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Chapter 10 A London cab horse
第10章 在倫敦拉出租馬車
Jerry Barker was a small man，but well－made and quick in all his movements．
杰利·巴克爾是個(gè)小個(gè)兒男人，但他結(jié)實(shí)、健壯、動(dòng)作敏捷。
He lived in London and was a cab driver．Jerrys wife，Polly，was a little woman with smooth dark hair and dark eyes．
他住在倫敦，是個(gè)趕出租馬車的。杰利的妻子波莉身材小巧，有一頭光滑的黑發(fā)和一雙烏黑的眼睛。
His son，Harry，was nearly twelve years old， and was a tall，good－tempered boy．
他兒子叫哈利，快12歲了，個(gè)子高高的，脾氣挺好。
His daughter，Dolly，was eight，and she looked just like her mother．
女兒多莉8歲，看上去和媽媽很像。
Jerry had his own cab and two horses，which he drove and groomed himself．
杰利有自己的一輛馬車和兩匹馬，他自己趕馬、料理馬。
His other horse was a tall，white animal called Captain．
他的另外一匹馬高大潔白，名叫上尉。
The next morning，Polly and Dolly came to see me．
第二天上午，波莉和多莉來看我。
Harry had helped his father since early that morning and had already decided that I would be a good horse．
哈利從那天一大早就幫父親干活兒，已斷定我是匹好馬。
Polly brought me a piece of apple and Dolly brought me some bread．
波利給我?guī)硪黄O果，多莉給我拿了些面包。
Well call him Jack，after the old one，said Jerry．Shall we，Polly？
我們叫他杰克吧，和上回那匹一樣，杰利說，好嗎，波莉？
Yes，she said．I like to keep a good name going．
好，她說，我喜歡沿用一個(gè)好名字。
關(guān)于《黑駿馬》他一連被賣過多次，接觸過各種人：有喝多了酒就拿馬撒氣的醉漢，有動(dòng)輒抽鞭子的出租馬車車夫，有不把動(dòng)物當(dāng)回事的野蠻人，也有把動(dòng)物當(dāng)成朋友的好人家，嘗盡了人間的甜酸苦辣。
