她将永远活在朱诺市市民的心间,并与她所乐于眺望的静谧水域永远相连。
...eveniftheshipwasasmuchasahalf-mileaway.
evenif:即使;纵然;虽然
AsmallpatchoflandattheGatineauwharfsidewasconvertedintowhatisnowPatsyAnnSquare.
convertinto:把……转变成
飞跃“小埃及”
FlightoverLittleEgypt
佚名 / Anonymous
March18, , Iwillrememberthedaythegreattornadosweptover "LittleEgypt", .
, , , someobviouslyinshock, milledaroundlikecattle, , pitifulwhiningatMother' sfeet.
Tremblingviolently, awetandfrightenedlittlepoodlelaywedgedbetweenthedoorandthescreen.
"Mystars," mymothersaid, bendingover."Whereverdidyoucomefrom?"
ThebedraggledlittledogtimidlywaggedhistailandbeganlickingMother' shand.
Jacky, aswenamedhim, .
AlmostimmediatelywerealizedJackywasanexceptionaldog—, hisdarkinquisitiveeyessparkledwithlife.
' , , ' dbeenandthemanythingshe' .
, ' sface.
"Youlittlerascal, " hesaid, callinghimbysomestrange-soundingname."Whatareyoudoinghere?"
, , , Jackycontrolledhisenthusiasmandlaydownobedientlyattheoldman' sfeet.
"Boys, wheredidyougetthisdog?" askedthehobo.
"Wefoundhimlodgedbetweenthedoorandthescreenduringthebigtornadoof1925," saidmybrother.
"Yes, ," saidthehobo,"."
"' , ."
Suddenlythehoboasked, "Doyouhaveabarrelhoop, boys?"