她那双水汪汪的眼睛慢慢地闭上了。那张敏感的长脸垂下来，直到下巴触及湖岸。她还没有死，她不时地睁开眼睛。但大家很清楚她已奄奄一息了。当那两位男士把船拖到她身边，从她身边绕过时，她都没动弹。
We walked a few paces away and held a council（会议） of despair. If she didn't bleed to death first, she would freeze as the night and ice closed in. We were hungry, discouraged, chilled to the bone, but we couldn't leave a dying animal there in the woods.
我们向远处走了几步，绝望地商量了几句。如果她不因失血过多而死掉，夜晚来临上冻时，也会被冻死。虽然我们又冷、又饿、又感到沮丧，但我们不能把这只要死的动物丢在树林里。
Suddenly a splashing of water turned every head to the lake. The “dying animal” had sprung to her feet. Astonished, we stared at her in the twilight. She was larger and taller than we had imagined. In three arching（弓状）leaps she was gone, bounding between trees and out of sight before the cheers had left our throats.
突然，溅起的水声使我们向湖边望去。这只“要死的动物”一跃而起。在黄昏中，我们惊奇地盯着她。她比我们想象的要高大。还没等我们的欢呼声出口，她三跳两跳穿跃于树林中不见了。
We ran to the water's edge and found no trace of blood where the doe had lain--only the spot where the exhausted animal had paused to collect her strength.
我们跑到湖边,在这只筋疲力尽的母鹿躺下来养精蓄锐的地方没有发现血迹。
Elated（兴高采烈地）, frozen feet forgotten, we tramped back to the cabin, singing at the top of our voices. As we walked along，I thought of how we'd set out with no clear plan in mind. Nor could we see ahead now. The deer had escaped to face fresh problems. A hunter could shoot her the next day. She could starve over the winter. It's a complicated world and we don't have all the answers. But that should not stop us from doing all we can.
忘记了受冻的双脚，大家兴高采烈地高唱着往回走。我边走边想，从一开始对怎样救雌鹿我们心中就没有一个明确的打算。现在我们也不知道将来会怎样。雌鹿已逃生，可是将面对新的问题。明天猎人可能会射中她。也许她要在饥饿中度过寒冬。这是一个复杂的世界，我们不知道会有什么结果，但并这不应阻止我们去做我们能做的一切。
As we finally sat down to eat, we paused to say grace. “Thank you, Father,” someone prayed, “for giving each of us some small part to play in this complex world.” Our dinner was cold, the pie crust（外皮） burned, but no meal ever tasted so good.
当我们终于坐下来吃饭时，我们停下来做了简短的感恩祈祷。“感谢在天之父，”有人说，“让我们在这个复杂的世界上尽我们的一份力。”我们的饭冷了，馅饼烤糊了，但从来没有比它更好吃了。
