So Laura chewed and swallowed, and she said, " I want to see a papoose" .

所以劳拉咀嚼吞咽， 她说，“我想看一只公鸡” 。

Pa promised that when they came to the West, Laura should see a papoose.

爸爸答应当他们来到西部时，劳拉应该看到一只爸爸。

That night by the fire Laura asked again when she would see a papoose, but Pa didn't know.

那天晚上在炉火旁， 劳拉又问她什么时候能见到一只公狗，但爸爸不知道。

" Pa, when are we going to see a papoose? "

“爸爸，我们什么时候去看狗？”

She put her sunbonnet on when Ma told her to, but she did not forget the papoose.

她按照妈妈的吩咐戴上了遮阳帽，但她没有忘记帽子。

Laura thought he would show her a papoose some day, just as he had shown her fawns, and little bears, and wolves.

劳拉认为他总有一天会给她看一只大熊猫，就像他给她看小鹿、小熊和狼一样。

Laura asked if a panther would carry off a little papoose and kill and eat her, too, and Pa said yes.

劳拉问一只黑豹是否会带走一只小狗并杀死并吃掉她，同样，爸爸说是的。

" What is a papoose" ? she asked him, and he said, " A papoose is a little, brown, Indian baby" .They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town of Pepin.

“什么是 papoose”？ 她问他，他说：“papoose 是一种棕色的小印度婴儿。 ” 他们驱车穿过白雪皑皑的树林走了很长一段路，直到他们来到了佩平镇。