The boy awoke before dawn. It had been eleven months and nine days since he had first set foot on the African continent. 圣地亚哥在日出前醒来。从他第一次踏上非洲大陆算起，已经过去了十一个月零九天。 He dressed in...
The men climbed the hill, and they were tired when they reached the top. But there they saw a crystal shop that offered refreshing mint tea. 人们爬上斜坡，往往会感到疲惫，而坡顶上有一家出售漂亮水晶制品的商店备有清凉...
Well, isn't that good? 这难道不好吗？ I'm already used to the way things are. 我已经习惯了这种生活。 Before you came, I was thinking about how much time I had wasted in the same place, while my friends had moved on, and either went...
Two more months passed, and the shelf brought many customers into the crystal shop. 又过去了两个月，陈列架把许多顾客吸引到水晶店来。 The boy estimated that, if he worked for six more months, he could return to Spain and buy si...
What's the fifth obligation? the boy asked. 第五项戒律是什么？男孩问道。 Two days ago, you said that I had never dreamed of travel, the merchant answered. 两天前，你说我从未梦想过云游四方。店老板回答说， The fift...
Why did you want to get to the Pyramids? he asked, to get away from the business of the display. 你为什么要去金字塔？老板问，他想转移有关陈列架的话题。 Because I've always heard about them, the boy answered, saying nothing...
The boy had been working for the crystal merchant for almost a month, and he could see that it wasn't exactly the kind of job that would make him happy. 圣地亚哥为水晶店老板干活已经将近一个月了，这并不是他喜欢的工作。...
Do you want to go to work for me? the merchant asked. 你愿意为我干活吗？水晶商人问。 I can work for the rest of today, the boy answered. 今天可以。男孩回答说， I'll work all night, until dawn, and I'll clean every piece of c...
A card hanging in the doorway announced that several languages were spoken in the shop. 商店门上的一张招贴注明，这里可以讲好几种语言。 The boy saw a man appear behind the counter. 圣地亚哥看到了柜台后面的那个男人。...
The crystal merchant awoke with the day, and felt the same anxiety that he felt every morning. 水晶店的老板眼瞅着天放亮了。每天早晨，他都会一如既往地感到心烦意乱。 He had been in the same place for thirty years: a sh...
