Chapter14 Pinocchio Falls Amongst Assassins匹诺曹落在了杀人犯手里-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《木偶奇遇记》

Chapter 14 Pinocchio Falls Amongst Assassins "Really,"said the puppet to himself,as he resumed his journey,"how unfortunate we poor boys are.Everybody scolds us and gives us good advice.See now;because I don't choose to listen to that tiresome Cricket,who knows,according to him, how many misfortunes are to happen to me!I am even to meet with assassins!That is,however,of little consequence,for I don't believe in assassins-I have never believed in them.For me,I think that assassins have been invented purposely by papas to frighten boys who want to go out at night.Besides,supposing I was to come across them here in the road,do you imagine they would frighten me?Not the least in the world.I should go to meet them and cry:'Gentlemen assassins, what do you want with me?Remember that with me there is no joking.Therefore go abouts your business and be quiet!'At this speech they would run away like the wind.If,however,they were so badly educated as not to run away,why,then I would run away myself and there would be an end of it." But Pinocchio had not time to finish his reasoning,for at that moment he thought that he heard a slight rustle of leaves behind him. He turned to look and saw in the gloom two evil-looking black figures com- pletely enveloped in charcoal sacks.They were running after him on tiptoe and making great leaps like two phantoms. "Here they are in reality!"he said to himself and,not knowing where to hide ·084· 第十四章 匹诺曹落在了 杀人犯手里 ①resume[i'zju:m]v重新 “真的，”木偶一边继续往前走，一边自言自语，“我 开始 们这些可怜的孩子多不幸啊。所有人都责骂我们，教 ②tiresome[taiasam]a.烦 训我们。看看现在，我没听那只讨厌的蟋蟀的话，谁 人的 知道，按照他的说法，我又要遭遇多少不幸啊，甚至 ③of little consequence不 还要遇到杀人犯！不过，我根本不在乎，因为我不相 重要的 信有杀人犯一我压根儿没有相信过。我觉得，那些 杀人犯都是当爸爸的故意编出来的，吓唬那些晚上想 出去的孩子。另外，就算我在路上遇到杀人犯，你以 ④not the least一点也不 为我会怕他们吗？我根本不怕。我要冲过去对他们喊： “杀人犯先生，你们要把我怎么样？记住，我可不是开 玩笑的。该干什么就干什么去吧，闭嘴！’听到这些 ⑤go about着手做 话，他们会像风一样逃走。不过，如果他们太没有教养， 不逃跑，哎呀，我就自己跑掉，这件事情就这么结束 啦。” ⑥rustle[rAsI]m.寒窣声 可是，匹诺曹没时间把他那套道理说完，因为就在 ⑦gloom[glu:m]n.阴暗处 这时，他似乎听到身后的树叶发出轻轻的沙沙声。 ⑧envelop[envaloup]g 匹诺曹一转身，看到黑暗中有两个完全套在煤袋子 裹住 ⑨charcoal[tfa:koul]n. 里的黑影，像鬼一样。他们蹑手蹑脚地跟在匹诺曹身后， 木炭 像幽灵一样向他跳过来。 ⑩phantom[fantam]元 “真有杀人犯！”匹诺曹自言自语道，不知道该把 幽灵，鬼怪 ·085· Chapter 14 Pinocchio Falls Amongst Assassins his gold pieces,he put them in his mouth precisely under his tongue. Then he tried to escape.But he had not gone a step when he felt himself seized by the arm and heard two horrid,sepulchral voices saying to him: "Your money or your life!" Pinocchio,not being able to answer in words,owing to the money that was in his mouth,made a thousand low bows and a thousand pantomimes.He tried thus to make the two muffled figures,whose eyes were only visible through the holes in their sacks,understand that he was a poor puppet,and that he had not as much as a counterfeit nickel in his pocket. "Come,now!Less nonsense and out with the money!"cried the two brigands threateningly. And the puppet made a gesture with his hands to signify:"I have none." "Deliver up your money or you are dead,"said the tallest of the brigands. “Dead!'”repeated the other. "And after we have killed you,we will also kill your father!" “Also your father!” "No,no,no,not my poor papa!"cried Pinocchio in a despairing voice,and as he said it the sovereigns clinked in his mouth. "Ah!You rascal!Then you have hidden your money under your tongue!Spit it out at once!" Pinocchio was obstinate. "Ah!You pretend to be deaf,do you?Wait a moment,leave it to us to find a means to make you give it up." And one of them seized the puppet by the end of his nose,and the other took him by the chin,and began to pull them brutally,the one up and the other down, to force him to open his mouth.But it was all to no purpose.Pinocchio's mouth seemed to be nailed and riveted together. Then the shorter assassin drew out an ugly knife and tried to put it between his lips like a lever or chisel But Pinocchio,as quick as lightning,caught his hand with his teeth,and with one bite bit it clear off and spat it out.Imagine his ·086· 第十四章匹诺曹落在了杀人犯手里 金币藏在哪里，只好放进嘴里，藏在舌头下面。 接着，匹诺曹想逃走，可是还没迈出一步，就感觉 ①horrid[horid]a.可怕的 自己的胳臂被抓住了，有两个阴森恐怖的声音对他说： 2sepulchral [si'pAlkral]a. “要钱还是要命！” 低沉的，阴郁的 匹诺曹没法儿用语言回答，因为他的嘴里藏着钱， pantomime ['paentamaim] 只好鞠了上千个躬，打了上千个手势。匹诺曹努力想 n手势 让两个蒙面人（他们只能透过装煤口袋上的两个小孔 ④muffled[mAda.听不 清的 看到外面)明白，自己只是一个穷木偶，口袋里一分 钱都没有。 5 counterfeit ['kauntafit]a. 伪造的，假冒的 “拿出来，马上！别废话，把钱拿出来！”两个强 ⑥nickel['nikal]n.镍币 盗威胁着喊道。 ⑦brigand[brigand]n.歹徒 木偶做了一个手势，意思是：“我没钱。” ⑧gesture[d3 estfo]n.手势 “把钱交出来，要不然你就没命了。”高个子强盗 说道。 “没命了！”另一个强盗重复道。 “我们宰了你之后，还要把你的爸爸宰了！” “把你爸爸也宰了！” “不，不，不，别杀我可怜的爸爸！”匹诺曹绝望 ⑨clink[klink]g发出叮当 地喊道，他一说话，金币就在嘴里叮当作响。 声 “啊！你这个无赖！你把金币藏在舌头下面了！马 ⑩spit[spit)k吐出 上吐出来！” 匹诺曹表现得很顽强。 ①obstinate[obstinit]a.固 执的 “啊！装聋，是吗？等一下，我们这就想办法让你 投降。” ·个强盗抓住木偶的鼻尖儿，另一个抓住木偶的下 巴，开始残忍地向两边拉，一个向上，一个向下，想强 12 brutally ['brutali]ad. 迫木偶张开嘴。不过，一点儿用都没有。匹诺曹的嘴唇 忍地，野蛮地 就好像钉在了一起。 ⑧rivet[iviv钉牢 接着，矮个子杀人犯掏出了一把难看的刀子，试图 把刀子像杠杆或凿子一样插到木偶的双唇之间。可是， ④lever[Iiva]n.杠杆 匹诺曹像一道闪电，一下子咬掉了矮个子强盗的手并吐 ⑤chisel[tfizal]n.凿子 了出来。想象一下匹诺曹该有多么惊奇吧，因为他发现 ·087· Chapter 14 Pinocchio Falls Amongst Assassins astonishment when instead of a hand he perceived that a cat's paw lay on the ground. Encouraged by this first victory he used his nails to such purpose that he succeeded in liberating himself from his assailants,and,jumping the hedge by the roadside,he began to fly across the country.The assassins ran after him like two dogs chasing a hare,and the one who had lost a paw ran on one leg,and no one ever knew how he managed it. After a race of some miles Pinocchio could go no more.Giving himself up for lost,he climbed the trunk of a very high pine tree and seated himself in the topmost branches.The assassins attempted to climb after him,but when they had reached half-way up they slid down again and arrived on the ground with the skin grazed from their hands and knees. But they were not to be beaten by so little;collecting a quantity of dry wood, they piled it beneath the pine and set fire to it.In less time than it takes to tell,the pine began to burn and to flame like a candle blown by the wind.Pinocchio,seeing that the flames were mounting higher every instant,and not wishing to end his life like a roasted pigeon,made a stupendous leap from the top of the tree and started afresh across the fields and vineyards.The assassins followed him,and kept behind him without once giving up. The day began to break and they were still pursuing him.Suddenly Pinocchio found his way barred by a wide,deep ditch full of stagnant water the color of coffee.What was he to do'?“One！Two！Three!”'cried the puppet,and,making a rush,he sprang to the other side.The assassins also jumped,but not having measured the distance properly-Splash!Splash!They fell into the very middle of the ditch.Pinocchio,who heard the plunge and the splashing of the water, shouted out,laughing,and without stopping: “A fine bath to you,gentleman assassins..” And he felt convinced that they were drowned,when,turning to look,he perceived that,on the contrary,they were both running after him,still enveloped in their sacks,with the water dripping from them as if they had been two hollow baskets ·088· 第十四章匹诺曹落在了杀人犯手里 自己吐在地上的不是手，而是一只猫爪子。 这次胜利使匹诺曹鼓起了勇气，飞快地挥舞着自己 ①assailant[a'seilont]n.袭 的指甲，成功地从杀人犯手里逃了出来，跳过路边的树 击者 篱，飞快地在田野上奔跑。杀人犯就像两条狗一样紧追 不舍，被咬掉爪子的那个强盗只靠一条腿在追，谁知道 他是怎么做到的。 跑了几英里，匹诺曹再也跑不动了。眼看着就要被 抓住，匹诺曹顺着树干爬上一棵很高的松树，坐在最高 的树枝上。两个杀人犯试图跟着他爬到树上，可是刚爬 到一半，就滑到了地上，手和膝盖上的皮都擦破了。 ②graze[greiz],擦伤 不过，他们还是不死心，找来很多干木柴，堆在松 树下面，点起了火。不用说，松树很快就烧着了，火苗 就像风中的烛火一样飘来飘去。匹诺曹看到火焰很快越 来越高，不想自己像烤乳鸽那样送命，猛地从树梢上跳 下来，又开始跑起来，穿过田野和葡萄园。两个杀人犯 跟着匹诺曹，紧追不舍。 stupendous [stju:'pendas] 天开始亮了，两个强盗还在追匹诺曹。突然，匹诺 a.巨大的 曹发现前面有一条又宽又深的水渠，里面全是咖啡色 ④vineyard['vinjad]n.葡 萄园 的臭水。怎么办？“一、二、三！”木偶喊着，猛地一 冲，跳到了水渠的另一侧。两个杀人犯也跳了起来，可 是没有算好距离一扑通！扑通！他们掉到了水渠的正 ⑤stagnant['stagnant]a.不 流动的，发臭的 中央。匹诺曹听到他们落水的声音，一边跑，一边笑着 喊道： “好好洗洗吧，杀人犯先生。” 匹诺曹以为他们被淹死了，回头一看，却发现两个 ⑥plunge [plAnd]n.跳入 强盗还在后面追着他，身上还套着装煤的口袋，不停地 滴着水，活像两个空心的筐子。 ⑦hollow[holou]a.空的， 不坚实的 ·089·