書蟲2級 草垛之戀

當(dāng)高高的草浸透了夏日的陽光，散發(fā)出芬芳的時候，就可以收割，晾成干草了。在整個寒冷且食物匱乏的冬天里，干草將一直保存夏日的甜美。但干這個活兒必須搶時間，才能讓新晾的干草免受風(fēng)吹雨打。所有的農(nóng)場主都知道這一點(diǎn)。

杰弗里和莫里斯也知道。他們是農(nóng)場主的兒子，堆草垛時他們總是很賣力。他們在夏日驕陽下勞作的時候，各自懷著怎樣的心思?他們都在想一個姑娘，一個叫葆拉的德國姑娘，她穿著一條黃裙子，長著一雙閃亮的眼睛，說起話來輕快有趣。他們這會兒就能看見她，就在山坡上毗鄰草場的人家的花園里。莫里斯吻過她，但是杰弗里卻沒有，他對弟弟滿心憤恨。他嘴很笨，覺得不會有女人愛上他，因?yàn)樗欢绾翁鹧悦壅Z討她們歡心。

但是愛情不一定需要言語，誰知道什么時候會發(fā)生什么事呢?那天來草場的年輕女人，可不只葆拉一個……

When the grass is tall and sweet and full of summer sunshine, it is time to cut it down and make hay – hay that will hold that summer sweetness all through the cold, hungry winter months. But the work must be done quickly, to keep the new hay safe from wind and rain. Every farmer knows this.

Geoffrey and Maurice know it too. They are farmer's sons, and work hard, building the haystack. But what do these young men think about, while they work under the hot summer sun? They think about a girl, a German girl called Paula, a girl in a yellow dress, a girl with bright eyes and a funny, quick way of talking. They can see her now, up the hill, in the garden of a house next to the hayfield. Maurice has kissed her, but Geoffrey has not, and Geoffrey burns with hate for his brother. He finds words difficult. No woman will ever love him, he thinks, because he cannot find the words to win her love.

But love does not always need words, and who knows what the day or the night will bring? Paula is not the only young woman to visit the hayfield that day...