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读《The Trumpet Of The Swan》(5)
露易斯回到红岩湖后，父母和兄弟们都很高兴。露易斯在脖子上挂的小石板上写了“嗨，那里”。全家盯着小石板仔细看，根本不知道上面写的是什么。这让露易斯很失望，先前的热情如同被泼了一盆冷水，顿时就消失了。露易斯写的字不仅全家看不懂，就连雌天鹅塞雷娜都不感兴趣。
当天鹅夫妇为儿子的失恋情况而忧虑，雄天鹅向城里销售音乐器材商店飞去，它从来没有去过人类的商店，它也没钱买喇叭，它脑子里想的是抓紧时间赶到那里。
到了城里之后，雄天鹅在低空中盘旋，寻找乐器商店。在盘旋中它逐个乐器的寻找，最后发现了悬挂着的小铜号。于是雄天鹅立刻采取行动，用足了力气撞碎了大玻璃，飞进屋里用嘴叼走了小铜号，然后夺窗飞了出去。店里的工作人员被突然的袭击吓呆了，等大家都清醒之后，天鹅已经飞走了。雄天鹅知道自己闯了祸。
回到住地后，雄天鹅把偷来的小号送给了露易斯，他对露易斯说道， 希望露易斯好好练习吹号，这样就能够和其他的天鹅保持联系，尤其是能够获得女友的青睐。但是，雄天鹅也告诉儿子心里的遗憾，那就是给露易斯的礼物是偷来的。
听到父亲的话后，露易斯的心情变得有些沉重。加上他喜欢的女友和另外几个天鹅去了北边。露易斯听到了消息后心碎了。他决定去找萨姆帮忙。找到了萨姆之后，萨姆推荐露易斯去他们的夏令营当司号员，一个假期可以得到一百元的报酬。露易斯欣然答应了。
在夏令营的假期里，露易斯吹小号的技艺得到了很大的提高，而且还营救了一个落水的学生。
"This is a queer adventure," he said to himself. "Yet it is a noble quest. I will do anything to help my son Louis-even if I run into real trouble."
“这是一个奇特的冒险。”雄天鹅自言自语。“这确实是一个崇高的请求。为了帮助我的儿子露易斯，我愿意做任何事,哪怕意味着我会陷入麻烦。 ”
“He decided to act quickly and boldly. He circled the city once, looking for a music store. Suddenly he spied one. It had a very big, wide window, solid glass. The cob flew lower and circled so he could get a better look. He saw a brass trumpet hanging by a red cord.”
"雄天鹅决定迅速而果断地采取行动。它在城里盘旋了一圈，寻找乐器店。突然，它发现了一个商店，店面有着宽大的落地玻璃窗。雄天鹅在低飞中转圈，以便看得更清楚些；它看见了一把系着红绳的铜制小号正悬挂在那里。"
“Now is my time to act!”he said to himself.
"现在是我采取行动的时候了。"他自言自语道。
He aimed straight at the big window for a dive. He held his neck straight and stiff, waiting for the crash. He dove swiftly and hit the window going full speed. The glass broke. The noise was terrific. The whole store shook. Musical instruments fell to the floor. Glass flew everywhere. A salesgirl fainted. The cob felt a twinge of pain as a jagged piece of broken glass cut into his shoulder, but he grabbed the trumpet in his beak, turned sharply in the air, flew back through the hole in the window, and began climbing fast over the roofs of Billings.
它看准后径直接向大玻璃窗冲过去，脖子挺得笔直僵硬，等待着撞击时刻的到来。他疾速俯冲，以全速撞上了玻璃。玻璃碎裂，发出了巨大的声响。整个商都随之震动，乐器纷纷摔到了地上。玻璃碎片四处飞溅。一名女店员当场昏了过去。当一块碎玻璃割入他的肩膀时，他感到一阵疼痛。但是，它用喙紧紧叼住那把小号，在空中猛然转身，穿过破窗飞了出去，随即迅速向比林斯市的屋顶上方攀升而去。
"I have robbed a store," he said to himself. "I have becom a thief." "I did it to help my son. I did it for love of my son Louis."
“我抢劫了商店，”雄天鹅自言自语。“我成了一个小偷。”“我做这件事是为了帮助我的儿子， 也是表达我对儿子的爱。”
“Louis,”he said, "This is a trumpet. It will be your voice-a substitude for the voice God failed to give you. Learn to blow it. You will be able at last to say ko-hoh, like every other swan. I took the trumpet without paying for it. This was deplorable."
“露易斯”，雄天鹅说道：“这是小号， 它将成为你的声音，替代上帝未曾赐予你的嗓音。学会吹奏它吧。你终将能够像其它天鹅一样，发出"ko-hoh”的鸣叫。我没付钱就拿走了那支小号，这种行为让我感到羞愧。”
All day, Louis tried several different positions to practice. Finally, on the second day of trying, he got it to play a note.
他尝试了多种不同的姿势进行练习； 在尝试的第二天，他终于让小号发出了一个音符。
Serena had left the lakes with several other young swans and had flown north to the Snake River. Louis found himself with a broken heart, a stolen trumpet. Whenever Louis was in trouble, his thoughts turned to Sam Beaver. Sam had helped him before; he could help him again. So he took off one morning and headed straight for the Ranch，in the Sweet Grass country, where Sam Lived.
塞雷娜和其他几只年轻的天鹅离开了湖泊，向北飞往斯内克河。露易斯感到心碎不已，而且有一个偷来的喇叭。每当遇到困难，露易斯就会想到萨姆比弗。萨姆以前帮过他，这次也一定能帮助他。于是，在一个清晨，它启程直奔位于甜草乡的牧场，萨姆就住在那里。
When he reached the ranch where Sam lived, he circled once, then glided down and walked into the barn. He found Sam grooming his pony.
当露易斯赶到萨姆所在的牧场时，他在空中盘旋了一圈，然后滑翔降落，他走到了马圈，他看见萨姆正在给他的小马梳理毛发。
"Well, look who's here." exclaimed Sam .“I 'm glad to see you.”
“好啊，看看谁来了。”萨姆惊喜说道：“我很高兴又见到了你。”
Louis wrote: "I'm in trouble."
露易斯对萨姆说：“我遇到了麻烦。”
“What's the metter?”asked Sam. "And where did you get the trumpet？"
“有什么事情吗？”萨姆问道，“你在哪里得到的喇叭？”
"That's the trouble," wrote Louis. “My father stole it. He gave it to me because I have no voice. The trumpet hasn't been paid for.”
“就是这个麻烦。”Louis写道：“喇叭是我父亲偷来的，给我喇叭是因为我不能发声。 这个喇叭没有付钱。”
“I've got an idea,”said Sam. I have a job this summer as a junior counselor at a boy's camp in Ontario. That's in Canada。I'll bet I can get you a job as camp bugler if you can learn a few more notes.
我有一个想法，今年夏天。我在安大略省（位于加拿大）的一个男孩夏令营担任初级辅导员。如果你能再多学几个音符，我敢说能帮你争取到夏令营号手的工作。
“I'll try anything,”wrote Louis.“I am desperate for money.”
我什么都愿意尝试。我急需用钱。
The boys loved camp life in Ontario. They learned how to handle a canoe. They learned to swim. Sam Beaver took them on nature walks and taught them to sit quietly on a log and observe wild creatures and birds.
男孩们非常喜欢安大略省的营地生活。他们学习怎样划船，还学习怎样游泳。萨姆带他们去进行自然漫步，并教他们安静地坐在圆木上观察野生动物和鸟类。
One day, a boy Applegate without saying anything to anybody, he slid a canoe into the water and paddle out into the lake, heading for the opposite shore a mile away. No one noticed him. He had not passed his swimming test. He had not passed his canoe test. He was disobeying a camp rule. The canoe was hard to manage. He got scared. One wave hit him square in the face.
这一天，一个男孩名叫阿普尔盖特没跟任何人打招呼，就把一个独木舟推入水中，划向一英里的对岸，没人注意到他。他既没通过游泳测试，野没有通过独木舟操作测试，而且违反了营地的规定，这个独木舟很难驾驭，他感到害怕起来。这时，一个浪头迎面拍在了他脸上。
""Help!" he screamed. "I'm drowning." he left the canoe, he was all alone.
“救命！”他惊叫着，“我快要溺水了。”他离开了独木舟，他独自一个人。
Louis splashed into the water and struck out, when he reached Applegate, he quickly dove, pointed his long neck between Applegate's legs, then came to the surface with Applegate sitting on his back.
露易斯扑进水里，奋力游去，游到阿普尔盖特身边时，他迅速潜入水中，将长长的脖子伸到男孩两腿之间，随即浮出水面，此时，阿普尔盖特正骑在露易斯的背上。
Cheers came from the people on the shore and in the boats. Applegate clung to Louis's neck. He had been saved in the nick of time.
岸上和船上的人们发出了欢呼声。阿普尔盖特紧紧抓住露易斯的脖子，他在千均一发之际获救了。
待续
翻译得真好，一定化了不少时间。期待续！