Though the water is now low in the river, the usual difficulty occurred in getting the flock across it. Every sheep seemed to be invincibly determined to die any sort of dry death rather than wet its feet.

虽然河里的水位现在很低，但要让羊群渡河还是遇到了通常的困难。每只羊似乎都下定决心宁愿干死也不愿弄湿脚。