22 Something Unexpected Happens突发事件-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《小海蒂Heidi》

IXXII. Sometfing Unexpected Hfappens up there the whole day." Peter, cross as a bear, grumbled some reply, and lifted his stick to give Greenfinch a blow for no reason in particular, but Greenfinch saw the movement and with a leap over Snowflake's back she got out of the way, and the stick only hit the air. Clara and Heidi got into their two fine beds that night full of delightful anticipation of the morrow{}; they were so full of their plans that they agreed to keep awake all night and talk over them until they might venture to get up. But their heads had no sooner touched their soft pillows than the conversation suddenly ceased. and Clara fell into a dream of an immense field. which looked the colour of the sky, so thickly inlaid{②}was it with blue bell-shaped flowers: and Heidi heard the great bird of prey calling to her from the heights above, "Come! Come! Come!" XXII. Something Unexpected Happens Uncle went out early the next morning to see what kind of a day it was going to be. There was a reddish gold light over the higher peaks: a light breeze was springing up and the branches of the fir trees moved gently to and fro -- the sur was on its way. The old man stood and watched the green slopes under the higher peaks gradually growing brighter with the coming day and the dark shadows lifting from the valley, until at first a rosy light filled its hollows, and then the morning gold flooded every height and depth - the sun had risen. Uncle wheeled the chair out of the shed ready for the coming journey, and then went in to call the children and tell them what a lovely sunrise it was Peter came up at this moment. The goats did not gather round him so trustfully as usual, but seemed to avoid him timidly, for Peter had reached a high pitch③}of anger and bitterness, and was laying about him with his stick very unnecessarily and where it fell the blow was no light one. For weeks now he had not had Heid all to himself as formerly. When he came up in the morning the invalid child was alwavs already in her chair and Heidi fully occupied with her. And it was the same .364: 22.突发事件) 要在那儿待一整天。” 彼得像头暴怒的狮子,嘴里不知了些什么,举 起木棒朝无辜的格林芬奇打去,但格林芬奇看见了这动 作,一下子就从小雪花的后面蹄到前面去了,木棒打了 个空。 夜晚,克莱拉和海蒂躺在精美的床上,兴奋地盼 ① morrowl'moraul n.日 着明天的到来;她们的打算太多了,于是两个人决定彻 夜不眠,谈个通宵。可是,她们的头刚一碰到柔软的 枕头,谈话就突然停止了。克菜拉梦见一个无边的原野 跟天空的颜色一样,到处是蓝色的蓝羚花;海蒂则听到 ② inlay L.in'lei]v把...嵌 了那只大鸟在头顶向她召唤,“快来!快来!快来!” 22.突发事件 第二天,大叔早早起来到外面去看看天气如何。高 高的山峰上边有一道发红的金光,微风吹拂,杉树轻轻 摇摆--太阳就要出来了。 老人站在那儿,遥望着山峰下葱绿的山坡随着白 昼的到来而渐渐变得清晰,黑影也从山谷中消失,紧 接着第一缕玫瑰色的光线填补了空白,随后,早晨金 色的阳光就倾泻到每一座高山和深谷-一太阳升起来 了。 大叔把轮椅推出小棚子,做好上山的准备, 然后就 进屋去叫孩子们,告诉她们今天的日出美极了。 这时,彼得上来了。羊群不像往常那样放心地簇拥 在他周围,而是提心吊胆地躲着他,因为他现在正在气 ③ pitch[pit门n. 程度 头上,心里难受得要命,他胡乱地挥舞着木棒,不论落 到哪只羊身上都很重。几个星期来,海蒂都没像以前那 样单独跟自已在一起,每天上山来,那个残疾孩子都是 早已坐在轮椅里,海蒂在一旁陪伴她,完全被她占有 .365. IXXII. Sometfing Unexpected Hfappens thing over again when he came down in the evening. She had not come out with the goats once this summer, and now to-day she was only coming in company with her friend and the chair, and would stick by the latter's side the whole time It was the thought of this which was making him particularly cross this morning There stood the chair on its high wheels: Peter seemed to see something proud and disdainful^{} about it, and he glared{} at it as at an enemy that had done him harm and was likely to do him more still to-day. He glanced round -- there was no sound anywhere, no one to see him. He sprang forward like a wild creature, caught hold of it, and gave it a violent and angry push in the direction of the slope. The chair rolled swiftly forward and in another minute had disappeared. Peter now sped up the mountain as if on wings, not pausing till he was well in shelter of a large blackberry bush, for he had no wish to be seen by Uncle. But he was anxious to see what had become of the chair, and his bush was well placed for that. Himself hidden he could watch what happened below and see what Uncle did without being discovered himself. So he looked, and there he saw his enemy running faster and faster downhill, then it turned head over heels several times, and finally, after one great bound, rolled over and over to its complete destruction. The pieces flew in every direction - feet, arms, and torn fragments of the padded^{ seat and bolster{} - and Peter experienced a feeling of such unbounded delight at the sight that he leapt in the air. laughing aloud and stamping for joy: then he took a run round. jumping over bushes on the way, only to return to the same spot and fall into fresh fits of laughter. He was beside himself with satisfaction, for he could see only good results for himself in this disaster to his enemy. Now Heidi's friend would be obliged to go away, for she would have no means of going about, and when Heidi was alone again she would come out with him as in the old days, and everything would go on in the proper way again. But Peter did not consider, or did not know, that when we do a wrong thing trouble is sure to follow Heidi now came running out of the hut and round to the shed. Grandfather was behind with Clara in his arms. The shed stood wide open, the two loose planks having been taken down, and it was quite light inside. Heidi looked into every corner and ran from one end to the other, and then stood still wondering what could have happened to the chair. Grandfather now came up. .366. 22.突发事件) 了,每天晚上下山回来也是这个样子。整整一个夏天, 她都没有跟山羊一起出去过,今天她要去了,却得陪着 她的朋友和那个轮椅,还得一直不离左右。想到这点, 彼得就觉得怒火万丈,气不打一处来。那个轮子很大的 轮椅就立在那儿,彼得觉得它是那么高傲又不可一世, ① disdainful [dis'deinful]a 他怒视着轮椅,像面对一个仇敌。它伤害了他,而且今 据做的 ② glare [qlea]:怒目而视 天还要伤得更深。彼得环顾四周一一到处都静悄悄的, 没有人看见他。于是他像野兽一样猛冲过去,抓住轮椅 怒气冲冲地往山坡下狠命一推。轮椅飞快地向前滚动 顷刻之间不见了踪影。 然后,彼得就飞也似地向山上跑去,一刻也不停 留,一直跑到一丛浓密的黑蓦树后,才止住脚步。他可 不想让大叔看见,但是他又特别想看看轮椅怎么样了, 现在这个树丛是个理想的场所,躲在后面,他可以看清 山下发生的事情和大叔的行踪,自已却不会被发现,因 此,他就在那儿观望着。他看到那个轮椅越滚越快,向 ③ padded I'pedidla. 有装 山下冲去,接着连续翻了几个滚儿,最后猛弹一下,终 填垫料的 于滚到粉身碎骨,残片四处飞散一-轮子,扶手,有衬 ④ bolster I'boulsta]n. 软垫 垫的椅子和车架承梁的碎片一-看到这一景象,彼得无 比兴奋,他一下子跳了起来,大声笑着,高兴地跺脚 然后跑开来,在灌木丛中蹴跳着,最后回到原来的地 方,又是一阵大笑。他太得意了,因为他觉得仇敌的不 幸就是自已的幸福。这样一来,海蒂的朋友就不得不离 开了,她没有了行走的工具,而一旦剩下海蒂一人后, 她就会像以前那样跟他一起上山了,一切都会恢复正 常。但是,彼得没有想到,或者说不知道,一个人做了 错事后,肯定会有麻烦找上门来的 这时,海蒂从屋子里跑出来,到了棚子那儿,后面 是爷爷,抱着克菜拉。棚子大开着,那两块松动的木板 已被拿了下来,里面很亮堂。海蒂找遍了每个角落,从 一头跑到另一头,然后站在那儿纳闷儿:轮椅到底哪儿 去了?这时爷爷走上前来。 ·367. IXXII. Sometfing Unexpected Hfappens "How is this, have you wheeled the chair away, Heidi?" "I have been looking everywhere for it, grandfather: you said it was standing ready outside," and she again searched each corner of the shed with her eyes. At that moment the wind which had risen suddenly, blew open the shed door and sent it banging back against the wall "It must have been the wind. grandfather," exclaimed Heidi, and her eyes grew anxious at this sudden discovery. "Oh! If it has blown the chair all the way down to Dorfli we shall not get it back in time, and shall not be able to go." "If it has rolled as far as that it will never come back, for it is a hundred pieces by now." said the grandfather, going round the corner and looking down. "But it's a curious thing to have happened!" he added as he thought over the matter, for the chair would have had to turn a corner before starting down hill "Oh, I am sorry," lamented Clara, "for we shall not be able to go to-day, or perhaps any other day. I shall have to go home, I suppose, if I have no chair. Oh. I am so sorry, I am so sorry!" But Heidi looked towards her grandfather with her usual expression of confidence. "Grandfather. you will be able to do something, won't you. so that it need no be as Clara says, and so that she is not obliged to go home?" "Well, for the present we will go up the mountain as we had arranged, and then later on we will see what can be done," he answered, much to the children's delight. He went indoors, fetched out a pile of shawls, and laving them on the sunnies spot he could find set Clara down upon them. Then he fetched the children's morning milk and had out his two goats. "Why is Peter not here yet?" thought Uncle to himself. for Peter's whistle hac not been sounded that morning. The grandfather now took Clara up on one arm. and the shawls on the other "Now then we will start."he said. "the goats can come with us." Heidi was pleased at this and walked on after her grandfather with an arm over either of the goats' necks, and the animals were so overjoyed to have her again that they nearly squeezed her flat between them out of sheer^{} affection. When they reached the spot where the goats usually pastured they were surprised .368. 22.突发事件) “这是怎么回事儿?海蒂,是你把轮椅推走了吗?” “我一直在到处找,爷爷,你说过已经在外面准备 好了呀。”说着,她用眼睛把每个角落又搜寻了一遍。 就在这时,一阵风突然把门吹开,砰的一声门撞到 了墙上。 “肯定是风给吹走了,爷爷。”海蒂叫着,为这一 突然的发现紧张起来,“哎呀!要是风把轮椅一直吹 到了德夫里,我们就不能及时取回来,也就无法上山 了。” “如果轮椅跑那么远的话,就再也取不回来了,肯 定已经摔成了碎片。”爷爷说着转过墙角向山下望去,“不 过这件事也太蹊晓了!”他思考着说道,因为轮椅在被 吹到山下之前是要拐过一个墙角的。 “啊,我太遗憾了。”克莱拉悲伤地说,“我们今天 去不成了,也许永远都去不成了。没有了轮椅,我想我 得回家了。唤,好可惜!我好难过!” 但是海蒂看着爷爷,眼晴像以往一样充满信赖。 “爷爷,你会有办法的,是不是?事情不会像克菜 拉说的那样,她不必回家,是吧?” “目前我们所要做的就是按计划上山, 以后再看看 有什么办法。”他的回答让孩子们非常高兴。 他进屋取来一叠披肩,放在最向阳的地方,然后把 克菜拉放到上面。接着,他端来了孩子们早上该喝的奶 还把两只山羊牵了出来。 “彼得怎么还不来呢?”大叔心想,那天早晨一直 没有听到彼得的口哨声。爷爷用一只胳膊抱起克菜拉 另一只胳膊抱着披肩。 “现在我们可以出发了,”他说,“就让山羊跟着我 们吧。” 对这个安排海蒂感到非常高兴,她跟在爷爷后面走 ① sheer [fiala. 完全的 着,两只胳膊分别楼着两只山羊的脖子。那两只山羊因 为有海蒂的同行而感到特别高兴,热情得差点儿把海蒂 .369· IXXII. Sometfing Unexpected Hfappens to find them already feeding there, climbing about the rocks, and Peter with them lying his full length on the ground "I'll teach you another time to go by like that, you lazy rascal! What do you mean by it?" Uncle called to him. Peter, recognising the voice, jumped up like a shot. "No one was up," he answered. "Have you seen anything of the chair?" asked the grandfather "Of what chair?" called Peter back in answer in a morose{} tone of voice Uncle said no more. He spread the shawls on the sunny slope, and setting Clara upon them asked if she was comfortable. “As comfortable as in my chair," she said, thanking him,"and this seems the most beautiful spot. Oh Heidi. it is lovely, it is lovely!" she cried. looking round her with delight. The grandfather prepared to leave them. They would now be safe and happy together, he said, and when it was time for dinner Heidi was to go and fetch the bag from the shady hollow where he had put it: Peter was to bring them as much milk as they wanted, but Heidi was to see that it was Little Swan's milk. He would come and fetch them towards evening: he must now be off to see after the chair and ascertain what had become of it. The sky was dark blue, and not a single cloud was to be seen from one horizor to the other. The great snow-field overhead sparkled as if set with thousands and thousands of gold and silver stars. The two grey mountain peaks lifted their lofty heads against the sky and looked solemnly down upon the valley as of old: the great bird was poised aloft in the clear blue air, and the mountain wind came over the heights and blew refreshingly around the children as they sat on the sunlit slope. It was all indescribably enjoyable to Clara and Heidi. Now and again a young goat came and lay down beside them: Snowflake came oftenest, putting her little head down near Heidi, and only moving because another goat came and drove her away, Clara had learned to know them all so well that she never mistook one for the other now, for each had an expression and ways of its own. And the goats had also grown familiar with Clara and would rub their heads against her .370: 22.突发事件) 给挤扁了。他们到达羊群经常吃草的牧场时,吃惊地发 现羊群已经在那儿了,正在岩石间来回蹴跳着,彼得也 跟它们在一起,全身舒展地躺在地上。 “你这个小无赖!不言不语地从我那儿路过,看来 我又该教训你一顿了!你到底是什么意思啊?”大叔对 他喊道。 听到这话,彼得一骨碌跳了起来,说:“当时没人 ① morose [ma'rous]a. 郁闷 起床。” 的 “你看到轮椅了吗?”爷爷问 “什么轮椅?”彼得反问道,口气很郁闷。 大叔不再说什么,他把披肩在向阳的山坡上铺好 把克莱拉放在上面,问她舒服不舒服 “跟在轮椅里一样舒服。”她说,向爷爷表示感谢 “我觉得这儿是最好最美丽的地方了。啊,海蒂,这里 太可爱了!真是太可爱了!”她叫道,高兴地四处张望。 爷爷准备离开她们了。他说她们现在很安全,也很 高兴,等到吃午饭的时候,海蒂可以到阴凉的小洞里取 来饭袋儿,他已经把它放在那儿了;她们想喝多少奶就 让彼得去挤多少,不过海蒂要负责监督那奶必须是小天 鹅的,快到傍晚的时候,他会来接她们,现在他得去看 看那轮椅到底怎么样了。 蔚蓝色的天空没有一丝云彩,头上那广麦的雪原闪 闪发光,像是镶嵌着无数的金星和银星;两座灰色的山 峰高昂着头耸入云霄,一如既往威严地俯视着山谷;那 只大鸟在高高的蓝天上盘旋;山风从高处吹下来凉爽怡 人,坐在阳光下的孩子们精神为之一振。这里难以用语 言形容的美景使克菜拉和海蒂极为开心。时而会有一只 小山羊跑过来,卧在她们身旁;小雪花来得最频繁,它 低下头倚靠着海蒂,一动不动,只有当别的山羊过来把 它赶走时才不得不离开。克莱拉已经对这些山羊非常熟 悉,再不会把它们搞错,因为它们各自拥有不同的表情 和行为方式。这些山羊也与克莱拉混熟了,常常用头去 ·371· IXXII. Sometfing Unexpected Hfappens shoulder, which was always a sign of acquaintanceship^{} and goodwill. Some hours went by, and Heidi began to think that she might just go over to the spot where all the flowers grew to see if they were fully blown and looking as lovely as the year before. Clara could not go until grandfather came back that evening, when the flowers probably would be already closed. The longing to go became stronger and stronger, till she felt she could not resist it “Would you think me unkind, Clara." she said rather hesitatingly, "if I left you for a few minutes? I should run there and back very quickly. I want so to see how the flowers are looking -but wait -" for an idea had come into Heidi's head. She ran and picked a bunch or two of green leaves, and then took hold of Snowflake and led her up to Clara “There, now you will not be alone."said Heidi. giving the goat a little push to show her she was to lie down near Clara, which the animal auite understood Heidi threw the leaves into Clara's lap, and the latter told her friend to go at once to look at the flowers as she was quite happy to be left with the goat: she liked this new experience. Heidi ran off, and Clara began to hold out the leaves one by one to Snowflake, who snoozled{②} up to her new friend in a confiding manner and slowly ate the leaves from her hand. It was easy to see that Snowflake enioved this peaceful and sheltered way of feeding, for when with the other goats she had much persecution③ to endure from the larger and stronger ones of the flock. And Clara found a strange new pleasure in sitting all alone like this on the mountain side, her only companion a little goat that looked to her for protection. She suddenly felt a great desire to be her own mistress and to be able to help others, instead of herself being always dependent as she was now. Many thoughts, unknown to her before came crowding into her mind, and a longing to go on living in the sunshine, and tc be doing something that would bring happiness to another, as now she was helping to make the goat happy, An unaccustomed feeling of joy took possession of her as if everything she had ever known or felt became all at once more beautiful. and she seemed to see all things in a new light. and so strong was the sense of this new beauty and happiness that she threw her arms round the little goat's neck, and exclaimed. “Oh Snowflake, how delightful it is up here! If only I could stay on fo ever with you beside me!" 22.突发事件 ① acquaintanceship 她的肩膀,这永远是一种表示知心和友好的动作。 [a'kweintansfip]n. 相识 几个小时过去了,海蒂想起来要到那个百花争艳的 地方去看看,看那些花是否都开放了,是否还同去年一 样美丽。克菜拉不能去,只有傍晚爷爷来了之后才能动, 而那时鲜花或许已经合上了。但是,想去看一看的愿望 越来越强烈,海蒂实在无法抑制。 “克菜拉,”她有些犹豫地说,“如果我离开你几分 钟,你不会认为我不好吧?我跑到那儿看看,然后马上 就回来。我特别想去看看那里的花开得怎么样了--请 等一下-”她突然有了个主意。只见她跑去摘了一把 绿叶,然后抓住小雪花,把它带到了克菜拉身旁。 “这样你就不会觉得孤单了,”海蒂说着轻轻推了 山羊一下,示意让它卧在克莱拉身边,小雪花心领神 会。海蒂把绿叶放在克菜拉的膝盖上,克菜拉说跟小雪 花在一起感到很高兴,并催海蒂赶快去看那些鲜花,她 很喜欢这种新体验。海蒂跑开了,克菜拉就开始一片 snoozle [snuzl]:把(鼻 子)伸近 片地把绿叶喂给小雪花吃。这只小山羊把头伸到它的新 朋友面前,一副很信赖的样子,慢慢嚼着那送到嘴边的 ③ persecution 绿叶。小雪花显然很喜欢安安静静地吃,受到人的保护 [pasi'kju:fon]n. 困扰 因为与羊群在一起觅食的时候,它常常要忍受那些膘肥 体壮的伙伴的欺负。克莱拉发现,独自坐在山坡上,和 一只寻求保护的小山羊在一起,是件很新奇很好玩儿的 事,她突然产生了一种强烈的欲望,她想支配自已的身 体,想去帮助别人,而不是像现在这样依靠别人。她心 里产生了许多以前从没有过的想法,她渴望一直在阳光 下生活下去,做点事情为别人带来快乐和幸福,就像现 在她能让小雪花快乐那样。克菜拉沉浸在一种新鲜的快 感中,她觉得一切的一切现在都突然变美了,一切的一 切仿佛都变了模样。这种新奇的美感和幸福感强烈地冲 击着她,她不禁伸开双臂楼住山羊的脖子叫起来:“啊 小雪花,到这里来太令人高兴啦!要是你能永远陪伴着 我,那该多好啊!” .373·