很多天过去了,威伯长了又长。他一天要吃三头猪的饭量了。他把时间都花在躺着,小睡,做美梦上了。他的身体非常健康,体重也增长了许多。一天下午,当芬正在她的凳子上坐着时,那只老羊走到谷仓来拜访威伯。
"Hello!" she said. "Seems to me you're putting on weight."
“你好!”她说。“我看你好像正在变胖。”
"Yes, I guess I am," replied Wilbur. "At my age it's a good idea to keep gaining."
“是的,我想是,”威伯回答。“在我这个年纪胖起来是好事儿。”
"Just the same, I don't envy you," said the old sheep. "You know why they're fattening you up, don't you?"
“虽然如此,可我却不嫉妒你,”老羊说。“你知道他们为什么要把你养这么胖吗?”
"No," said Wilbur.
“不知道,”威伯说。
"Well, I don't like to spread bad news," said the sheep, "but they're fattening you up because they're going to kill you, that's why."
“呃,我不喜欢传播坏消息,”老羊说,“但我还是要告诉你,他们喂胖你,其实是为了将来杀你,这就是原因。”
"They're going to what?" screamed Wilbur. Fern grew rigid on her stool.
“他们将来要做什么?”威伯尖叫。坐在凳子上的芬也听呆了。
"Kill you. Turn you into smoked bacon and ham," continued the old sheep. "Almost all young pigs get murdered by the farmer as soon as the real cold weather sets in. There's regular conspiracy around here to kill you at Christmastime. Everybody is in the plog--Lurvy, Zuckerman, even John Arable."
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