小麻雀

A Little Sparrow

　　老舍

　　Lao She

　　雨后，院里來了個麻雀，剛長全了羽毛。它在院里跳，有時飛一下，不過是由地上飛到花盆沿上，或由花盆上飛下來。看它這么飛了兩三次，我看出來：它并不會飛得再高一些。，它的左翅的幾根長翎擰在一處，有一根特別的長，似乎要脫落下來。

　　As soon as the rain stopped, a little sparrow, almost full-fledged, flew into the courtyard. It hopped, fluttered, darting up to the edge of flower pots and back to the ground again. Watching it move up and down a couple of times, I realized drat it could not fly any higher as the plumes on its left wing had got twisted with one sticking out as if about to come off.

　　我試著往前湊，它跳一跳，可是又停住，看著我，小黑豆眼帶出點要親近我又不完全信任的神氣。我想到了：這是個熟鳥，也許是自幼便養在籠中的。所以它不十分怕人。可是它的左翅也許是被養著它的或別個孩子給扯壞，所以它愛人，又不完全信任。

　　When I made an attempt to move closer, it jumped off a hit and stopped again, staring back at me with its small, black and bean-like eyes that had a mixed look of wanting to be friends with me and not being certain that I was trustworthy. It occurred to me that this must be a tame bird, having been caged since it was hatched perhaps. No wonder it was not much scared of my presence. Its left wing might have been impaired by some kid and that was why there was distrust in its look though it showed some intimacy with man.

　　想到這個，我忽然的很難過。一個飛禽失去翅膀是多么可憐。這個小鳥離了人恐怕不會活，可是人又那么狠心，傷了它的翎羽。它被人毀壞了，而還想依靠人，多么可憐!

　　Suddenly I was seized with sadness. How miserable it was for a bird to lose its wings! Without someone taking care of it this small thing could not survive. But man had injured its wing. How cruel he was! Injured as it was, it still wanted to rely on man. How pitiable!