精灵鼠小弟 第33期:戴上小红帽的鼠小弟

 　　Because he was so small, Stuart was often hard to find around the house.

　　因为斯图亚特太小了，所以很难被从房子里找到。

　　His father and his mother and his brother George seldom could locate him by looking for him—usually they had to call him; and the house often echoed¹ with cries of "Stuart! Stooo-art!"

　　他的父母与哥哥乔治一般很少能一眼看到他——他们就经常喊他；于是房子里就总是响起这些喊声的回声：“斯图亚特！斯图—亚特！”

　　You would come into a room, and he might be curled² up in a chair, but you wouldn't see him.

　　在你进卧室的时候，他可能已经爬上了椅子，而你却看不到他。

　　Mr. Little was in constant fear of losing him and never finding³ him again.

　　利特尔先生总担心失去他，再也找不回来。

　　He even made him a tiny red cap, such as hunters wear, so that he would be easier to see.

　　他就给他做了一个小红帽，就像猎人戴的那种，这样他就容易被看见了。

　　One day when he was seven years old, Stuart was in the kitchen watching his mother make tapioca pudding.

　　一天，已经七岁大的斯图亚特正在厨房里看他的妈妈做芡粉布丁。

　　He was feeling hungry, and when Mrs. Little opened the door of the electric refrigerator to get something,

　　他感觉很饿，当利特尔太太打开电冰箱门取东西时，

　　Stuart slipped inside to see if he could find a piece of cheese.

　　斯图亚特便溜进去看是否能找到一点儿干酪。

1 echoed   

重复，随声附和( echo的过去式和过去分词 )； 类似； 发射（声音等）； 发出回声

参考例句：

• Their shouts re-echoed through the darkness. 他们的喊声回荡在黑暗中。
• Their footsteps echoed in the silence. 他们的脚步声在一片寂静中回荡着。

2 curled   

adj.卷曲的，卷发状的，卷缩的v.（使）弯曲( curl的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）卷曲；盘旋；缠绕

参考例句：

• She lay curled up in a foetal position . 她像胎儿一样蜷曲地躺着。
• The snake was curled up in the long grass. 在深草中，这条蛇盘着身子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。