?Mary Had a Little Lamb

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瑪麗與丈夫迪米特里住在希臘南部一個叫波拉考拉的小村莊里。

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Mary and her husband Dmitry living in a little village called Perachora in the south of the Greek.

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瑪麗最珍貴的財產(chǎn)之一就是丈夫送給她的一只白色小羔羊。

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One of her most precious possession was a white lamb given by her husband.

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白天，瑪麗把羔羊拴在地里的一顆樹上，每天晚上把它牽回家。

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During the daytime, Mary fastens the lamb on a tree in the farmland, and holding it home every night.

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可是，一天晚上，那只小羔羊失蹤了。

But that limb disappeared one night.

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繩子被人割斷，

The rope had been severed,

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很明顯小羔羊是被人偷走了。

it’s evident that the limb was stolen by ? someone.

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迪米特里從地里回來，

After Dmitry returned from the farmland,

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妻子把情況跟他一說，

as his wife told him the situation,

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他馬上出去找偷羔羊的人。

he immediately went out to find the one ? who had stolen the lamb.

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他知道在這樣一個小村莊里抓住小偷并不困難。

He know that it’s easy to catch the thief ? in such a small village.

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把失竊的事告訴幾個朋友后，

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Telling the stolen effect to some ? friends,

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迪米特里發(fā)現(xiàn)他的鄰居阿列科家突然多了一只小羔羊。

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Dmitry found that in his neighbor, Aleko’s home has improved a small lamb suddenly.?

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迪米特里立刻去了阿列科家，氣呼呼地指責他偷了羔羊，

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Dmitry went to Aleko’s immediately, and ? censured his stolen the lamb furiously,

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告訴他最好把羊交還，否則就去叫警察。

and told him it’s better to returned the ? lamb, or he will call the police.

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阿列科不承認，并把迪米特里領進院子。

Aleko didn’t admit it and led Dmitry into ? the courtyard.

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不錯，他的確剛買了一只羔羊，

It’s no doubt that he had just bought a ? lamb,

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阿列科解釋說，但他的羔羊是黑色的。

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but Aleko explained that, his lamb is ? black.

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迪米特里為自己的魯莽而感到不好意思，

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Dmitry felt embarrassed for his reckless,

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向阿列科道了歉，說是錯怪了他。

and he apologized to Aleko for blaming ? him wrongly.

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就在他倆說話的時候，天下起了雨，迪米特里便呆在阿列科家里避雨，一直等到雨停為止。

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During their speaking, it happened to rain, so Dmitry stayed in Aleko’s home to avoid the rain until the rain had stopped.

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半小時后，當他從屋里出來時，

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Half an hour later, as he went out of the ? house,

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他驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)小黑羔羊全身幾乎都變成白色。

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he was surprised to discover that almost ? the whole body of the little black lamb had turn to white.

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原來羊毛上染的黑色被雨水沖掉了！

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So that’s the black colourant on the wool has been flushed by water!