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Quickly now and loudly we counted the whiskers and tied them with grass to protect them from the natives.
我們大聲地數著老虎的胡須，將胡須和雜草捆在一起，從而保護土著居民。
For tiger whiskers are the most useful sort of magic,
老虎的胡須是魔法中最有用的部分，
just one of them ground up and slipped into the food of a neighbor is considered a strong enough charm to kill him.
只要一點胡須粉末，并塞到鄰居的食物中，這種能量足以致命。
From the anxious way in which the natives stayed about the tiger's head we imagined
我們想土著人一定是對老虎的頭情有獨鐘，
that there were several unpopular neighbors in the village that they wished to work upon.
村子里有幾個不受歡迎的鄰居想要試試這種魔法。
The size of that tiger gave us a thrill. We had grown so hopeless that we would have been thankful for any tiger,
老虎的體型讓我們興奮不已，我們還一直不抱希望，認為只要抓到老虎就謝天謝地了，
and here was a great killer in the strength of his powers, second, we found out later, to the record for height.
強大無比的殺手躺在這里，我們還是那最強的。
The natives were as excited as we were. A tiger, the overlord of the jungle,
居民們和我們一樣興奮，老虎是叢林之王，
the enemy of everything with life, had been killed.
是一切生靈的死敵，它被我們殺了，
Chanting and singing, they carried the tiger, slung to a pole, back to the camp.
人們歡呼著，歌唱著，將它高高舉起，又將它落下。
Night had now fallen, and we carried a light.
夜幕降臨，我們點起篝火。
We could see its reflection shining in the eyes of staring deer.
鹿緊盯著篝火，我們能在它們的眼睛里看到熊熊大火。
Then, as they caught the scent of their dead enemy or us, they would snort and fly.
當它們聞到死敵的味道時，或者說是我們，它們會打幾個響鼻，慌忙逃竄。
Down before the tents the natives put the tiger; so livelooking was his pose that he seemed alive.
居民們將老虎放在帳篷前，它的樣子似乎還活著。
There were wild doings of triumph about the natives' fire that night, but there was great peace about ours.
那晚，居民們在篝火旁慶祝，但我們卻非常平靜。
All through the night I kept waking. The moon stood high overhead, its light white as snow upon the still earth.
那一晚我沒有睡，月光掛在頭頂，明亮的月光像白雪一樣覆蓋著寧靜的大地。
The shadows of the pines were like little pools of ink about the base of each tree.
松樹的陰影就像墨汁一樣灑在樹的底部。
In the clear moonlight the great tiger lay brilliant in gold and black beauty,
在皎潔的月光下，老虎金黑色斑紋顯得非常奪目，
proud and perfect in his death as when he had stalked over those plains in life to seek his quivering prey.
它的死是那么驕傲和完美，就像它步步潛近，俯瞰平原尋找顫栗的獵物一樣。
