要让青草覆盖的地方，都成为我的牧马之地(2)

via Caitlin Dwyer
Most clans lived close together, forming communities of thousands called tribes. But Temujin"s clan lived alone and isolated.
大多数家族紧密地生活在一起，形成了数千个社区，称为部落。但是铁木真的家族却是单独居住，与世隔绝。
An old woman was awakened by vibrations in the ground.
一个老妇人被地面的震动惊醒。
Hoofbeats. Coming closer.
是马蹄声；越来越近了。

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She screamed for everyone to wake up. Someone was coming!
她大声叫着，把每个人都叫醒过来。有人来了！
Three hundred men on horseback from the Merkid tribe raced toward Temujin"s ger. Eighteen years earlier, Temujin"s father—a man named Yesugei—had kidnapped his mother from her Merkid husband. Now Temujin was grown, with a wife his own. The Merkid wanted revenge.