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Chapter 7 Geppetto Gives His Own Breakfast to Pinocchio Poor Pinocchio,whose eyes were still half shut from sleep,had not as yet discovered that his feet were burnt off.The moment,therefore,that he heard his father's voice he slipped off his stool to run and open the door;but,after stumbling two or three times,he fell his whole length on the floor. And the noise he made in falling was as if a sack of wooden ladles had been thrown from a fifth story "Open the door!"shouted Geppetto from the street. "Dear papa,I cannot,"answered the puppet,crying and rolling about on the ground. “Why can'tyou? “Because my feet have been eaten.” "And who has eaten your feet?" "The cat,"said Pinocchio,seeing the cat,who was amusing herself by making some shavings dance with her forepaws5. "Open the door,I tell you!"repeated Geppetto."If you don't,when I get into the house you shall have the cat from me!" "I cannot stand up,believe me.Oh,poor me!Poor me!I shall have to walk on my knees for the rest of my life!" ·036· 第七章 杰佩托把自己的 早餐给了匹诺曹 可怜的匹诺曹睡眼惺忪，还没发现自己的脚被烧掉 了。一听到爸爸的声音，就急忙从椅子上跳下来跑去开 ①stumble['stambl]v.蹒跚 门，可是，磕磕绊绊走了两三步，就直挺挺地倒在了地 板上。 匹诺曹摔倒时发出巨大的响声，就像一袋木勺从五 ②sack[siek]m.麻布袋 楼上扔下来一样。 ③ladle[leidl]m.长柄勺 “开门！”杰佩托在街上大喊。 ④story['stx:ri]m.楼层 “亲爱的爸爸，我没法开门。”木偶回答道，一边哭 一边在地上打滚。 “为什么没法开？” “因为我的脚被吃掉了。” “谁把你的脚吃了？” “猫。”匹诺曹说道，他正好看到一只猫在开心地用 前爪玩刨花。 ⑤forepaw[fx:px】n.前爪 “开门，我警告你！”杰佩托又说了一遍，“如果不 开门，我进去非教训你一倾不可！” “我站不起来，我说的是真的。噢，我好可怜！我 好可怜！我一辈子都要用膝盖走路啦！” ·037· Chapter 7 Geppetto Gives His Own Breakfast to Pinocchio Geppetto,believing that all this lamentation was only another of the puppet's tricks,thought of a means of putting an end to it,and,climbing up the wall,he got in at the window. He was very angry and at first he did nothing but scold;but when he saw his Pinocchio lying on the ground and really without feet he was quite overcome.He took him in his arms and began to kiss and caress him,and to say a thousand endearing things to him,and as the big tears ran down his cheeks he said,sobbing: "My little Pinocchio!How did you manage to burn your feet?" "I don't know,papa,but it has been such a dreadful night that I shall remember it as long as I live.It thundered and lightened,and I was very hungry,and then the Talking-Cricket said to me:'It serves you right;you have been wicked and you deserve it,'and I said to him:Take care,Cricket!'and he said:'You are a puppet and you have a wooden head,'and I threw the handle of a hammer at him,and he died,but the fault was his,for I didn't wish to kill him,and the proof of it is that I put an earthenware saucer on a brazier of burning embers,but a chicken flew out and said:'Adieu until we meet again,and many compliments to all at home';and I got still more hungry,for which reason that little old man in a night-cap,opening the window,said to me:'Come underneath and hold out your hat,'and poured a basinful of water on my head,because asking for a little bread isn't a disgrace5,is it?And I returned home at once,and because I was always very hungry I put my feet on the brazier to dry them,and then you returned,and I found they were burnt off, and I am always hungry,but I have no longer any feet!Oh!Oh!Oh!Oh!"And poor Pinocchio began to cry and to roar so loudly that he was heard five miles off. Geppetto,who from all this jumbled account had only understood one thing,which was that the puppet was dying of hunger,drew from his pocket three pears and,giving them to him,said: "These three pears were intended for my breakfast,but I will give them to you willingly.Eat them,and I hope they will do you good." "If you wish me to eat them,be kind enough to peel them for me." "Peel them?"said Geppetto,astonished."I should never have thought,my boy, ·038· 第七章杰佩托把自己的早餐给了匹诺曹 杰佩托听到里面又哭又喊，以为木偶还在耍鬼把 戏，就想办法揭穿他。于是杰佩托爬上墙，从窗户爬进 屋子。 杰佩托本来非常生气，一开始只顾责骂匹诺曹，可 是看到匹诺曹躺在地上，真的没了双脚，杰佩托心就软 ①caress[kres]拥抱， 了。他抱起木偶，又是亲吻，又是抚摸，不停地说着安 爱抚 慰的话，大颗的泪珠顺着脸频往下流，哽咽着说： 2 endearing [in'diarin]a. “我的小匹诺曹！你怎么把自己的脚烧掉了？” 表示钟爱之情的 ③dreadful[dredful]a.可 “不知道，爸爸，这真是一个可怕的夜晚，我一辈 怕的 子都忘不了。又是打雷又是闪电，我当时很饿，会说 话的蟋蟀对我说：‘你真是活该，一个坏孩子，你活该。 我对他说：‘小心点儿，蟋蟀！’他说：‘你是个木偶， 有个木头脑袋。’我就把锤柄朝他扔过去，他死了，可 那是他的错，因为我没想杀死他，证据是我把一个瓦 盘放在炽热的火盆上，可是一只小鸡飞了出来，说‘回 见，向您的家人送上问候’。我越来越饿，戴着睡帽的 compliment ['komplimant] 小老头打开窗户，对我说：‘到下面来，拿好帽子接住。’ 恭维，称赞 就往我头上浇了一盆水，要一小块面包并不丢人，对 吧？我立刻回到家，因为我一直很饿，把脚放在火盆 ⑤disgrace[dis'greis]n.耻 上烤干，接着您回来了，我发现脚烧掉了，我饿得要 辱，不光彩 命，可是我没脚了！哎哟！哎哟！哎哟！哎哟！”可怜 的匹诺曹开始放声痛哭，五英里以外都能听到他的哭 喊声。 杰佩托从匹诺曹颠三倒四的叙述中只弄明白了一件 事，那就是木偶饿得要死，于是他从自己的衣袋里掏出 ⑥jumbled[d3ambld]a.乱 七八糟的 三个梨，递给匹诺曹，说： ⑦account[o'kaunt]n.叙述 “这三个梨本来是我的早餐，不过我很乐意给你。 吃吧，希望吃了梨你就不饿了。” “如果想让我吃这些梨，请把皮削掉吧。” “削皮？”杰佩托惊讶地说，“孩子，我从来没想过 ·039· Chapter 7 Geppetto Gives His Own Breaffast to Pinocchio that you were so dainty and fastidious?.That is bad!In this world we should accustom ourselves from childhood to like and to eat everything,for there is no saying to what we may be brought.There are so many chances!" "You are no doubt right,"interrupted Pinocchio,"but I will never eat fruit that has not been peeled.I cannot bear rind." So good Geppetto peeled the three pears and put the rind on a corner of the table. Having eaten the first pear in two mouthfuls,Pinocchio was about to throw away the core,but Geppetto caught hold of his arm and said to him: "Do not throw it away;in this world everything may be of use." "But core I am determined I will not eat,"shouted the puppet,turning upon him like a viper. "Who knows!There are so many chances!"repeated Geppetto,without losing his temper. And so the three cores,instead of being thrown out of the window,were placed on the corner of the table,together with the three rinds. Having eaten,or rather having devoureds the three pears,Pinocchio yawned tremendously,and then said in a fretful tone: “I am as hungry as ever! "But,my boy,I have nothing more to give you!" "Nothing,really nothing?" "I have only the rind and the cores of the three pears." "One must have patience!"said Pinocchio;"if there is nothing else I will eat a rind." And he began to chew it.At first he made a wry face,but then one after another he quickly disposed of the rinds:and after the rinds even the cores,and when he had eaten up everything he clapped his hands on his sides in his satisfaction and said joyfully: “Ah!Now I feel comfortable.” "You see,now,"observed Geppetto,"that I was right when I said to you that ·040 第七章杰佩托把自己的早餐给了匹诺曹 ①dainty[deinti]a.爱挑别 你这么讲究，如此挑剔。这可不好！在这个世界上，我 的 们从小就应该习惯什么都喜欢，什么都吃，因为我们不 2 fastidious [faes'tidias]a. 要求甚高的 知道以后会遇到什么。有太多意想不到的事情！” ③accustom[o'kAstom]g “您肯定是对的，”匹诺曹插嘴道，“可是我永远不 使习惯于 ④interrupt[.inta'rapt]v.打 会吃不削皮的水果，我受不了果皮。” 断 好心的杰佩托削了三个梨子的皮，把果皮放在桌子 ⑤rind[raind],果皮 角上。 两口吃掉了第一个梨子后，匹诺曹正要把梨核扔 掉，杰佩托抓住了他的胳膊，对他说： ⑥core[k】n.果核 “别扔，在这个世界上，什么东西都可能有用。” “可是我肯定不会吃梨核的。”木偶喊道，像蛇一样 扭来扭去。 ⑦viper[vaipa]m.毒蛇 “谁知道呢！有太多意想不到的事情！”杰佩托又 说了一遍，没有发脾气。 就这样，三个梨核没有被扔到窗外，而是和果皮一 起放在了桌角。 吃完三个梨，更确切地说是吞完三个梨，匹诺曹打 ⑧devour[di'vaua]狼吞 了一个大大的哈欠，不耐烦地说： 虎咽地吃 “我还是那么饿！” ⑨fretful[fretful]a.暴躁 “可是，孩子，我再没别的东西可以给你吃了！” 的 “没有，真的没有？“ “只有果皮和三个梨核。” “人必须要忍耐！”匹诺曹说，“如果没别的，我就 吃一片梨皮。” 匹诺曹开始嚼梨皮。一开始，他还龇牙咧嘴，可是 接下来，一片接一片，飞快地吃完了果皮：他不但吃完 ①wry[raia.皱眉头的 了果皮，还吃了梨核。吃完所有的东西，匹诺曹心满意 ①dispose[dispauz],处 足地拍了拍自己的肚子，高兴地说： 理掉，扔掉 “啊哈！现在感觉舒服了。” “你看，”杰佩托说道，“我说对了吧，我告诉你吃 ·041· Chapter 7 Geppetto Gives His Own Breaffast to Pinocchio it did not do to accustom ourselves to be too particular or too dainty in our tastes. We can never know,my dear boy,what may happen to us.There are so many chances!” ·042· 第七章杰佩托把自己的早餐给了匹诺曹 东西的时候别太挑剔，别太讲究。宝贝儿，我们永远不 会知道会遇到什么，有太多意想不到的事情！” ·043·