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THANKSGIVING AT TODD'S ASYLUM Winthrop Packard
托德庇護(hù)所的感恩節(jié) 溫斯洛普·帕卡德
On this particular Thanksgiving, everything seemed to go wrong at Eph Todd's place.
在這個特別的感恩節(jié)，在伊夫·托德的住所似乎一切都出了問題。
The turkey that they had such a hard time catching was too tough to eat; Eph's horse ran away with him, he forgot to do his errands,
他們奮力抓來的火雞太難吃了；伊夫的馬跟他一起跑掉了，他忘了自己的差事，
and Aunt Tildy burned the food. But it all turned out happily, as you will learn.
蒂爾迪阿姨讓食物燃燒起來，但這一切都是快樂的，正如你將了解到的。
THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM
收容所的囚犯
People said that if it had not been for that legacy Eph Todd would have been at the poor farm himself instead of setting up a rival to it;
人們說，要不是有這樣的遺產(chǎn)，埃弗·托德會親自來到這個貧窮的農(nóng)場，而不是與之競爭；
but there was the legacy, and that was the beginning of Todd's asylum.
但有遺產(chǎn)，那是托德避難的開始。
No matter who or what you were, if you were in hard luck, Todd's asylum was open to you. The old schoolhouse clock was a sample.
不管你是誰或是什么人，如果你運(yùn)氣不好，托德的避難所對你開放。舊校舍的鐘是一個樣品。
For thirty years it had smiled from the wall, until one day it ceased to tick. It was taken gently down,
三十年來它一直在墻上微笑，直到有一天它停止了跳動。它被輕輕地取下來，
laid out on a desk for a day or two, and finally was being taken to the rubbish heap when Eph Todd appeared.
躺在桌子上一兩天，最后被帶到垃圾堆里，這時埃弗·托德出現(xiàn)了。
You're not going to throw that good old clock away? Eph had asked of the man who was taking it.
你不會把那只舊鐘扔掉吧？伊夫曾問過那人是誰拿的。
Guess I'll have to, replied the other. I've wound it up, put most a pint of kerosene in it, and shook it till I'm dizzy, and it won't tick.
“我想我必須去，”另一個回答。我把它包好，放上一品脫煤油，搖到頭暈，它就不響了。
Guess the old clock's done for. Now see here, said Eph; you just let me have a try at it. Let me take it home for a while.
我猜那只舊鐘已經(jīng)壞了。“看這里，”伊夫說，“你就讓我試試看吧。”。讓我把它帶回家一會兒。
Oh, for that matter I'll give it to you, the man replied. We've bought another for the schoolhouse.
“哦，那我就把它給你，”那人回答說。我們?yōu)樾Ｉ嵊仲I了一個。
A day or two after, the old clock ticked away as soberly as ever on the wall of the Todd kitchen.
一兩天后，老鐘像往常一樣在托德廚房的墻上滴答作響。
Took it home and boiled it in potash, Eph used to say; and there it is, just as good as it was thirty years ago.
伊夫常說，拿回家用鉀鹽煮了，你看，和三十年前一樣好。
This was not quite true, for enough enamel was gone from the face to make the exact location of the hour an uncertain thing;
這不完全是真的，因為表面的琺瑯質(zhì)已經(jīng)消失了很多，所以時間的確切位置不確定；
and there were days when the hour hand needed assistance.
之前時針還需要修復(fù)。
