馬兒也是鋼琴師

Track 5

by Steve Israel

翻譯：法比仔

馬兒也是鋼琴師

The Piano-Playing Horse

Track 5

by Steve Israel

翻譯：法比仔

你以為彈鋼琴是人類才有的專利嗎？No！讀讀下面這個小故事，相信你讀完后肯定不得不服這匹“神馬”了，哈哈！

A horse is a horse, of course. Unless he’s Deva, the piano-playing horse.

In the hills of western Sullivan County, after Deva1)ambles over to the piano, he uses his tongue and lips to make music from the keys.

How does he do it?

Deva’s2)dentist Finch says that many horses might get scared by the sound and shy away from the piano. But Finch is not surprised that Deva is a piano3)prodigy. Horses are smarter than many people think.

Still, Finch thinks Deva is “special” because he’s never seen another horse play the piano.

Seven years ago, after Deva’s owner found him, she began playing CDs for him. Day by day, an4)equine piano star was born.

“They’re so much more intelligent and understanding than people think,” Deva’s owner said.

詞組加油站

shy away from（因恐懼、害羞等）回避，退縮

1) amble [5Ambl] v.（馬）緩行，溜蹄

2) dentist [5dentIst] n. 牙科醫生

3) prodigy [5pr?dIdVI] n. 奇才

4) equine [5i:kwaIn] adj. 馬的，似馬的

當然，馬就是馬——除非它是德瓦，一匹會彈鋼琴的馬。

在沙利文縣西邊的山區，有匹名叫德瓦的馬兒悠閑地踱到了鋼琴邊兒上，然后用它的舌頭和嘴唇敲打著琴鍵來進行演奏。

那么它是怎么做到的？

德瓦的牙醫芬奇說，大多數馬兒在聽到鋼琴聲時或許會被嚇跑。但芬奇對于德瓦是名鋼琴天才并不感到驚訝。馬兒的智慧超出許多人的想象。

不過，芬奇認為德瓦依舊是“特別”的，因為他還從未見過另一匹會彈鋼琴的馬兒。

七年前，德瓦的主人在發現它以后，便開始為它播放CD。日復一日，一位馬中的鋼琴之星誕生了。

“它們比人們想象中的要更聰明，也更有理解力，”德瓦的主人說道。