关于本书
这部经典小说以一匹名叫黑骏马的马的视角讲述，回顾了它从在宜人的草场上度过的幼年时光直到晚年的种种经历。这是一部感人的回忆录，探讨了人与动物之间的情感纽带，强调在马匹整个劳作生涯中善待它们、体谅它们的重要性。
开篇
01 My Early Home
01 我早年的家
The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it.
我记得清楚的第一个地方，是一片宽阔宜人的草地，里面有一个清水池塘。
Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end.
几棵成荫的树斜倚在池塘上方，深水的那一头长着灯心草和睡莲。
Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field,
在一边，我们隔着树篱望向一片犁过的田地，
and on the other we looked over a gate at our master’s house, which stood by the roadside;
在另一边，我们越过一道大门望向我们主人的房子，房子就立在路边；
at the top of the meadow was a grove of fir trees,
草地的高处是一片冷杉林，
and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank.
低处是一条流动的小溪，上面悬着一道陡峭的河岸。
While I was young I lived upon my mother’s milk, as I could not eat grass.
我小的时候靠吃母亲的奶生活，因为我还不能吃草。
In the daytime I ran by her side, and at night I lay down close by her.
白天我在她身边奔跑，晚上我紧挨着她躺下。
When it was hot we used to stand by the pond in the shade of the trees,
天热的时候，我们常常站在池塘边的树荫下，
and when it was cold we had a nice warm shed near the grove.
天冷的时候，我们在树林附近有一个温暖舒适的棚子。
As soon as I was old enough to eat grass my mother used to go out
我一长到能吃草的年纪，母亲就常常
to work in the daytime, and come back in the evening.
白天出去干活，晚上再回来。
There were six young colts in the meadow besides me;
除了我以外，草地上还有六匹小马驹；
they were older than I was; some were nearly as large as grown-up horses.
它们比我大；有几匹几乎和成年的马一样高大了。
I used to run with them, and had great fun;
我常常和它们一起奔跑，玩得非常开心；
we used to gallop all together round and round the field as hard as we could go.
我们常常一起绕着田野一圈又一圈地拼命飞奔。
Sometimes we had rather rough play, for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.
有时我们玩得相当粗野，因为它们除了飞奔，还常常又咬又踢。
One day, when there was a good deal of kicking, my mother whinnied to me
有一天，大家踢得很厉害的时候，我母亲嘶叫着让我
to come to her, and then she said:
到她那里去，然后她说：