Dante had no suit, so he rented one. It was for his cousin's wedding. The man at the shop gave him a blue jacket and trousers. Dante tried on the jacket. It was perfect. He paid and went home.
但丁没有西装，所以他租了一套。那是为了他表哥的婚礼。店里的人给了他一件蓝色上衣和一条裤子。但丁试了试上衣。非常合身。他付了钱，回家了。
On the morning of the wedding, he put on the trousers. They were much too long. They went under his shoes and onto the floor.
婚礼那天早上，他穿上了裤子。它们长得太多了。裤腿盖住了他的鞋，拖到了地上。
"No, no, no," Dante said. He looked at the clock. The wedding was at noon. The shop was far away, and it was Saturday.
“不，不，不，”但丁说。他看了看钟。婚礼在中午。那家店很远，而且今天是星期六。
His aunt was in the kitchen, and she heard him. She came to the door and looked at the trousers. "Take them off," she said. "Quick."
他的姑姑在厨房里，听见了他的声音。她走到门口，看了看那条裤子。“脱下来，”她说，“快。”
She found a needle and a box of thread. She sat at the table and folded the bottom of one leg. Her hands moved fast. Dante stood in his shirt and waited. He drank three cups of coffee.
她找来一根针和一盒线。她坐在桌旁，把一条裤腿的下边折起来。她的双手动得很快。但丁只穿着衬衫站着等。他喝了三杯咖啡。
Twenty minutes later, she gave him the trousers. "Now the other leg," she said. Ten minutes after that, she was done.
二十分钟后，她把裤子递给了他。“现在改另一条腿，”她说。又过了十分钟，她改好了。
Dante put them on. They fit, but one leg was a little shorter than the other. He looked at himself in the mirror.
但丁穿上了它们。大小合适，不过有一条裤腿比另一条稍微短一点。他在镜子里看着自己。
"Nobody will see," his aunt said. "Just walk slowly."
“没人会看出来的，”他姑姑说，“你走慢一点就行。”
At the wedding, Dante stood tall and smiled for all the photos. Nobody saw anything. Later, a man at his table said, "That is a nice suit." Dante only said thank you.
在婚礼上，但丁挺直身子，在所有的照片里都笑着。没有人看出什么。后来，同桌的一个男人说：“这套西装真不错。”但丁只说了声谢谢。
