Maudie was quiet. In the hay, lay a little wet calf. It tried to stand up, but could not.

莫迪很安静。在干草里躺着一只湿漉漉的小牛犊。它想站起来，但却不行。

Good morning, Miss Maudie. -Morning, Calpurnia. Morning, Maudie.

早上好，茂迪小姐。—早上好，卡尔普尼亚。—早上好，茂迪小姐。

Then he told her again that he did not want her to stay when Maudie's calf came.

然后，他又告诉她，他不想在莫迪生小牛的时候，她还留在这。

They walked slowly to the back of the barn to look at Maudie. Nate looked around for something Olive could sit on.

他们慢慢地走到谷仓后面去看莫迪，内特四处寻找能让奥利弗坐下的东西。

She demanded that Nate give her the lamp to hold so that he could have all the light he needed to help Maudie.

她要求内特把灯给她拿着，这样内特就有了帮助莫迪所需要的所有光线。

Now, Nate could see, and could work. He put fresh hay around Maudie and went to look for some old cloth.

现在，内特可以看到，也能工作了。他把新鲜的干草放在莫迪周围，然后去找一些旧布。

Olive kept looking into the darkness of the barn to see where Maudie was. Maudie was ready to have her calf any minute now.

奥利弗不停地往黑暗的谷仓里看，想看看莫迪在哪儿，莫迪现在随时都会生小牛。

It is about a young farmer Nate and his wife Olive who is soon to become a mother. And their cow Maudie who is also going to be a mother.

这是关于一个年轻的农民内特和他那快要做母亲的妻子奥利弗之间的故事。他们的母牛莫迪也要当妈妈了。

Nate smiles and told her not to worry about him--after all, he said, Maudie was having the calf-not he. And Maudie would know what to do when the time came.

奈特笑着告诉她，不要为他担心——毕竟是莫迪生小牛，不是他。时候到了，莫迪就知道该怎么办了。

Nate gently helped the calf to its feet. He brought it to Maudie. He opened the calf's mouth so that it could take milk from its mother.

内特轻轻地把小牛扶起来，带着它去见莫迪。他打开小牛的嘴，这样它就能从母亲那里喝奶。

But Olive could not go....she just could not pull herself away. She kept looking at Maudie as the cow made her great noises and struggled to push out the calf.

但是，奥利弗不能走......她没办法让自己离开。当母牛发出很大的声音，挣扎着把小牛推出来时，她一直看着莫迪。