LESSON 12 How a dog got his dinner

第十二课 一只狗是如何得到它的晚餐

In a town in the south of France, twenty poor people were served with dinner, at a certain hour every day. A dog belonging to the place was always present at this meal, to watch for the scraps that were now and then thrown to him.

法国南部的一个小镇上，有20个流浪汉每天聚在一起享用晚餐。一只当地的小狗常常出现在他们身旁，等着他们的残渣剩饭。

The guests, however, were poor and hungry, and of course not very liberal. So the poor dog hardly did more than smell the feast, of which he would have liked a share.

然而，由于享用者又穷又饿，当然不是非常自由自在的。因此，这只流浪狗因为喜欢共享食物，就很难尝到很多食物。

Now it happened that this dinner was served out to each one on his ringing a bell; but, as the person who served the dinner handed it through a small opening, he did not see who received it.

现在每一次的晚餐都是在小狗拉响铃之后享用的，但是，由于晚餐是通过小门送出的，送餐的人就不知道谁吃了这餐饭。

Well, one day the dog had waited till all the poor people were gone. Having himself got very little to eat, he reached up, took hold of the rope by his teeth, and rang the bell. A good dinner was at once handed out, and the dog ate it with great delight.

一天，小狗等到所有流浪者都离开之后，留给自己的只有一丁点食物，它就立起来用牙齿咬住栓铃铛的绳子，敲响铃铛--就有一顿丰盛的晚餐可以享用，小狗吃的非常开心。

This was done by the dog for several days; but the rogue was at length found out. It was thought, however, so clever for a dog, that he was allowed to take his regular turn at the dinner every day. And thus he went on for a long time, ringing the bell, and taking his meal with the other beggars!

这是好几天前发生的事情了，但是小淘气肯定这么做很久了。但是，想一想，多聪明的一只小狗啊，每一天都可以有机会吃晚饭，因此他走了很久，敲响铃铛，和流浪者共享食物。

QUESTIONS

问题

What is the dog in the picture doing? Why? What is that coming through the opening? For whom is it? How did the dog learn to do this? How long did he do it before he was found out? Why was he allowed to continue it? Where did this take place?

画面中的小狗在做什么？为什么？小门送来了什么？给谁的？这只小狗怎么学会的？在被人发现之前小狗这么做多久了？为什么小狗可以继续做这件事？又发生在哪里呢？