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"Do you think she'll ever start thinking about something besides pigs and sheep and geese and spiders?"
“你認(rèn)為她除了豬、羊、鵝、蜘蛛，還會想些什么東西嗎？”
"How old is Fern?"
“弗恩多大了？”
"She's eight."
“八歲。”
"Well," said Dr. Dorian, "I think she will always love animals.
“那么，”多里安醫(yī)生說，“我想她會一直愛動物。
But I doubt that she spends her entire life in Homer Zuckerman's barn cellar.
不過我不相信她一輩子待在霍默·朱克曼的谷倉底。
How about boys - does she know any boys?"
男孩呢——她認(rèn)識什么男孩子嗎？”
"She knows Henry Fussy," said Mrs. Arable brightly.
“她認(rèn)識亨利·富西。”阿拉布爾太太一下子歡快地說。
Dr. Dorian closed his eyes again and went into deep thought.
多里安醫(yī)生閉上眼睛沉思。
"Henry Fussy," he mumbled.
“亨利·富西，”他喃喃地說，
"Hmm. Remarkable. Well, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
“嗯嗯嗯。好極了。好，我認(rèn)為你沒什么可擔(dān)心的。
Let Fern associate with her friends in the barn if she wants to.
如果弗恩高興，你就讓她和她谷倉里的那些朋友打交道吧。
I would say, offhand, that spiders and pigs were fully as interesting as Henry Fussy.
我可以不假思索地說，蜘蛛和豬完全與亨利·富西一樣有趣。
Yet I predict that the day will come
不過我說在前面，有一天
when even Henry will drop some chance remark that catches Fern's attention.
連亨利也會偶然說出些吸引弗恩注意的話來。
It's amazing how children change from year to year.
真叫人驚奇，孩子們一年一年變樣。
How's Avery?" he asked, opening his eyes wide.
艾弗里怎么樣？”他睜大眼睛問。
