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The Water Angel 　　超有愛！非洲送水暖男幫動物解渴

精英翻譯社轉自http://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0062/317744/web/

When animals in Kenya run low on water, one man comes to their rescue.

肯亞的動物沒有水喝的時候，有一位男子來解救牠們了。

　　 If people are thirsty, they can just go into the kitchen for a drink. When animals can't satisfy their thirst, though, things can get a lot more complicated. Nobody knows this better than Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua. By day, Mwalua works as a pea farmer on his farm in Kenya. Four nights a week, though, he becomes a water delivery man—for animals.

　　如果人們口渴，他們可以走到廚房喝水解渴。然而，動物無法解渴時，事情就變得更加複雜。沒有人比派翠克‧基隆佐‧姆瓦盧更了解這個問題。白天，姆瓦盧是肯亞一位在自己的農場種豌豆的農夫。然而，一週有四個晚上，他變成送水男 ── 給動物。

　　 When the Tsavo West National Park dried up after months of no rain, buffalo, zebras, elephants, and antelope were in danger of dying of thirst. So, the 41-year-old decided to rent and fill up a 3,000-gallon water truck in order to save these animals. Each time, he drives a few hours to the park, where the animals have now come to expect him.

　　西查佛國家公園於幾個月沒下雨的旱季後缺水，水牛、斑馬、大象和羚羊都因口渴而處於險境。因此，這位四十一歲的男子決定租一輛水車並裝滿三千加侖的水，就是為了要救這些動物。每次，他開著幾個小時的車抵達國家公園，現在那裡的動物都開始期盼他的到來。

　　 All of this is done at Mwalua's own expense and risk. At times, as many as 500 buffalo have surrounded him. Luckily, he hasn't been hurt yet. Also to help with the cost, a GoFundMe page has been set up to raise money so that Mwalua can one day buy his own truck. The dry season usually lasts until the end of October, so his services are needed now more than ever.

　　這一切都是姆瓦盧自己出錢和冒著風險完成的。有時，有多達五百隻水牛將他包圍。幸運地，他不曾被攻擊過。另外，為了協助金錢開銷，一個名為 GoFundMe 的網頁被建立來募資，如此姆瓦盧未來就可以買一輛自己的水車。通常旱季會延續到十月底，因此他目前的送水服務比以前更有必要。