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Maheegun My Brother
美爾根，我的兄弟
Eric Acland
埃瑞克·阿克蘭
The year I found Maheegun, spring was late in coming. That day, I was spearing fish with my grandfather when I heard the faint crying and found the shivering wolf cub.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)美爾根的那年，春天姍姍來遲。那天，我和爺爺正在叉魚的時候，我聽到了微弱的叫聲，發(fā)現(xiàn)了那個正在顫抖的小狼崽。
As I bent down, he moved weakly toward me. I picked him up and put him inside my jacket. Little Maheegun gained strength after I got the first few drops of warm milk in him. He wiggled and soon he was full and warm.
當我彎下腰去時，他無力地向我這邊靠近。我把他抱起來，放進了夾克里。在我給小美爾根喂了幾滴熱牛奶之后，他有了力氣。他扭了幾下，很快就吃飽了，身上也暖和起來。
My grandfather finally agreed to let me keep him.
爺爺最后同意讓我養(yǎng)這只小狼。
That year, which was my 14th, was the happiest of my life.
那年，我14歲，是我一生之中最快樂的時光。
Not that we didn't have our troubles. Maheegun was the most mischievous wolf cub ever. He was curious too. Like looking into Grandma's sewing basket—which he upset, scattering thread and buttons all over the floor. At such times, she would chase him out with a broom and Maheegun would poke his head around the corner, waiting for things to quiet down.
但這并不是說我們沒有麻煩。美爾根是我所知道的最頑皮的小狼，他還充滿了好奇。比如說他想看看奶奶的針線筐里有什么——他將針線筐掀翻在地，弄得線和紐扣滿地都是。每當這個時候，奶奶就會拿著掃帚將美爾根趕出去，而他則把頭從墻角探出來，等著奶奶氣消了。
That summer Maheegun and I became hunting partners. We hunted the grasshoppers that leaped about like little rockets. And in the fall, after the first snow our games took us to the nearest meadows in search of field mice. By then, Maheegun was half grown. Gone was the puppy-wool coat. In its place was a handsome black mantle.
那年夏天我和美爾根成了打獵伙伴。我們捕捉像小火箭一樣蹦來蹦去的螞蚱。秋天，下過第一場雪之后，我們?nèi)プ罱牟莸厣贤孀教锸蟮挠螒颉Ｄ菚r，美爾根已經(jīng)長成半大了，幼犬絨毛織成的外套不見了，取而代之的是一件漂亮的黑色披風。
