He finally said, "no... it's not that easy, Bruce. You see, swans mate for life." He raised his finger to point, holding the fishing pole in his other hand. "There's nothing we can do for the one that's left. He has to work it out for himself."
外公想了一会儿才回答。他说:“不,……没那么简单,布鲁斯。你知道吗,天鹅是终生为伴。 他一手拿着钓竿,另一手抬起来指了一指。“对于留下来的这只我们无能为力,只好靠它自己了。
We caught enough fish that morning for lunch. On the way back to the house, Grandpa asked me not to tell Grandma about the swan. She didn't get down to the pond much anymore, and there was no sense in her knowing about it right away.
那天上午我们钓了不少鱼供午餐用。回家的路上,外公要我别向外婆提及天鹅的事。她现在不常来池塘这边,没有必要让她马上知道。
A few days later, we drove by the pond while doing our morning check on the cows. We found the other swan lying near the same spot we had found the first one. It, too, was dead.
几天以后的一个清晨,我们驱车去查看母牛时从池塘边走过。在离第一只天鹅死的地方不远,我们见到另一只天鹅躺在那儿。它也死了。
The month of July started with me and Grandpa putting up a new stretch of fence. Then July 12 came. That was the day Grandma passed away. I'd overslept that morning. Grandpa had not knocked on my door, either. It was nearly eight o'clock by the time I could hurriedly dress myself and get down to the kitchen. I saw Dr. Morgan sitting at the kitchen table. He was a neighbor of my grandparents' age, long since retired. He'd come to the house several times before on social calls. I immediately knew something was wrong. This morning, his tattered old black bag was by his feet, and my grandfather was obviously shaken. Grandma had died suddenly that morning of a stroke. By the afternoon, my parents were there. The old house was soon crowded with relatives and Grandpa's friends.
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