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NateOlive kept looking into the darkness of the barn to see where Maudie was. Maudie was ready to have her calf any minute now.
"I do not want you to stay," her husband said.
"Oh, no, Nate, I do not want to. If it begins to happen, I will go back to the house."
They walked slowly to the back of the barn to look at Maudie. Nate looked around for something Olive could sit on.
"Would this be all right?"
He helped Olive to sit down on a small stool. He made the oil stove hotter so she could get warm. Then he told her again that he did not want her to stay when Maudie's calf came. It wasn't something a young wife should see, especially a young wife who would soon be a mother herself.
Nate sat down on the floor near Olive. The cow lay quietly, chewing some hay. Husband and wife did not say much as they waited. Words did not seem to come easily to them.
But, after some time, Olive said she was sorry that she could not help Nate with the cow. Nate smiled and told her not to worry about him, after all, he said, Maudie was having the calf not he. And Maudie would know what to do when the time came.奥利弗一直看着外面黑暗的农场想看看Maudie在哪儿。Maudie已经做好了随时生宝宝的准备。
“我不想让你留下来，”她丈夫说。
“哦，不，内特，我真的不想走。要是Maudie开始生宝宝了，我会回到屋子里去的。”
他们慢慢地走到农场的后面去看Maudie.内特四处寻找可以让奥利弗坐的东西。
“这个可以吗？”
他帮奥利弗坐在一个小凳子上然后把油炉调的更热一点让奥利弗来取暖。然后他又跟她说Maudie生小牛的时候不想让她留下来。因为这不是一个年轻的妻子应该看得，尤其是一个即将做母亲的年轻妻子。
内特在奥利弗旁边的地板上坐下。Maudie很安静的躺着，嚼着干草。丈夫和妻子在等待的时候没有说太多的话。他们觉得也没什么可说的。
但是，过了一会儿，奥利弗说她很抱歉不能帮他。内特笑了并且告诉她不用为他担心，毕竟，是Maudie生小牛不是他。而且Maudie会知道怎么做的到时候。
——译文来自: 李红静 | 
发表于 2016-8-2 13:00:30