(单词翻译:单击)
“You’re a pretty little fella. You look like a purebred retriever; where did you come from, fella?”
“你是个漂亮的小家伙。你看起来像一只纯种的寻回犬。你从哪儿来的，小家伙？”
The way he was speaking to me reminded me of the first time Senora called me Toby.
他对我说话的方式让我想起了夫人第一次叫我托比的时候。
I instantly understood what was happening— just as the men had pulled my first family from the culvert, this man had taken me from the grass.
我立刻明白了发生了什么——这个人就像把我们一家从洞里救出来的那个人一样，只是这一次是把我从草地上带回去的。
And now my life would be what he decided it would be. Yes, I decided. My name could be Fella.
现在我的生活将由他决定。我也决定了——我可以叫菲拉。
I was thrilled when he sat me down inside the front of the truck, right beside him. The front seat!
当他把我放在卡车的前排座、挨着他坐时，我激动极了。这可是前排座啊！
The man smelled like smoke and had an eye-watering tang to him that reminded me of
那个男人闻起来像一个大烟筒，身上有一股呛鼻的味道，这味道让我想起了
when Carlos and Bobby would sit out in the Yard at a small table and talk and hand a bottle to each other.
卡洛斯和鲍比会坐在院子里的一张小桌子旁聊天，给彼此递酒。
He laughed when I tried to climb up to lick his face,
当我试图爬上去舔他的脸时，他笑了，
and continued to chuckle as I squirmed around in the narrow places of the truck, taking in rich, strange odors.
我在卡车狭窄的空间里动来动去的时候，他也笑得很开心。不过这里弥漫着浓烈而奇怪的味道。。
We bumped along for a while, and then the man stopped the truck. “We’re in the shade here,” he told me.
我们颠簸了一会儿，然后那个人停下了卡车。“我们来到阴凉地儿了，”他跟我说道。
I looked around blankly.
我茫然地环顾四周。
A building with several doors was directly in front of us, and from one of them came strong chemical smells exactly like those coating the man.
我们正前方是一幢有几扇门的建筑物，从其中一扇门里飘出一股强烈的化学气味，跟那个男人身上的气味一模一样。
“I’m just going to stop for one drink,” the man promised, rolling up the windows.
“我要停下来喝一杯，”那人边说边把车窗摇了起来。
I didn’t realize he was leaving until he’d slipped out and shut the door behind him, and I watched in disillusionment as he entered the building.
直到他出去并关上身后的门，我才意识到他要走，我恍惚中看着他走进那栋楼。
What about me? I found a cloth strap and chewed on it for a little while, until I got bored and put my head down to sleep.
那我要干点儿什么呢？我找到一条布带，咬了一会儿，直到我觉得无聊了，才低下头睡觉。
When I awoke, it was hot. The sun now came full force into the truck, the cab airless and humid.
当我醒来时，天很热。此时，阳光直射到卡车里，驾驶室里没有空气，湿漉漉的。
