第35章 雏菊 The Daisy (第2/8页)

rejoiced that the song of the little lark expressed so sweetly and distinctly its own feelings.

带着一种崇敬，雏菊仰望那只会飞会唱歌的鸟，但它并不感到嫉妒。

with a sort of reverence the daisy looked up to the bird that could fly and sing, but it did not feel envious.

“我能看见也能听见，” 它想，“太阳照耀着我，森林亲吻着我。我是多么富有啊！”

“I can see and hear,” it thought; “the sun shines upon me, and the forest kisses me. how rich I am!”

在附近的花园里生长着许多又大又美丽的花，说来奇怪，它们的香味越淡，就越傲慢自大。

In the garden close by grew many large and magnificent flowers, and, strange to say, the less fragrance they had the haughtier and prouder they were.

牡丹花为了比玫瑰花更大而膨胀起来，但大小并不是一切！郁金香有着最美丽的颜色，它们自己也很清楚这一点，因此它们像蜡烛一样笔直地站立着，这样人们就能更好地看到它们。

the peonies puffed themselves up in order to be larger than the roses, but size is not everything! the tulips had the finest colours, and they knew it well, too, for they were standing bolt upright like candles, that one might see them the better.

它们骄傲得看不见小雏菊，小雏菊望着它们想：“它们是多么富有和美丽啊！我肯定那只漂亮的鸟会飞下来拜访它们。感谢上帝，我站得这么近，至少能目睹这一切的辉煌。”

In their pride they did not see the little daisy, which looked over to them and thought, “how rich and beautiful they are! I am sure the pretty bird will fly down and call upon them. thank God, that I stand so near and can at least see all the splendour.”

就在小雏菊还在这样想的时候，云雀飞了下来，叫着“啾啾”，但并不是朝着牡丹花和郁金香飞去——不是的，它是飞到草丛里，飞到那棵可怜的雏菊身边。

And while the daisy was still thinking, the lark came flying down, crying “tweet,” but not to the peonies and tul