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The Engine.
玩具的火車
Friday, 10th.
星期五，10日。
Precossi came to our house today with Garrone. I do not think that two sons of princes would have been received with greater delight. This is the first time that Garrone has been here, because he is rather shy, and then he is ashamed to show himself because he is so large, and is still in the third grade. We all went to open the door when they rang. Crossi did not come, because his father has at last arrived from America, after an absence of seven years. My mother kissed Precossi at once. My father introduced Garrone to her, saying:--
今天潑來可西和卡隆一道來了。就是見了皇族的兒子，我也沒有這樣的歡喜。卡隆是頭一次到我家，他是個很沉靜的人，身材那樣長了，還是三年生，見了人好像很羞愧的樣子。門鈴一響，我們都迎出門口去，據說，克洛西因為父親從美國回來了，不能來。母親馬上與潑來可西親吻，父親介紹卡隆給母親，說：
"Here he is. This lad is not only a good boy; he is a man of honor and a gentleman."
“卡隆就是他。他不但是善良的少年，并且還是一個正直的看重名譽的納士呢。”
And the boy dropped his big, shaggy head, with a sly smile at me. Precossi had on his medal, and he was happy, because his father has gone to work again, and has not drunk anything for the last five days, wants him to be always in the workshop to keep him company, and seems quite another man.
卡隆低了平頂發的頭，看著我微笑。潑來可西掛著那賞牌，聽說，他父親重新開始做鐵匠工作，五日來滴酒不喝，時常叫潑來可西到工作場去幫他的忙，和從前比竟然如兩個人了。
We began to play, and I brought out all my things. Precossi was enchanted with my train of cars, with the engine that goes of itself on being wound up. He had never seen anything of the kind. He devoured the little red and yellow cars with his eyes. I gave him the key to play with, and he knelt down to his amusement, and did not raise his head again. I have never seen him so pleased. He kept saying, "Excuse me, excuse me," to everything, and motioning to us with his hands, that we should not stop the engine; and then he picked it up and replaced the cars with a thousand precautions, as though they had been made of glass. He was afraid of tarnishing them with his breath, and he polished them up again, examining them top and bottom, and smiling to himself. We all stood around him and gazed at him. We looked at that slender neck, those poor little ears, which I had seen bleeding one day, that jacket with the sleeves turned up, from which projected two sickly little arms, which had been upraised to ward off blows from his face.
我們開始游戲了。我將所有的玩具取出給他們看。我的火車好像很中了潑來可西的意。那火車附有車頭。只要把發條一開，就自己會動。潑來可西從未見過這樣的火車玩具，驚異極了。我把開發條的鑰匙交付給他，他低了頭只管一心地玩。那種高興的臉色，在他面上是未曾見過的。我們都圍集在他身旁，注視他那枯瘦的項頸，曾出過血的小耳朵，以及他的向里卷的袖口，細削的手臂。
