Johnny Appleseed Heads West

Johnny Appleseed Heads West, retold by Vera Ogden Baker, illustrated by Tad Butler.

《苹果籽约翰尼向西行》，维拉·奥格登·贝克改写，泰德·巴特勒绘图

Johnny Appleseed had the strongest legs and feet any man ever had. He was like a flying jackrabbit. He never wore shoes, but he could jump over the widest river in one giant leap.

苹果籽约翰尼长着全世界最强壮的腿脚 他跑起来就像一只会飞的长耳野兔 他从来不穿鞋，却能一步跳过最宽的大河

Johnny was born around the time of the American Revolution and grew up in Massachusetts. He loved sitting under trees and eating apples. One day, he heard people talk of moving out west to live, and he knew they would need apples when they got there. Johnny gathered apple seeds and headed out west ahead of the settlers.

约翰尼出生在美国独立战争前后，在马萨诸塞州长大 他最爱坐在树下吃苹果 一天，他听人们说要搬到西边生活，他知道人们到了那儿肯定需要苹果 约翰尼收集了好多苹果籽，赶在拓荒者之前向西出发了

Johnny was a scrawny man. His arms and legs were as thin as tree branches, but as strong as iron bars. Johnny wore an old cloth sack for a shirt, with holes cut out for his head and arms. He always carried his shovel, and a bag of apple seeds that never seemed to run out. He was quite a sight. He even wore a cooking pot on his head.

约翰尼长得瘦巴巴的 他的胳膊腿细得像树枝，却结实得像铁棒 约翰尼把旧布袋当衬衫穿，剪出洞露出头和胳膊 他总随身带着铲子，还有一袋好像永远用不完的苹果籽 他样子怪极了 他甚至把铁锅顶在脑袋上

Johnny loved nature more than just about anybody. He loved to walk from sun up to sun down and whistled wherever he went. Birds often followed Johnny to hear him make his music. Johnny understood everything the bird said and talked right back to them with his whistles.

约翰尼比谁都热爱大自然 他最爱从日出走到日落，走到哪儿都吹着口哨 小鸟常常跟着约翰尼，听他吹出好听的调子 约翰尼能听懂小鸟说的每句话，还能用口哨回应它们

Johnny's legs carried him lightning fast from one clearing to the next. Whenever Johnny came to a clearing, he'd stop, dig a hole, and put an apple seed in it. Then he'd push the pile of dirt back into the hole with his big bare feet. After planting seeds all day, Johnny would sleep under the stars. Apple trees as tall as Johnny would grow faster than weeds in the clearings. Johnny would smile as big as a pumpkin before racing on to a new place.

约翰尼跑得像闪电一样快，从一片空地窜到下一片 每到一片空地，约翰尼就停下来，挖个小坑，放进一粒苹果籽 再用光溜溜的大脚丫把土推回坑里 种了一天苹果籽后，约翰尼就躺在星空下睡觉 很快空地上就长出了和约翰尼一样高的苹果树，比杂草长得还快 约翰尼笑得嘴巴大得像南瓜，接着又奔向新的地方