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He will settle again in his rocking chair and only then begin to wonder why I have come to see him. "You are sure there is nothing wrong?" he will ask suddenly.
他會(huì)坐回到搖椅上，這才想起問(wèn)我為什么來(lái)看他。“你肯定沒(méi)什么問(wèn)題嗎？”他會(huì)突然問(wèn)道。
No, Father, all is well, I will reply. But then, just as I am about to break my news to him, I will decide to keep it back just a while longer and try the indirect approach. "I have come to ask you for advice, Father," I will say, "for I am very heavily in debt."
“沒(méi)有，爸，一切都好著呢，”我會(huì)回答。隨后，我正想告訴他這個(gè)消息，臨時(shí)決定故意再多隱瞞一會(huì)兒，用間接的方式告訴他。“我是來(lái)向您求助的，爸，”我會(huì)說(shuō)，“因?yàn)槲邑?fù)債累累。”
I am afraid you will not get much help from me in this matter, Father will reply. "One may well say of this place that it has everything except money."
“這事我恐怕幫不上什么忙啊，”父親會(huì)說(shuō)。“這地方可說(shuō)是什么都有，就是沒(méi)錢。”
Ah, but it is not money that I owe, Father. Father then will say, "But that's even worse. Begin right at the beginning, Daughter."
“噢，可我欠的不是錢，爸。”這時(shí)父親就會(huì)說(shuō)，“那就更難辦了。從頭說(shuō)起吧，女兒。”
It is not too much to ask that you should help, Father, for it was all your fault right from the beginning. Do you remember how you used to play the piano and sing Bellman's songs to us children and how, at least twice every winter, you would let us read Runeberg and Andersen? It was then that I first fell into debt. Father, how shall I ever repay them for teaching me to love fairy tales and stories of heroes, the land we live in and all of our human life?
“我來(lái)讓您幫忙，可不算過(guò)分，爸，因?yàn)槿际悄腻e(cuò)，從一開(kāi)始就是。您可記得，我們小時(shí)候，您彈著鋼琴為我們唱貝爾曼的歌曲嗎？還有，每年冬天至少兩次，您都會(huì)讓我們讀魯內(nèi)貝格和安徒生呢。從那時(shí)起我就開(kāi)始欠債。爸，讓我怎么回報(bào)他們呢？正是他們教我熱愛(ài)童話，英雄傳奇，我們生活的土地，還有所有人類的生活。”
