But it was rather like puppies tearing the sofa cushions to Bits; except that it was not young and playful, But curiously old, and rather obstinately conceited.

• 但是那的些象小狗儿的戏谑,把沙发上的垫枕撕了个破碎的样子,不同的便是克利福并不是那样天真,那样戏谑,而是奇异地老成持重,和固执地夸张自大罢了。