我是在城镇里长大的，从来没有见过稻田。因为读过放牛娃的故事，我已在想象的画布上，画出了一幅可爱迷人的放牛娃的画像。

Town bred as I was, I had never seen a rice-field, and I had a charming portrait of the cowherd boy, of whom we had read, pictured on the canvas of my imagination.

很久以前，有一个放牛娃名叫牛郎，父母早亡，只好跟着哥哥嫂嫂度日。

Once upon a time, there lived a poor cowherd, Niulang, whose parents had died long before. He had to live together with his elder brother.

有关傩公傩母的传说大致可分为两个类型：放牛娃供奉人头型；洪水—兄妹婚型。

The legends about Nuo god and goddess can be divided into two types: "the type of cattle herdsman worship mans head" and "the type of flooding disasters-brother marrying sister".