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175.Bring Up Petey
175.训练珀泰
After the first practice game for softball of the year, Harry and his friends went to the circus!
第一场年度垒球练习赛结束之后，哈里和他的朋友看马戏去了。
When Harry yelled at a tiger trainer to do a better job training a wild animal,
可是，当哈里大声嚷嚷要驯虎员在训练野生动物方面多下点儿功夫时，
however, his friends dared him to practice what he preached!
他的朋友问他有没有种身体力行对他人的教诲！
The next week Harry brought home a baby polar bear!
第二个星期哈里就把一只小北极熊带回了家！
"It's popular opinion," he said, "that polar bears are untamable!
"大家公认，"他说，"北极熊是无法驯养的！
But I've pored over all the books and I'm going to prove them wrong!"
可我钻研过所有这方面的书，准备验证书上的说法是错误的！"
Then Harry began to train Petey the Polar Bear! But he didn't use traditional methods.
接着哈里就开始训练这只名叫珀泰的北极熊了！不过他没有使用传统方法。
Instead he played pop music for Petey when he did things well, and poured cold water on him if he didn't!
而是在珀泰做对事情时放流行音乐，做错时往它身上泼冷水！
Practice makes perfect, he said, and soon Petey was listening to a lot of music!
熟能生巧，他说，很快珀泰就能听懂许多音乐了！
Harry even rewarded Petey with items of pop art!
哈里甚至用一些流行艺术作品奖励珀泰！
One time, when Harry brought home an art deco table，Petey went to the bathroom on it because he didn't like it!
有一次，哈里把一张装饰派艺术桌拿回家，由于不喜欢，珀泰就踩着它去厕所！
Harry polished that furniture for hours to get the stain off!
哈里花了几个小时擦这件家具才把上面的痕迹擦掉！
As Petey grew bigger, photographers started to pop up wherever Harry and Petey went!
随着珀泰越长越大，哈里和珀泰所到之处都会突然出现大批摄影师！
Petey was powerfully built and some people began to fear for Harry's safety!
珀泰身材魁梧，有些人开始担心哈里的安全！
But he was prepared for this and Petey got his own room!
但他对这件事有所准备，珀泰有自己的房间！
Then one night there was a power failure and Petey got out of his room!
后来有天晚上断电，珀泰从房间跑出来了！
Old Mrs.Wilkenson will never forget seeing Petey in the hallway standing on his hind legs growling because he was lost!
老威尔肯森夫人永远不会忘记那一幕，她看见珀泰在走廊里用后腿站立着，由于迷路，它不停地嚎叫着！
But all was forgiven. And Harry proved the books wrong, Petey became a highly trained, although eccentric, performer.
可是一切都得到了原谅。哈里证明了书上所说是错误的。珀泰尽管有些古怪但还是成了一个训练有素的表演者。
And he still prefers to listen to pop music!
它仍然喜欢听流行音乐！
