My young tillicum had finished his tradition, and his great, solemn eyes regarded me half-wistfully.

我年轻的 tillicum 已经完成了的传统，那双严肃的大眼睛若有所思地看着我。

I had learned to love silences when with my old tillicum, for they always led to a legend.

和我的老蒂莉库起时， 我学会了热爱沉默， 因为它们总是会引出个传奇。

He loved them better than food, better than his tillicums, better than his life.

爱它们胜过爱食物， 爱的豆荚， 爱的生命。

My tillicum did not use the word 'lure' in telling me this legend.

我的 tillicum 告诉我这个传说时并没有用“诱惑”这个词。

But all our young men, except one, returned as they went — kind to the poor, kind to those who were foodless, sharing whatever they had with their tillicums.

但是我们所有的年轻人，除了个，都像们去的样回来了——善待穷人，善待​​那些没有食物的人，分享们拥有的切。

I thought of all the splendid courage I knew him to possess, so made answer: 'But you say that the shadow of this island has fallen upon you; is it not so, tillicum'?

我想所拥有的所有非凡勇气， 于是回答说：'但是你说这个岛的阴影已经落你身上； 不是这样吗， 蒂利库？

In telling me the legend of 'The Lost Talisman, ' my good tillicum, the late Chief Capilano, began the story with the almost amazing question, Had I ever heard of Napoleon Bonaparte?

告诉我“失落的护身符”的传说时，我的好朋友，已故的卡皮拉诺酋长，以个几乎令人惊讶的问题开始了这个故事，我听说过拿破仑波拿巴吗？

In talking with my many good tillicums, I find this witch-woman legend is the most universally known and thoroughly believed in of all traditions they have honored me by revealing to me.

与我的许多善良的 tillicums 交谈时，我发现这个女巫传说是她们通过向我揭示的所有传统中最广为人知和最彻底相信的。

My old tillicum lifted his paddle-blade to point towards it. 'You know the story'? he asked. I shook my head (experience has taught me his love of silent replies, his moods of legend-telling).

我的老铁匠举起的桨叶指向它。 '你知道这个故事'？问。我摇摇头（经验告诉我喜欢沉默的回答，的传奇故事的心情）。

'You know, ' began my young tillicum, 'that only waters unspoiled by human hands can be of any benefit. One gains no strength by swimming in any waters heated or boiled by fires that men build.

“你知道的，”我年轻的 tillicum 开始说，“只有未被人手污染的水才有用。”人类制造的火加热或煮沸的任何水域中游泳都不会获得力量。

As I brooded over this strange tale of a daughter's devotion, I watched the sea and sky for something that would give me a clue to the inevitable sequel that the tillicum, like all his race, was surely withholding until the opportune moment.

当我沉思这个关于女儿忠诚的奇怪故事时，我注视着大海和天空，希望能给我些关于不可避免的续集的线索，而 tillicum 就像的所有种族样，肯定会等适当的时候才会出现。