Chapter13 Do You Believe in Fairies你相信有仙子吗-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《彼得潘Peter Pan》

Chapter 13 Do You Believe in Fairies? The more quickly this horror is disposed of the better.The first to emerge from his tree was Curly.He rose out of it into the arms of Cecco,who flung him to Smee,who flung him to Starkey,who flung him to Bill Jukes,who flung him to Noodler,and so he was tossed from one to another till he fell at the feet of the black pirate.All the boys were plucked from their trees in this ruthless manner;and several of them were in the air at a time,like bales of goods flung from hand to hand. A different treatment was accorded to Wendy,who came last.With ironical politeness Hook raised his hat to her,and,offering her his arm,escorted her to the spot where the others were being gagged.He did it with such an air,he was so frightfully distingue,that she was too fascinated to cry out.She was only a little girl. Perhaps it is tell-tale to divulge that for a moment Hook entranced her,and we tell on her only because her slip led to strange results.Had she haughtily unhanded him (and we should have loved to write it of her),she would have been hurled through the air like the others,and then Hook would probably not have been present at the tying of the children;and had he not been at the tying he would not have discovered Slightly's secret,and without the secret he could not presently have made his foul attempt on Peter's life. They were tied to prevent their flying away,doubled up with their knees close to their ears;and for the trussing of them the black pirate had cut a rope into nine equal pieces.All went well until Slightly's turn came,when he ·202· 第十三章 你相信有仙子吗？ 我们能越快讲完这段可怕的故事越好。第一个从树 洞里出来的是卷毛儿，他一头扎进了切科的怀里。切科 把他扔给了斯密，斯密又把他扔给了斯塔基，斯塔基把 他扔给了比尔·朱克斯，比尔·朱克斯又把他扔给了努 德勒，最后努德勒把他扔到了黑海盗胡克的脚下。所有 ①ruthless[ru:0lbs]a.残忍 的 的孩子都被野蛮地从树洞里揪了出来；有几个孩子还被 ②bale [bei训m.大包 同时抛向空中，就像是空中传递包裹一样，把他们从这 只手扔到那只手。 ③ironical[ai'ronikal]a.反 最后钻出来的是温迪，她受到的待遇不同于其他 讽的 人。胡克装出礼貌的样子摘下帽子向她致意，并伸出胳 ④gag[geg]v囚禁 膊迎接她，而后护送她到孩子们被关押的地方。他的举 distingue [dis'tangei]a. 止风度高贵，让温迪着迷，竞然忘记了喊城叫。说到底， 高尚的 她不过是个小女孩。 @divulge[dai'vald3]k泄露 说温迪这一刻被胡克迷住了，可能不大可信，我 们这么说是因为温迪的失误造成了不幸的后果。如果她 ⑦haughtily[ho:tili]ad.傲 当时高傲地拒绝胡克伸出的胳膊（我们更愿意这样来写 然地 她)，她可能会像其他孩子一样被扔到半空中；那样的 ⑧hurl[ha:l山k用力抛掷 话，胡克就不会看到其他男孩子被捆绑的样子；如果他 不在场，他就不会发现斯莱特利的秘密；如果他没有发 现这个秘密，他就不会可恶地想要去杀了彼得。 海盗为了防止孩子们逃走，让他们脑袋贴着膝盖， 用绳子捆绑成一团。黑海盗胡克将一根绳子截成等分的 ⑨trussing['trAsir]n.捆绑 九段来捆绑孩子们。每个孩子都捆得结结实实的，直到 捆斯莱特利的时候出了状况。斯莱特利像一个怎么捆也 ·203· Chapter 13 Do You Believe in Fairies? was found to be like those irritating parcels that use up all the string in going round and leave no tags with which to tie a knot.The pirates kicked him in their rage,just as you kick the parcel(though in fairness you should kick the string);and strange to say it was Hook who told them to belay their violence. His lip was curled with malicious triumph.While his dogs were merely sweating because every time they tried to pack the unhappy lad tight in one part he bulged out in another,Hooks master mind had gone far beneath Slightly's surface,probing not for effects but for causes;and his exultation showed that he had found them.Slightly,white to the gills,knew that Hook had surprised his secret,which was this,that no boy so blown out could use a tree wherein an average man need stick.Poor Slightly,most wretched of all the children now,for he was in a panic about Peter,bitterly regretted what he had done. Madly addicted to the drinking of water when he was hot,he had swelled in consequence to his present girth,and instead of reducing himself to fit his tree he had,unknown to the others,whittled his tree to make it fit him. Sufficient of this Hook guessed to persuade him that Peter at last lay at his mercy;but no word of the dark design that now formed in the subterranean caverns of his mind crossed his lips;he merely signed that the captives were to be conveyed to the ship,and that he would be alone. How to convey them?Hunchedup in their ropes they might indeed be rolled down hill like barrels,but most of the way lay through a morass Again Hooks genius surmounteddifficulties.He indicated that the little house must be used as a conveyance.The children were flung into it,four stout pirates raised it on their shoulders,the others fell in behind,and singing the hateful pirate choruss the strange procession set off through the wood.I don't know whether any of the children were crying;if so,the singing drowned the sound; but as the little house disappeared in the forest,a brave though tiny jet of smoke issued from its chimney as if defying Hook. Hook saw it,and it did Peter a bad service.It dried up any trickle of pity for him that may have remained in the pirate's infuriated breast. The first thing he did on finding himself alone in the fast falling night was to tiptoe to Slightly s tree,and make sure that it provided him with a passage. Then for long he remained brooding his hat of ill omen on the sward, ·204· 第十三章 你相信有灿子妈？ ①parcel[pa:saln.包裹 捆不好的包裹，为了捆他，海盗用完了剩下的绳子，最 ②tag[tcgm.绳子的末端 后打不了结。海盗十分恼火，愤怒地踢他，就像踢包裹 一样（其实，公平起见，他们应该踢绳子）。接着非常 奇怪的事发生了，胡克让他们不要再胡乱施暴。他露出 胜利的表情，嘴都乐歪了。他的手下捆绑斯莱特利的 时候，胡克一直在旁边看着。斯莱特利身体这一边刚捆 好，另外一边就冒了出来。胡克的头脑可比斯莱特利聪 ③bulge [bAld]膨胀 明多了，他观察的不是结果，而是原因；他那副得意的 ④probe[proub],探查 表情说明他已经找到了原因。斯莱特利立刻面色惨白， ⑤gl[gi训n.腮下肉 他知道胡克发现他的秘密了。一个这样硕大的孩子都能 钻进去的树洞，一个正常体型的人不用棍子桶也能钻进 去。可怜的斯莱特利，现在他是男孩子中最可怜的一个 了，他在担心彼得，为自己做的事儿感到后悔。他热了 ⑥addict['dikt]对着 的时候就会拼命喝水，于是把肚子涨这么大，他没有让 迷 自己缩小来适应自己的树洞，而是偷偷地把自己的树洞 ⑦girth[gp:0]n.腰身 弄大了。 ⑧whittle['wit,切削 胡克知道这个秘密已经够了，他认为这回彼得终于 @subterranean [,sAbto'rein- 落在他的手上了，他心里已经设计出一个阴险的计策， ina,地表以下的 但是没有吭声。他只是做了一个手势让手下把所有人押 @cavern[kavan]n.大地 上船，自己独自留在那里。 洞，这里指陷阱 那么该怎么押送他们呢？按说，他们都被绑成一团 ①hunch [hant使…隆 应该可以像滚筒一样从山上滚下去。但是，途中有大片 起 barrel[barol]i.桶 的沼泽。胡克想出一个绝妙的方法，解决了这些困难。 ⑧morass[ma'raes]n.沼泽 他把那间小房子当作运输工具。孩子们被扔进房子里， surmount[sa'maunt]居 四个身强力壮的海盗把小房子扛在肩上，其他人跟在后 于…之上 面。然后，他们唱着那支可恶的海盗之歌，这支奇怪的 队伍准备出发了。我不知道是否有孩子在哭，如果有， chorus[ko:rs]n.合唱曲 哭声也被海盗们的歌声淹没了。小房子从树林中消失之 后，地下之家的烟囱里冒出一缕白烟，像是在向胡克发 起挑战。 胡克看到了这一幕，这对彼得非常不利。因为这一 trickle[trikl]n.点滴 幕让海盗心中仅剩的一点慈悲也人间蒸发了。 infuriated [in'fjuarieitid]a. 狂怒的 夜幕降临，树林中只剩下胡克一个人。他做的第一 件事就是蹑手蹑脚地来到斯莱特利的树洞旁，想搞清楚 他是否可以进去。他沉思了好一会儿，为了让清凉的夜 ⑧brood [bru:dk沉思的 ⑧omen['umon]n.征兆 风吹过他的头发，让他头脑清醒，他摘下他那顶不吉利 ·205· Chapter 13 Do You Believe in Fairies? so that a gentle breeze which had arisen might play refreshingly through his hair.Dark as were his thoughts his blue eyes were as soft as the periwinkle Intently he listened for any sound from the nether world,but all was as silent below as above;the house under the ground seemed to be but one more empty tenement in the void.Was that boy asleep,or did he stand waiting at the foot of Slightly's tree,with his dagger in his hand? There was no way of knowing,save by going down.Hook let his cloak slip softly to the ground,and then biting his lips till a lewd blood stood on them,he stepped into the tree.He was a brave man;but for a moment he had to stop there and wipe his brow,which was dripping like a candle.Then silently he let himself go into the unknown. He arrived unmolestedat the foot of the shaft,and stood still again,biting at his breath,which had almost left him.As his eyes became accustomed to the dim light various objects in the home under the trees took shape;but the only one on which his greedy gaze rested,long sought for and found at last,was the great bed.On the bed lay Peter fast asleep. Unaware of the tragedy being enacted above,Peter had continued,for a little time after the children left,to play gaily on his pipes:no doubt rather a forlorn attempt to prove to himself that he did not care.Then he decided not to take his medicine,so as to grieve Wendy.Then he lay down on the bed outside the coverlet,to vex her still more;for she had always tucked them inside it, because you never know that you may not grow chilly at the turn of the night. Then he nearly cried;but it struck him how indignant she would be if he laughed instead;so he laughed a haughty laugh and fell asleep in the middle of it. Sometimes,though not often,he had dreams,and they were more painful than the dreams of other boys.For hours he could not be separated from these dreams,though he wailed piteously in them.They had to do,I think,with the riddle of his existence.At such times it had been Wendy's custom to take him out of bed and sit with him on her lap,soothinghim in dear ways of her own invention,and when he grew calmer to put him back to bed before he quite woke up,so that he should not know of the indignity to which she had subjected him.But on this occasion he had fallen at once into a dreamless sleep.One arm dropped over the edge of the bed,one leg was arched,and the unfinished part ·206· 第十三章 你相信有灿子妈？ 的帽子放在配剑上。他的心虽然很环，但是蓝眼睛像常 periwinkle ['periwinkl]n. 春花般柔和。他屏住呼吸倾听着地下的动静，但是，地 长春花 下和地面一样俏无声息，地下的房间听起来好像空无一 ②nether[ne]a.下面的 人。彼得究竟是睡着了，还是正站在斯莱特利的树洞下 ③tenement['tenamant]m.房 面，手里拿着刀等着他？ 屋 除了亲自下去，没有别的方法可以弄清楚。胡克 ④void[void]n.空位 脱下斗篷，轻轻地放在草地上，然后他跳进了树洞，他 ⑤cloak [klouk]n.斗篷 不禁咬紧了嘴唇，咬得流出了黑血。他是个很勇敢的家 ⑥lewd [lu:da.邪恶的 伙，但是会时不时地在树洞里停下来，用手擦掉额头上 如蜡液般流淌下来的汗水。终于，他悄悄地来到了这个 未知的地方。 胡克安全地到达了树洞底部。刚开始，他紧张地站 unmolested [,Anma'lestid] 着，一动也不动，大气都不敢出。渐渐地，他的眼睛适 a.无麻烦的 应了周围的黑暗，房间里的各种物件开始呈现在他的眼 前。但是，胡克贪婪注视着的只有那张大床。彼得正在 床上熟睡着。 彼得对地面发生的悲剧一无所知，孩子们离开之 后，他自己在房子里高高兴兴地吹了好一会儿风笛。当 然，他这么做是想表明他一点儿都不在乎他们的离去。 为了惹温迪不高兴，他决定不吃药。然后，他躺在大床 上，没有盖被子，为的是让温迪伤心，因为温迪以前总 是把他们的被子盖得严严实实的，以免他们半夜着凉。 然后，彼得哭了，但他突然又想到，如果他大笑的话， 没准温迪会更生气。于是，他疯狂大笑起来，然后，笑 着笑着他就睡着了。 彼得偶尔会做梦，但是不经常做梦。他的梦比任何 孩子的梦都痛苦。他会在梦里可怜地呜咽，一连几个小 时摆脱不了梦境。我想这些梦可能与他的身世有关。每 当这时候，温迪就会把他抱起来，让他坐在她的膝上， ⑧piteously[pitiosli]ad.可 怜地 她用自己想出来的方法来安慰彼得；等他稍微平静之 @riddle[rid]m.难解之谜 后，在他快要醒来的之前，将他放回床上，这样做是避 @soothe[sud]g安抚 免伤害他的尊严。这次彼得睡觉没有做梦，一只胳膊耷 ①arched[a:t)a.弯曲的 ·207· Chapter 13 Do You Believe in Fairies? of his laugh was stranded on his mouth,which was open,showing the little pearls Thus defenceless Hook found him.He stood silent at the foot of the tree looking across the chamber at his enemy.Did no feeling of compassion disturb his sombre breast?The man was not wholly evil;he loved flowers (I have been told)and sweet music (he was himself no mean performer on the harpsichord);and let it be frankly admitted,the idyllic nature of the scene stirred him profoundly.Mastered by his better self he would have returned reluctantly up the tree,but for one thing. What stayed him was Peters impertinent appearance as he slept.The open mouth,the drooping arm,the arched knee:they were such a personification of cockiness as,taken together,will never again one may hope be presented to eyes so sensitive to their offensiveness.They steeled Hook's heart.If his rage had broken him into a hundred pieces every one of them would have disregarded the incident,and leapt at the sleeper. Though a light from the one lamp shone dimly on the bed Hook stood in darkness himself,and at the first stealthy step forward he discovered an obstacle,the door of Slightly's tree.It did not entirely fill the aperture,and he had been looking over it.Feeling for the catch,he found to his fury that it was low down,beyond his reach.To his disordered brain it seemed then that the irritating quality in Peter's face and figure visibly increased,and he rattled the door and flung himself against it.Was his enemy to escape him after all? But what was that?The red in his eye had caught sight of Peter's medicine standing on a ledge within easy reach.He fathomed what it was straightaway,and immediately he knew that the sleeper was in his power. Lest he should be taken alive,Hook always carried about his person a dreadful drug,blended by himself of all the death-dealing rings that had come into his possession.These he had boiled down into a yellow liquid quite unknown to science,which was probably the most virulent poison in existence. Five drops of this he now added to Peter's cup.His hand shook,but it was in exultation rather than in shame.As he did it he avoided glancing at the sleeper,but not lest pity should unnerve him;merely to avoid spilling.Then one long gloating look he cast upon his victim,and turning,wormed his way with ·208· 第十三章 你相信有仙子妈？ ①strand[straend,滞留 拉在床沿，一条腿随意地支在那里，他张开着的嘴露出 珍珠般的小牙，脸上还带着未退去的笑意。 胡克就在这时发现了毫无防备的彼得。胡克在树洞 下静静地站着，远远地望着房间另一侧的敌人。难道他 阴暗的心中就没有一丝怜惜吗？这个人其实并非彻头彻 ②sombre['smbo]a.阴暗 尾的穷凶极恶，他喜爱花草（我听说的）和美妙的音乐 的 (他竖琴弹得不坏)。坦白说，眼前这幅动人的景象深 3harpsichord ['ha:psiko:d] 深地打动了他，要是他善良的一面占据了上风，他应该 n.竖琴 ④idyllic[i'dilik]a.平和欢 会不大情愿地回到地面。但是，有样东西刺激到了他。 畅的 那是什么呢？正是彼得那傲慢无礼的睡姿。他的嘴 impertinent [im'po:tinont] 张开着，手臂搭在一边，一条腿的膝盖向上弯着。这些 a.傲慢的 姿势简直是傲慢无比的化身。在胡克那双敏锐的眼睛看 来，再没有比这更气人的了。胡克的心又硬了起来，如 果他的怒火能碎成几百块碎片的话，估计每片碎片都会 飞向熟睡中的彼得。 disregard [,disri'ga:d]v. 尽管床边有盏昏暗的灯，胡克却站在黑暗中。他刚 厨 要迈开第一步，就遇到了障碍物，那是斯莱特利的树洞 的门。原来，树洞的门和洞口并不是完全一样大小，所 ⑦aperture[wpotfo)n.洞 以他刚刚一直是透过门缝向里面看的。胡克摸索着门把 手，却发现把手太低，他够不着。在他那越来越凌乱无 序的脑袋里，彼得的脸和睡姿真是越来越让他恼火。他 忍不住使劲儿摇了几下门，然后用身体去撞击这扇门。 他的敌人能不能逃脱他的魔爪呢？ 那是什么！急红了眼睛的胡克这时发现了彼得的药 瓶，药瓶就在他伸手就可以拿到的壁架上。他一下子明 ⑧ledge [led3]m.壁架 白了这是什么东西，也知道这个熟睡中的孩子已经完全 ⑨fathom[fedm],领会 由他控制了。 @lest [lest]conj.唯恐 胡克一直担心自己被人活捉，于是随身携带着一瓶 ①blend [blend]v搅拌 致命的毒药，那是他用他能找到的所有致命的药草配制 而成的。他把这些东西熬成一种黄色液体，任何科学家 都制作不出来。这应该是世界上最毒的毒药了。 virulent[viralant)a.剧毒 的 他往彼得的药瓶里滴了五滴这种毒药。他的手在 打颤，不是因为愧疚而是因为喜悦。滴药的时候他没有 拾眼去看彼得，不是怕自己动了恻隐之心，而是怕把药 ④gloating[glautin]a.幸灾 水弄洒了。随后，他还面带得意地盯了他的受害者一会 乐祸的 儿，之后才艰难地从树洞爬回地面。他从树洞中钻出来 ·209· Chapter 13 Do You Believe in Fairies? difficulty up the tree.As he emerged at the top he looked the very spirit of evil breaking from its hole.Donning his hat at its most rakish angle,he wound his cloak around him,holding one end in front as if to conceal his person from the night,of which it was the blackest part,and muttering strangely to himself stole away through the trees. Peter slept on.The light guttered and went out,leaving the tenement in darkness;but still he slept.It must have been not less than ten o'clock by the crocodile,when he suddenly sat up in his bed,wakened by he knew not what.It was a soft cautious tapping on the door of his tree. Soft and cautious,but in that stillness it was sinister.Peter felt for his dagger till his hand gripped it.Then he spoke. “Who is that?” For long there was no answer:then again the knock. “Who are you?” No answer. He was thrilled,and he loved being thrilled.In two strides he reached his door.Unlike Slightly's door it filled the aperture,so that he could not see beyond it,nor could the one knocking see him. "I won't open unless you speak,"Peter cried. Then at last the visitor spoke,in a lovely bell-like voice. Let me in,Peter..” It was Tink,and quickly he unbarred to her.She flew in excitedly,her face flushed and her dress stained with mud. “What is it?? "Oh,you could never guess!"she cried,and offered him three guesses. "Out with it!"he shouted;and in one ungrammatical sentence,as long as the ribbons conjurers pull from their mouths,she told of the capture of Wendy and the boys. Peter's heart bobbed up and down as he listened.Wendy bound,and on the pirate ship:she who loved everything to be just so! "I'll rescue her,"he cried,leaping at his weapons.As he leapt he thought of something he could do to please her.He could take his medicine. ·210· 第十三章 你相信有灿子吗？ 的时候，就像魔王从魔窟里钻出来一样。他胡乱地将帽 ①don[dbn],戴上 子斜盖在头上，披上斗篷，抓住斗篷的一角挡在身前， ③angle[eggl]n.角度 像是想要从黑夜中隐去一样。其实，整个黑夜中他才是 最黑暗的角色。他自言自语地嘟囔了一些奇怪的话，然 后穿过树林溜走了。 彼得仍然熟睡着。突然，那盏灯闪了闪就熄灭了， 整个房间一片漆黑，但是彼得还继续睡着。鳄鱼肚子里 的闹钟一定不止十点钟了，这时彼得突然被惊醒，从床 上坐了起来，有人在有礼貌地敲树洞的门。 敲门声轻柔而又谨慎，但是在寂静无比的夜里，听 @sinister[sinisto]a.危险 起来还是很吓人。彼得伸手摸索到自己的刀，把它攥在 的 手中，然后问道： “谁呀？” 很长时间没有人回答，然后敲门声再次响起。 “谁？” 仍然没有回应。 彼得顿时觉得有些毛骨悚然，但他喜欢惊险刺激。 他两步走到洞门的旁边。彼得的洞门与斯莱特利的洞门 不同，他的洞门和树洞结合得很紧密，因此，他从门缝 中看不到外面，外面的人也看不到他。 “你要是不说话，我是不会开门的。”彼得喊道。 终于有人开口了，是铃铛一样可爱的声音。 “让我进来，彼得。” ④unbar['An'ba]拔去门 是叮叮铃！彼得马上打开了洞门让她进来。她激动 地飞了进来，满脸通红，衣服上沾满了泥点。 “出什么事儿了？” “哦，你绝对想不到，”叮叮铃喊道，还说要给 ungrammatical [,Angr'mae- 彼得三次机会猜一猜。“别闹了！”彼得冲她大吼。于 tikal]a.不符合语法的 是，叮叮铃说出了一句不太符合语法规范的句子，而且 ⑥ribbon['ribon]n.缎带 ⑦conjurer [kAn'dur]n.魔 非常长，就像从魔术师嘴里抽出来的缎带一样长。她说 术师 出了温迪和男孩们被抓的经过。 ⑧capture[kaeptf]n.俘获 听到这些，彼得的心情剧烈地跳动起来。温迪被抓 了，现在在海盗船上。她爱这世上所有的一切，却遭到 这样的对待。 “我要去救她，”彼得喊道，跳起来去拿武器。跳 起来的一瞬间，他想到了一个让温迪高兴的方法，那就 ·211·