彩虹鸽出走

Gay-Neck’s Truancy

“每经过一个村庄,我们都要向人们打听是否见到过彩虹鸽。大多数人都见过他,还有些人准确描述了他的样子:一个猎人见到他在喇嘛庙的屋檐下休息,在一只雨燕旁边搭窝;—个和尚说他看见彩虹鸽在锡金他们寺院附近的河岸上,那里有一群野鸭筑巢……根据这些可靠消息,我们在第三天夜里,到达了锡金最局的台地。”

But the day after our return Gay-Neck flew away again,in the morning,and failed to put in an appearance later.We waited for him most anxiously during four successive days,and then,unable to bear the suspense any longer,Ghond and I set out in search of him,determined to find him,dead or alive.This time we hired two ponies to take us as far as Sikkim.We had made sure of our path by asking people about Gay-Neck in each village that we had to pass through.