The Striped Blanket

 Three Tinguian once went to the mountains to hunt deer. They took their blankets with them, for they expected to be gone several days, and the nights in the mountains are cold.

 

The blankets of two of the men were of the blue-and-white designs such as are commonly worn¹ by the Tinguian, but that of the third was covered with red and yellow stripes² like the back of a little wild pig.

 

At night the men rolled up in their blankets and lay down under a tree to sleep; but while the one in the striped³ blanket was still awake two spirits came near and saw him.

 

“Oh,” he heard one spirit say to the other, “here we have something to eat, for here is a little wild pig.”

 

Then the man quickly took the blanket off one of his sleeping companions and put his own in its place. Very soon the spirits came and ate the man under the striped blanket.

 

Since that time the Tinguian never sleep under that kind of a blanket if they are where the spirits can get them.

1 worn   

adj.用旧的，疲倦的；vbl.wear的过去分词

参考例句：

• The child's trousers have worn through at the knees.孩子裤子的膝盖处磨破了。
• My shoes are worn out.我的鞋子穿坏了。

2 stripes   

n.（与底色不同的）条纹( stripe的名词复数 )；（军装或警服上表示等级的）臂章；纹理

参考例句：

• The plant's stem is marked with thin green longitudinal stripes. 这种植物的茎上长有绿色细长条纹。
• a zebra's black and white stripes 斑马的黑白条纹

3 striped   

adj.有斑纹的

参考例句：

• Jack's plaid shirt didn't mix well with his striped trousers.杰克的方格衬衫与条纹长裤不相配。
• His striped tie showed up well against his dark red shirt.他那条纹领带在深红色的衬衫下十分醒目。