A few years since, a child was lost in the woods.
几年前，一个孩子在森林里失踪了。
He was out with his brothers and sisters gathering berries, and was accidentally separated from them, and lost.
他和兄弟姐妹一起去采草莓，不小心和他们走散了。
The children, after looking in vain for some time in search of the little wanderer, returned, just in the dusk of the evening, to inform their parents that their brother was lost and could not be found.
孩子们找了一阵子没有找到，在黄昏的时候赶回家，告诉父母他们的兄弟失踪的消息。
The woods, at that time, were full of bears.
当时的森林里有很多熊。
The darkness of a cloudy night was rapidly coming on, and the alarmed father,
那个夜晚天空乌云滚滚，夜幕已经开始降临，得到警报的父亲
gathering a few of his neighbors, hastened in search of the lost child.
赶忙召集了几个邻居，匆匆忙忙地去寻找失踪的孩子。
The mother remained at home, almost distracted with suspense.
妈妈心慌意乱地在家里等消息。
As the clouds gathered, and the darkness increased, the father and the neighbors, with highly excited fears,
乌云开始聚集，天色更黑了，父亲和邻居们非常担心，
traversed the woods in all directions, and raised loud shouts to attract the attention of the child. But their search was in vain.
他们在森林四处寻找着，大声叫着孩子的名字希望孩子能听到。
They could find no trace of the wanderer;
但是没有什么结果，一点蛛丝马迹也没有。
and, as they stood under the boughs of the lofty trees, and listened, that if possible they might hear his feeble voice,
他们站在大树下仔细倾听，希望能听到孩子微弱的声音，
no sound was borne to their ears but the melancholy moaning of the wind as it swept through the thick branches of the forest.
可是除了风扫过浓密的树枝发出的令人沮丧的呼啸声之外什么也听不到。
The gathering clouds threatened an approaching storm, and the deep darkness of the night had already enveloped them.
乌云越聚越多，似乎暴风雨就要降临，漆黑的夜已经包围了他们。
It is difficult to conceive what were the feelings of that father.
很难看出失踪孩子的父亲的心情。
And who could imagine how deep the distress which filled the bosom of that mother, as she heard the wind, and beheld the darkness in which her child was wandering!
谁又能想象，母亲的心里是多么悲伤啊！听着呼啸的风声，看着屋外的一片漆黑，想到失踪的孩子。
