SYMPATHY

 IF I were only a little puppy, not your baby, mother dear, would you say "No" to me if I tried to eat from your dish?

 

Would you drive me off, saying to me, "Get away, you naughty little puppy?"

 

Then go, mother, go! I will never come to you when you call me, and never let you feed me any more.

 

If I were only a little green parrot, and not your baby, mother dear, would you keep me chained lest I should fly away?

 

Would you shake your finger at me and say, "What an ungrateful wretch¹ of a bird! It is gnawing² at its chain day and night?"

 

Then, go, mother, go! I will run away into the woods; I will never let you take me in your arms again.

1 wretch   

n.可怜的人，不幸的人；卑鄙的人

参考例句：

• You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.你不但不谢他，还埋怨他，真不知好歹。
• The dead husband is not the dishonoured wretch they fancied him.死去的丈夫不是他们所想象的不光彩的坏蛋。

2 gnawing   

a.痛苦的，折磨人的

参考例句：

• The dog was gnawing a bone. 那狗在啃骨头。
• These doubts had been gnawing at him for some time. 这些疑虑已经折磨他一段时间了。