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they trilled their reedy note, little downy chickens and wildflowers, the dogwood blossoms, meadow-violets and budding fruit trees.
昆蟲(chóng)振翅鳴叫，毛茸茸的小雞和野花在手指間劃過(guò)，山茱萸競(jìng)相綻放，草地上的紫羅蘭和發(fā)芽的果樹(shù)散發(fā)著芳香，我已經(jīng)同自然融為一體。
I felt the bursting cotton-bolls and fingered their soft fiber and fuzzy seeds;
我感覺(jué)到了綻開(kāi)的棉莢，我用手指觸摸著它那柔軟的纖維和覆有絨毛的種子；
I felt the low soughing of the wind through the cornstalks, the silky rustling of the long leaves,
我感覺(jué)到了微風(fēng)吹過(guò)玉米稈的沙沙低鳴，
and the indignant snort of my pony, as we caught him in the pasture and put the bit in his mouth—ah me!
還有我的小馬煩躁地打響鼻的氣息——我們?cè)谀翀?chǎng)里抓住它，而且給它戴上了馬嚼子——哈，看我有多棒！
how well I remember the spicy, clovery smell of his breath!
至今我還清楚地記得小馬駒呼出的那種濃烈的三葉草味道。
Sometimes I rose at dawn and stole into the garden while the heavy dew lay on the grass and flowers.
有時(shí)候，我會(huì)在黎明時(shí)分就爬起來(lái)，然后偷偷地溜到花園里。草叢和花朵上綴滿露水，
Few know what joy it is to feel the roses pressing softly into the hand, or the beautiful motion of the lilies as they sway in the morning breeze.
很少有人能體會(huì)到把玫瑰花輕輕捧在手里的快感，也很少有人能見(jiàn)到百合花在清晨的微風(fēng)中搖曳的倩影。
Sometimes I caught an insect in the flower I was plucking,
我偶爾會(huì)在采花的時(shí)候抓到一只昆蟲(chóng)，
and I felt the faint noise of a pair of wings rubbed together in a sudden terror, as the little creature became aware of a pressure from without.
我能感受到它因驚恐而摩擦翅膀的微弱震顫。我想，即便是如此微小的生物，也會(huì)有自己的意識(shí)，也會(huì)對(duì)突如其來(lái)的壓力做出反應(yīng)。
Another favourite haunt of mine was the orchard, where the fruit ripened early in July.
果園是另一個(gè)我經(jīng)常光顧的去處，那里的果實(shí)在7月初就成熟了。
The large, downy peaches would reach themselves into my hand, and as the joyous breezes flew about the trees the apples tumbled at my feet.
碩大飽滿，覆蓋著絨毛的桃子觸手可得，和煦的微風(fēng)穿過(guò)樹(shù)叢，蘋(píng)果在我的腳下滾來(lái)滾去。
Oh, the delight with which I gathered up the fruit in my pinafore,
哦，把果實(shí)收集到圍裙里的感覺(jué)真是妙不可言。
pressed my face against the smooth cheeks of the apples, still warm from the sun, and skipped back to the house!
我把臉貼在光滑溫?zé)岬奶O(píng)果上，感受著陽(yáng)光照射的余溫。然后，我蹦蹦跳跳地滿載而歸。
Our favourite walk was to Keller's Landing, an old tumbledown lumber-wharf on the Tennessee River, used during the Civil War to land soldiers.
散步時(shí)，我們最喜歡去的地方是“老凱勒碼頭”，這是田納西河邊一個(gè)破敗不堪的木制碼頭。南北戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)期間，這里被當(dāng)做運(yùn)輸軍隊(duì)的專用碼頭。
