THANKS.

感谢

Wednesday, 28th.

二十八日，星期三

My poor schoolmistress wanted to finish her year of school: she departed only three days before the end of the lessons. Day after to-morrow we go once more to the schoolroom to hear the reading of the monthly story, Shipwreck , and then it is over. On Saturday, the first of July, the examinations begin. And then another year, the fourth, is past! And if my mistress had not died, it would have passed well.

可怜的女先生曾经想支持到这学年为止，终于只剩三天就死去了。明后天到学校去听了《难船》的讲话，这学年就此完毕。七月一日的星期六起开始试验，啊！如果女先生不死，原是很可欢喜的事呢。

I thought over all that I had known on the preceding October, and it seems to me that I know a good deal more: I have so many new things in my mind; I can say and write what I think better than I could then; I can also do the sums of many grown-up men who know nothing about it, and help them in their affairs; and I understand much more: I understand nearly everything that I read. I am satisfied. But how many people have urged me on and helped me to learn, one in one way, and another in another, at home, at school, in the street,--everywhere where I have been and where I have seen anything! And now, I thank you all.

回忆去年十月才开学时的种种事情，从那时起，确增加了许多的知识。说，写，都比那时好，算术也已能知道普通大人所不知道的事，可以帮助人家算帐了，无论读什么，大抵都似乎已懂得。我真欢喜。可是，我的能到此地步，不知有多少人在那里勉励我帮助我呢。无论在家里，在学校里，在街上，无论在什么地方，只要是我所居住、我有见闻的处所，必定有各种各样的人在各种各样地教我的。所以，我感谢一切的人。

I thank you first, my good teacher, for having been so indulgent and affectionate with me; for you every new acquisition of mine was a labor, for which I now rejoice and of which I am proud. I thank you, Derossi, my admirable companion, for your prompt and kind explanations, for you have made me understand many of the most difficult things, and overcome stumbling-blocks at examinations; and you, too, Stardi, you brave and strong boy, who have showed me how a will of iron succeeds in everything: and you, kind, generous Garrone, who make all those who know you kind and generous too; and you too, Precossi and Coretti, who have given me an example of courage in suffering, and of serenity in toil, I render thanks to you: I render thanks to all the rest.

第一，感谢先生，感谢那样爱我的先生，我现在所知道的东西，都是先生用尽了心力教我的。其次，感谢代洛西，他替我说明种种事，使我通过种种的难关，试验赖以不失败。还有，斯带地，他曾示我一个“精神一到金石为开”的实例。还有那亲切的卡隆，他曾给我以对人温暖同情的感化。拨来可西与可莱谛，他们二人曾给我以在困苦中不失勇志，在劳作中不失和气的模范。所有一切朋友，我都感谢。

But above all, I thank thee, my father, thee, my first teacher, my first friend, who hast given me so many wise counsels, and hast taught me so many things, whilst thou wert working for me, always concealing thy sadness from me, and seeking in all ways to render study easy, and life beautiful to me; and thee, sweet mother, my beloved and blessed guardian angel, who hast tasted all my joys, and suffered all my bitternesses, who hast studied, worked, and wept with me, with one hand caressing my brow, and with the other pointing me to heaven. I kneel before you, as when I was a little child; I thank you for all the tenderness which you have instilled into my mind through twelve years of sacrifices and of love.

但是特别要感谢的是我的父亲。父亲曾是我最初的先生，又是我最初的朋友，给我以种种的训诫，教我种种的事情，平日为我勤劳，有悲苦则瞒住了我，用种种的方法使我用功愉快，生活安乐。还有，那慈爱的母亲。母亲是爱我的人，是守护我的天使，她以我之乐为乐，以我之悲为悲，和我一处用功，一处劳动，一处哭泣，一手抚了我的头，一手指天给我看。母亲，谢谢你！母亲在爱和牺牲的十二年中，把温爱注入了我的心胸。