狗狗奇缘：喜悲得失总在一念之间

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[00:01.98]43 Finding a Friend	狗狗奇缘
[00:07.21](By Hannah Culver)	（译/张玲）
[00:09.53]I had always considered myself a pretty good runner, but when you're running for your life you can never move fast enough. 我一直觉得自己很擅长跑步，但当你跑步是为了逃命时，你会发现自己跑得永远不够快。
[00:19.50]I glanced back, almost tripping over myself. 我回头瞟了一眼，差点把自己绊倒。
[00:22.83]I could see out of the corner of my eye his black mask, beady eyes, and his muddy fur coat. 从眼角的余光，我能瞟到那张黑乎乎的脸庞和那双亮晶晶的眼睛，还有那一身沾满泥的皮毛。
[00:29.26]Though what scared me the most were his sharp teeth. 不过，最让我害怕的还是它那一口尖牙。
[00:32.99]Go ahead and laugh but I was running from ...a dog. 尽管笑话我吧，因为追着我跑的是……一只狗。
[00:37.21]My flip-flops had fallen off my feet when I started running and the pavement was burning hot.我脚上的人字拖在刚才拔腿开跑的时候就已经掉了，而路面又晒得烫脚。 
[00:43.68]I rounded the corner into my driveway,sprinting for my front door. 我拐个弯跑上了我家的车道，铆足力气朝我家前门冲去。
[00:48.23]I wasn't always scared of dogs, but something happened that makes me run every time I see one.	我可不是一直这么怕狗的，而是因为出过一件事，让我每次一看见狗就跑。
[00:55.70]Two years ago, a dog ran into my yard where I was playing. 两年前，我正在自家院子里玩，一只狗闯了进来。
[01:00.72]When the dog started to wag his tail and bark, I thought he was nice. 它冲我摇尾巴，还“汪汪汪”地叫，我觉得它是在向我示好。
[01:05.10]So I tried to pet him, but apparently he didn't want to be touched.于是，我伸手想摸它一下，但很明显，它不喜欢人碰它。 
[01:10.00]When my hand got too close to his forehead, he lashed out and bit me. 当我的手离它的额头太近时，它猛地扑过来，咬了我一口。
[01:14.71]I can only remember screaming and crying, waiting for the pain to go away. 我只记得当时自己尖叫着，大声哭着，等着疼痛自己消失。
[01:19.35]The next day when I woke up I was lying in the hospital bed with stitches on my right arm from my wrist to my elbow. 第二天醒来时，我发现自己躺在医院的病床上，右手胳膊从手腕到手肘缝了好多针。
[01:26.99]Even though the dog had to go to the pound , the fear and the scares he gave me never left.	虽然这只狗被强行送去了流浪狗收容所，但它给我带来的这种害怕和惊恐却从未消散。
[01:33.85]I don't know why but I never told anybody about what happened. 这次的经历我没告诉过任何人，我也不知道为什么不想说。
[01:38.77]You can imagine with my fear of something like this I was an easy target for bullies. 你可以想象，由于害怕像狗这样的东西，我很容易招人欺负。
[01:44.94]No one wanted to hang out with me anymore. 没人愿意再和我一起出去玩，
[01:47.39]Even though before they were really only my friends because I was the school's best track and cross-country runner (we had a really small school). 尽管他们以前因为我是学校田径运动会和越野赛的跑步冠军(我们学校的确很小)和我做过朋友。
[01:56.35]It really didn't bother me because I could always find something to do by myself, but my parents disagreed. 不过，我自己倒是一点儿也不担心，因为我就算一个人也总能找到事做。但我爸妈却不这么想。
[02:03.97]"You need at least one friend, honey. Someone you can talk to other than us." “宝贝，你至少得有一个朋友吧！除了我们，你总得有个人可以说说话吧！”
[02:09.53]My parents always said that when they saw me reading,alone, up in the branches of a maple in our backyard. 每当他们看见我一个人坐在我家后院那棵枫树的树杈上看书时，他们就会这么说。
[02:16.62]Though they were right, I was lonely. 尽管他们说得没错，我的确孤单，
[02:19.91]However, I didn't want to become friends with anyone at my school, until I met someone who changed everything.	但我就是不想和学校里的那些人交朋友，直到有一天我遇到了一个改变了这一切的“人”。
[02:28.42]I knew the day would come when the teasing would become too much and I wouldn't be able to take it any longer. 我知道，早晚有一天捉弄会太过恶劣，令我再也无法忍受。
[02:35.59]On a Friday in October it happened and I ended up running to my house three miles away instead of taking the bus home. 10月的一个星期五，这一天来了。我最终没有坐校车，
[02:45.24]I went straight into the woods when I got home. 而是一路跑回了三英里之外的家。
[02:48.13]I sat down in a pile of leaves, letting all the sadness and frustration that I was holding inside go.到家后，我径直钻进了院子里的小树丛，坐在一堆树叶上，任由一直憋在心里的悲伤和沮丧倾泻而出。 
[02:55.22]I listened to the hush of the trees and admired the beauty of the falling leaves.	我聆听着树叶发出的沙沙声，欣赏着树叶飘落时的美景。
[03:00.96]Suddenly I heard whimpering,and it wasn't mine. 突然，我听到了“呜呜”的哭泣声，可不是我在哭啊。
[03:05.17]I glanced around quickly. 我快速向四周瞟了一眼。
[03:06.90]At first I saw no one but then I saw the last thing I wanted to see, a dog. 一开始我什么人也没看见，不过随后，我看见了那个我最不想看见的东西――一只狗。
[03:13.58]From instinct I stood up, legs tense, as if I was waiting for the starting gun in track, but the dog didn't move.出于本能，我站了起来，双腿肌肉绷紧，仿佛正在等待赛道上那一声发令枪响一样，但那只狗一动也不动。 
[03:21.84]Even with my fear of dogs, a part of me wanted to go and comfort the wounded stray . 尽管我怕狗，但我内心深处却有一种渴望，想走过去安慰一下那只受伤、迷路的小可怜。
[03:27.67]Eventually, my heart overpowered my conscience and I couldn't bear his pain. 最终，我的同情心战胜了理智，我实在不忍心眼睁睁地看着它痛苦了。
[03:33.32]I knelt down so gently, so as not to frighten him, still he didn't budge . 为了不吓到它，我很柔地在它身边跪了下来，可它还是一动也不动。
[03:39.42]Then carefully I reached out my right hand. 然后，我小心翼翼地伸出了右手。
[03:42.56]My scar started to tingle , remembering the last time I was this close to a dog. 胳膊上的伤疤开始刺痛起来，让我想起上一次离狗这么近时发生的事。
[03:48.13]Then, before I was ready the dog stretched out his neck, nudging his head into my hand. 然后，我还没准备好呢，这只小狗就伸出了脖子，把小脑袋靠在了我的手上。
[03:54.12]At that point I knew he needed me and I needed him.	在那一刻，我知道它需要我，我也需要它。
[03:58.21]The dog happily followed me home; sadly, he was limping the whole way. 小狗很开心地跟着我回了家。不过让人难过的是，它一路上都一瘸一拐的，
[04:04.44]Some animal probably more frightening than any dog had wounded his back right foot. 可能是某种比狗更吓人的动物咬伤了它的右后腿。
[04:09.88]However, the expressions on my parents' faces said it all. 但是，当我爸妈看见这只小狗时，他们脸上的表情说明了一切。
[04:13.89]Their mouths had dropped to the floor speechless, 他们吃惊得一句话也说不出来，下巴都快掉下来了。
[04:17.20]and when I asked if we could keep him, they assured me that if he didn't have rabies we could. 当我问他们可不可以留下这只小狗时，他们马上向我保证，只要它没有狂犬病，我们就可以把它留下来。
[04:22.93]Even after a few days with Scruffy (which is what we chose to name him), the statement "Dogs are man's best friend" was proven true.	在和毛毛(这是我们给它取的名字)相处了几天之后，我终于相信“狗是人类最好的朋友”这句话是多么正确了。
[04:31.56]One day, a couple of months after I found Scruffy, I was taking him for a walk and I noticed a sign on a telephone pole. 在我发现毛毛两三个月之后的一天，我带它去散步时，看到一根电话线杆上贴着一张告示。
[04:40.36]The sign read:	告示上写着：
[04:41.66]Lost Dog	寻狗启事
[04:44.19]Medium height, brown eyes, male, scruffy light brown hair. 中等个头、棕色眼睛公狗，较凌乱的浅棕色毛发，
[04:49.24]Answers to the name Copper. 喊它科珀它会回应。
[04:51.65]If seen, please call me at 544-0222, or bring him to my house at 18 Sugar Hill Road, Easton, NH. 如果看见它，请拨544-0222与我联系，或麻烦您将它送到我 家，地址是新罕布什尔州伊斯顿市苏格尔山路18号。
[05:02.67]Thank you,	非常感谢！
[05:03.64]Annie Samson	安妮・萨姆森
[05:04.85]Next to the writing there was a picture of Scruffy or Copper. 在这些文字的旁边有一张毛毛或者说科珀的照片。
[05:10.17]No doubt about it, that was a picture of the dog who was sitting right beside me. 毫无疑问，照片上的正是此时蹲在我身旁的这只小狗。
[05:15.59]My heart shattered into a million pieces. 我的心在那一刻碎成了千万片。
[05:18.93]The dog who had rescued me from drowning in sadness belonged to someone else.	这只曾经在我伤心欲绝之际救了我的小狗竟然是别人的。
[05:24.58]That evening I sat in bed, staring at the sign that I had torn down in anger. 那天晚上我坐在床上，盯着手里那张我一气之下撕下来的寻狗启事。
[05:30.60]Just then it occurred to me that Annie was probably feeling just as miserable as I had before I found "Copper". 就在那时，我突然意识到，安妮现在很可能和我找到科珀之前一样痛苦。
[05:37.42]At that moment I knew I had to return my friend to his rightful owner.	在那一刻，我知道我必须把我的朋友还给它真正的主人。
[05:42.74]The next day I brought Copper to Easton to find his owner. 第二天，我带着科珀来到了伊斯顿找它的主人。
[05:47.48]He seemed to recognize the smell near the house, but I didn't want to let him go. 它似乎闻出了那栋房子周围的气味，不过我还不想放它走。
[05:52.58]When I knocked on the door I knew I had done the right thing. 当我敲开主人家的门时，我知道这件事我做对了。
[05:56.28]The girl answered the door and almost cried with happiness that her dog had come home. 那个女孩应声打开了门，看到她的狗回来了，开心得几乎要哭了。
[06:01.31]She thanked me about twenty times before she took Copper. 她和我说了二十几次谢谢，才把科珀从我手上接过去。
[06:05.13]Then, right as she was closing the door, I whispered, "He's a great dog." 接着，就在她关门的那一刻，我小声说了句：“它是只很棒的狗。”
[06:09.59]She must have recognized the sadness in my eyes because she offered for me to come over after school and walk Copper with her. 她一定是看出了我眼中的哀伤，因为她主动提出让我放学后到她家，和她一起带科珀散步。
[06:17.50]Annie and I quickly became best friends and to this day we still are. 安妮和我很快就成了最好的朋友， 直到今天依然如此。
[06:22.88]Surprisingly enough, I owe it all to a dog.	意想不到的是，这一切都归功于一只小狗。

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狗狗奇缘：喜悲得失总在一念之间