Chapter20 Pinocchio Starts Back to the Fairy's House匹诺动身返回仙女的房子-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《木偶奇遇记》

Chapter 20 Pinocchio Starts Back to the Fairy's House You can imagine Pinocchio's joy when he found himself free.Without stopping to take breath he immediately left the town and took the road that led to the Fairy's house. On account of the rainy weather the road had become a marsh into which he sank knee-deep.But the puppet would not give in.Tormented by the desire of seeing his father and his little sister with blue hair again,he ran on like a greyhound,and as he ran he was splashed with mud from head to foot.And he said to himself as he went along:"How many misfortunes have happened to me.But I deserved them, for I am an obstinate,passionate puppet.I am always bent upon having my own way,without listening to those who wish me well,and who have a thousand times more sense than I have!But from this time forth I am determined to change and to become orderly and obedient.For at last I have seen that disobedient boys come to no good and gain nothing.And has my papa waited for me?Shall I find him at the Fairy's house?Poor man,it is so long since I last saw him:I am dying to embrace him and to cover him with kisses!And will the Fairy forgive me my bad conduct to her?To think of all the kindness and loving care I received from her,to think that if I am now alive I owe it to her!Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, ·130· 第二十章 匹诺曹动身返回 仙女的房子 你可以想象，匹诺曹发现自己自由了该有多么开 心，他连停下来喘口气的时间都没有浪费，立刻离开小 镇，踏上了通往仙女家的道路。 ①marsh[mc]n.沼泽， 因为是雨季，道路变成了沼泽，走在上面，烂泥 湿地 一直没到膝盖，可是木偶并不在意。因为着急要再次 2 greyhound ['greihaund] 见到爸爸和蓝头发小姐姐，匹诺曹跑得像一条灰狗， .灰狗（一种猎犬） 从头到脚都溅满了泥点子。匹诺曹一边跑一边自言自 语：“我遇到了多少倒霉事啊。不过，我真是活该，因 passionate ['paefanit]a. 为我是一个又固执、又爱发脾气的木偶。我总是固执 易怒的，性格暴躁的 己见，希望我好的人，比我聪明一千倍的人，我从不 听他们的话。不过，从今往后，我决心改变自己，做 一个品行良好的听话孩子。我终于明白了，那些不听 话的孩子没有好下场，一事无成。爸爸还在等我吗？ 我能在仙女家找到他吗？可怜的人，我己经太久没见 到他了，我巴不得马上拥抱他，好好亲吻他！仙女会 原谅我干的坏事吗？想一想她给我的慈爱呵护，想一 想我现在活着全亏了她！还能再找到一个比我更忘恩 ·131· Chapter 20 Pinocchio Starts Back to the Fairy's House or one with less heart than I have?" Whilst he was saying this he stopped suddenly,frightened to death,and made four steps backwards. What had he seen? He had seen an immense Serpent stretched across the road.Its skin was green,it had red eyes,and a pointed tail that was smoking like a chimney2. It would be impossible to imagine the puppet's terror.He walked away to a safe distance and,sitting down on a heap of stones,waited until the Serpent should have gone about its business and left the road clear. He waited an hour;two hours;three hours;but the Serpent was always there, and even from a distance he could see the red light of his fiery eyes and the column of smoke that ascended from the end of his tail. At last Pinocchio,trying to feel courageous,approached to within a few steps, and said to the Serpent in a little soft,insinuating voice: "Excuse me.Sir Serpent,but would you be so good as to move a little to one side-just enough to allow me to pass?" He might as well have spoken to the wall.Nobody moved. He began again in the same soft voice: "You must know.Sir Serpent,that I am on my way home,where my father is waiting for me,and it is such a long time since I saw him last!Will you,therefore, allow me to continue my road?" He waited for a sign in answer to this request,but there was none;in fact, the Serpent,who up to that moment had been sprightly?and full of life,became motionless and almost rigid.He shut his eyes and his tail ceased smoking. "Can he really be dead?"said Pinocchio,rubbing his hands with delight.He determined to jump over him and reach the other side of the road.But,just as he was going to leap,the Serpent raised himself suddenly on end,like a spring set in motion; and the puppet,drawing back,in his terror caught his feet and fell to the ground. And he fell so awkwardly that his head stuck in the mud and his legs went into the air. ·132· 第二十章匹诺曹动身返回仙女的房子 负义、更没心没肺的孩子吗？” 正说着，匹诺曹突然停了下来，吓得要死，往后倒 退了四步。 他看到什么了？ ①serpent[saxp3ntn.蛇 匹诺曹看到一条大蛇横在路上。蛇的皮肤是绿色的， (尤指大蛇或毒蛇) 眼睛是红色的，尖尖的尾巴像烟囱一样在冒烟 ②chimney[tfimni】n.烟 色 木偶的恐惧简直无法想象。他退到安全的地方，坐 在一堆石头上，等着大蛇去忙自己的事情，把路让开。 ③heap[hipn.(一）堆 匹诺曹等了一个小时，两个小时，三个小时，可是 大蛇一直待在那里。匹诺曹在远处也能看到大蛇眼睛里 发出的红光，还能看到大蛇尾巴尖冒出的烟柱。 最后，匹诺曹鼓起勇气，往前走了几步，用温柔的 ④column[kol3m]n.柱状 物 声音结结巴巴地小声说道： ⑤ascend[3'send上升 “对不起，大蛇先生，求求您，往边上挪一点儿好 6insinuating [in'sinjueitin] a.讨好的 吗？一只要挪一点儿，让我过去就行啦。” 匹诺曹的话就像对牛弹琴，没人理他。 匹诺曹再次用同样温柔的声音说道： “您一定知道，大蛇先生，我要回家，我的爸爸正 在等我，我已经很久没见到他了！因此，您能让我继续 赶路吗？” 匹诺曹等着这条大蛇对他的请求有所反应，可是没 有，实际上，刚才还充满活力的大蛇此时此刻一动不动， 就像僵死了一样，眼晴闭着，尾巴也不冒烟了。 “他真死了吗？”匹诺曹说着，高兴地搓着手。匹 ⑦sprightly[spraitli]a.生 诺曹决定从大蛇身上跳过去，跳到路的另一侧。可是， 气勃勃的 8 motionless ['maufanlis] 正要跳的时候，大蛇突然像弹簧一样抬起身来，木偶吓 a,不动的 得赶紧往后退，慌乱中绊倒了，摔在地上。 ⑨rigid['ridsid]a.僵硬的 匹诺曹摔得太狼狈了，头插在泥里，两条腿竖在 ⑩spring[sprin]m.弹簧 空中。 ·133· Chapter 20 Pinocchio Starts Back to the Fairy's House At the sight of the puppet kicking violently with his head in the mud,the Serpent went into convulsions of laughter,and laughed,and laughed,until he broke a blood-vessel in his chest and died.And that time he was really dead. Pinocchio then set off running,in hopes that he should reach the Fairy's house before dark.But before long he began to suffer so dreadfully from hunger that he could not bear it,and he jumped into a field by the wayside,intending to pick some bunches of Muscatel grapes.Oh,that he had never done it! He had scarcely reached the vines when crack-his legs were caught between two cutting iron bars and he became so giddy with pain that stars of every color danced before his eyes. The poor puppet had been taken in a trap put there to capture some big polecats which were the scourge of the poultry-yards in the neighborhood. ·134· 第二十章匹诺曹动身返回仙女的房子 D violently ['vaialantli]ad. 看到木偶头插在泥里，两条腿在空中拼命乱踢，大 激烈地 蛇狂笑不止，笑啊，笑啊，直到胸口的一根血管破裂， 2 convulsion [kan'vAlfan] .狂笑 死了。这一次，大蛇真的死了。 ③blood-vessel血管 匹诺曹接着又开始跑起来，想在天黑之前赶到仙女 家。不过，匹诺曹很快就饿得要命，实在忍不住，就跳 进路边的田里，想去摘几串麝香葡萄。噢，他以前可从 来没做过这样的事情！ ④bunch[bntf]i.一串 5 muscatel [.mAska'tel]n. 匹诺曹就快够到葡萄了，可是，咔嚓一他的腿被 麝香蘭萄 两块锋利的铁条夹住了，疼得他眼冒金星。 同giddy[gidi]a.头晕的 可怜的木偶落在了捕兽夹里，这个捕兽夹是用来捕 捉大鸡貂的，这些大鸡貂总是到附近的鸡舍为非作歹。 ⑦polecat[paulkaet]n.鸡 貂 ⑧scourge[skad山n.苦难 (或灾祸)的根源 ⑨poultry-yard家禽饲养 场 ·135·