Clifford the Small Red Puppy

Clifford the Small Red Puppy by Norman Bridwell

《小红狗克利福德》 诺曼·布里德韦尔 著

Hi, I'm Emily Elizabeth. And this is Clifford, my big red dog.

嗨，我是艾米丽·伊丽莎白。 这是克利福德，我的大红狗。

Yesterday my friend Martha said, I got my dog from a fancy pet store. Where did you get yours? So I told her how I got Clifford. When I was little, I lived in the city. I didn't have a dog.

昨天我的朋友玛莎说， 我的狗是从一家高级宠物店买的哦。 你的狗是从哪来的呀？ 于是我给她讲了我得到克利福德的故事。 我小时候住在城市里。 那时候我还没有狗。

One day the man down the hall called us. His dog had puppies. He wanted to give me one. One puppy was smaller than the rest. The man said, Don't take him. He is the runt. He will always be small and sick. But I loved that little puppy. He needed me.

有一天，走廊那头的邻居叔叔叫住我们。 他家的狗生了一窝小狗崽。 他想送我一只。 其中有只小狗比其他的都要小。 叔叔说：“别选他。” 他是最弱小的那只。 他会一直长不大，还容易生病。 可我就喜欢这只小小的狗狗。 他需要我呀。

I named my puppy Clifford. He was so tiny that I had to feed him with the doll's baby bottle. We got the smallest collar we could find for Clifford.

我给小狗取名叫克利福德。他太小啦，我只能用娃娃的奶瓶喂他。 我们找了能找到的最小的项圈给克利福德戴。

It was too big. When he began to eat dog food, we had to watch him all the time. He was so little that he was always getting lost, even in our small apartment.

可还是太大了。 等他开始吃狗粮的时候，我们得时刻盯着他。 他太小了，哪怕在我们小小的公寓里也总走丢。