A Report in Spring春日小记

New York， May 10， 1957

1957年5月10日  于纽约

I bought a puppy last week in the outskirts of Boston and drove him to Maine in a rented Ford that looked like a sculpin. There had been talk in our family of getting a “sensible” dog this time， and my wife and I had gone over the list of sensible dogs， and had even ventured once or twice into the company of sensible dogs. A friend had a litter of Labradors， and there were other opportunities. But after a period of uncertainty and waste motion my wife suddenly exclaimed one evening， “Oh， let’s just get a dachshund！” She had had a glass of wine， and I could see that the truth was coming out. Her tone was one of exasperation laced with affection. So I engaged a black male without further ado.

上周在波士顿郊外，我买了只小狗，然后，租了辆杜父鱼状的福特，带它去缅因州。（剩余8283字）