When the caravan captain captured Lucy he had no idea that she would soon become the top candidate to be his wife. She was the casualty of a small battle over cargo that he had had at the last town. He had killed those who had fought with him, carving them up into little pieces to be fed to the carnivores that always followed his train. Casting his eyes to the horizon he had seen them coming already. When he looked back he noticed the former grocery store cashier hiding behind a pile of canes. He pulled out his canteen to offer her water. When she came out to accept he grabbed her. She had been his captive ever since.
As they rode away he watched the animals eat the meat of the dead. Some, in their hunger for meat, even cannibalized some of their own. They were capable of anything, the captain thought, just as I am. He catalogued this thought in his head like an entry in a capsule to be viewed at another time. The caption he placed in his head under this thought was, 'animals with unlimited capacity'.
Then he looked at Lucy. She was beautiful and over the last several weeks of traveling across the desert he saw that she had a truly carefree spirit. This attracted him and he canceled his ownership of her to make him his wife. Lucy loved him in return. The captain's caption for Lucy was "capacity to forgive and love her captor." It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
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车队队长俘虏露西的时候他可不知道这位姑娘很快会成为队长妻子的最佳人选。在上一个城镇，他为货物的事与别人发生了一场小小的冲突，露西则是当时的受害者。他把反抗的人都杀了，把他们切成小块，喂了那些总是跟在他们火车后面的食肉动物。放眼向地平线望去，他看到他们已经来了。回头一看，他发现杂货店原来那个收银员躲在一堆藤条后面。他拿出水壶给她水喝，她出来接水壶时却被他一把抓住。从那以后露西就成了他的俘虏。
骑马离开时，他看到食肉动物正在吃死者身上的肉。由于太想吃肉了，有些动物甚至吃掉了一些自己的同类。它们可真是无所不能，队长心想，就像我一样。他把这个想法记在了脑子里，就像是一条以后再看的要点。他在脑子里给这个想法写下的说明是：“能力无限的动物。”
然后他看了看露西。她很美，经过过去几个星期的沙漠旅行，他发现她真的是无忧无虑。这一点儿吸引了他，于是他取消了自己对她的主人身份，娶她为妻。露西同样也爱着队长。从长对露西的说明是“宽恕及热爱俘获者的能力”。一段美满的姻缘从此开始了。
单词详解:
cancel v.取消,撤销;删去,划掉
candidate n.1.候选人;候补者;投考者,攻读学位者
2.申请求职者
cane n.1.手杖,藤杖,竹杖
2.苔杖,苔条
3.藤条
cannibalize v.拆取可利用的部分;在同类单位间调拔人员(或装备);自相残杀
canteen n.食堂,小卖部;流动饭店;(带帆套布的)水壶
capable a.有能力的,有才能的,有技能的;有力量的
capacity n.1容量,容积,吸收力
2生产力,生产量
3理解能力,接受能力
capsule n.(可脱离主体的)密封小容器,(航天)密封舱,弹射座舱;要点概要
captain n.首领,头目;船长,舰长,队长
caption n.1(报纸、文章等的)标题,照片的文字说明
2依法逮捕
captive a.1被俘虏的,被囚禁的,被猎获的
2受控制的,受限制的
capture v.1捕获,俘虏
2夺得,占领
3引起注意,迷住,吸引
carefree a.无忧无虑的,无牵挂的;不负责的,不顾后果的
cargo n.(运输的)货物
carnivore n.食肉动物
carve v.1切,把...切碎(或切成片)
2刻,雕刻
cashier n.出纳员,收支元
cast v.1投掷2投射(光影等)
casualty n.伤亡人员;受害人;损失或毁灭的东西
catalogue n.目录;登记,记载
v.编目录;登记,记载