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"What ever happened to your friend Louis?" asked Mr. Beaver.
“你的朋友路易斯怎么樣了？”比弗先生問，
"Louis was a trumpeter. You don't suppose he's somewhere around here, do you?"
“路易斯就是一只號手天鵝。你不認為他有可能就在這周圍的某個地方嗎？”
"He might be," said Sam.
“可能吧。”薩姆說。
"Have you heard from him recently?" asked Mr. Beaver.
“你最近有他的消息嗎？”比弗先生問。
"No," replied Sam. "He doesn't write anymore.
“沒有，”薩姆回答，“他不再給我寫信了。
He ran out of postage stamps, and he has no money to buy stamps with."
他的郵票用光了，又沒錢去買。”
"Oh," said Mr. Beaver. "Well, the whole business about that bird was very queer
“噢，”比弗先生說，“真的，有關那只鳥的所有事情都很奇怪
I never did fully understand it."
我從未完全搞懂過。”
Sam looked across at his father and saw that his eyes had closed.
薩姆瞥了他父親一眼，發(fā)現(xiàn)他的眼睛已經(jīng)閉上了。
Mr. Beaver was falling asleep. There was hardly a sound to disturb the stillness of the woods.
比弗先生睡著了。幾乎沒有一絲聲音來擾亂這森林中的寂靜。
Sam was tired and sleepy too.
薩姆也累得想睡了。
He got out his notebook and sat down at the table by the light of the kerosene lamp.
他拿出他的日記本，在桌旁的煤油燈下坐下來。
This is what he wrote: Tonight I heard Louis's horn.
這是他所寫下的話：今夜我聽到了路易斯的號聲。
My father heard it, too.
我爸爸也聽到了。
The wind was right, and I could hear the notes of taps, just as darkness fell.
正好是順風，所以黃昏剛一降臨，我就聽到了熄燈號的旋律。
There is nothing in all the world I like better than the trumpet of the swan.
這個世界上再沒什么比這個天鵝的小號聲更能讓我喜歡的了。
What does "crepuscular" mean?
“Crepuscular ”是什么意思呢？
Sam put his notebook away. He undressed and slid into bed.
薩姆將他的日記本收好。他脫下衣服溜上了床。
He lay there, wondering what "crepuscular" meant.
他躺在那兒，想著“Crepuscular” 這個詞是什么意思。
In less than three minutes he was fast asleep.
還不到三分鐘，他就很快地睡著了。
On the pond where the swans were, Louis put his trumpet away.
在天鵝們所在的池塘上，路易斯放下了他的小號。
The cygnets crept under their mother's wings. Darkness settled on woods and fields and marsh.
小天鵝們都鉆到他們媽媽的翅膀底下去了。黑暗籠罩了森林，野地和沼澤。
A loon called its wild night cry.
一只鸊鵜發(fā)出了他在夜里的狂野叫聲。
As Louis relaxed and prepared for sleep,
當路易斯放松下來準備睡覺時，
all his thoughts were of how lucky he was to inhabit such a beautiful earth,
他滿心想的是自己有多么幸運，既能居住在一個這么美好的世界，
how lucky he had been to solve his problems with music,
又能用音樂解決他所有的難題；
and how pleasant it was to look forward to another night of sleep and another day tomorrow,
接下去又是一個靜夜和又一個明天，又一個清新的早晨，
and the fresh morning, and the light that returns with the day.
光明會與新的一天同時復返。在充滿企盼的時候，心里是多么快樂呀。
