第11章 THE LITTLE MILK-MAID 挤奶的小女孩

Look at me, boys and girls. I am a little milk-maid. I am going home with my milk-pail and my stool.

I have been milking the cow. You can see her on the grass in the field.

The cow knows me. She never moves when I am milking her.

Now my pail is quite full of nice sweet milk.

Little baby is very fond of milk. When he can speak, I will teach him to say—

Thank you, pretty cow, that made

Nice rich milk to soak my bread,

Every morn and every night,

Fresh and warm, and sweet and white.

cow stool grass girl

milk pail field maid

看看我，孩子们，我是挤奶的小女孩。我提着牛奶桶和凳子，正要回家。

我一直在给那头牛挤奶。你看，它现在就在田野的草地里。

那头奶牛认识我。在我给它挤奶的时候，它一动也不动。

现在我的奶桶里已经装满了香甜的牛奶。

小宝宝特别喜欢喝牛奶。等他会说话时，我会教他说——

谢谢你，可爱的奶牛，

你营养丰富的奶汁浸润了我的面包，

每一天的早晨和夜晚，

都那么新鲜和温暖、香甜和洁白。