雙語閱讀：狼的傳說

　　With all her big brothers and sisters off to school, our ranch became a lonely place for our three-year-old daughter, Becky. She longed for playmates. Cattle and horses were too big to cuddle and farm machinery dangerous for a child so small. We promised to buy her a puppy but in the meantime, “Pretend” puppies popped up nearly every day.

　　I had just finished washing the lunch dishes when the screen door slammed and Becky rushed in, cheeks flushed with excitement. “Mama!” she cried, “Come see my new doggy! I gave him water two times already. He’s so thirsty!”

　　I sighed, another of Becky’s imaginary dogs.

　　哥哥姐姐都去上學(xué)以后，對我們?nèi)龤q的女兒貝基來說，農(nóng)場就成為一個寂寞的地方了。她渴望伙伴。牛馬太大了，她無法抱在懷里。農(nóng)業(yè)機械對這么小的孩子也太危險。我們答應(yīng)給她買個寵物，不過同時，“虛構(gòu)”的寵物每天都會出現(xiàn)。

　　我剛洗完午飯的盤子，紗窗門就砰地被撞開，貝基跑了進來，興奮地滿臉通紅�！皨寢�!”她叫著，“快來看看我的新狗狗!我已經(jīng)喂他兩次水了，他都快渴死了!”

　　我嘆息了一聲，又是一只貝基虛構(gòu)的小狗。

　　“Please come, Mama.” She tugged at my jeans, her brown eyes pleading, “He’s crying — and he can’t walk!”

　　“Can’t walk?” Now that was a twist. All her previous make-believe dogs could do marvelous things. One balanced a ball on the end of its nose. Another dug a hole that went all the way through the earth and fell out on a star on the other side.

　　Still another danced on a tightrope. Why suddenly a dog that couldn’t walk?

　　“All right, honey,” I said. By the time I tried to follow her, Becky had already disappeared into the mesquite.

　　“Where are you?” I called.

　　“Over here by the oak stump. Hurry, Mama!”

　　“來呀，媽媽。”她使勁拖著我的牛仔褲，棕色的.眼睛里透出乞求的眼神。“他一直在叫——他還不會走路呢!”

　　“不會走路?”這倒是一個預(yù)想不到的變化。她以前編造的狗狗都會做令人驚異的事情。其中一只會在鼻尖上平穩(wěn)地頂著一個球不讓它掉下來，另一只挖洞穿越了地球，從另一端掉到星球上去了，還有一只在能在鋼絲上跳舞。怎么突然有了一只不會走路的狗狗呢?

　　“好吧，寶貝�！蔽艺f。還來不及跟上她呢，貝基就已經(jīng)消失在豆科灌木叢中了。

　　“你在哪兒啊?”我喊道。

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