Chapter3 Come Away， Come Away!来吧，来吧!-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《彼得潘Peter Pan》

Chapter 3 Come Away,Come Away! For a moment after Mr and Mrs Darling left the house the night-lights by the beds of the three children continued to burn clearly.They were awfully nice little night-lights,and one cannot help wishing that they could have kept awake to see Peter;but Wendy's light blinked and gave such a yawn that the other two yawned also,and before they could close their mouths all the three went out. There was another light in the room now,a thousand times brighter than the night-lights,and in the time we have taken to say this,it has been in all the drawers in the nursery,looking for Peter's shadow,rummaged the wardrobe and turned every pocket inside out.It was not really a light;it made this light by flashing about so quickly,but when it came to rest for a second you saw it was a fairy,no longer than your hand,but still growing.It was a girl called Tinker Bell,exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf,cut low and square,through which her figure could be seen to the best advantage.She was slightly inclined to embonpoint3. A moment after the fairy's entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars,and Peter dropped in.He had carried Tinker Bell part of the way,and his hand was still messy with the fairy dust. "Tinker Bell,"he called softly,after making sure that the children were asleep,"Tink,where are you?"She was in a jug for the moment,and liking it extremely;she had never been in a jug before. "Oh,do come out of that jug,and tell me,do you know where they put my shadow?" ·036· 第三章来吧，来吧】 达林夫妇离开之后好一会儿，三个孩子床边的夜灯 直清晰地亮着。夜灯非常漂亮，让人忍不住希望它们 能一直亮着，直到彼得到来。但是温迪的那盏夜灯闪了 ①blink[blink好，闪烁 几下，接着打了一个大大的哈欠，紧接着另外两盏灯也 ②yawn [ja:nn.哈欠 跟着打起哈欠来，然后，还没来得及闭上嘴巴，它们就 一起熄灭了。 现在，房间里还亮着一盏灯，她比夜灯亮一千倍。 我们说话这会儿，她找遍了育儿室的抽屉，搜寻了所有 衣橱，四处寻找彼得的影子。她不只是一盏灯，她停下 来稍息片刻时，你会发现她是一个小仙女，还不及你的 手掌大，并且还在继续成长。这个小仙女的名字叫叮叮 铃，她穿着精美的干树叶制成的衣服，方形领口开得很 3 exquisitely [ek'skwizitli] 低，恰到好处地突显出她的好身材，不过她稍显丰满。 ad,精致地 小仙女来后不久，小星星们用呼吸吹开了窗子，彼 ④gown[gaun]v.穿…的 长袍 得跳了进来。彼得抱着叮叮铃飞了一段路，所以手上沾 6 embonpoint [,ombom'p- 满了仙尘。 wg]n.丰满 确认孩子们都睡着了之后，彼得轻轻地呼唤：“叮 叮铃，叮叮铃，你在哪儿？”此刻，叮叮铃正待在罐子 里，她非常喜欢那里，以前她从来没在罐子里待过。 “哦，快从罐子里出来吧！告诉我，你知道他们把 ⑥jug[dAgn.罐子 我的影子放哪儿了吗？” ·037· Chapter 3 Come Away,Come Away! The loveliest tinkle as of golden bells answered him.It is the fairy language.You ordinary children can never hear it,but if you were to hear it you would know that you had heard it once before. Tink said that the shadow was in the big box.She meant the chest of drawers,and Peter jumped at the drawers,scattering their contents to the floor with both hands,as kings toss2 ha'pence to the crowd.In a moment he had recovered his shadow,and in his delight he forgot that he had shut Tinker Bell up in the drawer. If he thought at all,but I don't believe he ever thought,it was that he and his shadow,when brought near each other,would join like drops of water;and when they did not he was appalled.He tried to stick it on with soap from the bathroom,but that also failed.A shudder passed through Peter,and he sat on the floor and cried. His sobs woke Wendy,and she sat up in bed.She was not alarmed to see a stranger crying on the nursery floor;she was only pleasantly interested. Boy,”she said courteously°，“why are you crying? Peter could be exceedingly polite also,having learned the grand manner at fairy ceremonies,and he rose and bowed to her beautifully.She was much pleased,and bowed beautifully to him from the bed. "What's your name?"he asked. "Wendy Moira Angela Darling,"she replied with some satisfaction."What is your name?" “Peter Pan.” She was already sure that he must be Peter,but it did seem a comparatively short name. Is that all?” "Yes,"he said rather sharply.He felt for the first time that it was a shortish name. "I'm so sorry,"said Wendy Moira Angela. "It doesn't matter,"Peter gulped. She asked where he lived. “Second to the right,”said Peter,“and then straight on till morning.” “What a funny address！" ·038· 第三章 来吧，来吧！ 叮叮铃用金铃般悦耳的声音回答他。这是仙子的语 言，普通的孩子是永远都听不到的。但是，如果你能听 到的话，你会觉得你曾经听过这样的声音。 叮叮铃告诉彼得，他的影子在大盒子里，她的意思 ①chest[jest)n.箱子 是说在五斗橱的抽屉里。于是，彼得跳进每个抽屉，乱 翻一气，将里面的东西撒落一地，那样子像是国王向人 2toss[tos]g抛 群抛撒硬币。不一会儿，他找到了自己的影子，他万分 欣喜，竞忘了自己把叮叮铃锁在了抽屉里。 如果彼得考虑过这个问题，但是我想他没有想过， 他会认为，他和自己的影子会像水滴一样融合在一起。 如果不是这样，他会非常害怕。他试图用浴室里的肥皂 ③appalled[bpo:lda.惊恐 把彼此粘在一起，但还是失败了。彼得打了个寒战，坐 的 在地板上哭起来。 他的哭声吵醒了温迪，她从床上坐了起来。看到一 个陌生人在育儿室的地板上哭，她并没有惊慌，反而觉 得很有趣。 “小男孩，”她有礼貌地问，“你为什么哭？” courteously [ka:tiosli]ad. 有礼貌地 彼得在仙女的盛典上学过重要的礼仪，所以他也 6 exceedingly [ik'si:dinli] 很有礼貌地站起身来向温迪漂亮地鞠了一躬。温迪很开 ad.非常 心，在床上向彼得回鞠了一躬 “你叫什么名字？”他问。 “温迪·莫伊拉·安杰拉·达林。”温迪得意地回 答说。“你叫什么名字？” “彼得·潘。” 她已经很确定他就是彼得，但这名字听起来可真是 6comparatively [kom'paera- 够短的。 tivli)ad.相对而言地 “就这个？” “是的。”他大声地答道。他第一次感觉这个名字 有点短。 “对不起。”温迪·莫伊拉·安杰拉说。 “没关系。”彼得咽下了这口气。 她问他住在哪里。 ⑦gulp [gAlp】g倒吸气 “右边第二个路口，”彼得说，“然后顺着路，一 走直到天亮。” “这个地址真是搞笑！” ·039· Chapter 3 Come Away,Come Away! Peter had a sinking feeling.For the first time he felt that perhaps it was a funny address. No,it isn't,”he said. "I mean,"Wendy said nicely,remembering that she was hostess,"is that what they put on the letters?" He wished she had not mentioned letters. "Don't get any letters,"he said contemptuously. "But your mother gets letters?" "Don't have a mother,"he said.Not only had he no mother,but he had not the slightest desire to have one.He thought them very overrated2 persons. Wendy,however,felt at once that she was in the presence of a tragedy. "O Peter,no wonder you were crying,"she said,and got out of bed and ran to him. "I wasn't crying about mothers,"he said rather indignantly."I was crying because I can't get my shadow to stick on.Besides,I wasn't crying." It has come off?” sYes.” Then Wendy saw the shadow on the floor,looking so draggled,and she was frightfully sorry for Peter. "How awful!"she said,but she could not help smiling when she saw that he had been trying to stick it on with soap.How exactly like a boy! Fortunately she knew at once what to do."It must be sewn on,"she said, just a little patronisingly "What's sewn?"he asked. “You're dreadfully ignorant.,” No,I'mnot.” But she was exulting in his ignorance."I shall sew it on for you,my little man,"she said,though he was as tall as herself;and she got out her housewife, and sewed the shadow on to Peter's foot. "I daresay it will hurt a little,"she warned him. "Oh,I shan't cry,"said Peter,who was already of opinion that he had never cried in his life.And he clenched his teeth and did not cry;and soon his shadow was behaving properly,though still a little creased. ·040· 第三章来吧，来吧！ 彼得的心一沉。他第一次感到这或许真是个好笑的 地址 “不，一点儿也不好笑。”他说。 “我的意思是，”温迪意识到自己女主人的身份， 于是友善地说，“是别人寄信给你的那个地址？” 彼得多希望她没提那些信件的事情。 “不要提什么信。”他轻蔑地说。 D contemptuously [kon'tempt- “但是，你妈妈不会收到信吗？” juos的ad.轻蔑地 “我没有妈妈。”他回答。他没有妈妈，也丝毫没 有想有个妈妈的念头。他觉得母亲其实没有那么重要。 2 overrated [,ouva'reitid]a. 而温迪却觉得自己捅了娄子，惨了。 评价过高的 “哦，彼得，怪不得你在哭。”她说，说着她从床 ③in the presence of在 面前 上跳下来向他跑去。 ④tragedy['tred3odi]m.悲 “我不是为母亲的事儿哭，”他非常生气地说， 剧 “我哭是因为我不能把影子粘回自己的身上。再说了， 5 indignantly [in'dignantli] ad.愤怒地 我也没哭啊。” “你的影子掉了？” “嗯。” 温迪看见地板上皱巴巴的影子，真心为彼得感到非 ⑥draggled[draegld]a.湿透 的 常难过。“真是太糟糕了！”她说。但是当温迪看到彼 得想要用肥皂把影子粘上时，还是情不自禁地笑了。只 有男孩子才会干这种事儿！ 幸运的是，温迪立刻想到了该怎么做。“得把它缝 上啊。”她用恩人般的口吻说道 7patronisingly [paetranaizin- “缝上是什么意思？”他问道。 i的ad.如恩人般地 “你真是太傻了。” 间ignorant[ignarant)a.无 “不，不是的。” 知的 但是她喜欢他傻乎乎的样子。“我帮你把他缝上， ⑨exult[igzAlt)g狂喜 我的小人儿。”她说，尽管彼得和她一样高。她拿出自 己的针线盒儿，把影子往他的脚上缝 “恐怕会有点儿疼。”她提醒彼得说。 “哦，我不会哭的。”彼得说。他认为自己一辈子 都不会哭。他咬紧牙关，真的没有哭，他的影子很快就 活动自如了，就是有还点儿皱。 clench[klent们k咬紧 creased[kri:st]a.褶皱的 ·041· Chapter 3 Come Away,Come Away! "Perhaps I should have ironed it,"Wendy said thoughtfully;but Peter, boylike,was indifferent to appearances,and he was now jumping about in the wildest glee.Alas,he had already forgotten that he owed his bliss to Wendy. He thought he had attached the shadow himself."How clever I am,"he crowed rapturously,"oh,the cleverness of me!" It is humiliating to have to confess that this conceit of Peter was one of his most fascinating qualities.To put it with brutal frankness,there never was a cockier boy. But for the moment Wendy was shocked."You conceited boy,"she exclaimed,with frightful sarcasm;"of course I did nothing!" "You did a little,"Peter said carelessly,and continued to dance. “A little!”she replied with hauteur,“if I am no use I can at least withdraw”, and she sprang in the most dignified way into bed and covered her face with the blankets. To induce her to look up he pretended to be going away,and when this failed he sat on the end of the bed and tapped her gently with his foot."Wendy," he said,"don't withdraw.I can't help crowing",Wendy,when I'm pleased with myself."Still she would not look up,though she was listening eagerly."Wendy," he continued,in a voice that no woman has ever yet been able to resist,"Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys. Now Wendy was every inch a woman,though there were not very many inches,and she peeped out of the bedclothes. “Do you really think so,Peter?” “Yes,Ido.” "I think it's perfectly sweet of you,"she declared,"and I'll get up again," and she sat with him on the side of the bed.She also said she would give him a kiss if he liked,but Peter did not know what she meant,and he held out his hand expectantly. "Surely you know what a kiss is?"she asked,aghast. "I shall know when you give it to me,"he replied stiffly;and not to hurt his feelings she gave him a thimble. “Now,”said he,“shall I give you a kiss?”and she replied with a slight primness","If you please."She made herself rather cheap by inclining her face ·042· 第三章 来吧，来吧！ “或许把它熨一下就好了，”温迪仔细想了想说 道。但是大大咧咧的彼得对外表并不关心，他正沉浸在 狂喜中，到处乱蹦呢。啊呀，他竞然忘记自己的快乐是 ①glee[gli问n欢乐 ②bliss[blis]n.狂喜 因为有温迪帮忙。他觉得是自己把影子接上的。“我多 ③rapturously[raptfarasli间 聪明啊！”他欢呼着，“哦，我太有才了！” ad.兴高采烈地 如果说彼得的自负让人有些难堪的话，自负也是他 @humiliating [hju:'milieitin] ad.丢脸的 招人爱的品质之一。坦白地讲，没有比彼得更不可一世 5confess[kn'fes]g承认 的男孩儿了。 ⑥conceit[knsi:dn.自负 温迪见状非常惊讶。“你这个自负的家伙，”语气 中带着讽刺意味，“是啊，我什么都没做！” ⑦sarcasm「sa:kazom]n.讥 “你做了点儿贡献。”彼得漫不经心地说着，继续 讽 跳着舞。 ⑧hauteur[ou'tb:jn.傲慢 “一点儿！”她提高音量说，“如果我没什么用处 dignified ['dignifaid]a. 的话，我这就退出。”她高傲地跳上床，准备睡觉了， 尊严的 用毯子遮住自己的脸。 0 induce[in'djus引诱 为了引诱温迪拾头看他，彼得假装要离开。在发 现这个方法没用之后，他站在床尾用脚轻轻地有节奏地 拍打她。“温迪，”他说，“别退出啊，温迪，我洋洋 ①crow[kru]洋洋得意 地夸口 自得的时候，喜欢吹吹牛嘛。”尽管温迪很想听他的解 释，可还是不肯抬头。“温迪，”接着，彼得用没有女 人能抗拒的声音说道：“温迪，你是个比二十个男孩加 起来都能干的女孩儿。” 听到这些，小温迪彻头彻尾地被说服了。她从床单 里探出头来。 “你真的这么认为吗，彼得？”她问。 “是的，真的。” “你真是太可爱了，”她说，“我这就起来。”然 后她和他一起坐在床边。她说如果彼得喜欢的话，她可 以吻他一下，但是彼得不明白她的意思，充满期待地伸 出了自己的手。 “你应该明白什么叫吻吧？”她目瞪口呆地问。 2aghast[b'ga:sta.目瞪▣ 呆的 “你给了，我就明白了。”他生硬地回答。 ⑧thimble[T0imbl]n.顶针 为了不伤害他的感情，温迪给了他一个做针线活儿 用的顶针。 “现在我该给你一个吻吗？”他问。温迪有些拘谨 0 primness ['primnas]n. 谨 地回答：“如果你乐意的话。”她放低身段，把脸凑向彼 ·043· Chapter 3 Come Away,Come Away! towards him,but he merely dropped an acorn button into her hand;so she slowly returned her face to where it had been before,and said nicely that she would wear his kiss on the chain round her neck.It was lucky that she did put it on that chain,for it was afterwards to save her life. When people in our set are introduced,it is customary for them to ask each other's age,and so Wendy,who always liked to do the correct thing,asked Peter how old he was.It was not really a happy question to ask him;it was like an examination paper that asks grammar,when what you want to be asked is Kings of England. “Idon't know,”he replied uneasily,,“but I am quite young.”He really knew nothing about it;he had merely suspicions,but he said at a venture,"Wendy, I ran away the day I was born." Wendy was quite surprised,but interested;and she indicated in the charming drawing-room manner,by a touch on her night-gown,that he could sit nearer her. "It was because I heard father and mother,"he explained in a low voice, "talking about what I was to be when I became a man."He was extraordinarily agitated now."I don't want ever to be a man,"he said with passion."I want always to be a little boy and to have fun.So I ran away to Kensington Gardens and lived a long long time among the fairies." She gave him a look of the most intense admiration,and he thought it was because he had run away,but it was really because he knew fairies.Wendy had lived such a home life that to know fairies struck her as quite delightful. She poured out questions about them,to his surprise,for they were rather a nuisance to him,getting in his way and so on,and indeed he sometimes had to give them a hiding.Still,he liked them on the whole,and he told her about the beginning of fairies. "You see,Wendy,when the first baby laughed for the first time,its laugh broke into a thousand pieces,and they all went skipping about,and that was the beginning of fairies." Tedious talk this,but being a stay-at-home she liked it. "And so,"he went on good-naturedly,"there ought to be one fairy for every boy and girl.” ·044· 第三章来吧，来吧！ ①acom[eik:nn.橡实 得一边，但是他只是把一个橡实纽扣放到了她的手里。 于是她只好把脸收回来，并且亲切地对他说她会把“他 的吻”系在自己的脖子上。幸好她后来真的把它戴在脖 子上了，因为这纽扣后来救了她的命。 2 customary ['kAstomari]a. 故事中所有的人都已经登场，依照惯例，大家应该 按照惯例的 彼此询问年龄。温迪是个守规矩的人，于是她问彼得多 大了。可惜，对彼得来说，这个问题不受欢迎。就像答 卷时，你明明希望考有关英格兰国王的题目，却考了语 法。 “我不知道，”他不自然地答道，“但是我很年 轻。”他真的对此一无所知。他没有把握，就瞎猜了一 ③suspicion[so'spifn]n.怀 下。“温迪，我出生的那一天就逃走了。” 疑 ④venture[ventf]n.冒险 温迪很吃惊，但是感到很有趣。她做了一个迷人的 ⑤indicate['indikeit]v.表明 待客手势，摸摸自己的睡袍，示意他可以坐得离自己更 近一些。 “因为我听到爸爸妈妈，”他用低低的声音解释 道，“在谈论我长大后会成为什么样的人。”说着他 变得不安起来。“我可不想成为男人。”他激动地说。 “我想一直当小孩，做开心的事。于是我跑到肯辛顿公 agitated ['adsiteitid]v. 园和仙女们住了好长好长时间。” 动不安的 她用非常羡慕的眼神看着他，他还以为是因为自己 逃了出来，其实是因为他认识仙女。温迪在家里生活平 淡，所以仙女的事情让她十分着迷并且感到非常开心， 因此她一股脑儿向彼得提出许多问题。彼得对此感到非 常惊讶，他觉得仙女们麻烦又碍事儿。事实上，有时候 他不得不躲着她们。但是总体来讲，他还是很喜欢她们 ②nuisance['nju:s3nsn,讨 的，他还给温迪讲了仙女们的身世。 厌的事情 “你看，温迪，第一个婴儿笑出声来以后，他的笑 声碎成了一千个片。她们到处蹦蹦跳跳，变成了最初的 仙女。” 这本是个令人乏味的故事。但是因为一直待在家 里，温迪连这个也很喜欢听」 “因此，”他好心地继续说道，“每个男孩女孩都 应该有个仙女做伴儿的。” ·045·