Each night， after the people in the house had gone to bed，I stole some of their food for myself. But soon I realized that the old man was blind. And I realized too that often the three of them did not have enough to eat.I saw the two young people put extra food on the blind man's plate， although they were hungry themselves.
每天晚上，在屋子里的那三个人睡下之后，我便把他们的食物偷来给自己吃。然而不久我就意识到那个老人是个瞎子。并且我还意识到那三个人常常食不裹腹。我见到那两个年轻人常给那个老盲人的盘子里多放些食物，尽管他们自己在挨饿。
When I saw that，I stopped stealing their food.Their life was already hard enough， so I went back to the wild fruit in the woods. I tried to help them in other ways， too.During the night I cut firewood for them， and added it secretly to the wood which the young man had cut during the day. I was very happy to see how much this pleased the young man.
看到这些后，我就不再偷他们的食物了。他们的生活已经够艰苦的了，于是我便重新靠树林里的野果为生。我还尽力想一些其他办法帮助他们。晚上我为他们砍柴火，还暗中把它们添在那个年轻小伙子白天砍的柴火中。我很高兴看到这能如此取悦于那个年轻人。
After a while I began to understand some of the noises that the people made to each other. The first words that I under－stood were words like "fire"， and"bread". I also learnt that the three people called each other by names. The girl was Agatha， the young man was Felix， and the old man was called Father. I tried to make the noises that they made， and slowly I began to speak.
不久我开始懂得了那些人彼此之间发出的一些声音了。我最初理解的单词是像“火”还有“面包”这样的词。我还了解到那三个人彼此之间称呼的名字。那个女孩叫“阿加莎”，那个小伙子叫“菲力克斯”，而那老人则叫“父亲”。我努力去发他们发出的声音，于是慢慢地开始说话了。
The two young people were very beautiful. One day I saw my own face in the water of the river. It was a terrible face.I understood why people were frightened， why they shouted and threw stones. I knew then that I could not let these beautiful people see me. They would be frightened by my horrible face and body.
那两个年轻人很漂亮。有一天我从河中看见我自己的脸。那是张可怕的脸。我明白了人们为什么会害怕、为什么会喊叫并扔石头的原因。那时我才知道我不能让这些漂亮的人们看见我，他们会因为我那可怕的脸和身体而惊恐的。
Summer was coming， and I continued to watch and learn. I also continued to help the two people and their father， and did many jobs for them in the night. They were always surprised in the morning when they saw what I had done. I heard them talk about the "good creature" who did these"wonderful"things.
夏天临近了，我在继续观察和学习。我也在继续帮助那两个人和他们的父亲，并且在晚上给他们干很多活儿。他们早上看到我所做的事情后总是感到很惊奇。我听到他们谈论那个做了这些“好”事的“好人”。
But the family were often sad， and I wished I could make them happy.I looked forward to the time when I could speak well enough to talk to them. And I was happy because I was sure I would soon have three good friends.
可是这家人经常闷闷不乐。我希望我能让他们高兴。我期盼着我能学会说话而同他们交谈的那一时刻。我也很高兴，因为我确信不久我便会有三个好朋友了。