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YOUTHFUL PATRIOTS OF COLONIAL TIMES Janet P. Shaw
殖民地時代年輕的愛國者 詹尼特·肖
Oftentimes boys and girls can do just as important work as grown-up people, especially if they are quick-witted and brave.
男孩和女孩通常可以和成人干一樣的重要工作，如果他們頭腦靈敏，勇敢的話。
In this story you will read how Joseph and Priscilla Harris rendered a great service to our country in the days when we were fighting for our freedom.
在這個故事中，你會了解在為自由奮斗的時期，約瑟夫和普麗西拉·哈里斯是如何為國家效力的。
LEAFING DAY
葉子節
If there was one holiday which Joseph and Priscilla Harris liked better than the others, it was the one called leafing day,
如果有一個約瑟夫和哈里斯特別喜歡的節日，那一定是葉子節，
that delightful time in the autumn when all the colonial boys and girls went out to the woods to gather leaves to use in the ovens
它發生在秋天的歡樂時光，殖民地的男孩和女孩前往森林為烤爐收集葉子，
during the winter when their mothers baked delicious loaves of bread and flaky, golden-brown pies.
尤其是在冬天，母親會烤鮮美的面包和松脆的金褐色派。
At that time everybody in the colonies used what they called Dutch ovens.
那時殖民地的所有人都會使用他們叫作“荷蘭烤爐”的東西。
These were nothing but big boxes of stone built into the wall of the chimney,
它其實就是煙囪壁上的一個個石盒，
and could be heated only by being filled with hot coals from the fireplace. When the ovens were very hot, the coals were raked out.
只有從壁爐中吸取充分的火炭才能燃燒，當烤爐非常熱時，我們將碳清理出來。
Then as the walls were apt to be smoky, the ovens were lined with green leaves to make them all neat and clean.
當煙囪壁容易產生煙時，烤爐里面會鋪滿綠葉使之整潔干凈。
And last of all, the white loaves of bread and fragrant pies and puddings were placed on the leaves and left to bubble and bake
最后，白面包、香噴噴的派和布丁放在葉子上，之后讓它們起泡和烘烤，
until they were all brown and delicious and ready to be eaten. All summer, of course, the leaves for the Dutch oven were cut fresh every baking.
直到它們變棕色，變得美味而可以食用，當然在整個夏天，為荷蘭烤箱準備的葉子都是新鮮剪下的。
But when winter came and the trees were bare, then dried leaves had to be used,
但當冬天來臨，樹木變得光禿禿，我們不得不使用干葉子，
and every housewife had to have bundles and bundles of leaves stored away some place for the winter's baking.
每名家庭主婦都需要為冬天燒烤準備一大捆一大捆的葉子。
And that was the reason for leafing day.
這就是葉子節的由來。
Ever since Joseph and Priscilla could remember, they had gone on leafing day picnics, and they loved them dearly.
自此，約瑟夫和普麗西拉記得的，他們前往參加葉子節野餐，他們非常喜歡野餐。
