Troika Canine Superhero

Troika, Canine Superhero. Written by Robert Charles and Elizabeth Austin. Illustrated by John Kastner.

特洛伊，超级狗狗英雄 作者：罗伯特·查尔斯、伊丽莎白·奥斯汀 插画：约翰·卡斯特纳

I'm sure every boy loves his dog. If you ask any boy how much he loves his dog, he'll say, more than anyone ever loved a dog before. But my dog is different. My dog is a superhero, and he became one even though he only had three legs. And I know for sure that I love my dog more than anyone has ever loved a dog before.

我敢说每个男孩都深爱自己的小狗 要是你问一个男孩有多爱他的狗，他一定会说，他比所有人都更爱自己的狗狗 但我的狗狗与众不同 我的狗狗是超级英雄，哪怕他只有三条腿，照样成了超级英雄 而且我百分百确定，我比世界上任何人都更爱我的狗狗

This dog was different from the day he was born. The other puppies in the litter scrambled over each other. They barked and whined and growled. But one dog was calm, as though he knew what was going on. And when I held him, he looked me right in the eyes. It was as if he could speak. At the time, I couldn't think of a name that was good enough to fit him. So I just called him Dog.

这只狗狗从出生那天起就与众不同 同一窝的其他小狗挤来挤去抢位置 它们又是吠叫，又是呜咽，还互相低吼 只有这只小狗安安静静，好像什么都明白 我抱起他的时候，他直直盯着我的眼睛 那眼神就好像他能开口说话一样 那时候，我想破脑袋都找不到配得上他的好名字 所以我就直接叫他‘狗狗’啦

Dog only got better as he got older. He was the smartest of the litter and by far the most loyal. The other dogs sleep outside in dog houses, but Dog couldn't fall asleep unless he was next to me. He would wait outside his dog house all night. So, he sleeps on the floor of my bedroom. We're never apart for a minute.

狗狗越长越大，也越来越出色 他是一窝小狗里最聪明的，也绝对是最忠诚的 别的狗狗都睡在外面的狗屋里，可狗狗只有挨着我才能睡着 他就会在狗屋外整整等一夜 所以后来，他就睡在我卧室的地板上 我们连一分钟都不分开

Dog and I live in Canada, above the Arctic Circle. Up here, there's snow on the ground for nine months of the year. There aren't many roads and the rivers stay frozen. The sun doesn't even come up for a good part of the winter. My family and I use dog sleds to get around the frozen land.

我和狗狗住在北极圈以北的加拿大 这里一年有九个月地面都覆盖着积雪 这里没多少公路，河流也常年封冻 冬天有好长一段时间连太阳都不会升起来 我和家人靠着狗拉雪橇在这片冻土地出行

It's hard to make a living up here. If there's a thaw during the winter, it's impossible to cross the rivers by sled. Sometimes food runs low, and we have to hunt deer, hares, and other animals. During one thaw, I went out hunting. I had brought down a deer, and the dogs were resting while I cleaned it.

在这儿讨生活非常不容易 要是冬天遇上解冻，雪橇根本没法过河 有时候食物不够，我们就得出去打猎，捕鹿、野兔还有其他动物 有一次解冻期，我出门打猎 我打到了一头鹿，我清理鹿的时候，其他狗狗都在一旁休息