小兔子不能吃三叶草

我是Ria。

This is Ria.

欢迎收听《小人物的小故事》。

Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People.

哦，你不是小不点？

Oh, you're not tiny?

你是恐龙？

You're a dinosaur?

天哪，我这次真是猜错了。

Man, I was really off that time.

今天，我的邻居兔子拉莫娜也来了。

Today, we are joined by my neighbor, Ramona the Rabbit.

拉莫娜就住在我家街对面的一个洞里，和她的家人一起。

Ramona lives just down the street from me in a hole with her family.

谢谢你过来，邻居。

Thanks for coming, neighbor.

就在我们开始录音之前，发生了一件奇怪的事。

A strange thing happened just before we started recording.

拉莫娜尝了一口我的鹰嘴豆菠菜沙拉，然后她的小兔子嘴唇就变得又红又痒。

Ramona had a bite of my chickpea spinach salad, and then her little rabbity lips got all red and itchy.

她随身带着药，因为这种情况以前也发生过，但药效现在才刚上来，所以她还没心情说话。

She carries some medicine with her because this has happened before, but it's just now kicking in, so she's still not in the mood to talk.

拉莫娜，有些食物我也不能吃，我儿子也有不能吃的东西。

Ramona, there are some foods I can't eat either, and my son also can't eat certain foods.

你在家呢？

What about you at home?

有没有什么食物是你不能吃的？

Are there any foods you can't eat?

你的朋友们呢？

What about your friends?

嗯，我敢打赌，你肯定认识或者很快就会遇到一些不能吃某些食物的人。

Well, I'll bet you know or will meet somebody very soon who can't eat certain foods.

今天的故事讲的就是这个。

Today's story is about just that.

名字叫《小兔子不能吃三叶草》。

It's called Little Rabbit Can't Eat Clover.

所以，小不点们、恐龙们，还有拉莫娜，我们一起来听故事吧。

So tiny people, dinosaurs, and Ramona, let's listen to our story.

好。

Okay.

我们开始吧。

Here we go.

一天晚上吃完晚饭，小兔子的肚子开始疼了。

After dinner one night, Little Rabbit's tummy started aching.

他用爪子捂着毛茸茸的肚子，哼哼起来。

He clutched his furry torso with his paws and moaned.

小兔子的爸爸跳了过来。

Little Rabbit's dad hopped over.

他说：“你看起来不太舒服。”

You don't look so hot, he said.

“让你躺下来休息一下吧。”

Let's have you lie down.

爸爸把小兔子带到床上，给他盖好被子。

Dad brought Little Rabbit to his bed and tucked him in.

“可能是你吃了什么东西。”

It was probably something you ate.

爸爸给小兔子端来一杯热茶，然后坐在他身边，直到他睡着。

Dad brought Little Rabbit a cup of hot tea and then sat beside him until he fell asleep.

爸爸安慰自己说：“太阳出来的时候他就会好起来的。”

He'll feel better when the sun comes up, dad assured himself.

第二天，小兔子确实感觉好多了。

The next day, Little Rabbit did feel better.

他去上学，到了展示和讲述的时间，小兔子向大家展示了他在家附近田野里找到的四叶草。

He went to school, and when it came time for show and tell, Little Rabbit showed off the four leaf clover he'd found in the field near his home.

其他小兔子们都觉得很厉害。

The other little rabbits were impressed.

那你现在打算怎么处理它呢？

Well, what are you gonna do with it now?

展示课结束后，他的朋友西西莉问他。

His friend Cicely asked him when show and tell was over.

我想我会直接把它吃掉，小兔子笑着说，然后把三叶草塞进嘴里。

I guess I'll just eat it, Little Rabbit said with a grin and popped the clover into his mouth.

西西莉咯咯地笑了。

Cicely giggled.

我可不能吃我的展示品，她说着，举起一把园艺铲子。

I can't eat my show and tell, she said, holding up a garden spade.

几分钟后，当所有小兔子都在跑来跑去捡树枝做美术项目时，小兔子的肚子又开始疼了，就像前一天晚上一样。

A few minutes later, when all the Little Rabbits were scampering about collecting twigs for an art project, Little Rabbit's tummy started hurting just like the night before.

小兔子捂着肚子，呜咽着说：西西莉，快去叫康斯坦丁诺普洛斯老师。

Little Rabbit clutched his tummy, whimpering, Sicily, go get miss Constantinopoulos.

我真的很不舒服。

I'm really sick.

西西莉跳开，过了一会儿带着慌乱的老师回来了。

Sicily hopped off and returned moments later with their flustered teacher.

康斯坦丁诺普洛斯老师给小兔子的爸爸打了电话，爸爸把他抱起来，背在背上，一路蹦蹦跳跳地翻过小山，来到伊西多拉表姐家。

Miss Constantinopoulos called Little Rabbit's dad who scooped him up, put him on his back, and scampered all the way over the hill to cousin Isidora's house.

在小兔子的社区里，表亲关系其实没那么重要。

Being cousins in Little Rabbit's community wasn't such a big deal.

大家都互相是表亲。

Everyone was cousins with everyone else.

但伊西多拉表姐很特别，因为她会帮助不舒服的小兔子。

But cousin Isadora was special because she helped rabbits when they weren't feeling well.

小兔子和爸爸跳进去的时候，伊西多拉表姐刚看完另一个病人。

Cousin Isadora was just finishing up with another patient as Little Rabbit and his dad hopped in.

好的。

Alright.

就像我说的，如果你那样踢腿会疼，那就别那样踢了。

Like I said, if it's hurting when you kick your leg like that, just don't kick it that way.

改成往上踢。

Kick it up instead.

还有，别忘了我们说的那些呼吸练习。

And make sure you keep up with those breathing exercises we talked about.

下次狐狸再来的时候，这些练习真的能让你保持冷静。

It'll really keep you calm next time that fox comes by.

伊莎多拉表姐的病人向她道谢后，就跳走了。

Cousin Isadora's patient thanked her and hopped off.

特鲁曼表弟，小兔子，好久不见了。

Cousin Truman, Little Rabbit, it's been too long.

自从你爪子上扎了刺那次之后，就没再见过你了。

Haven't seen you since you had that thorn stuck in your paw.

不过小兔子，你看起来状态不太好。

But you're not looking so good, Little Rabbit.

怎么了？

What's the matter?

我的肚子，疼得厉害。

My tummy, it's hurting so bad.

昨晚吃完饭以后也开始疼了。

It was hurting last night after dinner too.

伊莎多拉表姐摸了摸小兔子的头。

Cousin Isadora felt Little Rabbit's head.

你最近二十四小时吃了什么？

What have you eaten in the last twenty four hours?

嗯，我吃了爸爸做的三叶草炖菜，小兔子抬头看着爸爸说。

Well, I had the clover stew my dad made, Little Rabbit said looking up at his dad.

爸爸做的三叶草炖菜最好吃了。

Dad makes the best clover stew.

对。

Mhmm.

那你今天生病之前吃了什么？

And what did you eat today before you got sick?

嗯，今天早上我吃了胡萝卜和苜蓿。

Well, this morning, I had carrots and alfalfa.

然后在学校，我给我的同学看了我的四叶草，之后我就把它吃了。

Then at school, I ate my four leaf clover after I showed it to my class for show and tell.

伊西多拉表姐回答说，问题出在那棵四叶草上。

Cousin Isidora replied, it's the clover.

这种情况很少见，但我以前见过。

It's rare, but I've seen it before.

什么很少见？

What's rare?

你是什么意思？

What do you mean?

小兔子问道。

Little Rabbit asked.

你的身体对三叶草有反应。

Your body is reacting to the clover.

它让你不舒服了。

It's making you sick.

不幸的是，这类问题随时都可能出现。

Unfortunately, these types of things can crop up at any time.

他长大后会好转吗？

Will he grow out of it?

小兔子的爸爸问道。

Little Rabbit's dad asked.

也许吧，但可能性不大。

Maybe, but it's unlikely.

不过别担心。

But don't worry.

我知道看起来三叶草到处都是，但等等，小兔子说。

I know it seems like clovers are in everything, but wait, Little Rabbit said.

你是说我永远都不能吃三叶草了吗？

You mean I can't eat clovers ever?

恐怕是这样。

I'm afraid so.

你以后都得避开它，伊莎多拉表姐轻声说道。

You'll have to avoid it forever, cousin Isadora said quietly.

但在小兔子听来，那就像是永远。

But to Little Rabbit's ears, it sounded like forever.

永远。

Forever.

不过我们可以每年给你测一次，看看你能不能耐受。

But we can test you every year or to see if you can tolerate it.

你可能会慢慢好起来。

You might grow out of it.

伊莎多拉表姐拥抱了小兔和杜鲁门，然后把一份不含三叶草的食谱清单塞进了小兔爸爸的手里。

Cousin Isadora gave Little Rabbit and Truman a hug and pressed a list of clover free recipes into Little Rabbit's dad's paw.

她一边跳开一边喊道：如果再有什么反应，就来找我。

Come see me if you have another reaction, she called as they hopped away.

接下来的一周，学校生活过得飞快。

The next week at school was a blur.

小兔子惊讶地发现，要避开三叶草竟然要花这么多时间和精力。

Little Rabbit was astonished by how much time and energy it took to avoid eating clover.

有一天吃点心的时候，西西尔递给小兔子一块她的萝卜糕。

At snack time one day, Cicely offered Little Rabbit a piece of her turnip cake.

小兔子正要咬一口，突然瞥见了一抹绿色。

Just before Little Rabbit took a nibble, he spied a sliver of green.

哦，西西尔叫了一声，用爪子拍了拍自己的脑袋。

Oh, Cicely exclaimed, smacking her head with her paw.

哦，我忘了。

Oh, I forgot.

我妈妈在蛋糕里放了三叶草。

My mom put clovers in the cake.

对不起。

I'm sorry.

没关系，小兔子说。

It's okay, Little Rabbit said.

在家里，情况也同样棘手。

At home, things were just as challenging.

小兔子的爸爸手忙脚乱地在他所有拿手菜谱里找三叶草的替代品。

Little Rabbit's dad scrambled to find substitutes for clovers in all of his best recipes.

有时候他的新作品不太让人有食欲。

Sometimes his new creations were less than appetizing.

小兔子很喜欢菠菜，但在爸爸的三叶草炖菜里，菠菜就是没法替代三叶草。

Little Rabbit loved spinach, but it just couldn't take the place of clovers in dad's clover stew.

而芜菁布丁也完全没有三叶草布丁那种风味。

And rutabaga pudding just didn't have quite the zing of clover pudding.

接着，西西莉的生日到了，在学校庆祝。

Then came Sicily's birthday at school.

小兔子有种预感，他吃不了西西莉的生日松饼，因为三叶草一直是大家最喜欢的松饼口味。

Little Rabbit had a hunch he wouldn't be able to eat Sicily's birthday muffins because Clover was always everyone's favorite muffin flavor.

所以他给自己多带了些黑莓，当作小点心。

So he packed himself some extra blackberries as a little treat.

他告诉自己，这没什么大不了的。

It's no big deal, he told himself.

到了点心时间，西西莉的妈妈，坦雅老师，提着一个装满松饼的大篮子走进教室。

At snack time, Sicily's mom, miss Tanya, came into the class carrying a big basket full of muffins.

小兔子拿出他的黑莓盒子。

Little Rabbit took out his container of blackberries.

盒子在背包里被晃来晃去，黑莓都被压扁了。

The container had been jostled around in his knapsack, and the blackberries were all smushed.

反正都是要进肚子的，小兔子想着，随手拿了一颗放进嘴里。

They're all going the same place, Little Rabbit thought, popping one into his mouth.

好吃。

Yum.

其他小兔子都跑到坦雅老师的篮子旁边，兴奋地拍着爪子。

All the other little rabbits ran over to miss Tanya's basket and clapped their paws together in excitement.

他们等着拿松饼的时候，毛茸茸的小尾巴一扭一扭的。

Their little puffy tails wiggled as they waited for their muffins.

小兔子津津有味地嚼着他的黑莓。

Little Rabbit munched on his delicious blackberries.

这时，坦雅老师大声说：“我迫不及待想让大家尝尝这些无三叶草、芹菜薄荷口味的松饼。”

Then miss Tanya said loudly, I can't wait for everyone to try these clover free celery mint muffins.

她接着说：“西西莉特别要求我给她生日做这些。”

Cicely specifically asked me to make these for her birthday, she went on.

但小兔子几乎听不清了。

But Little Rabbit could hardly hear anymore.

他为了不吃三叶草，已经累得不行了。

He'd been so exhausted by trying to avoid eating clover.

他觉得自己再也无法参加任何庆祝活动了。

He felt like he'd never be able to join in a celebration again.

他感到眼泪在眼眶里打转。

He felt tears well up in his eyes.

他瞥了一眼西西莉，她害羞地对他笑了笑。

He glanced over at Sicily who smiled shyly back at him.

嗯嗯。

Mm-mm.

芹菜薄荷松饼简直太好吃了。

The celery mint muffins were incredible.

大家都被它们的美味惊艳到了，坦尼娅小姐最后把食谱复印件发给了所有小兔子的父母。

Everyone was blown away by how delicious they were, and miss Tanya ended up handing out copies of the recipe to all the Little Rabbit's parents.

原来，坦尼娅小姐不能吃苜蓿，而且对如何在厨房里发挥创意了如指掌。

Turned out, miss Tanya couldn't eat alfalfa and knew all about how to get creative in the kitchen.

她给了小兔子的爸爸一本她多年来整理的食谱书，其中很多都是不含三叶草的。

She gave Little Rabbit's dad a book of recipes she'd put together over the years, many of which were clover free.

在接下来的几个月里，小兔子逐渐习惯了和别人吃得有点不一样。

Over the next few months, Little Rabbit grew accustomed to eating a little bit differently than everyone else.

他不再觉得困扰了，而且带着别人从没见过的零食去学校，其实还挺酷的。

It no longer bothered him, and it was actually pretty cool to show up at school with snacks nobody had ever seen before.

其他小兔子都会围过来，轻轻咬一口，然后问他各种口味怎么样。

All the other Little Rabbit would gather around and take tiny nibbles and ask him about the different flavors.

小兔子的爸爸也越来越擅长不用三叶草做饭，他做的菊苣炖菜简直无人能比。

Little Rabbit's dad got better at cooking without clover and perfected a chicory stew that put all others to shame.

小兔子还发现，他不但没有和朋友们疏远，反而感觉比以往任何时候都更亲近了。

Little Rabbit also found that instead of feeling distant from his friends, he felt closer than ever.

嘿，拉莫娜。

Hey, Ramona.

我看得出来你在笑，虽然你的嘴唇还有点痒。

I can see that you're smiling even though your lips are still a bit itchy.

这个故事也让我很开心，因为它说明了生活中遇到事情时，往往会有好的一面。

This story makes me happy too because it highlights how there's usually a silver lining when things happen in life.

一开始，小兔子觉得不能吃三叶草只会是件坏事，但最后，这让他看到了朋友和家人是多么体贴。

At first, Little Rabbit thought that being unable to eat clovers would just be a negative thing, but in the end, it showed him how thoughtful his friends and family really were.

这让他觉得和周围的兔子们更亲近了。

It made him feel closer to the rabbits around him.

今天特别感谢大黄蜂伯蒂，上周我去度假时，他帮我照看了花。

Special thanks today go out to Bertie the bumblebee for attending to my flowers while I was on vacation last week.

感谢收听本期《小人物的小故事》。

Thanks for listening to this episode of Little Stories for Tiny People.

请把这期节目分享给你的朋友和他们的小孩，他们可能也有不能吃的东西，我也很想知道你对这个故事的看法。

Make sure to share this episode with your friends and their children who may also have some things they can't eat, and I'd love to hear your feedback on this story.

你可以访问我们的网站 littlestoriestinypeople.com。

You can visit our website at littlestoriestinypeople.com.

你也可以在脸书上找到我们。

You can also find us on Facebook.

两周后我会带着新故事回来和大家分享。

I'll be back in two weeks with a new story to share.