When he and his nobles sat down to dinner, crowds of people stood around to look at the great king. 当他和贵族们坐下来吃饭时，成群的人站在周围看着伟大的国王。

Many of them were poor and hungry, and Charlemagne ordered his servants to give them bread and meat from the tables. 他们中的许多人又穷又饿，查理曼命令仆人将桌上的面包和肉给他们。

That morning neither Roland nor his mother had had any breakfast; 那天早上罗兰和他母亲都没有吃早餐；

so the little boy went out to see if he could find any wild fruit to take home. 于是小男孩就出去找野果带回家。

Seeing a crowd of people hurrying along, he followed them. 看见许多人急急忙忙地往前走，罗兰就跟在后面。

When Roland saw the tables spread with food, and servants handing bread and meat to the people, he was so surprised that he could not move. 当罗兰看到桌上摆满了食物，仆人们把面包和肉递给人们时，他吓得一动不动。

It was a wonderful sight for a hungry boy. 对于一个饥饿的男孩来说，这是一幅美妙的景象。

"And all this is to be given away!" he thought. “这些都是要送人的!”他想。

"Now Mother will have a good dinner!" “现在妈妈有好吃的了！”

He did not wait for anyone to give him the food, but walked straight to a table and gathered up as much as he could hold in his arms. 他没有等任何人给他食物，而是径直走到一张桌子前，尽可能多地把食物抱起来。

Everyone looked in surprise at the beautiful boy in the strange clothes, who fearlessly took bread and meat from the king’s own table. 每个人都惊讶地看着这个衣着奇怪的漂亮男孩，他勇敢地从国王的桌子上拿走了面包和肉。