Till Little Arliss got into that bear fight，I supposeI’d thought of him in the way most boys thinkof their little brothers. I liked him all right，but Ididn’t have much time for him. He was always playingin our drinking - water and getting in the wayof my chopper and screaming his head off and throwingstones，and it seemed to me a lot to have toput up with.
在小阿裏斯和熊搏鬥之前，我想我對他的看法同大多數男孩對他們的小弟弟的看法是一樣的。不錯，我喜歡他，可是我不大有功夫和他玩耍。他老是在我們的飲用水裏玩，老是在我劈柴的時候礙手礙腳，老是死命地怪聲尖叫，扔石頭。在我看來，好多事我都不得不忍著點兒。
But that day when I saw him in the spring，helpless against the bear，taught me to know that Iloved him as much as I did Mama and Papa，perhapsin some ways even a bit more.
但是那天當我看到他在泉水裏孤立無援地麵對著那頭大熊時，才使我意識到我就象愛爸爸媽媽那樣地愛著他，可能在某些方麵還要更愛他一些呢。
And so it was that I came to love the dog thatsaved him.
正是由於這種原因，我漸漸地愛上了救他命的那隻狗了。
After that，I couldn’t do enough for Old Yeller.
What if he was a big ugly meat - stealing dog？
What if he did fall over and yell blue murder everytime I gave him a cross look？ What if he had run
從那以後，我總覺得對阿黃真是報答不盡。即使它是一頭既大又醜的偷肉吃的狗，這又有什麼關係呢？ 每次我對它發火時，即使它往
off when he should have helped with the fightingbulls？ He’d fought and saved Little Arliss when Icouldn’t have done it，and that was enough for me.
地上一躺，大聲狂吠，這又怎麼樣呢？ 即使在該幫我們對付那頭打架的公牛時，它卻逃之夭夭，這又怎麼樣呢？ 隻要看看在我無法搭救小阿裏斯的時刻它卻奮力搏鬥，救了他的命，對我來說這就足夠了。
I petted him till he was wagging all over toshow how happy he was. I felt mean about how I’dtreated him，and did everything I could to let himknow. I washed and greased his hair till it shone，and that night after dark，when he stole into bedwith me and Little Arliss，I let him sleep there andnever said a word about it to Mama.
我愛撫地拍著它，直到它搖頭擺尾表示它是多麼的歡樂。我為以往虧待過它而感到慚愧，而且盡力要讓它知道我的這種心情。我把它的毛洗刷得幹幹淨淨的，還抹上一層油，使其閃閃發光。那天晚上天黑以後，它偷偷地爬上床來跟我和小阿裏斯睡在一起時，我就讓它睡在那兒。關於這件事，我一直瞞著媽媽，連一個字也沒說過。
I took him and Little Arliss squirrel - huntingnext day. It was the first time I’d ever taken LittleArliss on any kind of hunt. He was so noisy and sillythat I always thought he’d frighten off the game.
第二天，我帶著它和小阿裏斯一起去捕鬆鼠。這是我開天辟地第一次帶了小阿裏斯去狩獵。因為他傻裏傻氣，唧唧喳喳，所以我總覺得他會把獵物全給嚇跑的。
As it turned out，he was just as noisy and silly asI’d thought. He’d follow after us，keeping quiet as I’