同情

    如果我只是一只小狗，而不是你的小孩，亲爱的妈妈，当我想吃你的盘里的东西时，

你要向我说“不”么？

    你要赶开我，对我说道：“滚开，你这淘气的小狗”么？

    那末，走罢，妈妈，走罢！当你叫唤我的时候，我就永不到你那里去，也永不要你

再喂我吃东西了。

    如果我只是一只绿色的小鹦鹉，而不是你的小孩，亲爱的妈妈，你要把我紧紧地锁

住，怕我飞走么？

    你要对我摇你的手，说道：“怎样的一个不知感恩的贱鸟呀！整夜地尽在咬它的链

子”么？

    那末，走罢，妈妈，走罢！我要跑到树林里去；我就永不再让你抱我在你的臂里了。

                                SYMPATHY

IF I were only a little puppy, not your baby, mother dear, would you say "No" to me if I tried to eat from your dish?

Would you drive me off, saying to me, "Get away, you naughty little puppy?"

Then go, mother, go! I will never come to you when you call me, and never let you feed me any more.

If I were only a little green parrot, and not your baby, mother dear, would you keep me chained lest I should fly away?

Would you shake your finger at me and say, "What an ungrateful wretch of a bird! It is gnawing at its chain day and night?"