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Only a few more long golden sunsets, and windy dawns when the sun came up golden through a haze of desert dust.
她也只能再享受幾天漫長的金色日落，當金色的太陽透過沙塵的薄霧時，風開始刮了起來。
Then back to the life of the village, shut in by hot high walls of matting.
之后她就要回到鄉村生活了，她將被困在熾熱的高墻之內編草席。
To Rimfa, long hours at the spindle or working on the little farm back of the village were hateful.
對于琳琺而言，長達幾個小時的紡織生活，或在鄉村務農讓她十分討厭。
Worst of all, she would see her favorite Moy only for the few brief moments when he was brought in at night.
最嚴重的是，她最喜歡的“老頭”晚上被帶回時，它就只能看上幾眼。
Between her and the huge beast there was a close friendship, and with no one else was he so gentle, so well behaved.
她和這頭牛有著緊密的友誼，他對其他人從來沒有如此和藹，有如此好的行為。
RIMFA MANAGES THE RUNAWAY HERD
琳琺處理逃跑牛群
It was late in the afternoon several days later, and Rimfa lay under the big tree, the monkey asleep at her feet, facing the south.
幾天后的下午晚些時候，琳琺躺在大樹下，猴子在她腳邊熟睡，且沖著南方。
She turned slowly, rolling over on her elbow, and glanced back at the sky, then sprang to her feet.
她慢慢地轉過來，用胳臂肘滾動，她回頭看了一眼天空，
A dark thick cloud was rising rapidly in the east. Long tongues of lightning flickered from it into the band of solid gray beneath,
一片黑壓壓的云彩從東面迅速上升，云彩中突然出現了長長的閃電，墜入到下面的灰色帶狀物中，
a gray band that meant rain. She watched it for only a moment. It was quite surely not going to swing north as the others had done,
灰色帶意味著落雨，她只觀察了一會，它一定不會像其它的一樣向北轉移，
and it held the first of the season's tornadoes, that swift, terrible storm full of destructive wind and lightning.
這將是季節的第一場龍卷風，這場快速，毀滅性的風暴附帶著電閃雷鳴。
Even as she watched it, the cloud spread, and the flashes increased. Already the cattle were commencing to stir uneasily.
甚至就在她觀察之時，云彩就在擴散，雷電增多了，牛群已經開始躁動不安了。
Moy came slowly and clumsily to his feet. Come, Biri, we must run for shelter, Rimfa cried,
“老頭”緩慢笨拙地起身，琳琺叫嚷到，來吧比利，我們需要找尋避雨處，
and jerking the monkey to her shoulder, she fled down the short slope to where the herd,
她將猴子猛地拉到了肩膀，她跑到了牛群待在的短坡處，
now thoroughly aroused, was scrambling up. Moy awaited her impatiently. She pushed through the others,
它們已經完全躁動起來，忙著往上爬，“老頭”不耐煩地等待她，她穿過其它牛，
hitting them lightly with a short stick, pushing their rough dust-stained sides, and swung to Moy's back.
用短棍輕輕敲打它們，推著它們粗糙，沾滿泥的兩邊，搖擺著騎上了“老頭”的后背。
Forward! Go! Swiftly! she commanded him, though he was already breaking into an easy run.
向前，走，快點，她命令著他，盡管他已經小跑起來。
Low rumbles of thunder came from the ever-growing cloud behind her. The darkening plain was hushed.
她后面的烏云正在增多，并出現了低沉的打雷聲，黑壓壓的平原沉靜了。
There was no sound of cricket or bird, and the white flock of cowbirds that usually chattered so cheerily,
沒有了鳥或蛐蛐的鳴叫聲，一群白色的牛鳥通常都會歡快地鳴叫，
flew low and silently, though still following the herd. If they hurried,
安靜地低飛，并一直跟隨著牛群，如果它們加急,
they might yet reach the village before the windstorm broke, certainly before the rain came.
它們或許能在暴風雨爆發之前回到村子，當然是趕在大雨之前。
