A Silver Shilling's Journey
银先令之旅
"Wow, how exciting! I am coming out into the broad world!"
"哇,多么令人兴奋啊!我要到广阔的世界去看看!"
A Silver Shilling that was just made a moment ago shouted for joy tinkling and jingling herself.
刚才欢呼发出叮叮当当的声音正是银先令。
Passing through children's warm and moist hands, stingy men's cold and sticky hands, and poor husbands' and wives' hands far and wide, the Silver Shilling's journey went on.
历经孩子温暖而潮湿的手,吝啬男人的冰冷而黏糊糊的手以及贫穷夫妇的手之后,银先令的旅程开始了。
One day, the Silver Shilling happened to enter into one wallet, but the owner didn't even know the Silver Shilling was in his wallet.
有一天,银先令碰巧进了一个钱包里,但钱包的主人并不知道银先令在他的钱包里。
The owner travels around the world very often.
钱包主人经常到世界各地旅行。
Incidentally, he found the Silver Shilling, and said, "What, it is a shilling from my country. You came this far with me, so let's travel together."
不经意时,他发现了银先令吃惊地喊道,"不是吧,这是我国的先令。你跟我走了这么远,那就让咱们一起去旅行吧。"
So now, the Silver Shilling came to be with many foreign coins.
所以现在,银先令跟很多外国硬币在一起。
Other coins were coming in and out of the wallet, but the Silver Shilling stayed.
其他的硬币进来又出去,唯独银先令一直留在钱包里。
The Silver Shilling started to feel very important.
它开始意识到自己很重要。
The Silver Shilling stayed in the wallet for a long time, and she became curious about the outside world.
银先令在钱包里呆了很长一段时间,她对外面的世界感到很好奇。
She was looking out of the wallet while the wallet was opened, but then she fell down to the ground.
当钱包被打开时,她正伸着头往外看,不小心掉到了地上。
She was no longer able to continue her journey with the owner.
就这样她便不能再跟着主人继续她的旅程了。
In the end, the Silver Shilling came to a new wallet with unfamiliar coins in an unfamiliar country.
最后,银先令来到了一个陌生国家里的一个陌生的钱包里。
What she heard as soon as she came out of the new wallet with the other coins was shocking.
当被人从新钱包里掏出来时,她听到一个令人震惊的声音。
"This is an imitation. It is forged." When she heard this, her body trembled.
"这是一个假冒的。这是伪造的!"当她听到这样的话时,她的身体不禁颤抖。
'I was made of pure silver in the Mint Bureau. I am a silver shilling that can tinkle and jingle! Isn't the seal on my body real?'
"我是一个经过造币局制造的纯银硬币。我是一个银先令,可以发出清脆的响声!我身上的密封难道不是真的吗?
However, the Silver Shilling was abused as an imitation from that moment on.
但是,从那以后银先令就被污蔑为仿品。
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