美国小学英语教材4:第63课莫尼和他的山羊(6)（打印版）

　　Moni reached her side and stood listening also. Suddenly he heard a faint bleat. 莫尼来到她的身边，也站在那里听。他突然听到了一阵微弱的咩咩声。

　　It was Meggie's voice coming up from below, a pitiful and frightened call for help. 这是从下面传来的梅吉的声音，是可怜而害怕的呼救声。

　　Moni lay down on the ground and leaned over the edge. 莫尼趴到地上，从峭壁的边缘探头往下看。

　　Far below there was something moving, 在下面很深的地方，有东西在动，

　　and he saw that it was Meggie hanging over the bough of a tree that grew out from the cliff. 他看到是梅吉挂在从悬崖长出的一棵大树的树枝上。

　　"Oh, she must have fallen down!" cried Moni. “诶呀，她一定是摔下去的！”莫尼叫道。

　　Fortunately the branch had caught the little goat, or she would have fallen many feet below. 幸运的是，树枝接住了小山羊，否则她一定会掉到下面的深渊去的。

　　But even now if she could not keep her place, she would fall and be dashed to pieces. 但即使是现在这样，如果她不能在那里坚持住的话，就会掉下去摔得粉碎。

　　In the most anxious tone, Moni called down, 莫尼非常着急地向下喊道：

　　"Hold on, Meggie; hold fast to the branch. See, I am coming to get you." “抓住啊，梅吉，牢牢地抓住那根树枝。瞧，我来救你了。”

　　But how could he save the kid that was bleating so piteously below? 但是莫尼怎么去救那只在下面可怜巴巴，咩咩叫着的小山羊呢？

　　The mountain wall was so steep that he could not climb down it. Moni thought hard. 山壁是那么的陡峭，他爬不下去。莫尼努力地思索着。

　　The little goat must be about on a level with the Rain Cliff, 小山羊肯定跟雷音悬崖差不多在一个高度上，

　　an overhanging rock under which the goat boys gathered for shelter when a mountain storm arose. 那是一块悬垂的岩石，山上暴风雨来临时，牧羊男孩们就在它下面避雨。

　　From that spot Moni thought he could climb upward to the tree on which Meggie was hanging. 莫尼认为，从那个地方，他能爬到挂住梅吉的大树上。

　　Quickly the boy whistled his herd together and led them to a level spot near the Rain Cliff. 莫尼迅速吹响了口哨，把羊群集合起来，带着它们前往雷音悬崖附近的一片平地走去。

　　There he left them to graze and went on by himself to the Cliff. 他留下它们吃草，自己继续往悬崖走去。