老杰罕·达斯满80岁的那一年,女儿去世了,留给他一个两岁大的男孩。老头虽然生活艰难,还是毫无怨言地接受了这个额外的负担。没过多久,小外孙就变得令人喜爱,成为他的掌上明珠。渐渐地,小尼洛——这只是男孩的爱称,他的大名叫做尼古拉斯——健康地长大了,心满意足地与姥爷一起住在破旧的小屋里。小屋非常简陋,只不过是个小泥棚,却被拾掇得干干净净,宛如洁白的小贝壳。屋外有一个小菜园,里面种着蚕豆、香草和南瓜。他们很穷,简直穷到极点,有时 The year when Jayhan Dasman was 80 years old, her daughter passed away leaving him a two-year-old boy. Although the old man struggled hard, he accepted the extra burden without complaint. Not long after, the little grandson became a favorite, as his palm pearls. Gradually, Little Nile - it was just the boy’s nickname, his big name Nicholas - grew up healthily, living comfortably with his grandfather in a shabby cottage. Hut is very simple, just a small clay shed, but was picked up clean, like a white shell. There is a small garden outside with faba beans, herbs and pumpkins. They are very poor, almost exhausted, sometimes