1 The Parton Family

Chapter 1 The Parton Family Dolly grew up in a large, poor family in Tennessee. Avie Lee Owens and Robert Lee Parton, Dolly's parents, married in 1939 when Avie Lee was only fifteen and Lee was seventeen. They rented a log cabin far out in the woods. Avie Lee hated it and moved back with

多莉在田纳西州一个贫穷的大家庭中长大。 多莉的父母阿维·李·欧文斯和罗伯特·李·帕顿于1939年结婚，当时阿维·李15岁，李17岁。 他们在远处的树林里租了一间小木屋。 艾维·李讨厌它，搬回来了

her parents. There, she had her first baby, Willadeene. After a year, Avie Lee and Lee got back together. They moved into a rented shack in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. Lee was a hardworking farmer. He grew tobacco, beans, corn, potatoes, and turnips. But he was a sharecropper.

她的父母。在那里，她生下了她的第一个孩子威拉丁。 一年后，艾维·李和李又复合了。 他们搬进了斯莫基山山麓的一间租来的小屋。 李是一个勤劳的农民。 他种植烟草、豆类、玉米、土豆和萝卜。 但他是个佃农。

Sharecropping meant that Dolly's dad didn't own the land and had to share about half of the money from his crops with the landowner. It was a hard way to support a family, and soon another baby, David, came along... and then another, Denver. By now, the five Partons had moved to a one

佃农制意味着多莉的父亲不拥有土地，他不得不与土地所有者分享大约一半的收入。 要养活一个家庭是很困难的，不久，另一个孩子大卫出生了…… 然后是另一个，丹芙。现在，五个帕顿变成了一个

room cabin on the banks of the Little Pigeon River in East Tennessee. They didn't have electricity, running water, or an indoor bathroom. One snowy winter night, someone went to get the doctor. Avie Lee's fourth baby was on the way. Doc Thomas rode on horseback to the cabin where Dolly Parton was born on January

东田纳西州小鸽子河岸边的一间小木屋。 他们没有电，没有自来水，也没有室内浴室。 一个下雪的冬夜，有人去请医生。 艾维·李的第四个孩子就要出生了。 托马斯医生骑马来到多莉·帕顿1月出生的小屋

19, 1946. The Partons had no money, so they paid the doctor with a bag of cornmeal. That was a good trade. While Dolly was growing up, the Parton family moved several times. Once, they lived so far out in the woods that their nearest neighbors were two miles away! The Partons had no radio, newspapers, or TV. They counted on their neighbors for news and for help in tough times. To go visiting, to church, or to school, they had to cross a river on a rope bridge and walk. When Dolly was four, the Partons bought a farm. It was rundown, but it was theirs. They stayed there until Dolly was ten. Three or four Parton kids slept in one bed with all their clothes on.

19日,1946年。帕顿一家没有钱，所以他们付给医生一袋玉米粉。 这是一笔不错的交易。在多莉长大的过程中，帕顿一家搬了好几次家。 有一次，他们住在很远的森林里，最近的邻居也有两英里远！帕顿一家没有收音机、报纸和电视。 他们依靠邻居来获得消息，在困难时期寻求帮助。 要去探亲、去教堂或上学，他们必须走在绳桥上过河。 多莉四岁时，帕顿一家买了一个农场。 房子很破旧，但这是他们的。 他们在那里一直待到多莉十岁。 三四个帕顿家的孩子穿着衣服睡在一张床上。