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It was May. The sultry noon seemed endlessly long. The dry earth gaped with thirst in the heat.

When I heard from the riverside a voice calling, "Come, my darling!"

I shut my book and opened the window to look out.

I saw a big buffalo with mud-stained hide, standing near the river with placid, patient eyes; and a youth, knee deep in water, calling it to its bath.

I smiled amused and felt a touch of sweetness in my heart.

那是五月里。悶熱的中午似乎無(wú)限漫長(zhǎng)。干燥的大地在炎熱中渴得裂開(kāi)了口。

我忽然聽(tīng)到河邊傳來(lái)一聲呼喚：“來(lái)吧，我的寶貝！”

我合上書(shū)，打開(kāi)窗戶向外望去。

我看見(jiàn)一頭渾身泥漿的大水牛站在河邊，目光溫和沉著；一個(gè)年輕人立在沒(méi)膝的水中，正召喚它去洗澡。

我開(kāi)心地笑了，心中感到一股甜蜜的觸動(dòng)。