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Sredni Vashtar
斯莱德尼·瓦什塔
Conradin was ten years old and was often ill.
康拉丁10岁，经常生病。
'The boy is not strong，'said the doctor.
"这孩子不结实，"医生说，
'He will not live much longer.
"他活不了太久。"
'But the doctor did not know about Conradin's imagination.
但是医生不了解康拉丁的想像力。
In Conradin's lonely， loveless world，his imagination was the only thing that kept him alive.
在康拉丁孤独无爱的世界里，他的想像力是唯一支撑他活着的东西。
Conradin's parents were dead and he lived with his aunt.
康拉丁的父母已亡故，他和姑妈住在一起。
The aunt did not like Conradin and was often unkind to him.
姑妈不喜欢康拉丁，经常对他不好。
Conradin hated her with all his heart， but he obeyed her quietly and took his medicine without arguing.
康拉丁从心底里恨她，但是平静地服从她，而且毫无怨言地服药。
Mostly he kept out of her way.
多数时间他远离她。
She had no place in his world.
她在他的世界里没有一席之地。
His real， everyday life in his aunt's colourless， comfortless house was narrow and uninteresting.
在姑妈单调不舒服的家里，他真正的日常生活狭窄无趣。
But inside his small， dark head exciting and violent thoughts ran wild.
但是在他又小又黑的脑袋里，活跃、思想在狂奔。
In the bright world of his imagination Conradin was strong and brave.
在想像中的明快世界里，康拉丁健壮勇敢。
It was a wonderful world， and the aunt was locked out of it.
这是一个美好的世界，姑妈被锁在了这个世界之外。
The garden was no fun.
花园里不好玩，
There was nothing interesting to do.
没有有趣的事情做。
He was forbidden to pick the flowers.
他被禁止摘花，
He was forbidden to eat the fruit.
被禁止吃果子，
He was forbidden to play on the grass.
被禁止在草坪上玩耍。
But behind some trees， in a forgotten corner of the garden，
但是在一些树后，在花园一个被遗忘的角落有一个陈旧的小屋。
there was an old shed.
没人用这个小屋，
Nobody used the shed， and Conradin took it for his own.
康拉丁便把它据为己有。
To him it became something between a playroom and a church.
对他而言小屋成了一个介于游戏室和教堂的地方。
He filled it with ghosts and animals from his imagination.
他在其中装满了想像中的鬼怪和动物。
