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He found he was fast, strong, and keen when he went against other boys in sports.
他發現在運動上，他比其他男子更加敏捷，身體更強壯，更有活力。
On farms where he worked, he held his own at scuffling, knocking off hats, wrestling.
在他工作的農場，他在扭打，摘掉帽子以及摔跤上都表現出色。
The time came when around Gentryville and Spencer County he was known as the best rassler of all, the champion.
他成為了金特里維爾和史賓塞郡附近聲名遠播的冠軍，史上最棒的摔跤手。
In jumping, foot-racing, throwing the maul, pitching the crowbar, he won against the lads of his own age always,
在跳躍，競走，投擲錘子，投擲鐵撬棍上面，他總是能贏下同齡人，
and usually against those older than himself. He earned his board, clothes, and lodgings, sometimes working for a neighbor farmer.
通常也會贏下比自己年長的人，有時通過為周邊農戶干活獲得食宿和衣物。
He watched his father, while helping make cabinets, coffins, cupboards, window frames, doors.
他關注他的父親，同時幫助建造陳列柜、棺材、櫥柜、窗框以及門。
Hammers, saws, pegs, cleats, he understood first-hand, also the scythe and the cradle for cutting hay and grain,
他親身了解了錘子、鋸、釘子、金屬樁，還有切干草和谷物的大鐮刀和支架，
the corncutter's knife, the leather piece to protect the hand while shucking corn, and the horse, the dog, the cow, the ox, the hog.
玉米收割用的刀子，還有在去玉米皮時保護手戴的皮革，還有馬匹、狗、奶牛、公牛以及豬。
And the hiding places of fresh spring water under the earth crust had to be in his thoughts.
他知道哪里可以找到地下儲存的春雨。
He helped at well-digging; the wells Tom Lincoln dug went dry one year after another;
他幫助鑿井，湯姆·林肯挖掘的井一年年在變干，
neighbors said Tom was always digging a well and had his land honey-combed, and the boy, Abe,
鄰居說湯姆總是在鑿井，他的地變成了蜂窩結構，男孩艾比
ran the errands and held the tools for the well-digging. When he was eighteen years old,
幫忙跑前跑后，為鑿井拿工具，當他十八歲時，
he could take an ax at the end of the handle and hold it out in a straight horizontal line,
他可以拿住斧子棒的末端，并將它平平地舉起來，
easy and steady, he had strong shoulder muscles and steady wrists early in life.
很輕松，很穩當，他這么年輕就有如此強壯的肩部肌肉以及穩定的手腕力量。
He walked thirty-four miles in one day, just on an errand, to please himself, to hear a lawyer make a speech.
他每天忙來忙去就要走34英里，為了自娛自樂，他就去聽律師做演講。
He could tell his body to do almost impossible things, and the body obeyed.
他會告訴身體去做一些幾乎不可能的事情，身體照做了。
