Whenever he saw ants moving a crumb across the floor, he would crouch down to watch and protect them. "Hurry along," he would lisp, "hurry home to see your mother." His childish concern was touching.
看到地上螞蟻成群地搬運餅乾屑，他絕不用腳去踩踏，只爬下來守著它們仔細地看，嘴喃喃地念著：「快快搬，快快回家看媽媽。」