精靈鼠小弟 第85期:給汽車加油

Stuart slept under the canoe that night.

斯圖亞特那天夜里睡在獨木舟下。

He awakened at four to find that the rain had stopped.

四點鐘醒來時他發(fā)現(xiàn)雨停了。

The day would break clear.

天已經(jīng)晴了。

Already the birds were beginning to stir and make bright sounds in the branches overhead.

鳥兒們已經(jīng)在頭頂?shù)闹︻^上大聲的唱歌了。

Stuart never let a bird pass without looking to see if it was Margalo.

斯圖亞特每看到一只鳥都要仔細看看它是不是瑪戈。

At the edge of the town he found a filling station and stopped to take on some gas.

在小鎮(zhèn)的邊上他找到了一個加油站，便把車停在那里準備加油。

"Five, please," said Stuart to the attendant.

“請來五滴，”斯圖亞特對負責加油的人說。

The man looked at the tiny automobile in amazement.

男人驚訝地望著小的汽車。

"Five what?" he asked.

“五滴什么?”他問。

"Five drops," said Stuart.

“五滴汽油，”斯圖亞特說。

But the man shook his head and said that he couldn't sell such a small amount of gas.

可那個男人卻搖搖頭說他沒法賣這么少的汽油。

"Why can't you?" demanded Stuart.

“為什么不能?”斯圖亞特問。

You need the money and I need the gas.

你掙的是錢而我要的是汽油。

Why can't we work something out between us?

我們之間為什么就不能做生意?

The filling station man went inside and came back with a medicine dropper.

這個男人回去找出了一根醫(yī)用滴管。

Stuart unscrewed the cap of the tank and the man put in five drops of gasoline.

斯圖亞特擰開油箱蓋，那個人往里滴了五滴汽油。

"I've never done anything like this before," he said.

“我以前還從沒干過這種事呢，”他說。