The Old Street Lamp
旧街灯
There once was an old street lamp standing on a remote corner of a town.
从前在小镇偏远的一角有盏破旧的街灯。
The street lamp was worn out because he stayed up all night for several years to shine in a dark street.
几年来整夜在那儿照亮漆黑的街道，街灯已经变的很旧了。
That's why he had to be replaced by a new lamp.
所以他不得不被新的街灯替换掉。
It was the last night that the street lamp shone over the side street.
这是他照亮街道的最后一晚上了。
He was an old kerosene lamp.
他是盏旧的煤油灯。
The old street lamp burned himself as hard as he could since he thought it was his last night.
想到这是最后一晚上了，旧街灯尽全力的燃烧自己。
"I have seen a lot of things since I stood here." The old street lamp looked back upon what he had seen for a long time.
"自从我站在这里的那天起，我看到过很多事情。"旧街灯回想着长时间以来他所看到的事。
There were pleasant memories, and also sad memories, with those he could hardly keep from tears.
记忆里有快乐，也有悲伤，想到这些他禁不住流泪了。
Suddenly the old street lamp sensed that there who were looking up at him.
突然，旧街灯意识到有人在看他。
"Mr. Street Lamp, we heard that you will retire from your job."
"街灯先生，我们听说你要退休了。"
"Please hire me after you." "No, hire me." They were a head of a herring, a tree fragment and a firefly.
"你退休以后，请雇佣我吧。""不，雇用我吧。"说话的是一个鲱鱼头，一段乔木片和一只萤火虫。
The head of a herring glowed in the dark, and the tree fragment was bright in the dark when he was wet.
鲱鱼头在黑暗中能够发出光晕，乔木片湿了以后在黑暗中明晃晃的。
The old street lamp looked down and said, "I am sorry say this, but you both are not bright enough to be a street light."
旧街灯朝下看了看说，"很抱歉，你们两个做街灯都还不够亮。"
The three were angry about it.
他们三个对此都很生气。
"Hum! You, old useless street lamp! You don't have to care about which of us will replace you!" They said this and went back.
"哼!你这个没用的旧街灯!我们中谁来取代你用不着你来操心!"说完，他们就回去了。
The Next day, a janitor came to clear the old street lamp away.
第二天，看门人来把旧街灯清理走了。
"Oh, I wish I can stay here." No one knew what the old lamp would become if he were broken to pieces.
"哎，我多希望我能呆在这里。"没人知道，要是旧街灯变成了一堆碎片以后会是什么样子。
The old street lamp worried about this very much.
旧街灯对此很担心。
There were a good old man and a woman.
有一对善良的老头和老太太。
They were living around the old street lamp.
他们就住在街灯附近。
They used to turn on and put out the old street lamp at night and dawn.
他们以前到了晚上就把街灯打开，天亮的时候再把街灯关掉。
The old street lamp happened to go to the old man and woman's house.
旧街灯碰巧到了老头老太太家里。
The old man and woman did not want to live apart from the old street lamp which they used to take care of for a long time, so they asked the janitor to give them the old street lamp.
以前照顾这盏街灯这么长时间，老头老太太不想和街灯分开，所以他们请求看门人把这盏街灯送给他们。
"Whew, I am lucky." The old street lamp felt relieved.
"哟，我好幸运啊。"旧街灯放下心来。
One day, one of their neighbors came and asked." What on earth is the use of this old lamp?"
有一天，有个邻居来了，说"这盏旧街灯到底有什么用啊?"
"We've been taking care of this lamp for a long time, so we don't want to throw it away."
"我们照顾这盏街灯这么长时间了，我们不想把它扔掉。"
As the old street lamp was listening to their conversation, he felt his heart aching.
旧街灯听到这番话，心里隐隐作痛。
"If they light me up, I can be quite helpful for them."
"要是把我点亮，会对他们很有用的。"
The old woman cleaned the old lamp in her spare time.
闲暇的时候，老太太就清理这盏旧街灯。
Then, the old lamp slowly became clean.
后来，慢慢的这盏灯变得干净起来。
The lamp felt better.
灯感觉好多了。
"Ha ha, it looks much better." The old man smiled pleasantly.
"哈哈，它看起来好多了。"老头高兴地笑着说。
"Shall we light up this lamp tonight?" "Yes. Let's do that."
"今晚上我们把它点起来吧?" "好，我们把它点起来。"
The old woman bought a candle.
老太太拿来蜡烛，
That night, she lit up the clean old street lamp.
那天晚上，她把干干净净的旧街灯点着了。
"Great, I will try to brighten myself as hard as I can." The old street lamp shone all around him brightly.
"好极了，我要尽最大努力照亮自己。"旧街灯把他周围的一切照的亮亮的。
For the old man and woman who took care of him, he brightened his iron ornament glitteringly.
为了照顾他的老头老太太，他把自己身上的铁饰照的闪闪发光。
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