When the air became clear, Jed looked for the horse. In front of him were tons of the fallen earth. He could not see down the valley and could not see the horse.

　　當空氣恢復清新的時候，杰德立刻開始找馬。在他面前是滾落下來的成噸的泥土，他無法看到山谷的前方，也看不到馬。

　　He slowly climbed over the fallen rocks. On the other side was the horse, more frightened than ever. Its legs were stuck in the soft earth and it could not move. The more it struggled, the deeper it sank in the mud.

　　他慢慢地爬過那些落下來的巖石。馬在這個石土堆的另一邊，看上去比先前更加恐懼。它的腿陷入了軟土里，動彈不得。 而它越掙扎，就在泥中陷的越深。

　　Jed walked toward the animal. Each step he took, the soft mud tried to suck him down, too. He walked on the grassy places harder than the mud.

　　杰德向它走過去。他每走一步都感到軟泥也在將他向下吸，而且在長草的地方走比在泥里走還要艱難。

　　When he got to the horse, it was in the mud up to his stomach. Now it could move only its head. Jed felt wildly happy when he touched the horse. “Don't struggle and do not worry, Horse! I'll get you out!”

　　當他趕到馬身邊的時候，泥已經驗到了馬肚上，現在它只剩下頭部還能動彈。摸到馬，杰德感到欣喜若狂。“別掙扎，別擔心，馬兒！我會把你弄出來的！”

　　Suddenly he felt the horses teeth on his arm. He bit his lip to stop it from crying aloud. His free hand gently calmed the horse and slowly it let go. It pressed its nose against Jed's face. At last they were friends.

　　突然，他趕到馬的牙齒咬住了他的手臂。他咬住嘴唇，以防自己疼得叫出聲來。他用那只沒被咬著的手輕撫馬身，使它平靜下來，慢慢地讓它松開了嘴。隨后，馬將鼻子貼在了杰德的臉上。最后，他們成了朋友。

　　Now Jed could go to work. He studied the problem carefully. He had no way to lift the big horse from the mud. Certainly his rope was not strong enough.

　　現在杰德可以開始忙活了。他仔細研究了這個問題。他沒有辦法將這么大的一匹馬從泥里拽出來，它的繩子顯然不夠結實。

　　He began to pull the mud away with his hands. But more mud fell into the hole he dug. He ran to the rocks that had fallen down the mountain. He took off his shirt and filled it with rocks. He dug again.

　　他開始用手將泥刨開，但這樣以后，更多的泥又落進了他剛挖開的窟窿里。他就跑到那些山上落下的巖石邊，脫下襯衣將巖石裹住，又挖了起來。

　　Only this time, he placed rocks in the holes he dug. The rocks stayed still and slowly a wall began to form. He did this through the day and when night came, his hands were bloody, torn by the sharp rocks.

　　這一次，他將巖石放進他挖開的窟窿里，巖石穩穩地呆在里面，慢慢地形成了一面擋土石壁。他整整挖了一天。夜幕降臨時，他的兩手已經被尖銳的巖石劃得血淋淋的。

　　He knew night would be a bad time for the horse. He did not want it to become frightened and struggle against the wall of rock he was building in the mud.

　　他知道，夜晚對馬來說是很難熬的。他不想讓馬害怕，以至于掙扎起來踢壞他在泥里建好的石壁。

　　He cut some small trees, laid them on the ground next to the horse and all through the night, he spoke soft, kind words to it to calm its fears.

　　他砍了一些小樹，將它們放在馬旁邊的地上。另外，整整一夜，他都跟馬說一些溫柔友善的話來解除它的恐懼。

　　The next morning, he brought grass for it to eat and began his work again. It was slow, hard work. When night came, he lay next to the horse again. He did not want it to struggle yet. The time had not come for the test.

　　第二天早上，他抱來些草讓它吃，然后又開始忙活起來。這是一項好時而又艱苦的工作。夜幕降臨時，他又在馬旁邊躺了下來?，F在他還不想讓馬從泥中掙脫出來，考驗的時機還沒有到。

　　By the middle of the next day, he had enough rocks in the mud on one side of the horse. Now he began to dig near the houses front legs. His rocks began to make the mud harder. The horse was able to move a little.

　　到第三天中午的時候，他在馬一邊的泥里放進了足夠的巖石?，F在他開始挖馬前腿附近的土了。他放的巖石使泥地堅硬了起來，馬開始能動一點兒了。

　　And when the pressure became less, it raised one of its front legs on to the rocks. It pushed against the rocks on its side and lifted its body a little out of the mud.

　　而感到壓力變小了的時候，馬便將它的一條前腿拔了出來，翹到了巖石的上面，然后朝身邊的巖石猛蹬，使它的身體從泥里稍微抬起了點兒。

　　Jed got his rope and tied it around the horses neck. He began to pull on the rope.

　　杰德拿出繩子，將它系到馬的脖子上，開始拉繩。

　　The horse felt the pull and struggled with all its power against the mud. It raised its other front leg on the rocks and with a mighty push with its back legs and with Jed pulling on its neck, it moved forward toward hard land.

　　馬感到了拉力，就用盡全力在泥里向外掙扎。他將另一條前腿也拔出來，搭在了巖石上，靠著后腿的巨大蹬力和杰德對它脖子施加的拉力，他向前面的硬地移動著。

　　Jed fell on the earth, happy but tired. He had not eaten for three days. He had slept little. Half sleep, he felt the horses nose push against his face. He jumped to his feet and when he brought grass for the horse it made friendly noises and playfully pushed him.

　　杰德倒在地上，高興而又疲憊。他已經三天沒吃東西了，睡的覺也不多。正有點迷迷糊糊的，他感到馬的鼻子拱到了他的臉上，他趕快一躍而起。當他為馬抱來草料時，馬發出了友好的叫聲，頑皮地拱拱他，和他戲耍。

　　A week later, a big black horse rode on the land owned by Tom Raglan. It stopped near the ranch house. A little man got off the horses back. Tom Raglan looked at the horse with eyes that did not believe. Finally he said: "You got him."

　　一周之后，有人騎了一匹大黑馬來到牧場主湯姆?拉格倫的領地上。他在牧場房邊停下來，一名小個子男人從馬背上跳了下來。湯姆?拉格倫用吃驚的眼光看著這匹馬，眼前的情景簡直令他難以置信。最后，他說：“你得到了他。”

　　"I got him, Tom, and I brought him back as I said I would."

　　“我的得到了他，湯姆，而且正像我說過的那樣，我把他騎回來了?！?/p>

　　Raglan looked at the horse. Above all, he was a horseman and there was no need for Jed to tell him how he captured it. Jed's tired face, his torn hands, dirty clothes and thin body told the story.

　　拉格倫看著馬。他畢竟是一個馬主，沒有必要讓杰德告訴他是怎么逮住馬的。杰德疲憊的臉、劃爛的手、骯臟的衣服和瘦弱的身體就已說明了一切。

　　“Jed,” Raglan said. “that horse will kill anyone except you. I do not want it. But I have not forgotten my promise."

　　“杰德，”拉格倫說，“那匹馬會弄死除你之外的任何人，我不想要它。但我沒忘記自己的諾言。

　　"I will give you some land and the old house in back of the ranch if you will keep the horse there. I pay you '30 a month, if you will let me send my female horses to the black horse."

　　如果你讓這匹馬一直呆在這兒，我就把一些土地和牧場后邊的那坐老房子送給你。如果你讓我把我的母馬送到你的黑駿馬那里去交配的話，我會每個月付給你三十美元。

　　"I want the black horse's blood in my horses. And you can keep every seventh horse for yourself.“

　　我想要我的馬的身體力都有黑駿馬的血統。而且，你可以留下交配后產下的小馬中的七分之一?！?/p>

　　Jed put his arm around the black horse. The black horse was his. His dream had come true. It was too much all at once.

　　杰德伸出手臂，抱住大黑馬。黑駿馬成他的了。他的夢想已經變為現實了。突然之間，他得到的真是太多了。

更多 英文美文、英語美文、英文短文、英語短文，請繼續關注 英語作文大全