第16课

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Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.

玛丽和她的丈夫迪米特里住在希腊南部佩拉霍拉的一个小村庄里。

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One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.

玛丽最珍贵的财产之一是她丈夫送给她的一只白色小羊羔。

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She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening.

白天她把它拴在田野里的一棵树上，每天傍晚都去把它牵回来。

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One evening, however the lamb was missing.

然而，一个晚上，那只羊不见了。

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The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.

绳子被割断了，很明显羊被偷了。

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When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened.

迪米特里从田里回来时，他的妻子把发生的一切告诉了他。

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Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.

迪米特里立刻出去寻找小偷。

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He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.

他知道在这样一个小村庄里，找到小偷不会很难。

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After telling several of his friends about the theft,

在把失窃的事告诉他的几个朋友之后，

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Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.

迪米特里发现他的邻居阿列科突然多了一只新羊。

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Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.

迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家，愤怒地指责他偷了羊。

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He told him he had better return it or he would call the police.

他告诉阿列科最好把羊还回来，否则他就报警。

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Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard.

阿列科否认偷了羊，并把迪米特里领进了他的后院。

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It was true that he had just bought a lamb he explained, but his lamb was black.

他解释说，他确实刚买了一只羊，但他的羊是黑色的。

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Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.

迪米特里为自己如此鲁莽的行为感到羞愧，他向阿列科为自己的指责道了歉。

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While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped.

他们谈话的时候开始下雨了，迪米特里就在阿列科家里待到雨停。

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When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.

半小时后，当他出去时，他惊奇地发现那只黑色的小羊几乎是白色的。

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Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!

它的羊毛，原来被染成了黑色，被雨水冲洗干净了！