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Black Beauty – Part I

7.James 与John 的告别 (John Manly’s Talk)

拜访朋友归来,又见到John,大家都很高兴。 晚上收工的时候,James 问 John, “我走后,谁替代我的位置?” “Joe Green”, John 说。“Joe Green, 他还是个孩子吧?”“十四岁半”。“太小了吧?”“是的,他是有点小,但是他做事麻利,勤快,心眼好,而且他自己很想来。他父亲也想让他来。主人就想给他个机会试试,先试用6个星期吧。”

“6个星期!这么多活儿,他恐怕要学6个月才能完全派上用场。John, 这段时间,你会很辛苦啊。愿意给他这个机会,你人真是太好了。”

John 说,“我一般不給人说我过去的事。但今天可以给你说说。当我像 Joe 这么大的时候,我父母突然生病去世,前后相差不到十天。我没有亲戚可以求助,只有一个跛脚的妹妹。我在农场里打零工,生活非常困难。是Gordon 太太给我妹妹找了个住处,给她找点针线活做,有时还给她送食物和衣物,像母亲一样对我妹妹。Gordon 先生把我带到他的马厩里当学徒,一开始每周三个先令。那时 Norman 先生是这里的头儿,他没嫌弃我年龄小不会干活,反而像父亲一样耐心教我。Norman先生去世后,我接替了他的位置,现在拿着最好的薪水。”

“所以你看,我就是得到这些人的帮助才走到今天,现在有机会帮助别人,我只有高兴啊。”

第二天,Joe Green 来了,他要赶在 James 离开之前,尽可能地多学一点。他开始学习打扫马厩、马具、马车。考虑到他个子矮,James 教他从照顾体型小的 Merrylegs 开始。Joe 是个善良快乐的阳光男孩,工作的时候常常吹着口哨。两个星期过去了,Joe 对新工作适应的还不错。

很快,James 的最后一天终于来了。James 很伤感,对John说,“我要撇下生命中曾经最珍贵的一切,我母亲,你,仁慈的主人和夫人,还有这些马儿。而新地方,我一个人也不认识。要不是为了更好地帮到母亲,我真有点舍不得离开这里。” John 安慰他说,“第一次离开家都会很难过的。但是,你在新地方会很快交到新朋友。而且,如果你干的好,我相信你也会的,有更好的发展,你母亲会为你骄傲的。” John 的这番话说得太好了,适合于每一个离家远行的孩子,不是吗?

James 离开了。每个人尤其一直被他照料的Merrylegs 非常难过,好几天都没有胃口。John 每天早晨陪他出去溜一圈,Merrylegs 很快就恢复了。

Joe 学得很快。 Joe的父亲,也常来看看,帮点小忙,指点下儿子。John 对他的进步挺满意。

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