Mary had a little lamb
玛丽有一只小羊羔
Was Dimitri right to apologize to his neighbour? Why not?
迪米特里向他的邻居道歉是对的吗？ 为什么不？
Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.
玛丽和她的丈夫迪米特里住在希腊南部的小村庄佩拉科拉。
One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.
玛丽的一件珍贵财产是她丈夫送给她的一只小白羊。
She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening.
她白天把它绑在田里的一棵树上，每天晚上去取。
One evening, however the lamb was missing.
一天晚上，羊羔却不见了。
The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.
绳子被割断了,很明显羊羔被偷了.
When Dimitri came in from the fields,his wife told him what had happened.
当迪米特里从田野里进来时，他的妻子告诉了他发生了什么事。
Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.
迪米特里立刻出发去找小偷.
He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.
他知道在这样一个小村庄里并不难。
After telling several of his friends about the theft,
在告诉他的几个朋友关于盗窃的事情之后,
Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.
迪米特里发现他的邻居阿列科突然获得了一只新的羔羊。
Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.
迪米特里立刻去了阿列科的家，愤怒地指责他偷了羊羔。
He told him he had better return it or he would call the police.
他告诉他最好把它还给他，否则他会报警的。
Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard.
Aleko否认服用它，并带领Dimitri进入他的后院。
It was true that he had just bought a lamb he explained, but his lamb was black.
他解释说，他刚买了一只羔羊，这是真的，但他的羔羊是黑色的。
Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.
迪米特里因如此轻率行事而感到羞愧，他向阿列科道歉，指责他。
While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped.
当他们说话的时候，天开始下雨了，迪米特里一直呆在阿列科的房子里，直到雨停了。
When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.
半小时后到外面时，他惊讶地发现小黑羔羊几乎是白色的。
Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain!
它被染成黑色的羊毛被雨水洗干净了！
