The Cherokee Little People

The Cherokee Little People

切罗基小矮人

There once lived a Cherokee man and a woman named Tooney and Polly. They lived in a little cabin in the mountains. Every spring they planted corn. In summer the corn grew and grew. In fall Polly and Tooney gathered the corn. In the long cold winter they made food from the corn.

从前，有一对切罗基夫妇，名叫图尼和波莉。 他们住在山上的一间小木屋里。 每年春天他们都会种玉米。 夏天，玉米长啊长啊。 秋天，波莉和图尼就收割玉米。 在漫长寒冷的冬天，他们就用玉米做食物。

One year the corn grew and grew and grew. There was so much corn that Toony and Polly couldn't gather it all. I will go into town and try to get help said Toony and off he went. Toony was gone for a long time. Polly waited and waited. She saw many crows in the sky. She began to worry. If Toony doesn't come back soon, the crows will eat all the corn said Polly. Polly began to cry.

有一年，玉米长啊长啊长个不停。 玉米长得太多了，图尼和波莉根本收不完。 「我去镇上看看能不能找人帮忙。」图尼说完就出发了。 图尼走了好久好久。 波莉等啊等啊。 她看见天上飞来了好多乌鸦。 她开始着急起来。 「要是图尼再不快点回来，乌鸦会把所有玉米都吃光的。」波莉说。 波莉哭了起来。

Two Cherokee little people, Kamama and Kanunu, were playing in the big tree next to the little cabin. They heard Polly crying. Kamama and Kanunu peeped from the tree. They saw Polly crying. They saw all the corn. They saw the crows flying over the corn. At once Kamama and Kanunu knew what was wrong.

两个切罗基小矮人，卡玛玛和卡努努，正在小木屋旁的大树上玩耍。 他们听见了波莉的哭声。 卡玛玛和卡努努从树上往下偷看。 他们看见波莉在哭，看见满地的玉米，还看见乌鸦在玉米地的上空飞来飞去。 卡玛玛和卡努努立刻就明白发生什么事了。

Kamama and Kanunu danced and sang a special song to make Polly go to sleep. Then Kamama and Kanunu and their friends gathered the corn. They put the corn next to the little cabin.

卡玛玛和卡努努跳起舞，还唱了一首特别的歌，哄波莉睡着了。 然后卡玛玛、卡努努和他们的朋友们一起收割玉米。 他们把收割好的玉米堆在了小木屋旁边。

The next morning, Toony came home. He hadn't found any helpers, because everyone was busy in their own fields. He looked at the empty cornfield. Who has gathered all the corn? he wondered. Wake up Polly! said Toony. Did you gather all the corn? No, I didn't gather all the corn! said Polly. I have been asleep. I had a dream. I dreamed that the Cherokee little people gathered the corn.

第二天早上，图尼回到了家。 他一个帮忙的人都没找到，因为大家都在自己的地里忙着呢。 他看着空空的玉米地。 是谁把所有玉米都收完了呀？他觉得很奇怪。 「醒醒，波莉！」图尼说，「是你把所有玉米都收完了吗？」 「不，我没有收完所有玉米呀！」波莉说。 我刚才一直在睡觉，还做了个梦。 我梦见切罗基小矮人帮我们把玉米收完了。