E. B. 怀特（E. B. White, 1899-1985），生于纽约蒙特弗农，毕业于康奈尔大学。被誉为“二十世纪最伟大的美国随笔作家”。作为《纽约客》主要撰稿人的怀特，一手奠定了影响深远的“《纽约客》文风”。怀特对这个世界上的一切都充满关爱，他的道德与他的文章一样山高水长。除了他终生挚爱的随笔之外，他还为孩子们写了三本书：《斯图尔特鼠小弟》（又译《精灵鼠小弟》）、《夏洛的网》与《吹小号的天鹅》，成为儿童与成人共同喜爱的文学经典。
A little tired, perhaps. But I feel peaceful. Your success in the ring this morning was, to a small degree, my success. Your future is assured. You will live, secure and safe, Wilbur. Nothing can harm you now. These autumn days will shorten and grow cold. The leaves will shake loose from the trees and fall. Christmas will come, then the snows of winter. You will live to enjoy the beauty of the frozen world, for you mean a great deal to Zuckerman and he will not harm you, ever. Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond. Then song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. All these sights and sounds and smells will be yours to enjoy. Wilbur--this lovely world, these golden days... (查看原文)
I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway. We born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that. (查看原文)
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5 有用 晚回舟 2012-06-03 14:53:39
赶脚木有想象中感人呢~似乎说是翻译得不到位吧~~还是得看原版啊~就是没那水平~叹气~
5 有用 小晨 2011-05-23 18:33:52
小笨猪
30 有用 员外 2015-10-29 14:20:48
我也想有个夏洛，但是想起来那八条腿就打冷颤，特烦恼。
13 有用 火·霸总研究·锅 2015-06-29 14:40:05
写给孩子，也写给大人。孩子看到了动物和人，动物和动物之间的真情，大人们看到那些朋友之间不计较的付出。有绘本的话，也许可以买来给你的孩子看。我觉得本来动物和人类就是可以沟通的，可是为什么我们互相之间就是听不懂呢，有没有动物话语翻译器，这比手表有用一点。好温柔的一本书，都可以想象八条长毛的腿的蜘蛛也是一副天使的脸啦。
742 有用 子文东 2011-09-14 22:53:53
付出爱的同时就是在为生命赋予意义。