21 Good-bye Violet

21 Good-bye Violet 'This gum,' Mr Wonka went on, 'is my latest, my greatest, my most fascinating invention! It's a chewing-gum meal! It's… it's… it's… That tiny little strip of gum lying there is a whole three-course dinner all by itself!' 'What sort of nonsense is this?' said one of the fathers. 'My dear sir!' cried Mr Wonka, 'when I start selling this gum in the shops it will change everything! It will be the end of all kitchens and all cooking! There will be no more shopping to do! No more buying of meat and groceries! There'll be no knives and forks at mealtimes! No plates! No washing up! No rubbish! No mess! Just a little strip of Wonka's magic chewing-gum – and that's all you'll ever need at breakfast, lunch, and supper! This piece of gum I've just made happens to be tomato soup, roast beef, and blueberry pie, but you can have almost anything you want!' 'What do you mean, it's tomato soup, roast beef, and blueberry pie?' said Violet Beauregarde. 'If you were to start chewing it,' said Mr Wonka, 'then that is exactly what you would get on the menu. It's

“这块口香糖，”旺卡先生接着说，“是我最新、最伟大、最迷人的发明!这是一顿口香糖餐!躺在那里的那一小片口香糖本身就可以做成一顿三道菜的晚餐了!“这是什么废话?”一位父亲说。 “我亲爱的先生!”旺卡先生喊道，“当我开始在商店里卖这种口香糖的时候，一切都会改变的!”这将是所有厨房和烹饪的终结!再也不用购物了!不要再买肉和杂货了!吃饭的时候不会有刀叉了!没有盘子!不用洗碗!没有垃圾!不乱!只要一小片旺卡的神奇口香糖——这就是你早餐、午餐和晚餐所需要的一切!我刚刚做的口香糖碰巧是番茄汤、烤牛肉和蓝莓派，但你几乎可以吃任何你想要的!“你是什么意思?是番茄汤、烤牛肉和蓝莓派?”维奥莱特·博雷加德说。 “如果你开始咀嚼它，”旺卡先生说，“那你就会得到菜单上的东西。” 这是

absolutely amazing! You can actually feel the food going down your throat and into your tummy! And you can taste it perfectly! And it fills you up! It satisfies you! It's terrific!' 'It's utterly impossible,' said Veruca Salt. 'Just so long as it's gum,' shouted Violet Beauregarde, 'just so long as it's a piece of gum and I can chew it, then that's for me!' And quickly she took her own world-record piece of chewing-gum out of her mouth and stuck it behind her left ear. 'Come on, Mr Wonka,' she said, 'hand over this magic gum of yours and we'll see if the thing works.' 'Now, Violet,' said Mrs Beauregarde, her mother; 'don't let's do anything silly, Violet.' 'I want the gum!' Violet said obstinately. 'What's so silly?' 'I would rather you didn't take it,' Mr Wonka told her gently. 'You see, I haven't got it quite right yet. There are still one or two things…' 'Oh, to blazes with that!' said Violet, and suddenly, before Mr Wonka could stop her, she shot out a fat hand and grabbed the stick of gum out of the little drawer and popped it into her mouth. At once, her huge, well-trained jaws started chewing away on it like a pair of tongs. 'Don't!' said Mr Wonka. 'Fabulous!' shouted Violet. 'It's tomato soup! It's hot and creamy and delicious! I can feel it running down my throat!' 'Stop!' said Mr Wonka. 'The gum isn't ready yet! It's not right!'

绝对惊人!你真的可以感觉到食物从你的喉咙进入你的肚子!你可以完美地品尝它!它会让你感到充实!它满足你!这是太棒了!"这完全不可能，"维露卡·索特说。 “只要它是口香糖，”维奥莱特·博雷加德喊道，“只要它是一块口香糖，而且我还能嚼，那就是给我的!”她迅速地从嘴里拿出一块创造世界纪录的口香糖，把它塞到左耳后面。 “来吧，旺卡先生，”她说，“把你的魔法口香糖递过来，我们看看这玩意儿能不能起作用。”“好了，维奥莱特，”她的母亲博雷加德太太说。“别让我们做傻事，维奥莱特。“我要口香糖!”维奥莱特固执地说。 “什么事这么傻?”“我宁愿你不要吃，”旺卡先生温和地对她说。 “你看，我还没有完全理解。 还有一两件事……”“啊，真是太好了!维奥莉特说，突然，在旺卡先生阻止她之前，她伸出一只胖乎乎的手，从小抽屉里抓起那根口香糖，塞进嘴里。 她那训练有素的大下颚立刻开始像钳子一样咬住它。 “不!”旺卡先生说。“好!维奥莱特喊道。 “这是番茄汤!”又热又滑又好吃!我能感觉到它流进了我的喉咙!“停!旺卡先生说。 “口香糖还没做好呢!”这是不对的!”

'Of course it's right!' said Violet. 'It's working beautifully! Oh my, what lovely soup this is!' 'Spit it out!' said Mr Wonka. 'It's changing!' shouted Violet, chewing and grinning both at the same time. 'The second course is coming up! It's roast beef! It's tender and juicy! Oh boy, what a flavour! The baked potato is marvellous, too! It's got a crispy skin and it's all filled with butter inside!' 'But how in-teresting, Violet,' said Mrs Beauregarde. 'You are a clever girl.' 'Keep chewing, baby!' said Mr Beauregarde. 'Keep right on chewing! This is a great day for the Beauregardes! Our little girl is the first person in the world to have a chewinggum meal!' Everybody was watching Violet Beauregarde as she stood there chewing this extraordinary gum. Little Charlie Bucket was staring at her absolutely spellbound, watching her huge rubbery lips as they pressed and unpressed with the chewing, and Grandpa Joe stood beside him, gaping at the girl. Mr Wonka was wringing his hands and saying, 'No, no, no, no, no! It isn't ready for eating! It isn't right! You mustn't do it!' 'Blueberry pie and cream!' shouted Violet. 'Here it comes! Oh my, it's perfect! It's beautiful! It's… it's exactly as though I'm swallowing it! It's as though I'm chewing and swallowing great big spoonfuls of the most marvellous blueberry pie in the world!'

“当然是对的!”维奥莱特说。 “效果很好!”哦，天哪，这汤真好吃!“快说出来!”旺卡先生说。 这是改变!维奥莉特喊道，一边嚼着，一边咧着嘴笑。 “第二道菜上来了!”这是烤牛肉!它又嫩又多汁!哦，天哪，这味道真好!烤土豆也很棒!它的表皮酥脆，里面全是黄油!“可真有意思，维奥莱特，”博雷加德太太说。 “你是个聪明的女孩。“继续嚼，宝贝!”博雷加德先生说。 “继续嚼!”今天是博雷加德家族的大日子!我们的小女儿是世界上第一个吃口香糖的人!”大家都在看着维奥莱特·博雷加德站在那里嚼着这种与众不同的口香糖。 小查理·巴克特目不转睛地盯着她，看着她那橡胶般的大嘴唇嚼着嚼着又嚼着，乔爷爷站在他旁边，目瞪口呆地看着这个女孩。 旺卡先生扭着双手说:“不，不，不，不，不!还不能吃呢!这是不对的!你不能这么做!“蓝莓派和奶油!”维奥莱特喊道。 “它来了!”哦，天哪，太完美了!它是美丽的!就像我把它吞了一样!就好像我在咀嚼和吞下一大勺世界上最美味的蓝莓派!”

'Good heavens, girl!' shrieked Mrs Beauregarde suddenly, staring at Violet, 'what's happening to your nose!' 'Oh, be quiet, mother, and let me finish!' said Violet. 'It's turning blue!' screamed Mrs Beauregarde. 'Your nose is turning blue as a blueberry!' 'Your mother is right!' shouted Mr Beauregarde. 'Your whole nose has gone purple!' 'What do you mean?' said Violet, still chewing away. 'Your cheeks!' screamed Mrs Beauregarde. 'They're turning blue as well! So is your chin! Your whole face is turning blue!' 'Spit that gum out at once!' ordered Mr Beauregarde. 'Mercy! Save us!' yelled Mrs Beauregarde. 'The girl's going blue and purple all over! Even her hair is changing colour! Violet, you're turning violet, Violet! What is happening to you?' I told you I hadn't got it quite right,' sighed Mr Wonka, shaking his head sadly. 'I'll say you haven't!' cried Mrs Beauregarde. 'Just look at the girl now!' Everybody was staring at Violet. And what a terrible, peculiar sight she was! Her face and hands and legs and neck, in fact the skin all over her body, as well as her great big mop of curly hair, had turned a brilliant, purplish-blue, the colour of blueberry juice!

“天哪，姑娘!”博雷加德太太瞪着维奥莱特，突然尖叫起来，“你的鼻子怎么啦!“哦，安静点，妈妈，让我说完!”维奥莱特说。 “它变蓝了!”博雷加德太太尖叫道。 “你的鼻子变得像蓝莓一样蓝!”“你妈妈说得对!”博雷加德先生喊道。 “你整个鼻子都紫了!”“你这是什么意思?”维奥莱特说，嘴里还在嚼着东西。 “你的脸颊!博雷加德太太尖叫道。 “它们也变蓝了!”你的下巴也是!你整个脸都变蓝了!“马上把口香糖吐出来!”博雷加德先生命令道。 “仁慈!拯救我们!博雷加德太太喊道。 “这姑娘浑身发青发紫!”甚至她的头发也在变色!维奥莱特，你变紫了，维奥莱特!你出什么事了?”“我告诉过你，我没做对。”旺卡先生叹了口气，伤心地摇了摇头。 “我说你没有!”博雷加德太太叫道。 “现在看看这个女孩吧!”每个人都盯着维奥莱特。 她是一个多么可怕、多么奇特的景象啊!她的脸，她的手，她的腿，她的脖子，事实上，她全身的皮肤，还有她那蓬松的卷发，都变成了一种明亮的紫蓝色，蓝莓汁的颜色!

'It always goes wrong when we come to the dessert,' sighed Mr Wonka. 'It's the blueberry pie that does it. But I'll get it right one day, you wait and see.' 'Violet,' screamed Mrs Beauregarde, 'you're swelling up!' 'I feel sick,' Violet said. 'You're swelling up!' screamed Mrs Beauregarde again. 'I feel most peculiar!' gasped Violet. 'I'm not surprised!' said Mr Beauregarde. 'Great heavens, girl!' screeched Mrs Beauregarde. 'You're blowing up like a balloon!' 'Like a blueberry,' said Mr Wonka. 'Call a doctor!' shouted Mr Beauregarde. 'Prick her with a pin!' said one of the other fathers. 'Save her!' cried Mrs Beauregarde, wringing her hands. But there was no saving her now. Her body was swelling up and changing shape at such a rate that within a minute it

旺卡先生叹了口气说:“我们上甜点的时候总是出错。” “这是蓝莓派的功劳。 但总有一天我会做好的，你等着瞧吧。“维奥莱特，”博雷加德太太尖叫道，“你肿起来了!“我觉得不舒服，”维奥莱特说。 “你肿起来了!”博雷加德太太又尖叫起来。 “我觉得很奇怪!”维奥莱特喘着气说。 “我一点也不惊讶!”博雷加德先生说。 “天哪，姑娘!”博雷加德太太尖叫道。 “你像个气球一样吹起来了!”“像蓝莓一样，”旺卡先生说。 “叫医生来!”博雷加德先生喊道。 “用别针扎她!”另一个父亲说。 “救她!博雷加德太太绞着双手喊道。 但是现在已经没有办法救她了。 她的身体在膨胀，形状在迅速变化，一分钟之内就

had turned into nothing less than an enormous round blue ball – a gigantic blueberry, in fact – and all that remained of Violet Beauregarde herself was a tiny pair of legs and a tiny pair of arms sticking out of the great round fruit and little head on top. 'It always happens like that,' sighed Mr Wonka. 'I've tried it twenty times in the Testing Room on twenty Oompa- Loompas, and every one of them finished up as a blueberry. It's most annoying. I just can't understand it.' 'But I don't want a blueberry for a daughter!' yelled Mrs Beauregarde. 'Put her back to what she was this instant!' Mr Wonka clicked his fingers, and ten Oompa-Loompas appeared immediately at his side. 'Roll Miss Beauregarde into the boat,' he said to them, 'and take her along to the Juicing Room at once.' 'The Juicing Room?' cried Mrs Beauregarde. 'What are they going to do to her there?' 'Squeeze her,' said Mr Wonka. 'We've got to squeeze the juice out of her immediately. After that, we'll just have to see how she comes out. But don't worry, my dear Mrs Beauregarde. We'll get her repaired if it's the last thing we do. I am sorry about it all, I really am…' Already the ten Oompa-Loompas were rolling the enormous blueberry across the floor of the Inventing Room towards the door that led to the chocolate river where the boat was waiting. Mr and Mrs Beauregarde hurried after them. The rest of the party, including little Charlie Bucket

已经变成了一个巨大的蓝色圆球——实际上是一颗巨大的蓝莓——维奥莱特·博雷加德自己只剩下了从巨大的圆果子里伸出来的一双小腿和一双小胳膊，上面还有一个小脑袋。 “事情总是这样，”旺卡先生叹了口气。 “我在试验室里对二十个奥柏伦柏人试了二十次，结果每个人都变成了蓝莓。 这太烦人了。我就是不明白。“可我不想给女儿一个蓝莓!”博雷加德太太喊道。 “立刻把她变回原来的样子!”旺卡先生咔哒一声手指，十个奥柏伦柏人立刻出现在他身边。 “把博雷加德小姐滚上船，”他对他们说，“马上带她到榨汁室去。“榨汁室?”博雷加德太太叫道。 “在那儿他们会怎样处置她呢?”“捏她，”旺卡先生说。 “我们得马上榨干她的汁。” 在那之后，我们就等着看她的表现如何吧。 不过别担心，亲爱的博雷加德太太。 哪怕是最后一件事，我们也要把她修好。 这十个奥柏伦柏人已经在发明室的地板上滚动着那颗巨大的蓝莓，朝着通往巧克力河的门走去，船就在那里等着。 博雷加德夫妇急忙跟在他们后面。 派对上的其他人，包括小查理·巴克特