How Ethan Found a Pet
伊桑寵物尋找記
While Ethan was in the mountains, he learned about the wild animals living there.
伊桑住在山里的時候,他悉知生活在那里的野生動物。
This story will tell you how he found a wonderful pet.
這則故事將會告訴你,他是怎樣找到一個神奇寵物的。
Ethan's brother was Captain of the rangers who took care of a large forest in the White Mountains.
伊桑的哥哥是護林員的隊長,他們主要負責看管懷特山脈里的大片森林。
A great many wild animals lived in the forest, and it was part of the rangers' work to see that no one hurt them.
許多野生動物住在那片森林里,確保沒有人傷害野生動物也是護林員們的工作內容之一。
Ethan was very proud of his big brother.
伊桑以他的哥哥為驕傲。
"A captain," he thought, "can do anything that a brave, strong man can do."
他想,一個隊長可以做到任何一個強壯、勇敢的人可以做的事。
So he was a very happy boy when his mother and father let him go one winter to visit his brother.
所以,當他的父母讓他去哥哥那里逗留一整個冬天的時候,他非常高興。
The Captain lived in a small log house.
隊長哥哥住在一個小木屋里。
Every morning he and Ethan went to a big rock from which they could see far across the forest.
每天早上他和伊桑都會到一塊巨大的巖石上,他們從那里可以看到整片的森林。
One morning as they stood on the rock, Ethan saw two men crossing an open place in the forest below them.
一天早上,他們站在巖石上的時候,伊??吹搅藘蓚€人正穿過他們下方的一片空地。
The Captain saw them, too, and Ethan knew from the look on his brother's face that something was wrong.
隊長哥哥也看到了他們,從哥哥臉上的表情看,伊桑知道要出事了。
"They are carrying guns," the Captain told him.
他們拿著槍,隊長哥哥告訴他。
"They will kill some animal if I don't stop them. I must hurry." And he started down the mountain-side.
如果我不阻止他們的話,他們會獵殺動物。我必須趕過去。說完他便順著山路下去了。