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A Little Lad of Long Ago
很久以前的一位少年
The boy in this story was very fond of reading, but he did not have many books.
這則故事里的小男孩非常喜歡讀書，但是他沒有多少書。
Find how an interesting book helped him to become a great man.
在文中找一找，一本有趣的書是如何幫助他成為一個偉大的人的。
Little Abe hurried home one cold winter evening as fast as his feet could carry him.
冬天里的一個晚上，亞伯飛快地跑回了家里。
Perhaps if he had worn stockings and shoes like yours, he could have run faster.
要是他穿了和你們一樣的鞋襪也許會跑得更快些。
But he wore deerskin leggings and heavy shoes of bearskin that his mother had made for him.
但是，他穿的是媽媽做的鹿皮綁腿和熊皮重靴。
Such a funny-looking boy he was, hurrying along across the fields!
這個看起來樣子很可笑的男孩子正匆匆穿過田野！
His suit was of warm cloth that his mother had made at home.
他的棉外套是媽媽在家做的。
His cap was made of a coon's skin, and the tail of the coon hung down behind.
他的帽子是用浣熊皮做的，后面還垂著浣熊的尾巴。
But if you could have looked into the twinkling blue eyes of this little lad of long ago, you would have liked him at once.
但是如果你看到了這位很久以前的少年閃閃發光的藍眼睛，你會立刻喜歡上他的。
In one hand little Abe held something very precious.
小亞伯的一只手里還拿著一樣非常珍貴的東西。
It was only a book, but the boy thought more of that book than he would have thought of gold or diamonds.
那只是一本書，但是這個男孩把這本書看得比黃金和鉆石還重要。
You will know what that book meant to little Abe if you are very fond of reading.
如果你很喜歡讀書的話，你就會知道那本書對小亞伯的意義了。
Think how it would be to see no books except two or three old ones that you had read over and over, until you knew them by heart!
想想看，在那個年代，除了兩三本翻了又翻、爛熟于心的舊書以外，沒有其他書可以讀，那會是一種什么樣的境遇啊！
