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CHAPTER 15 The Crickets
第十三章 蟋蟀
The crickets sang in the grasses.
蟋蟀在草叢里唱歌。
They sang the song of summer's ending,
它們唱夏季收場之歌，
a sad, monotonous song.
一支憂傷單調的歌。
"Summer is over and gone," they sang.
“夏天完了，結束了，”它們唱，
"Over and gone, over and gone. Summer is dying, dying."
“完了，結束了，完了，結束了。夏天在死亡，在死亡。”
The crickets felt it was their duty to warn everybody that summertime cannot last forever.
蟋蟀覺得這是它們的責任，警告大家夏日不能持久。
Even on the most beautiful days in the whole year
就算是在一年中最美麗的日子
- the days when summer is changing into fall
——在夏天進入秋天的日子——
the crickets spread the rumor of sadness and change.
蟋蟀還是向大家傳布哀傷和變化的消息。
Everybody heard the song of the crickets.
人人都聽到了蟋蟀的歌。
Avery and Fern Arable heard it as they walked the dusty road.
阿拉布爾家的艾弗里和弗恩走在泥路上時聽到它，
They knew that school would soon begin again.
知道快要開學了；
The young geese heard it and knew that they would never be little goslings again.
那些小鵝聽到它，知道它們再也不是鵝寶寶；
Charlotte heard it and knew that she hadn't much time left.
夏洛聽到它，知道自己時間不多了；
Mrs. Zuckerman, at work in the kitchen,
在廚房干活的阿拉布爾太太
heard the crickets, and a sadness came over her, too.
到它，心中也不由得一陣傷感。
"Another summer gone," she sighed.
“又是一個夏天過去了，”她嘆氣說；
Lurvy, at work building a crate for Wilbur,
在給威爾伯做板條箱的勒維
heard the song and knew it was time to dig potatoes.
聽到它，知道該挖土豆了。
