They wanted to hear about Ivedy-Avedy too, but the little man only told them about Humpy-Dumpy.
他们还想听听依维德·亚维德的故事，可是那个小个子男人只告诉他们关于泥巴球的事。
They went up to the woodman, and asked him what he would take for the little man.
他们走到樵夫面前，问他要什么东西来换这个小个子男人。
At first, the Little Man petted and caressed them and smoothed down their hairy coats.
一开始，矮个子抚摸它们，抚平它们的毛。
The little man considered, his bony shoulders deep in the pile of pillows.
矮老头考虑着，他那瘦骨嶙嶙的肩膀深埋在一堆枕头之中。
Nor had Cal moved one step nearer when the little man invited Cal to kiss her.
小个男人请卡巴顿吻她的时候，卡巴顿站在旁边没有移动一步。
He then walked down to the river bank to thank the little man for saving his life.
他走下河岸，想要感谢那个矮个子男人救了他一命。
The little man stirred the coals again and blew on them to make them burn brighter.
小个子又搅了搅煤渣并吹着气让它们燃烧得更旺一点。
The little man held a harp in one hand and was striking the strings with the other.
小仙人一手拿着竖琴，另一手在拨弄着琴弦。
Despite the warmth of the musty skins that covered him, a shiver went through the little man.
尽管有温暖的破兽皮盖着，但是小个子的男人还是一阵颤栗。
"I am — I certainly am," answered the little man sorrowfully; "but it was the only thing I could do."
“我是——我当然是很惭愧，”矮小的人抱歉地回答说，“但这是我唯一能够做的事。”
The little man came to me as I was about to enter the telephone box and asked me whether I had a match.
当我要走进电话亭的时候，那个矮小的人朝我走来，问我有没有火柴。
The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, "No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."
那个矮个男人在床上翻了一下身，平静地说道：“不，先生，我告诉过你，刮风的时候我可以睡觉。”
The idea that teens need to be encouraged to slap the clown or rock the little man in the boat is bizarre.
诸如青少年需要鼓励去侮辱粗人，或者向小船里的小孩扔石块的主意很不靠谱。
"Said the little man, as if this was a rare and curious bit of information." What's Steve doing out there?
小个子人吃惊地问，好像这是一条很稀罕的消息似的，“他在那里做什么？”
Bush readily agrees, and fifteen minutes later, the little man walks by, deep in conversation with his client.
布什立即答应了。十五分钟后，这名男子从布什身边走过，正和他的客户谈得很起劲。
Here the little man indulged in a convulsion of mirth, which was only checked by the entrance of a third party.
说到这里，那小矮子尽情地捧腹大笑起来，进来了一位第三者，这才不笑了。
By day, Clark Kent is a dedicated journalist who strives to shine truth and fight for the little man in Metropolis.
白天，克拉克·肯特是一个敬业的新闻记者，他致力于发掘大都市里的真相并为小人物而战。
As Winston turned away from the counter with his tray, he saw that the little man was making straight for the girl's table.
温斯顿端着托盘刚离开柜台，见那小个子径直朝姑娘的桌子走过去。
In hard times with the airline industry and as Richard Quest found out, it seems no one is riding it tougher than the little man.
在航空业困难时期，理查德·奎斯特发现没有一家小航空公司能够坚持到底。
The little man waved the stick three times over the dwarf and struck him once on the right shoulder and once on the left shoulder.
小仙人举杖在侏儒上方挥了三下，在他的右肩点了一下，然后在左肩上也点了一下。
This goes on three nights, and by the third night the girl is promising the little man her first born child in return for his help.
小侏儒帮了她三天，在第三天晚上，女孩答应小矮人，为了报答他的帮助，要把生下的第一个孩子给他。
"Very well, " answered the little man. "But I shall have to cut a hole in your breast, so I can put your heart in the right place.
“很好，”矮小的老人回答说，“不过我不得不在你的胸脯上割开一个洞，这样才能把你的心放在适当的地方。
But the little Man, instead of laughing, became so loving toward the little animal that, with another kiss, he bit off half of his left ear.
可是，小胖子没有笑，而是非常亲切地走向那头小驴，又亲了一下，一口咬掉了他的半只左耳朵。
"Oh, I am a ventriloquist, " said the little man. "I can throw the sound of my voice wherever I wish, so that you thought it was coming out of the Head.
“啊，我是一个腹语家，”矮小的老人说，“我能够用我的声带发出我需要的不论什么声音，因此，你以为那声音是从那头里发出来的。
They worship bigness yet idealize the little man, whether he be the small business man as opposed to the big one or the plain citizen as opposed to the big wheel.
他们崇拜大人物，也把小人物理想化，不论他是和大商人形成对照的小商人，还是和大权在握的人形成对照的平民百姓。
I guided her gently into a quiet space behind the ice cream kiosk. I gathered that the little man hovering behind her was Bert Jackson, but I didn't wait to be introduced.
我温柔地把她带到了冰激凌店后面的僻静角落，我猜在她后面的那个男人就是伯特·杰克逊，但我也没和他打招呼。
I now understand why the little elephant under the red blanket was so possessive of the man who had rescued her.
我现在终于明白为何在那红毯子里的小象会对她的救命恩人有这么强的占有欲。
He became a taciturn man, a man not easy to live with. Later, when the older children married and had children of their own, he mellowed a little.
他变成了一个沉默寡言的人、一个不容易相处的人。后来，等大点的孩子们结了婚，也有了他们自己的孩子，他变得平和了些。
He became a taciturn man, a man not easy to live with. Later, when the older children married and had children of their own, he mellowed a little.
他变成了一个沉默寡言的人、一个不容易相处的人。后来，等大点的孩子们结了婚，也有了他们自己的孩子，他变得平和了些。
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