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She sees me looking! Back to work.
她看見我在望著她！接著出題。
("What is the significance of the motto carved on the bow of Benito Cereno's ship?")
（“刻在貝尼托·塞萊諾船頭上的格言有什么意義?”）
She pats the wicker chair, the comfortable one we sit in together to watch TV or to read,
她拍了拍柳條椅，那是我們坐在一起看電視或讀書舒服的一張椅子，
and she hastily gathers her books:
她急忙收集起書來：
The Poky Little Puppy, The Magic Bus, The Cat in the Hat, even that ancient copy of National Geographic with the penguin on the cover?…
《可愛的小狗》、《神奇巴士》、《戴帽子的貓》甚至還有那本封面上有只企鵝的古老的國家地理雜志，……
Good Lord, she's got them all.
老天爺，她都收集起來了，
With her free hand, she tugs at my sleeve.
她用空的另只手拉著我的袖子。
"No, Meghan," I snap irritably. "Not now.
“不，梅根。”我厲聲說。“現在不行。
Go away and leave me alone. And take your library with you."
走開，別打擾我，看你的書去。”
THAT DOES IT; she leaves. She makes no further attempt to bother me.
夠了，她走開了，不再打擾我了。
I can finish the test easily now without interference.
現在我可以專心出題，沒有任何人干擾。
No one trying to climb onto my lap; no extra fingers helping me type.
不會有人爬上我的膝蓋；不會有多余的手指幫我打字。
I see her standing quietly with her back against the sofa,
我看見她背靠著沙發靜靜地站著，
tears running down her cheeks.
眼淚順著臉頰流了下來。
She has two fingers of her right hand in her mouth.
右手的兩個手指含在嘴里。
She holds the tragic Dumpty in her left.
左手拿著Dumpty。
She watches me type and slowly brushes the tip of Dumpty's anemic arm across her nose for comfort.
她看著我，慢慢地將Dumpty瘦胳膊的一角往自己鼻子上揉了揉，安撫下來
At this moment, only for a moment, I see things as God must—in perspective, with all the pieces fitting.
這一刻，只有這片刻，我站在上帝的角度審視著這一切。
I see a little girl cry because I haven't time for her.
我看到一個小女孩哭了，因為我沒有時間陪她。
Imagine ever being that important to another human being!
你能想象一個人對另一個人來說是多么重要!
