3 Out with the Goats山间牧羊-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《小海蒂Heidi》

III.Out with the Goats top of her voice,for they were already inside the shed.Then she sat down on the seat and began to eat and drink,but the wind was so strong that it almost blew her away;so she made haste and finished her supper and then went indoors and climbed up to her bed,where she was soon lying as sweetly and soundly asleep as any young princess on her couch of silk. Not long after,and while it was still twilight,the grandfather also went to bed, for he was up every morning at sunrise,and the sun came climbing up over the mountains at a very early hour during these summer months.The wind grew so tempestuous during the night,and blew in such gusts against the walls,that the hut trembled and the old beams groaned and creaked.It came howling and wailing down the chimney like voices of those in pain,and it raged with such fury among the old fir trees that here and there a branch was snapped and fell.In the middle of the night the old man got up."The child will be frightened,"he murmured half aloud.He mounted the ladder and went and stood by the child's bed. Outside the moon was struggling with the dark,fast-driving clouds,which at one moment left it clear and shining,and the next swept over it,and all again was dark.Just now the moonlight was falling through the round window straight on to Heidi's bed.She lay under the heavy cover lid,her cheeks rosy with sleep,her head peacefully resting on her little round arm,and with a happy expression on her baby face as if dreaming of something pleasant.The old man stood looking down on the sleeping child until the moon again disappeared behind the clouds and he could see no more,then he went back to bed. III.Out with the Goats Heidi was awakened early the next morning by a loud whistle;the sun was shining through the round window and falling in golden rays on her bed and on the large heap of hay,and as she opened her eyes everything in the loft seemed gleaming with gold.She looked around her in astonishment and could not imagine for a while where she was.But her grandfather's deep voice was now heard outside,and then Heidi began to recall all that had happened:how she had come ·036· 3.山间牧羊 时山羊已经进了羊圈。然后，她就坐下来开始吃饭。山 风太大了，险些把她吹跑。于是她匆匆忙忙地吃完饭， 进了屋子，爬上床去，舒服地躺下来，很快就进入了甜 蜜的梦乡，像公主睡在丝绸软床上一样幸福。 过了不大一会儿，天还没有完全黑下来，爷爷也上 床睡了，因为他每天早晨日出即起，而在夏天太阳是早 早就爬上山的。夜里，风势更猛，刮得小屋陈旧的檩条 嘎吱作响：风钻进烟肉里，发出人痛苦哀鸣般的声音： ①tempestuous [tem'pestjuas]a.激烈的 风抽打在老杉树身上，时不时有枝条折断坠落。睡到半 夜，老人起来了，“孩子会害怕的。”他一一边大声嘟囔着， 一边爬上梯子，站在孩子的床前。 窗外月亮正与迅速飘动的乌云较量，一会儿明亮闪 ②murmur['mm]k低 语，咕哝 耀，一会儿又乌云笼罩。这时，月光正透过窗户，照在 ③mount[maunt],登上 海蒂的床上。她盖着厚厚的床罩，两颊红润，头枕在自 己圆圆的小胳膊上，面带微笑，像是在美好的梦境中。 老人注视着熟睡的孩子，直到乌云又一次遮住月亮，屋 里一片漆黑，他才走下梯子，重新上床睡觉。 3.山间牧羊 第二天早晨，海蒂被响亮的口哨声惊醒，她睁眼一 看，只见阳光从圆圆的窗户射进来，洒在床上和那一大 堆干草上，映照得四周金光闪闪。她有些吃惊地环顾 四周，一时弄不清自己究竟身处何地，听到外面爷爷 的声音，才开始回忆起发生的事来：她是怎样离开原来 的家，来到山上与爷爷住在一起的，现在不再跟厄苏拉 ·037· III.Out with the Goats away from her former home and was now on the mountain with her grandfather instead of with old Ursula.The latter was nearly stone deaf and always felt cold, so that she sat all day either by the hearth in the kitchen or by the sitting-room stove,and Heidi had been obliged to stay close to her,for the old woman was so deaf that she could not tell where the child was if out of her sight.And Heidi, shut up within the four walls,had often longed to be out of doors.So she felt very happy this morning as she woke up in her new home and remembered all the many new things that she had seen the day before and which she would see again that day,and above all she thought with delight of the two dear goats.Heidi jumped quickly out of bed and a very few minutes sufficed her to put on the clothes which she had taken off the night before,for there were not many of them.Then she climbed down the ladder and ran outside the hut.There stood Peter already with his flock of goats,and the grandfather was just bringing his two out of the shed to join the others.Heidi ran forward to wish good-morning to him and the goats. "Do you want to go with them on to the mountain?"asked her grandfather. Nothing could have pleased Heidi better,and she jumped for joy in answer. "But you must first wash and make yourself tidy.The sun that shines so brightly overhead will else laugh at you for being dirty;see,I have put everything ready for you,"and her grandfather pointed as he spoke to a large tub full of water,which stood in the sun before the door.Heidi ran to it and began splashing and rubbing, till she quite glistened with cleanliness.The grandfather meanwhile went inside the hut,calling to Peter to follow him and bring in his wallet.Peter obeyed with astonishment,and laid down the little bag which held his meagre dinner. "Open it,"said the old man,and inside it he put a large piece of bread and an equally large piece of cheese,which made Peter open his eyes,for each was twice the size of the two portions which he had for his own dinner. "There,now there is only the little bowl to add,"continued the grandfather, "for the child cannot drink her milk as you do from the goat;she is not accustomed to that.You must milk two bowlfuls for her when she has her dinner,for she is going with you and will remain with you till you return this evening;but take care she does not fall over any of the rocks,do you hear?" Heidi now came running in."Will the sun laugh at me now,grandfather?"she asked anxiously.Her grandfather had left a coarse towel hanging up for her near ·038· 3.山间牧羊 老太太了。那个老太太差不多什么都听不见了，还整天 ①stone[staun]a.石头似的 觉得冷，总是坐在厨房或是客厅的炉火旁，海蒂也得离 她近点儿，因为她太聋了，一旦看不见了海蒂就不知道 她去哪儿了。而海蒂呢，整天关在屋子里，早就想出去 跑跑了。这下好了，到了一个新家，早上醒来时想起昨 天看到的许多新鲜事儿，而且今天还会看到，尤其是想 到那两只可爱的山羊她心里可开心了。海蒂马上从床上 跳下来，没两分钟就穿好了衣服，其实昨天也没脱下几 件。她下了梯子，跑到屋外，彼得己经和羊群在那儿了， 爷爷正把自己的两只从羊圈里牵出来，让它们入列。海 蒂忙跑上前去问候他和山羊。 “你愿意跟它们一起上山吗？”爷爷问。再没有比 这更让海蒂高兴的了，她兴奋地跳了起来。 “不过，你得先自己洗干净，梳妆整齐，要不然， 头顶上这明亮的太阳会笑话你脏的。来！我都给你准备 好了。”爷爷指着门前一个装满水的大盆说。海蒂跑过 去又洗又搓，洗得很干净。爷爷走进屋去，叫彼得把他 的袋子拿来。彼得吃了一惊，但还是顺从地照办了，他 把装着自己很可怜的一倾午饭的袋子放了下来。 ②glisten[glis3n闪闪 “把袋子解开。”老人说着，往里面塞了一大块面 发光 包和同样大的一块奶酪。彼得瞪大了眼睛，每份都足有 ③wallet[wolit]n.袋子 ④meagre[mig]a.(食物) 自己那两份合起来的两倍大。 质量差的，粗劣的 “喏，再放上个小碗就行了。”爷爷接着说，“这孩 子不会像你那样直接从羊身上吸奶喝，她不习惯，吃饭 的时候，你要给她挤两碗奶。晚上回来前，她一整天都 会跟你在一起的。你可要当心，别让她从石头上掉下去， 听清了吗？” 海蒂跑了进来，急切地问：“爷爷，太阳还会笑话 我吗？”爷爷在盆子那儿挂了一条粗糙的毛巾，因为怕 ·039· III.Out with the Goats the tub,and with this she had so thoroughly scrubbed her face,arms,and neck, for fear of the sun,that as she stood there she was as red all over as a lobster.He gave a little laugh. "No,there is nothing for him to laugh at now,"he assured her."But I tell you what-when you come home this evening,you will have to get right into the tub, like a fish,for if you run about like the goats you will get your feet dirty.Now you can be off." She started joyfully for the mountain.During the night the wind had blown away all the clouds;the dark blue sky was spreading overhead,and in its midst was the bright sun shining down on the green slopes of the mountain,where the flowers opened their little blue and yellow cups,and looked up to him smiling. Heidi went running hither and thither and shouting with delight,for here were whole patches of delicate red primroses,and there the blue gleam of the lovely gentian,while above them all laughed and nodded the tender-leaved golden cistus.Enchanted with all this waving field of brightly coloured flowers, Heidi forgot even Peter and the goats.She ran on in front and then off to the side, tempted first one way and then the other,as she caught sight of some bright spot of glowing red or yellow.And all the while she was plucking whole handfuls of the flowers which she put into her little apron,for she wanted to take them all home and stick them in the hay,so that she might make her bedroom look just like the meadows outside.Peter had therefore to be on the alert,and his round eyes,which did not move very quickly,had more work than they could well manage,for the goats were as lively as Heidi;they ran in all directions,and Peter had to follow whistling and calling and swinging his stick to get all the runaways together again. "Where have you got to now,Heidi?"he called out somewhat crossly. "Here,"called back a voice from somewhere.Peter could see no one,for Heidi was seated on the ground at the foot of a small hill thickly overgrown with sweet-smelling prunella;the whole air seemed filled with its fragrance,and Heidi thought she had never smelt anything so delicious.She sat surrounded by the flowers,drawing in deep breaths of the scented air. "Come along here!"called Peter again."You are not to fall over the rocks, your grandfather gave orders that you were not to do so." "Where are the rocks?"asked Heidi,answering him back.But she did not ·040· 3.山间牧羊 ①sCub[skrAb]用力擦 太阳笑话，海蒂用毛巾把脸、胳膊和脖子擦了个干净， 洗 她红得就像个大龙虾。爷爷看着她笑了。 “不会了，这下太阳没什么可笑话你的了。”他说， “但是要记住，晚上回来后，你要像条鱼一样跳进盆子 里好好洗洗，因为如果跟山羊一样跑了一天，脚会很脏 的。好了，你们可以出发了。” 她满心欢喜地向山上走去。夜里的风己经吹散了 满天的乌云，头顶是一片湛蓝湛蓝的天空，一轮明日 照耀着葱绿的山坡，黄蓝相间的山花绽开它们小小的 花瓣，抬头对着太阳微笑。海蒂高兴地到处跑着，叫 着，这边是整片的娇嫩鲜红的报春花，那边是闪着蓝 光的好看的龙胆，上面是金色的岩蔷薇，它们舞动柔 ②patch[pet]m.小块土地 3 primrose ['primrauz]n. 美的叶子，点头笑着。沉醉在这波动起伏的鲜艳花海 报春花 中，海蒂把彼得和羊群都忘记了。她向前跑着，然后 gentian ['dsenfian]n. 【植】龙胆 又转向一边，看到一点亮丽的红色或是黄色什么的， ⑤cistus['sistas】n.【植】岩 她就调转方向，跑过去。她手里已经掐了鲜花，都放 蔷薇 在自己的小围裙里，她要带回家去把鲜花插在千草上， 她的房间看起来就会像这外面的原野一样漂亮。这可 就忙坏了彼得，他得时刻保持警惕，一双眼睛瞪得圆 圆的，他的眼睛转得不快，要看的东西根本看不过来， 因为山羊也跟海蒂一样，活蹦乱跳地满处跑，彼得又 是吹口哨，又是大声喊叫，还得挥舞着棍子才使羊群 不致跑散。 ⑥crossly[kra:sli]ad.生气 “海蒂，你跑到哪儿去了？”彼得有些生气地喊。 地 “我在这儿。”不知从哪儿传来了回音，却看不到 人影。她正坐在一个小山脚下，山上长着密密的散发着 prunella [pru:'nela]n. 甜味的夏枯草，空气中弥漫着香气。海蒂觉得从来没有 【植】夏枯草 闻到如此沁人心脾的气味，于是她就坐在花丛里，大口 大口地呼吸着芬芳的空气。 “快过来，”彼得喊，“你可不能从石头上掉下去， 你爷爷可是嘱附过的。” “哪有石头哇？”海蒂回问道。她一点儿都没动窝， ·041· III.Out with the Goats move from her seat,for the scent of the flowers seemed sweeter to her with every breath of wind that wafted it towards her. "Up above,right up above.We have a long way to go yet,so come along! And on the topmost peak of all the old bird of prey sits and eroaks" That did it.Heidi immediately sprang to her feet and ran up to Peter with her apron full of flowers. "You have got enough now,"said the boy as they began climbing up again together."You will stay here for ever if you go on picking,and if you gather all the flowers now there will be none for to-morrow." This last argument seemed a convincing one to Heidi,and moreover her apron was already so full that there was hardly room for another flower,and it would never do to leave nothing to pick for another day.So she now kept with Peter,and the goats also became more orderly in their behaviour,for they were beginning to smell the plants they loved that grew on the higher slopes and clambered up now without pause in their anxiety to reach them.The spot where Peter generally halted for his goats to pasture and where he took up his quarters for the day lay at the foot of the high rocks,which were covered for some distance up by bushes and fir trees,beyond which rose their bare and rugged summits.On one side of the mountain the rock was split into deep clefts,and the grandfather had reason to warn Peter of danger.Having climbed as far as the halting-place, Peter unslung his wallet and put it carefully in a little hollow of the ground,for he knew what the wind was like up there and did not want to see his precious belongings sent rolling down the mountain by a sudden gust.Then he threw himself at full length on the warm ground,for he was tired after all his exertions Heidi meanwhile had unfastened her apron and rolling it carefully round the flowers laid it beside Peter's wallet inside the hollow;she then sat down beside his outstretched figure and looked about her.The valley lay far below bathed in the morning sun.In front of her rose a broad snow-field,high against the dark- blue sky;while to the left was a huge pile of rocks,on either side of which a bare lofty peak,that seemed to pierce the blue,looked frowningly down upon her. The child sat without moving,her eyes taking in the whole scene,and all around was a great stillness,only broken by soft,light puffs of wind that swayed the light bells of the blue flowers,and the shining gold heads of the cistus,and set them ·042· 3.山间牧羊 迎风吹来的空气好像越来越香甜。 ①wafn[wc]g吹送 “在上边，就在上边。我们还得走好长一段路，快 过来吧！石头就在那个最高的峰顶上，猛禽在那里歇脚 ②croak[kruk],呱呱地 并哇哇叫。” 叫 这话真灵，海蒂马上站了起来，带着一兜鲜花跑到 彼得那儿。 “你的花已经够多了，”彼得一边往上爬一边说，“要 是再采，你就别想离开这儿了。再说你如果把花都采光 了，明天就没有了。” 3 convincing [kan'vinsin] 这最后一句话对海蒂很有效果，她的围裙已装满了 a.有说服力的 花，放也放不下了，再说明天没花可采毕竟不是件令人 高兴的事。所以她就紧跟着彼得，不再乱跑了。羊群也 更有规矩了，它们嗅到了它们喜爱的植物的气味，从上 面山坡飘过来，于是都不顾一切地往上爬。彼得往常让 ④clamber[klaemba】g攀 羊群停下来吃草的地方在大石头的下面，自己也会在那 登 ⑤halt[hal间g停止 儿歇会儿。那里有一大片平地被灌木丛和杉树遮蔽，高 ⑥pasture[pa:stf:可（牛， 出树尖的是光秃秃的、岩石鳞峋的山顶。一面山坡上的 羊)吃草 ⑦rugged[rAgid]a.崎岖不 石头被劈出深深的裂缝，非常危险，爷爷提醒彼得当心 平的 还是很有道理的。爬到休息地后，彼得解下口袋，小心 ⑧cleft [kleft]n.裂缝：通 常呈Z字形的凹陷 翼翼地放在一个小地洞里。他是领教过那儿的山风的， ⑨unsling【wn'slin]g把挂 可不想让突来的一阵风把自己珍贵的食物吹下山去。然 着的某物取下来 后，他就躺在暖和的地上，伸展全身。这一路上的紧张 ①gust[gast]n.一阵狂风 也把他折腾得够累了。 ①exertion[ig'zafon]n.费 力 海蒂解下围裙，包好了鲜花，在地洞里挨着口袋 放好，随后坐在彼得舒展的身子旁边，环顾四周。幽 深的山谷沐浴着朝阳，一片宽阔的高山雪地展现在眼 outstretched ['autstretft] 前，映衬着碧蓝色的天空。左边是一大堆岩石，岩石 a.展开的 ③look about四处看 两侧都是光秀秃似乎直刺云霄的山巅，它们紧皱眉头 俯视着她。海蒂一动不动地坐在那儿，看着眼前的一 ①lofty[lofti]a.高耸的 切。四周静悄悄的，只有阵阵的微风，轻轻摇动那些 ⑤pierce[pios]y剌穿 蓝色花朵的钟状花冠和岩蔷薇金光闪闪的苞子，它们 frowningly [frauninli] ad.紧皱眉头地 ·043· III.Out with the Goats nodding merrily on their slender stems.Peter had fallen asleep after his fatigue and the goats were climbing about among the bushes overhead.Heidi had never felt so happy in her life before.She drank in the golden sunlight,the fresh air,the sweet smell of the flowers,and wished for nothing better than to remain there for ever. So the time went on,while to Heidi,who had so often looked up from the valley at the mountains above,these seemed now to have faces,and to be looking down at her like old friends.Suddenly she heard a loud harsh cry overhead and lifting her eyes she saw a bird,larger than any she had ever seen before,with great,spreading wings,wheeling round and round in wide circles,and uttering a piercing,croaking kind of sound above her. "Peter,Peter,wake up!"called out Heidi."See,the great bird is there-look, look!" Peter got up on hearing her call,and together they sat and watched the bird, which rose higher and higher in the blue air till it disappeared behind the grey mountain-tops. "Where has it gone to?"asked Heidi,who had followed the bird's movements with intense interest. “Home to its nest,.”said Peter. "Is his home right up there?Oh,how nice to be up so high!Why does he make that noise?" “Because he can't help it,.”explained Peter.. "Let us climb up there and see where his nest is,"proposed Heidi. "Oh!Oh!Oh!"exclaimed Peter,his disapproval of Heidi's suggestion becoming more marked with each ejaculation,"why even the goats cannot climb as high as that,besides didn't Uncle say that you were not to fall over the rocks?" Peter now began suddenly whistling and calling in such a loud manner that Heidi could not think what was happening;but the goats evidently understood his voice,for one after the other they came springing down the rocks until they were all assembled on the green plateau,some continuing to nibble at the juicy stems,others skipping about here and there or pushing at each other with their horns for pastime⑤. Heidi jumped up and ran in and out among them,for it was new to her to see the goats playing together like this and her delight was beyond words as she joined ·044· 3.山间牧羊 像是在柔嫩的茎上幸福地点头微笑。彼得累得呼呼大 睡，羊群在上面的灌木丛中爬来爬去。海蒂感到从没 有过的快乐，她尽情地享受着金色的阳光，呼吸着新 鲜的空气，闻着野花的幽香，什么也不想，只盼能永 远在那儿待下去。随着时间的流逝，海蒂从山谷向上 看了无数次的群山现在像是有了面孔，老朋友似地俯 ①harsh [ha:门a.刺耳的 视者她。突然，她听到头上传来一声尖叫，抬眼望去， 只见一只鸟，比她见过的所有的鸟都大，扇动着张开 的巨翅，在空中盘旋，嘴里发出尖厉的叫声。 “彼得，彼得，快醒醒。”她喊，“看哪！大鸟在那 儿！快看！” 听到喊声，彼得坐了起来，俩人坐着看那在蓝天上 越飞越高的大鸟，直到它消失在灰色的山顶后面。 “它飞哪儿去了？”海蒂问，她一直紧紧地盯着大 鸟的行踪，很感兴趣。 “回家去自己窝里了。”彼得说。 “它的家在那么高的地方啊！那么高太好了！它为 什么发出那种声音呢？” “它自己控制不了的。”彼得解释道。 “咱们爬上去看看它的窝在哪儿吧。”海蒂建议。 “嘿！嘿！嘿！”他每嘿一声，对建议的否定语气 就加重一分，“连山羊都爬不了那么高，再说了，阿尔 姻大叔不是说了嘛，你可不能从石头上掉下去。” ②ejaculation 说完，彼得突然打了个口哨，并大喊起来，海蒂 [i.d3ekju'leifan]n.叫喊 不知道是怎么回事，羊群却很明白，它们一个接一个 地从石头上跳下来，汇集到绿草地上，有的继续拧咬 着多汁的草茎，有的四处蹦蹦跳跳，或者用绮角互相 顶架玩闹。 ③plateau[platou].台地 ④nibble['nibl]v.一点 海蒂跳起来跑着在羊群中钻来钻去，她这是第一 点地咬（或吃），晴 次看到羊群做这种游戏，跟它们在一起太让她开心了， ⑤pastime[pa:staim]n.消 遣，娱乐 ·045·