3 A Conversation with a Friend

CHAPTER 3 A Conversation with a Friend Henry walked by himself in the darkness. He lay down in the grass and felt sorry for himself. He wished he was at home again, making the rounds from the house to the barn, the barn to the fields, the fields to the barn, and the barn to the house. Henry remembered how he had often yelled at the cows and her mates, but now he thought of them with happiness. He told himself he wasn't made to be a soldier, and thought about how different he was from the other men in his troop.

亨利一个人在黑暗中走着。 他躺在草地上，为自己感到难过。 他希望自己能回到家里，从房子到谷仓，从谷仓到田野，从田野到谷仓，再从谷仓到房子。 亨利记起他以前是怎样经常对着奶牛和她的伙伴大吼大叫的，但现在他想到他们时感到很幸福。 他告诉自己，自己不是当士兵的料，想着自己和部队里的其他人有多么不同。

Henry heard the rustle of grass. He looked around, saw the loud soldier, and called out, "Oh, Wilson!" "Why, hello, Henry," said Wilson. "Is that you? What are you doing here?" "Oh, just thinking," said Henry. Wilson began talking about the fight they thought they would be in soon. "Oh, we've got them now!" he said. "At last, we'll get them good." "Well, Jim Conklin says we'll get plenty of fighting," said Henry.

亨利听到草的沙沙声。 他环顾四周，看到了那个大嗓门的士兵，便喊道：“哦，威尔逊！”“喂，你好，亨利，”威尔逊说。 “是你吗？”你在这里做什么？”“哦，我只是在想，”亨利说。 威尔逊开始谈论他们认为很快就要打起来的一场仗。 “哦，我们抓到他们了！”他说。 “最后，我们会把它们弄好的。” “嗯，吉姆·康克林说我们会有很多战斗，”亨利说。

"He's right for once, I guess. We're in for a big battle. That's for certain," said Wilson. "You're going to do great things, suppose," said Henry. "Oh, I don't know," said Wilson. "I guess I'll do as well as the rest. I'm going to try like thunder." "How do you know you won't run when the time comes?" asked Henry. "Run?" said Wilson, and he laughed. "Run? Of course I won't run." "Well, a lot of good men thought they were going to do great things before the fight," said Henry. "But when the time came, they ran away." "That's true, I guess," said Wilson. "But I'm not going to do that. The man that bets on my running will lose his money." "Oh, shucks," said Henry. "Are you the bravest man in the world?" "No, I'm not," said Wilson. "And I didn't

“我想他这次是对的。 我们要打一场大战了。 这是肯定的，”威尔逊说。 “我想，你会做大事的，”亨利说。 “哦，我不知道，”威尔逊说。 “我想我会做得和其他人一样好。 我要像打雷一样试试。” “你怎么知道到时候你不会跑呢？”亨利问。 “跑？”威尔逊笑着说。 “跑?我当然不会参选。” “嗯，很多好人在战斗前都认为他们会做大事，”亨利说。 “但时机一到，他们就跑了。” “我想这是真的，”威尔逊说。 “但我不会那么做。 打赌我参选的人会输钱的。” “哦，胡说，”亨利说。“你是世界上最勇敢的人吗？”“不，我不是，”威尔逊说。 “我没有

say I was, either. I said I was going to do my share of fighting. And I am, too. Who are you to talk to me like that, anyhow?" He glared at Henry for a moment and then walked away. Henry yelled after him, "Well, you don't need to get mad about it!" Henry felt alone and miserable. No one else seemed to be struggling with whether or not he would run. He felt like an outsider. He went back to his tent and lay on a blanket next to Jim, who was snoring. In the darkness, Henry saw visions of fear that would make him run away while others stayed and fought. He knew that he wouldn't be able to deal with this monster. He stared at the reflection of a fire on the wall of his tent until, tired and sick of worrying, he fell asleep.

说我也不是。我说过我会尽我所能去战斗。 我也是。你是谁，竟敢这样跟我说话？”他瞪了亨利一会儿，然后走开了。 亨利在他身后喊道：“好吧，你不必为此生气！”亨利感到孤独和痛苦。 似乎没有其他人在为他是否会参选而纠结。 他觉得自己像个局外人。他回到帐篷里，躺在正在打鼾的吉姆旁边的毯子上。 在黑暗中，亨利看到了恐惧的景象，这会让他逃跑，而其他人则留下来战斗。 他知道他对付不了这个怪物。 他盯着帐篷墙上火光的倒影，直到他又累又烦地睡着了。