He looked at it carefully, then he said, “No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another.”
So I made another drawing.
My friend smiled gently and indulgently. “You see yourself,” he said, “that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns.”
So then I did my drawing over once more.
But it was rejected too, just like the others.
“This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time.”
By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart. So I tossed off this drawing.
〖精读笔记〗
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sickly /'sɪklɪ/ adj.有病的
gently /'dʒentlɪ/ adv.轻轻地；温柔地
indulgently /in'dʌldʒəntli/ adv.溺爱地；放纵地
ram /ræm/ n.公羊
horn /hɔːn/ n.角, 触角
be rejected被拒绝
reject /rɪ'dʒekt/ vt.拒绝；抵制
patience [ˈpeɪʃns] n.耐性，耐心
exhaust [ɪɡˈzɔːst] v.使精疲力尽；耗尽
hurry [ˈhʌri] v.仓促（做某事）；匆忙 n.仓促，赶时间；急忙
be in a hurry to do sth.急忙/匆忙做某事
take apart拆开，拆散
apart [əˈpɑːt] adv.分离地，分开地
toss [tɒs] v.抛，投；甩（头）
toss off （从身上）甩掉；漫不经心地说；轻而易举地写出
〖译文〗
他聚精会神地看着，随后又说：
“我不要，这只羊已经病得很厉害了。给我重画一只吧。”
我又画了一张。
我的这位朋友天真可爱地微笑起来，并且客气地拒绝道：
“你看，你画的分明不是一头小绵羊，它是一头公羊，还长着角呢……”
于是我又重新画了一张。
这幅画同前几幅一样，又被他拒绝了：
“这一只太老了。我要一只能活很久很久的小绵羊。”
我不耐烦了，因为我急着要拆卸我的飞机引擎。于是我就草草地画了这张画。
