原文
It certainly was. Joseph, as the disgusted Stella said, looked like a
walking rag-bag. It was impossible to say what his ground color was. His
legs were white with black spots on them. His back was gray with a huge
patch of yellow on one side and a black patch on the other. His tail was
yellow with a gray tip. One ear was black and one yellow. A black patch
over one eye gave him a fearfully rakish look. In reality he was meek
and inoffensive, of a sociable disposition. In one respect, if in no
other, Joseph was like a lily of the field. He toiled not neither did
he spin or catch mice. Yet Solomon in all his glory slept not on softer
cushions, or feasted more fully on fat things.
語彙など
- disgusted:むかついた
- rag bag:ぼろ入れ
- tip:先端
- rakish look:粋な姿
- meek:おとなしい
- inoffensive:害にならない
- disposition:気質
- toil:精を出して働く
- spin:回転する
- feast:大いに楽しむ
- fat:最上のもの