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The floor is dirt, a little damp to the touch, as celar dirt usually is.
地是泥土地，碰上去有点潮湿，地窖的泥土地都这样。
The room is about three paces long and two wide: a mere broom closet or disused tool room. In the room a child is sitting. It could be a boy or a girl.
房间大约三步长，两步宽，只是一个放扫帚的小问，或是久已不用的工具问。小间里坐着一个小孩，可能是个男孩.也可能是个女孩。
It looks about six, but actually is nearly ten. It is feeble-minded. Perhaps it was born defective, or perhaps it has become imbecile through fear, malnutrition, and neglect.
他(她)看上去六岁左右，但实际上已近十岁。他(她)是低能儿。也许他(她)生来就是低能，也许是由于恐惧，营养不良和无人照管才变成低能。
It picks its nose and occasionally fumbles vaguely with its toes or genitals, as it sits hunched in the corner farthest from the bucket and the two mops.
他(她)弓着背，坐在离水桶和两把拖把最远的一个角落里，抠抠鼻子，偶尔漫不经心的摸摸自己的脚趾或者生殖器。
It is afraid of the mops. It finds them horrible. It shuts its eyes, but it knows the mops are still standing there; and the door is locked; and nobody will come.
他(她)怕这拖把。他(她)觉得这些拖把很可怕。他(她)闭上眼睛，但他(她)知道拖把还立在那儿，门还是锁着，而且没有人会来。
The door is always locked; and nobody ever comes, except that sometimes-the child has no understanding of time or interval-sometimes the door rattles terribly and opens, and a person, or several people, are there.
门总是锁着的;从来没有人来过。除了有时候一一这孩子没有时间概念，也不知时间间隔是什么-有时候门嘎嘎直响。然后门开了，门口站着一个人或几个人。
One of them may come in and kick the child to make it stand up, The others never come close, but peer in at it with frightened, disgusted eyes.
他们中有一个可能进屋，踢踢这孩子让他(她)站起来。其他的人从来不走近，只是用恐惧、厌恶的眼睛往里瞧，看着他(她)。
The food bowl and the water jug are hastily filled, the door is locked, the eyes disappear.
盛食物的碗和盛水的钵被匆匆填满，然后门给锁上，眼睛消失了。
The people at the door never say anything, but the child, who has not always lived in the tool room, and can remember sunlight and its mother's voice, sometimes speaks.
站在门口的人从来不说话，但这小孩并不是生来就住在这工具间的，他(她)还能记得阳光和母亲的声音，有时候张口说话。
