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Chapter 6 Pinocchio's Feet Burn to Cinders It was a wild and stormy night. The thunder was tremendous and the lightning sc vivid{} that the sky seemed on fire Pinocchio had a great fear of thunder, but hunger was stronger than fear. He therefore closed the house door and made a rush for the yillage, which he reached in a hundred bounds^{②}, with his tongue hanging out and panting③} for breath like a dog after game④. But he found it all dark and deserted{}. The shops were closed, the windows shut. and there was not so much as a dog in the street. It seemed the land of the dead Pinocchio, urged by desperation and hunger, took hold of the bell of a house and began to ring it with all his might, saving to himself "That will bring somebody." And so it did. A little old man appeared at a window with a night-cap on his head and called to him angrily: "What do you want at such an hour?" "Would you be kind enough to give me a little bread?" "Wait there, I will be back directly," said the little old man, thinking it was one of those rascally boys who amuse themselves at night by ringing the house-bells to rouse{} respectable people who are sleeping quietly .032: 第六章 匹诺曹的脚被 烧成了灰烬 这是一个风雨交加的夜晚,雷声震耳欲聋,闪电如 ①vivid l'vivid]a. 强烈的 此耀眼,整个天空就像着火一样。 清晰的 匹诺曹特别害怕打雷,可是肚子饿战胜了恐惧,于 是他关上房门,冲向村庄,一路上跳了一百多次才来到 村里。他伸着舌头,喘着粗气,活像一条刚追逐过猎牧 ② bound [baund] n. 跳跃 ③ pant [paent]v气喘 的狗。 ④ game Iqeim]n. 竞技;游 可匹诺曹发现整个村子漆黑一片,空无一人。店铺 戏:狩猎 deserted [di'zaxtid]a. 废 关着门,窗户紧闭,街上连一条狗都没有。整个村子就 弃的,空无一人的 像死亡之地。 匹诺曹饿得要命,感到绝望,抓住一个门伶拼命摇 自言自语道: “这样就会有人来。” 果然,窗口出现了一个戴睡帽的小老头,他怒气冲 冲地向匹诺曹喊道 “这么晚了,你想干什么?” “行行好,能给我一点面包吗?” “在那里等着,我马上回来。”小老头说道。他把木 偶当成了坏孩子,那些坏孩子为了找乐子,经常半夜摇 rouse Irauzlv 唤醒 响门拎,把正在熟睡的好人吵醒。 .033· Chapter6 Pinocchio's Feet Burn to Cinders After half a minute the window was again opened and the voice of the same little old man shouted to Pinocchio: "Come underneath and hold out your cap." Pinocchio pulled off his cap: but, just as he held it out, an enormous basin of water was poured down on him, soaking{④} him from head to foot as if he had been a pot of dried-up geraniums^②. He returned home like a wet chicken, quite exhausted③} with fatigue④ and hunger; and, having no longer strength to stand, he sat down and rested his damp{ and muddy feet on a brazier full of burning embers And then he fell asleep, and whilst he slept his feet, which were wooden, took fire, and little by little they burnt away and became cinders^{} Pinocchio continued to sleep and to snore^{} as if his feet belonged to some one else. At last about daybreak he awoke because some one was knocking at the door "Who is there?" he asked, yawning and rubbing his eyes "It is I!" answered a voice. And Pinocchio recognized Geppetto's voice .034· 第六章 匹诺曹的脚被烧成了灰烬 过了半分钟,窗户又打开了,小老头冲匹诺曹喊道 “到下面来,拿好帽子接住。” 匹诺曹摘掉帽子,可是,刚把帽子拿在手里,一大 盆水就浇在他身上,他从头到脚都湿透了,就像一盆干 ① soak [souk]v浸泡,浸 透的天“葵刚浇过水。 湿 匹诺曹回到家,像一只落汤鸡,又累又饿,疲惫不 ② geranium [dgi'reiniom] n. 堪,连站的力气都没有了。他坐下来,把沾满烂泥的湿 天_葵 ③ exhausted lig'zo:stid]a. 脚放在炽热的火盆上。 筋疲力尽的 接着,匹诺曹睡着了。睡觉的时候,匹诺曹的木头 ④ fatigue [fo'titgln. 疲劳 脚着火了,一点点变成了灰烬。 damp [daempla. 潮湿的 匹诺曹睡啊,睡啊,打着呼噜,好像这双脚是别人 cinder I'sinda]n.炭淹, 的。天快亮的时候,匹诺曹终于被敲门声吵醒了。 余烬 “谁啊?”匹诺曹问道,打着哈欠,揉着眼睛。 snore [snx]v打 “是我。”一个声音回答道。 匹诺曹听出来,这是杰佩托的声音。 .035·