He was helping their cow Maudie to give birth.

他正在帮助他们的母牛马蒂接生。

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They walked slowly to the back of the barn to look at Maudie. Nate looked around for something Olive could sit on.

他们缓步向马棚的后面走去看马蒂。内特四处寻找奥利弗能坐的东西。

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Nate smiles and told her not to worry about him, after all,he said, Maudie was having the calf-not he.

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She demanded that Nate give her the lamp to hold so that he could have all the light he needed to help Maudie.

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Then he told her again that he did not want her to stay when Maudie's calf came.

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Miss Maudie Atkinson baked a Lane cake so loaded with shinny it made me tight.

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Unlike Miss Maudie, Castella and Stone are happy to share what makes their Lane cake unique.

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Maudie Atkinson is infamous for her free spirit, and famous for the power and frequency of her Lane cakes.

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