The Engine.
玩具的火车
Friday, 10th.
星期五，10日。
Precossi came to our house today with Garrone. I do not think that two sons of princes would have been received with greater delight. This is the first time that Garrone has been here, because he is rather shy, and then he is ashamed to show himself because he is so large, and is still in the third grade. We all went to open the door when they rang. Crossi did not come, because his father has at last arrived from America, after an absence of seven years. My mother kissed Precossi at once. My father introduced Garrone to her, saying:--
今天泼来可西和卡隆一道来了。就是见了皇族的儿子，我也没有这样的欢喜。卡隆是头一次到我家，他是个很沉静的人，身材那样长了，还是三年生，见了人好像很羞愧的样子。门铃一响，我们都迎出门口去，据说，克洛西因为父亲从美国回来了，不能来。母亲马上与泼来可西亲吻，父亲介绍卡隆给母亲，说：
"Here he is. This lad is not only a good boy; he is a man of honor and a gentleman."
“卡隆就是他。他不但是善良的少年，并且还是一个正直的看重名誉的纳士呢。”

And the boy dropped his big, shaggy head, with a sly smile at me. Precossi had on his medal, and he was happy, because his father has gone to work again, and has not drunk anything for the last five days, wants him to be always in the workshop to keep him company, and seems quite another man.
卡隆低了平顶发的头，看着我微笑。泼来可西挂着那赏牌，听说，他父亲重新开始做铁匠工作，五日来滴酒不喝，时常叫泼来可西到工作场去帮他的忙，和从前比竟然如两个人了。
We began to play, and I brought out all my things. Precossi was enchanted with my train of cars, with the engine that goes of itself on being wound up. He had never seen anything of the kind. He devoured the little red and yellow cars with his eyes. I gave him the key to play with, and he knelt down to his amusement, and did not raise his head again. I have never seen him so pleased. He kept saying, "Excuse me, excuse me," to everything, and motioning to us with his hands, that we should not stop the engine; and then he picked it up and replaced the cars with a thousand precautions, as though they had been made of glass. He was afraid of tarnishing them with his breath, and he polished them up again, examining them top and bottom, and smiling to himself. We all stood around him and gazed at him. We looked at that slender neck, those poor little ears, which I had seen bleeding one day, that jacket with the sleeves turned up, from which projected two sickly little arms, which had been upraised to ward off blows from his face.
我们开始游戏了。我将所有的玩具取出给他们看。我的火车好像很中了泼来可西的意。那火车附有车头。只要把发条一开，就自己会动。泼来可西从未见过这样的火车玩具，惊异极了。我把开发条的钥匙交付给他，他低了头只管一心地玩。那种高兴的脸色，在他面上是未曾见过的。我们都围集在他身旁，注视他那枯瘦的项颈，曾出过血的小耳朵，以及他的向里卷的袖口，细削的手臂。