p.3
The pig couldn't help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?
→couldn't help (but省略表是轉折)
p.16
I feel bored./ I am bored.
I am interested in music.
Wilbur stood in the sun feeling lonely and bored.
→小朋友最怕lonely和bored,但叫他做事又一下就累了
p.22
Wilbur took a step toward the pail.
→pail桶子
It's the old pail trick. Don't fall for it, don't fall for it!
→Don't fall for the trick.不要掉入陷阱
He's appealing to your stomach.
→appealing to your stomach吸引你的胃
p.23
Wilbur didn't care.
→ I don't mind.隨便;都可以;什麼都好
I don't care.是有點生氣的情緒
He kept walking toward the pail of slop.
→slop ㄆㄨㄣ
An hour of freedom is worth a barrel of slops.
→be worth (worth這邊當動詞)
→barrel=pail=桶子
p.25
Rain fell on the roof of the barn and dripped steadily from the eaves.
→drip小滴的水掉落的聲音(擬聲字)
Rain fell in the barnyard and ran in crooked courses down into the lane where thistles and pigweed grew.
→lane小路;巷,弄/車道,線道
change the lane換車道
p.29
Play means to have fun, to frolic, to run and skip and make merry.
→play=fun=frolic=merry
I am a glutton but not a merry maker.
→glutton貪吃
merry maker搞笑的人
p.35
Salutations!
→Salutations are greetings
beautiful=pretty=nice looking =flashy
p.41
friendship→loyal, true and kind
p.66
Having promised Wilbur that she would save his life, she was determined to keep her promise.
→keep a promise=make a promise


