雙語(yǔ)閱讀：狼的傳說(shuō)
With all her big brothers and sisters off to school, our ranch became a lonely place for our three-year-old daughter, Becky. She longed for playmates. Cattle and horses were too big to cuddle and farm machinery dangerous for a child so small. We promised to buy her a puppy but in the meantime, “Pretend” puppies popped up nearly every day.
I had just finished washing the lunch dishes when the screen door slammed and Becky rushed in, cheeks flushed with excitement. “Mama!” she cried, “Come see my new doggy! I gave him water two times already. He’s so thirsty!”
I sighed, another of Becky’s imaginary dogs.
哥哥姐姐都去上學(xué)以后，對(duì)我們?nèi)龤q的女兒貝基來(lái)說(shuō)，農(nóng)場(chǎng)就成為一個(gè)寂寞的地方了。她渴望伙伴。牛馬太大了，她無(wú)法抱在懷里。農(nóng)業(yè)機(jī)械對(duì)這么小的孩子也太危險(xiǎn)。我們答應(yīng)給她買(mǎi)個(gè)寵物，不過(guò)同時(shí)，“虛構(gòu)”的寵物每天都會(huì)出現(xiàn)。
我剛洗完午飯的盤(pán)子，紗窗門(mén)就砰地被撞開(kāi)，貝基跑了進(jìn)來(lái)，興奮地滿(mǎn)臉通紅�！皨寢�!”她叫著，“快來(lái)看看我的新狗狗!我已經(jīng)喂他兩次水了，他都快渴死了!”
我嘆息了一聲，又是一只貝基虛構(gòu)的小狗。
“Please come, Mama.” She tugged at my jeans, her brown eyes pleading, “He’s crying — and he can’t walk!”
“Can’t walk?” Now that was a twist. All her previous make-believe dogs could do marvelous things. One balanced a ball on the end of its nose. Another dug a hole that went all the way through the earth and fell out on a star on the other side.
Still another danced on a tightrope. Why suddenly a dog that couldn’t walk?
“All right, honey,” I said. By the time I tried to follow her, Becky had already disappeared into the mesquite.
“Where are you?” I called.
“Over here by the oak stump. Hurry, Mama!”
“來(lái)呀，媽媽。”她使勁拖著我的牛仔褲，棕色的.眼睛里透出乞求的眼神�！八恢痹诮小�不會(huì)走路呢!”
“不會(huì)走路?”這倒是一個(gè)預(yù)想不到的變化。她以前編造的狗狗都會(huì)做令人驚異的事情。其中一只會(huì)在鼻尖上平穩(wěn)地頂著一個(gè)球不讓它掉下來(lái)，另一只挖洞穿越了地球，從另一端掉到星球上去了，還有一只在能在鋼絲上跳舞。怎么突然有了一只不會(huì)走路的狗狗呢?
“好吧，寶貝。”我說(shuō)。還來(lái)不及跟上她呢，貝基就已經(jīng)消失在豆科灌木叢中了。
“你在哪兒啊?”我喊道。
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