112 稻田之地

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The angry ox lowered its head and snorted

生气的那头牛低下头，哼了一声。

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" Let's run!" shouted Mandy

“快跑！”曼迪喊道。

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" Where?" Vinnie cried

“往哪儿跑？”维尼叫道。

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" What's going on?" a voice said suddenly

“怎么回事？”突然一个声音说道。

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A young boy about Mandy's age appeared

一个和曼迪年纪相仿的男孩出现了。

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He spoke softly to the angry ox and patted its neck

他轻声对那头生气的牛说话，拍了拍它的脖子。

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" Well, we...," stuttered Vinnie

“呃，我们……”维尼结结巴巴地说。

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" Did you come to see Budi?

“你们是来看布迪的吗？

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The fastest ox in the village?" the boy asked proudly

村里跑得最快的牛？”男孩骄傲地问。

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He tied a ribbon around the calm ox's head

他给那头平静的牛头上系了一条缎带。

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" What's your name?" asked Mandy

“你叫什么名字？”曼迪问。

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" I'm Wayan, and these are my oxen, Budi and Gede," he replied

“我是维安，这些是我的牛，布迪和盖德，”他回答道。

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" Who are you?"

“你们是谁？”

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The children introduced themselves

孩子们做了自我介绍。

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Wayan had black hair and eyes

维安有着黑色的头发和眼睛。

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He wore a long, layered skirt but no shirt

他穿着一条长长的多层裙子，但没有穿上衣。

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" Are you here for the races?"

“你们是来参加比赛的吗？”

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Wayan asked, tying a ribbon on the other ox

维安一边给另一头牛系上缎带，一边问道。

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" Races?" asked Vinnie

“比赛？”维尼问。

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Just then a girl walked up

就在这时，一个女孩走了过来。

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She stopped when she saw Vinnie and Mandy

那个女孩看到维尼和曼迪后停住了。

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" Wayan!" she exclaimed." Here are some flowers."

“维安！”她喊道，“这里有花。”

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Mandy introduced herself and Vinnie to the girl

曼迪向女孩介绍了自己和维尼。

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" I am Wayan's younger sister, Nyoman," she said

“我是维安的妹妹，妮欧曼。”她说。

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" Why are you decorating the oxen?" asked Vinnie

“你们为什么在给牛打扮啊？”维尼问道。

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The two animals were now decorated with ribbons and flowers

两头牛现在装饰了彩带和花朵。

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" So people know who owns them," explained Nyoman

“这样大家就知道它们是谁的了。”妮欧曼解释道。

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" And it makes them look handsome."

“而且会让它们看起来真好看。”

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" What kind of race is it?" asked Mandy

“是什么样的比赛？”曼迪问道。

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" It's a race of the fastest oxen," Nyoman said

“是比出哪头牛跑得最快。”妮欧曼说。

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" It is a tradition

“这是一个传统。

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Long ago, farmers needed to plant the rice seed quickly

很久以前，农民们需要快速播种稻种。

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They needed to plant several crops a year

他们一年需要种植好几季作物。

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So they made their oxen plow faster and faster

所以，他们让牛耕地越来越快。

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Soon it became a contest."

很快，这就变成了一场比赛。”

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Nyoman and Wayan's parents walked up

妮欧曼和维安的爸妈走了过来。

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" Are these your friends?"

“这些是你们的朋友吗？”

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their father asked, smiling kindly

他们的爸爸亲切地笑着问道。

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" Yes. Can they come to the race with us?" asked Wayan

“是的。他们能和我们一起去看比赛吗？”维安问道。

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" Of course, but we must hurry," replied his father

“当然可以，但是我们必须抓紧。”他的爸爸回答。

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Wayan and his father led the oxen down the road

维安和他的爸爸牵着牛沿着路走去。

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Vinnie and Mandy followed with Nyoman and her mother

维尼和曼迪跟着妮欧曼和她的妈妈。

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" Wow! What is that?"

“哇！那是什么？”

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Mandy pointed to a hill that looked like a tall, grassy staircase

曼迪指向一座看起来像高高的、长满草的楼梯的山丘。

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" Those are rice fields," explained Nyoman

“那些是稻田。”妮欧曼解释说。

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" They look like giant steps!" Vinnie said

“它们看起来像巨大的台阶！”维尼说。

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" The farmers specially shape the land like that," said Nyoman

“农民们特意把土地弄成那个形状。”妮欧曼说。

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" Why?" asked Vinnie

“为什么？”维尼问。

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" It helps them send water evenly to all the fields

“这样有助于把水均匀地输送到所有的田里。

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Water is very important to rice fields

水对稻田来说非常重要。

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The rice farmers must work together to keep all these fields alive," explained Nyoman

稻农们必须齐心协力才能让所有这些田地充满生机。”妮欧曼解释说。

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The children saw narrow streams of water here and there

孩子们看到到处都有窄窄的水流。

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Nyoman shook her head at them

妮欧曼朝他们摇了摇头。

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" How can you live in Bali and not know about rice fields or the races?"

“你们住在巴厘岛，怎么会不知道稻田和比赛呢？”

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" Bali?" cried Mandy

“巴厘岛？”曼迪叫道。

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She turned to Vinnie

她转向维尼。

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" We're in Indonesia!"

“我们在印度尼西亚！”