011 玛丽遇见迪肯

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The sun had been shining on the secret garden for nearly a week

阳光照耀在秘密花园上已经快一周了。

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Mary was beginning to like being outdoors, and she was even starting to like the wind

玛丽开始喜欢上待在户外了，甚至也开始喜欢风吹的感觉。

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She could run faster and longer, and she could skip up to a hundred

她能跑得更快、更久了，跳绳也能一口气跳到一百下。

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Mary was a determined little person, and now that she had something to be interested in, she was very determined

玛丽是个意志坚定的小人儿，现在有了感兴趣的事情，她就格外地坚持。

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She worked hard in the garden, digging and pulling up weeds

她在花园里努力干活，挖土，拔除杂草。

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Instead of getting tired, she felt happy

她不觉得累，反而感到很开心。

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During that week of sunshine, Mary met Ben Weatherstaff outdoors several times

在那个阳光明媚的一周里，玛丽在户外碰到了本·韦瑟斯塔夫好几次。

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She always approached quietly because she was afraid he might pick up his tools and leave if he saw her

她总是悄悄地靠近，因为她怕本一看到她，就会收起工具走掉。

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" You are like the robin," he said to her one morning when she suddenly appeared at his side

“你就像那只知更鸟，”一天早上，当她突然出现在他身边时，他对她说。

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" I never know when I will see you."

“我从不知道什么时候会见到你。”

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" The robin is friends with me now," said Mary

“知更鸟现在和我做朋友了。”玛丽说。

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Ben stopped working and rested one foot on his shovel

本停下手中的活儿，一只脚踩在铁锹上休息。

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" How long have you lived here?"

“你在这儿住了多久了？”

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" I think it's been about a month."

“我想大概有一个月了。”

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" You're starting to look better

“你气色开始好起来了。

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Your face is not so pale, and you look fatter."

你的脸没那么苍白了，看起来也胖了点儿。”

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" I know I'm fatter," said Mary." My stockings are getting tighter

“我知道我胖了，”玛丽说，“我的袜子越来越紧了。

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Oh, look, there's the robin!"

哦，快看，知更鸟在那儿！”

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The robin hopped closer and closer to Ben

知更鸟跳得越来越近，靠近本。

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He spread his wings, flew up in the air, and landed on the handle of Ben's shovel

它展开翅膀，飞向空中，落在了本的铁锹把手上。

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Ben looked as if he didn't dare to breathe

本看起来好像屏住了呼吸。

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Then the robin flew away, and Ben took a breath

接着知更鸟飞走了，本这才喘了口气。

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There was a smile on his face as he went back to digging

当他重新开始挖土时，脸上露出了微笑。

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Ben's smile gave Mary the courage to ask a question

本的微笑给了玛丽提问的勇气。

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" Do you have a garden of your own?"

“你有自己的花园吗？”

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Ben shook his head

本摇了摇头。

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" But if you did, what kind of flowers would you plant?"

“但如果是你，会种些什么花呢？”

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" Bulbs, but mostly roses. I was a gardener for a young lady who loved roses

“球茎植物，但主要还是玫瑰。我曾为一位深爱玫瑰的年轻女士当过园丁。

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She had a lot in a place she was fond of

她有个很喜爱的地方，种了好多。

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I even saw her bend over and kiss them."

有一回我甚至看到她弯腰去亲吻那些玫瑰。”

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He pulled out a weed and frowned at it." But that was ten years ago."

他拔出一根杂草，对着它皱起眉头。“但那已经是十年前的事了。”

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" Where is she now?"

“她现在在哪儿？”

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" Heaven."

“在天堂。”

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" And what happened to her roses?" asked Mary." Did they die too?"

“那她的玫瑰怎么了？”玛丽问。“它们也死了吗？”

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" Once or twice a year, I'd go and work at them. I'd prune them and dig around their roots

“我一年会去照料一两次。修剪枝叶，翻松根部的泥土。

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But I haven't gone this year. I'm too old to do all that work."

但今年我没去。我太老了，干不了这些活了。”

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Mary couldn't stop asking questions

玛丽忍不住一直问问题。

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" When the roses have no leaves, how can you tell if they're dead or alive?"

“玫瑰没有叶子的时候，你怎么知道它们是死了还是活着？”

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" Look for little brown lumps swelling along the branches

“看枝条上有没有鼓起的小棕色疙瘩。

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Then watch them after a warm spring rain and see what happens."

然后在温暖的春雨过后，看看它们会有什么变化。”

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Ben suddenly looked angry." Why do you care so much about roses?

本突然怒容满面。"你为什么这么关心玫瑰？

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Go away and play. I'm done talking for today."

走开玩去吧。我今天不想再谈了。"

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Mary skipped down the garden path. She liked Ben even when he was gruff

玛丽蹦蹦跳跳地沿着花园小径走。即使本态度粗暴，她也喜欢他。

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Suddenly she stopped skipping

突然，她停下了跳跃。

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A red-haired boy sat under a tree, playing a wooden pipe

一个红发男孩坐在树下，吹着一支木笛。

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But he wasn't the only one there

但他不是唯一在那里的。

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A brown squirrel was clinging to the trunk of the tree and watching him

一只棕色松鼠抓着树干，注视着他。

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A pheasant was peeping out from behind a bush

一只雉鸡从灌木丛后探出头来。

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Two brown rabbits were inching closer to the boy

两只棕兔正一点点靠近男孩。

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All the animals seemed to be listening intently to the music

所有动物似乎都在聚精会神地听音乐。

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" Shh," the boy said to Mary." Stay quiet or you'll frighten them away."

“嘘，”男孩对玛丽说。“别出声，不然你会把牠们吓跑的。”

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He finished playing and stood up slowly

他吹奏完毕，缓缓站起身。

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The bird and the animals wandered away, but they didn't seem afraid

鸟儿和动物们四面散开，但牠们似乎并不害怕。

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" I'm Dickon," said the boy." And you must be Miss Mary

“我是迪肯，”男孩说。“你一定是玛丽小姐了。

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I have your seeds and your tools."

我带来了你要的种子和工具。”

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He pointed to a brown package on the ground

他指了指地上的一个棕色包裹。

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" Let's sit down on this log and look at them," said Mary

“我们坐在这根圆木上看看吧，”玛丽说。

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Dickon unwrapped the package

迪肯打开了包裹。

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He showed her a shovel, a rake, a hoe, a fork, and a trowel

他给她看了铲子、耙子、锄头、叉子和一把小泥铲。

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There were also two packets of seeds for blue and white flowers

还有两包蓝色和白色花的种子。

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" I'll plant these for you myself. Where's your garden?"

“我会亲手为你种下这些。你的花园在哪儿？”

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Mary didn't know what to say. Could she trust this strange boy?

玛丽不知道该说什么。她能信任这个陌生的男孩吗？

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" Can you keep a secret?" she blurted out at last

“你能保守秘密吗？”她终于脱口而出。

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Dickon looked puzzled." I keep secrets from the other boys all the time

迪肯一脸不解。“我经常对其他男孩保守秘密。

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If I couldn't keep secrets about fox cubs and bird nests, nothing would be safe on the moor."

要是我不能保守狐狸幼崽和鸟巢的秘密，那荒原上就没有安全可言了。”

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Mary grabbed his sleeve." I've stolen a garden," she said quickly

玛丽抓住他的袖子。“我偷了一个花园，”她飞快地说道。

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" Nobody wants it. Nobody cares for it

“没人要它，也没人在乎它。

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Nobody ever goes into it. Maybe everything is dead in it; I don't know

从没有人进去过。也许里面的一切都枯死了，我也不知道。

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But they can't take it away from me when I care about it and nobody else does."

但既然我在乎它，又没别人在乎，他们就不能把它从我这里夺走。”

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And then she burst into tears

说完，她突然哭了起来。

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Dickon's eyes grew wide." Where is this garden?" he said softly

迪肯睁大了眼睛。“这个花园在哪儿？”他轻声问道。

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Mary got up from the log." Come with me, and I'll show you."

玛丽从圆木上站起来。“跟我来，我带你去看看。”