孤儿，

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Judy

朱迪