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#Lurle Lelledi# Chapter 1 The Piece of Wood That Laughed and Cried Like a Child There was once upon a time a piece of wood in the shop of an old carpenter① named Master Antonio. Everybody, however, called him Master Cherry, on account of^{②}the end of his nose, which was always as red and polished as a ripe cherry No sooner had Master Cherry set eyes on the piece of wood than his face beamed{③}with delight, and, rubbing his hands together with satisfaction, he said softly to himself: "This wood has come at the right moment: it will just do{} to make the leg of a little table." He immediately took a sharp axe with which to remove the bark{} and the rough surface, but just as he was going to give the first stroke he heard a very small voice say imploringly{},"Do not strike me so hard!" He turned his terrified eyes all around the room to try and discover where the little voice could possibly have come from, but he saw nobody! He looked under the bench- nobody: he looked into a cupboard that was always shut - nobody: he looked into a basket of shavings^{} and sawdust{}-nobody: he even opened the door of the shop and gave a glance into the street-and still nobody. Who, then, could it be? .002: 第一章 一块像孩子一样 会哭会笑的木头 ① carpenter I'krpontal n. 从前啊,有个老木匠,叫安东尼奥师傅,可是,每 木匠,木工 ②on account of 由于,因 个人都叫他樱桃师傅,因为他的鼻尖总是又红又亮,就 为 像一颗熟透的樱桃。老木匠的铺子里有一块木头。 樱桃师傅一看到这块木头,他的脸上立马就露出了 ③ beam [bimlv 眉开眼笑 笑容,满意地搓着双手,小声地自言自语道; “这块木头来得可真是时候,正好可以做小桌子腿 ④do[du]v适合,对.... 儿。” 足够 樱桃师傅马上拿起一把锋利的斧头,要砍掉树皮, 把这块木头的表面弄得光滑一些。可是,刚砍了一下 bark [bak]n. 树皮 就听到一个细小的声音在哀求:“别这么使劲砍我!” 樱桃师傅吓了一跳,睁大眼睛四处寻找,想看看 imploringly Iim'plorinlil ad.恳求地 这个细小的声音是从哪里发出来的,可是,他谁都没 看见!他看了看长凳下面一一没人:打开一直关着的碗 柜--没人;翻了翻装刨花和锯末的篮子--没人;他 甚至打开铺子的大门,朝街上望了望一一还是没人。谁 shavings ['feivins]n. 刨花 到底是谁呢? ⑧ sawdust 'so:dastln. 锯屑 ·o03. Chapter1 The Piece of Wood That fauahed and Criedf Cife a Chiila "I see how it is," he said, laughing and scratching his wig^{①},"evidently that little yoice was all my imagination. Let us set to work again." And. taking up the axe. he struck a tremendous{②}blow{③}on the piece of wood "Oh! Oh! You have hurt me!" cried the same little voice dolefully④. This time Master Cherry was petrified}. His eyes started{} out of his head with fright, his mouth remained open, and his tongue hung out almost to the end of his chin. like a mask on a fountain. As soon as he had recovered the use of his speech he began to say, stuttering{②}and trembling with fear: "But where on earth can that little yoice have come from that said 'Oh! Oh!'? Is it possible that this piece of wood can have learned to cry and to lament{} like a child? I cannot believe it. This piece of wood is nothing but a log for fuel like al the others, and thrown on the fire it would about suffice{} to boil a saucepan{} of beans. How then? Can anyone be hidden inside it? If anyone is hidden inside, sc much the worse for him. I will settle him at once." So saying, he seized the poor piece of wood and commenced^{} beating it without mercy against the walls of the room. Then he stopped to listen if he could hear any little voice lamenting. He waited two minutes -nothing: five minutes-nothing: ten minutes -still nothing! "I see how it is," he then said, forcing himself to laugh, and pushing up his wig: "evidently the little voice that said 'Oh! Oh!' was all my imagination! Let us set to work again." Putting the axe aside, he took his plane^{}, to plane and polish the bit of wood but whilst^{} he was running it up and down he heard the same little voice say laughing: "Stop! You are tickling me all over!" This time poor Master Cherry fell down as if he had been struck by lightning When he at last opened his eves he found himself seated on the floor His face was changed, even the end of his nose, instead of being crimson{}, as it was nearly always. had become blue from fright .004: 第一章 一块像孩子一样会哭会笑的木头 ① wig [wigln. 假发 “我明白了,”樱桃师傅挠了挠自己的假发,笑了, “这个细小的声音肯定是我的幻觉。接着干吧。” ② tremendous Itri'mendos] 他又拿起斧头,狠狠地砍在那块木头上。 a.巨大的 “噢!噢!你把我砍伤了!”还是那个细小的声音 ③ blow [blau]n. 重击 ④ dolefully Idaulfulil ad 哀伤地喊道。 郁郁不欢地 这一次,樱挑师傅吓得目瞪口呆,眼睛都快鼓了出 petrified I'petrifaid]a. (因 来,大张着嘴巴,舌头几平套拉到下巴,活像人造喷泉里 恐惧、惊慌而)发呆的 start[stat]v鼓出,突出 的怪兽。一可以说话,樱桃师傅就结结巴巴、颤颤巍巍 stutter I'statalv: 口吃 地说: ⑧ lament [la'ment]v.伤心 “可....可......可是,这个·噢!噢!'的细小声音 到底是从哪里传来的?这块木头怎么可能像孩子一样又 suffice [so'fais]v 足够, 满足要求 哭又叫呢?我没法相信。这块木头和其他烧火的木头一样 saucepan I'sxspenl n. 有 啊,扔进火里也许可以煮熟一锅巍豆。那么,有人藏在木 柄平底锅 头里?如果谁藏在里面,他可够倒霉的,我这就收拾他。” commence [ka'mens]v 樱桃师傅一边说着,一边抓起那块可怜的木头,毫 开始 不留情地向墙上狠狠地摔去。 接着,他停了下来,竖起耳朵想听一听是否还有细 小的声音在哀号。两分钟过去了一-什么声音都没有; 五分钟过去了--什么声音都没有:十分钟过去了- 还是没有任何声音! “我明白了,”樱桃师傅一边说,一边硬挤出一点笑 容,向上推了推自己的假发,“显然,那个‘噢!噢! plane Iplein]n. 创子 叫的细小声音都是我想象出来的!还是接着干吧。” whilst Iwailstl coni. =while 樱桃师傅把斧子放在一边,拿起了创子,想把木头 表面创光滑些。可是刚一开始,就听到了那个细小的声 音在笑: “住手!你弄得我浑身发瘁!” 这一次,可怜的樱挑师傅猛地倒下了,仿佛被闪电 ④ crimson [krimzon] n. 深 击中一般。再睁开眼,他发现自己坐在地板上。 红色 樱桃师傅的脸变了颜色,就连鼻尖也不再是平常的 深红色,而是吓得变成了蓝色。 ·005·