半夜时分,我被屋外的响声吵醒了。走到门外,我看见父亲拿着猎枪站在台阶上。“什么事,爸爸?”我问道。“野狗,孩子。一定是那只吃了我们的羊的野狗。”父亲看着远处说。澳大利亚野狗的嚎叫在寂静的夜晚显得尖厉而悠长,这声声的嚎叫正从两英里外的悬崖传到 At midnight, I was awakened by the noise outside. Outside, I saw my father standing on the steps with a shotgun. “What’s the matter, dad?” I asked. “The wild dog, the child, must be the wild dog that eats our sheep.” "Father said, looking away. Howls of wild dogs in Australia appear sharp and long in the silence of the night, howling sound is coming from the cliff two miles away