《小马俱乐部历险记》中英双语版·14

3月2日，星期六 【本书已在亚马逊上架】

这一周，我每天下午都要骑一会儿马。我出去时已较晚，到处都是树荫，已经不那么热了。妈妈一直跟着，协助我练习那些比赛项目。我把手表取下来交给她为我计时，结果发现我每天都有进步，尤其是绕杆赛和连跳。我也跨越过了较大的障碍栏，现在我居然能跳过27英寸（约68.58厘米）！！！这可比以前高得多了！不过，火花也开始耍性子了。有时，她刚好跑到障碍栏面前就停下来，昨天下午还差点儿把我摔下来。阿里对我说，火花已经摸熟了我的脾气，想要驾驭我；因此现在我必须要动真格的，利用双腿命令她前进；我必须态度强硬，迫使她跨越障碍；我必须让她明白，我才是老大！

明天，我们要去邻居的牧场里骑乘一大圈。这座巨大的山坡和大片的土地都属于他们家。他们对我爸说，我们可以在那儿骑马，不过要注意他家的牛群，一定要确保关好拦住牛群的栅栏门，不能让牛儿们跑出来。那片山坡上非常漂亮。

Saturday 2 March

I’ve been riding every afternoon this week. I’ve been going later when it’s really shady and not so hot. Mom’s been helping me with all the sporting events. She’s been using my watch to time me and I’m getting quicker every day, especially with bending and bounce pony. I’ve been going over bigger jumps too and now I can jump 27 inches!!! That’s getting so much higher. Sparkle does seem to be getting stubborn though. Sometimes she just stops at the jumps and yesterday I nearly fell off. Ali told me that she’s getting used to me and wants to be the boss. So now I have to really use my leg aids and push her on. I have to be really strong and push her over the jumps. I have to show her I’m the boss!

Tomorrow the girls and I are going to go for a big ride up on our neighbor’s property. They have this massive hill and heaps of land and they told Dad that it’s okay for us to ride up there. We just have to watch out for their cows. And of course, be sure to shut the gate so they don’t get out. It’s so pretty up there.( 文章阅读网：www.sanwen.net )