第35章 雏菊 The Daisy (第1/8页)

《雏菊》，1838 年

the daisy, 1838

现在听着！在乡下，靠近大路的地方，有一座农舍；也许你曾经路过并亲眼见过它。

Now listen! In the country, close by the high road, stood a farmhouse; perhaps you have passed by and seen it yourself.

农舍前面有一个小花园，围着漆成彩色的木栅栏；旁边有一条沟渠，在它鲜绿的河岸上长着一朵小雏菊；太阳照在它身上，和照在那些华丽的花园花朵上一样温暖明亮，因此它长得很好。

there was a little flower garden with painted wooden palings in front of it; close by was a ditch, on its fresh green bank grew a little daisy; the sun shone as warmly and brightly upon it as on the magnificent garden flowers, and therefore it thrived well.

一天早晨，它完全开放了，它小小的雪白花瓣围绕着黄色的花蕊，就像太阳的光芒。

one morning it had quite opened, and its little snow-white petals stood round the yellow centre, like the rays of the sun.

它并不介意没有人在草丛中看到它，也不介意它是一朵可怜的、被人轻视的花；相反，它很快乐，朝着太阳，仰望天空，聆听高高在上的云雀的歌声。

It did not mind that nobody saw it in the grass, and that it was a poor despised flower; on the contrary, it was quite happy, and turned towards the sun, looking upward and listening to the song of the lark high up in the air.

小雏菊快乐得就像这一天是一个盛大的节日，但这只是星期一。

the little daisy was as happy as if the day had been a great holiday, but it was only monday.

所有的孩子都在学校，当他们坐在课桌旁学习功课时，它坐在它细细的绿色茎上，从太阳和周围的环境中学习到上帝是多么仁慈，它感到无比喜悦，因为小云雀的歌声如此甜美而清晰地表达出了它自己的感受。

All the children were at school, and while they were sitting on the forms and learning their lessons, it sat on its thin green stalk and learnt from the sun and from its surroundings how kind God is, and it