霍尔斯托梅尔 transliterates Russian Холстомер (Kholstomer), the piebald gelding narrator of Leo Tolstoy's《一匹马的故事》("Strider: The Story of a Horse", 1886). The Chinese title is sometimes rendered 《霍斯托密尔》or 《一匹马的故事》.
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Six syllables match Khol-sto-mer's Russian sounds stretched out: 霍 huò ('Khol-'), 尔 ěr (the soft '-l'), 斯 sī ('s'), 托 tuō ('to'), 梅 méi ('me'), 尔 ěr (final '-r').
