设定:主角哥哥大她12岁,丽娜是主角6岁时开始养的,那个时候哥哥已经有幻影移形许可了,另外,哥哥在主角10岁时结婚。
这一段是节选翻译自律师George Graham Vest 1870年在美国密苏里州的法庭陈词,他代表一位因狗被杀而起诉的客户。
本来打算自己描写狗的善良忠诚,可是这篇演讲太精采,我很想引用,又觉得一个魔法世界十几岁的小女孩不大可能引述美国麻瓜律师的演讲,所以正文中只模糊地用“有人说”,特此注明。
我翻译的这一段原文是:“The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog……When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.”
全文可以在这个网址找到:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Graham_Vest