||1: He was born grinning, it seemed. ||2: He was certainly born small, and never made much progress after. ||3: The littlest in his gang at school, the tiny cabin boy aboard the Maindy Court sailing for Argentina, almost the scrawniest in his regiment in India in the 1930s. ||4: Everyone's mascot, jester, dogsbody, hoping to foil the punches by rolling over and begging for a pat on the head. ||5: He was five-foot-four on a good day, easily dwarfed by bosses, army sergeants, aristocrats or rivals for the willowy girls who strolled into his life. ||6: When his second wife walked out on him in 1968 he couldn't help remarking, bitterly, that she had left him for someone handsomer and taller.

||1:诺曼似乎是咧嘴笑着出生的。||2:他出生时一定也很小，而且后来也从未见长大了多少。||3:在学校时，他是小伙伴中最小的。上世纪30年代，他是印度驶向阿根廷的美蒂宫廷号船上的一个小不点式的船舱侍应生，几乎是侍应生中瘦得皮包骨最严重的一个。||4:他成了船上每一个人的吉祥物、供人逗乐者、打杂工，希望通过打滚并乞人拍其头来彰显自己重要。||5:他过上一段好日子的时候，身高1米64，一位身材纤长的姑娘进入了他的生活。他的身高在上司、军士、贵族或对手面前，明显相形见绌。||6:1968年，他的第二位妻子遗弃了他，他痛不自禁地诉说，她离开他是因为某个人比他更英俊更高大。

"OK, " said the littlest knight and carefully tied the beehive to his saddle.

“好的，”小小骑士答应到，他小心翼翼地将蜂巢拴在了马鞍上。

But the littlest knight charged anyway striking a blow with his sword.

但是小小骑士还是挥舞着剑向巨龙发起了攻击。

In time, the littlest knight and the Princess had seven children who loved taking rides on the dragon's back.

后来，小小骑士和公主有了七个孩子，他们都热爱骑在龙背上飞行。

Give yourself a pat in the back, for even the littlest decisions that you make.

即便做出一些微不足道的决定也要学会表扬自己。

She trusted her littlest knight and upon hearing the whole story set about immediately to make a healing salve for the dragon's eyes.

她对小小骑士充满信心，一听到整个故事，公主立即开始调制治疗巨龙眼疾的药剂。

Suddenly there was a buzzing from the knapsack. A bee flew out and up to the littlest knight's ear.

就在此时骑士的背囊里传来了嗡嗡声，一只蜜蜂飞到他耳畔轻声说道：

Then, for luck, the Princess unwound her long braid, pulled out a single hair and handed it to the littlest knight.

然后公主解开了长长的辫子，拔下一根头发亲手交给小铁匠，表示祝福好运。

He thought the littlest knight was the biggest fool.

他认为这个小小的骑士是个大大的傻瓜。

The littlest knight followed on his pony.

小小骑士乘着马驹紧随其后。

The littlest knight had been traveling half a day when he came upon an object in the road beneath a tree. It was a beehive.

小小骑士旅行了半日，在路旁树下发现了什么东西，原来是一个蜂巢。

The littlest knight couldn't believe his good fortune until he was fully halfway across the ravine, balancing like an acrobat.

小小骑士像杂技演员一般踩着公主的头发过了峡谷，此时他才相信自己确实走了好运。

The littlest one was pointing at the television and exclaiming something to her mother.

最小的那个孩子指着电视，对她的妈妈大声叫着什么。