He was chained to the house in the daytime, and at night he was chained to the stable door, because horsethieves were in the country now.
白天他被拴在屋子里,晚上又被拴在马厩门口,因为现在乡下到处都是马贼。
草原上的小木屋
When neighbors began to come into a country, it was best to lock up your horses at night, because, where there are deer there will be wolves, and where there are horses, there will be horsethieves.