But you need not be at all afraid of him; I will give you my blue checked apron, which you must spread upon the floor, and then boldly seize hold of the dog, and place him upon it.
我可以把我蓝格子布的围裙给你。你把它铺在地上，然后赶快走过去，把那只狗抱起来，放在我的围裙上。
2
As they get a little older, they begin experimenting with lies: the dog is blue, my shirt is made of copper, the cookie told me so.
随着年龄的增长，他们开始尝试说谎：狗是蓝色的，我的衬衫是铜做的，曲奇饼这样告诉我的。
3
As someone who has experienced sporadic periods of mild depression throughout life, I adopted Mollie after a friend convinced me that a dog was the perfect remedy for a blue mood.