他們堅(jiān)強(qiáng)而善良 節(jié)選

我母親的父親
　　MY MOTHER'S FATHER
　　我母親的父親是一位蘇格蘭船長。
　　MY MOTHER'S FATHER was a Scotch sea captain.
　　他駕駛著“伊莉莎?簡(jiǎn)?霍泊號(hào)”雙桅帆船從紐約航行到了加勒比群島——還到達(dá)了波多黎各、古巴和巴拿馬地峽①。
　　He sailed the brig Eliza Jane Hopper from New York to the islands of the Caribbean—to Puerto Rico and Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama.
　　他常常給他的朋友們帶回來各種禮物——猴子和鸚鵡，甘蔗，有時(shí)還有巴拿馬草帽①。
　　He used to bring back presents for his friends—monkeys and parrots, sugar cane and sometimes Panama hats.
　　有一次，他給一個(gè)朋友帶了一只鸚鵡，給另一個(gè)朋友帶了一頂非常精美的巴拿馬草帽。但是在抵達(dá)紐約之前，他們突然遭遇了一場(chǎng)特大的暴風(fēng)雨，我母親的父親不得不在甲板上忙碌了整整兩天兩夜。
　　當(dāng)暴風(fēng)雨過去之后，他才下到他的艙室里去休息。
　　One time he brought a parrot for one friend and a very fine Panama hat for another. A great storm came on before they reached New York and my mother's father had to stay on deck for two days and two nights.
　　When the storm was over he went down to his cabin to rest.
　　那只鸚鵡已?-發(fā)現(xiàn)了那頂巴拿馬草帽，并且吃掉了帽子的很大一部分。
　　因此，一個(gè)朋友當(dāng)然沒有得到他的草帽，而另一個(gè)朋友也 差點(diǎn)兒沒有得到那只鸚鵡。
　　The parrot had found the Panama hat and had eaten a great deal of it.
　　So one friend didn't get his hat, and the other friend almost didn't get a parrot.
　　我的母親
　　MY MOTHER
　　當(dāng)我的母親還是一個(gè)小女孩時(shí)，有一些印第安人也在明尼蘇達(dá)州。
　　WHEN my mother was a little girl there were Indians in Minnesota.
　　我的母親并不喜歡他們。他們連門都不敲就大搖大擺地走進(jìn)廚房，坐到地板上。然后，他們就會(huì)揉著他們的肚子，指著他們的嘴巴，表示他們餓了。他們會(huì)賴在那里不走，直到我母親的母親給了他們一些吃的。
　　My mother did not like them. They would stalk into the kitchen without knocking and sit on the floor. Then they would rub their stomachs and point to their mouths to show that they were hungry. They would not leave until my mother's mother gave them something to eat.
　　那里還有一些伐木工人。他們每個(gè)周六晚上都會(huì)擁進(jìn)城里，制造出大量的噪音。而且有時(shí)候還發(fā)生各種打架斗毆。
　　他們簡(jiǎn)直嚇壞了我的母親。
　　There were lumberjacks there too. They all came into the town on Saturday nights and made a great deal of noise. And sometimes there were fights.
　　They frightened my mother.
　　于是，我母親的母親就把她送到了一所女修道院去上學(xué)。修道院里非常寧靜安詳。修女們都非常溫和，從不大聲說話。我的母親很喜歡她們。
　　她們教她畫畫，教她說法語、西班牙語、德語和意大利語，教她做美麗的刺繡，還有彈管風(fēng)琴。她也很喜歡這些。
　　So my mother's mother sent her to a convent to go to school. It was quiet and peaceful at the convent. The nuns were very gentle and never spoke loudly. My mother liked them.
　　They taught her to paint pictures and to speak French and Spanish and German and Italian, to do beautiful embroidery, and to play the organ. She liked that too.
　　修女們有一些可愛的花園。她們教我的母親怎樣養(yǎng)花，怎樣照料蜜蜂。她無需戴手套和網(wǎng)罩就能打開蜂房，取出蜂蜜。數(shù)百只蜜蜂會(huì)停留在她的手上、臉上和脖子上，但是沒有一只蟄過她。所有動(dòng)物都喜歡我的母親，因?yàn)樗侨绱说匕察o和溫文爾雅。
　　The nuns had lovely gardens. They taught my mother how to grow flowers and to care for bees. She could open hives and take out the honey without wearing gloves or a net. Hundreds of bees would light on her hands and face and neck, but none ever stung her. All animals loved my mother because she was so quiet and gentle.
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羅伯特·勞森（Robert Lawson， 1892—1957）畢業(yè)于紐約的一所應(yīng)用藝術(shù)學(xué)校，他作為一位商業(yè)藝術(shù)家工作了很多年，并于1931年獲得美國蝕刻師協(xié)會(huì)的“泰勒·阿姆斯獎(jiǎng)”。當(dāng)轉(zhuǎn)向兒童圖書領(lǐng)域后，他同樣獲得了很高的成就和贊譽(yù)。勞森一生創(chuàng)作甚多，作品深受廣大讀者喜愛，并屢屢獲獎(jiǎng)和被媒體推薦。他分別以《兔子山》和《他們堅(jiān)強(qiáng)而善良》榮獲紐伯瑞金獎(jiǎng)和凱迪克金獎(jiǎng)，他是目前唯一一位同時(shí)獲得這兩項(xiàng)殊榮的獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)摺Ｔ诘谝淮问澜绱髴?zhàn)期間的服役結(jié)束后，他結(jié)了婚并定居于康涅狄格州的西港市。在那里，他住在他的那個(gè)名為“兔子山”的宅院里專心從事繪畫和寫作。1957年，羅伯特·勞森在自己的家中辭世。