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JOHN GOES DOWN TO TOY VALLEY
約翰去了玩具谷
Margaret Warner Morley
作者：瑪格麗特·華納·莫利
High up among the Alps Mountains in Austria lies Toy Valley. Here for many years men, women, and children have been carving wooden blocks into toys which are sold for boys and girls in many parts of the world.
玩具谷位于奧地利阿爾卑斯山脈的高處。多年來，這里的男人、女人和孩子們一直在把木塊雕刻成玩具，賣給世界上許多地方的男孩和女孩。
Up on the side of a high mountain overlooking the valley, lived the Hofer family. In the thick forests Father Hofer chopped trees to be made into blocks for the wood-carvers down in the valley.
霍弗一家住在一座可以俯瞰山谷的高山邊上。在茂密的森林里，父親霍弗把樹砍成塊，讓山谷里的伐木工人用。
THE SLED RIDE TO THE VALLEY
乘雪橇去山谷
Early one morning Father Hofer got out a sled, put on his wooden shoes with the long spikes in the heels, wrapped up well, and wound a scarf many times around his head and neck. John knew his father was going down to the village and almost fell over with surprise and delight when asked if he would like to go too. He was ready in a moment, and they trudged, all three, for Mother Hofer must see them start, through the snow to where the gully led down far toward the bottom of the valley.
一天清晨，霍弗神父從雪橇上下來，穿上木鞋，鞋跟上釘著長(zhǎng)釘，把自己裹得嚴(yán)嚴(yán)實(shí)實(shí)，在頭上和脖子上纏了好幾條圍巾。約翰知道他父親要去村里，當(dāng)被問及他是否也想去時(shí)，他驚喜得幾乎摔倒了。他馬上就準(zhǔn)備好了，他們?nèi)齻€(gè)人一起艱難地走著，因?yàn)榛舾寢屢欢〞?huì)看到他們出發(fā)了。他們穿過雪地，來到了那條通往谷底的深谷。
