3 Mr Wonka and the Indian Prince

3 Mr Wonka and the Indian Prince 'Prince Pondicherry wrote a letter to Mr Willy Wonka,' said Grandpa Joe, 'and asked him to come all the way out to India and build him a colossal palace entirely out of chocolate.' 'Did Mr Wonka do it, Grandpa?' 'He did, indeed. And what a palace it was! It had one hundred rooms, and everything was made of either dark or light chocolate! The bricks were chocolate, and the cement holding them together was chocolate, and the windows were chocolate, and all the walls and ceilings were made of chocolate, so were the carpets and the pictures and the furniture and the beds; and when you turned on the taps in the bathroom, hot chocolate came pouring out. 'When it was all finished, Mr Wonka said to Prince Pondicherry, "I warn you, though, it won't last very long, so you'd better start eating it right away." ' "Nonsense!" shouted the Prince. "I'm not going to eat my palace! I'm not even going to nibble the staircase or lick the walls! I'm going to live in it!"

“本地治里王子给威利·旺卡先生写了一封信，”乔爷爷说，“请他大老远到印度来，用巧克力为他建造一座巨大的宫殿。“是旺卡先生干的吗，爷爷?””“的确是这样。 这是一座多么宏伟的宫殿啊!它有100个房间，所有的东西都是用黑巧克力或淡巧克力做的!砖是巧克力做的，粘合砖的水泥也是巧克力做的，窗户也是巧克力做的，所有的墙和天花板都是巧克力做的，地毯、图画、家具和床也是巧克力做的。当你打开浴室的水龙头时，热巧克力喷涌而出。 吃完后，旺卡先生对本地治里王子说:“不过，我警告你，它不会持续很长时间，所以你最好马上开始吃。” “胡说八道!”王子喊道。 “我才不要吃我的宫殿!”我甚至不会去咬楼梯或舔墙壁!我要住在里面!”

'But Mr Wonka was right, of course, because soon after this, there came a very hot day with a boiling sun, and the whole palace began to melt, and then it sank slowly to the ground, and the crazy prince, who was dozing in the living room at the time, woke up to find himself swimming around in a huge brown sticky lake of chocolate.' Little Charlie sat very still on the edge of the bed, staring at his grandfather. Charlie's face was bright, and his eyes were stretched so wide you could see the whites all around. 'Is all this really true?' he asked. 'Or are you pulling my leg?' 'It's true!' cried all four of the old people at once. 'Of course it's true! Ask anyone you like!' 'And I'll tell you something else that's true,' said Grandpa Joe, and now he leaned closer to Charlie, and lowered his voice to a soft, secret whisper. 'Nobody… ever… comes… out!' 'Out of where?' asked Charlie. 'And… nobody… ever… goes… in!' 'In where?' cried Charlie. 'Wonka's factory, of course!' 'Grandpa, what do you mean?' 'I mean workers, Charlie.' 'Workers?' 'All factories,' said Grandpa Joe, 'have workers streaming in and out of the gates in the mornings and

“当然，旺卡先生是对的，因为不久之后，有一个非常炎热的日子，太阳滚烫，整个宫殿开始融化，然后慢慢地下沉到地面上，当时正在客厅打瞌睡的疯王子醒来时，发现自己在一个巨大的棕色粘稠的巧克力湖中游泳。”小查理静静地坐在床边，盯着他的爷爷。 查理的脸很亮，他的眼睛睁得很大，你可以看到周围的白色。 “这些都是真的吗?”他问。 “还是你在开我的玩笑?”“这是真的!”四个老人同时喊道。 “当然是真的!”问任何你喜欢的人!“我还要告诉你一件真实的事，”乔爷爷说，他向查理靠得更近了，压低了声音，低声耳语。 “从来没有人……出来过……”“从哪里出来?”查理问。 “而且……从来没有……人……进去过!”“在哪儿?”查理叫道。 “当然是旺卡的工厂!”“爷爷，你是什么意思?”“我是说工人，查理。”“工人吗?“所有的工厂，”乔爷爷说，“早上都有工人进进出出。

evenings – except Wonka's! Have you ever seen a single person going into that place – or coming out?' Little Charlie looked slowly around at each of the four old faces, one after the other, and they all looked back at him. They were friendly smiling faces, but they were also quite serious. There was no sign of joking or leg-pulling on any of them. 'Well? Have you?' asked Grandpa Joe. 'I… I really don't know, Grandpa,' Charlie stammered. 'Whenever I walk past the factory, the gates seem to be closed.' 'Exactly!' said Grandpa Joe. 'But there must be people working there…' 'Not people, Charlie. Not ordinary people, anyway.' 'Then who?' cried Charlie. 'Ah-ha… That's it, you see… That's another of Mr Willy Wonka's clevernesses.' 'Charlie, dear,' Mrs Bucket called out from where she was standing by the door, 'it's time for bed. That's enough for tonight.' 'But, Mother, I must hear…' 'Tomorrow, my darling…' 'That's right,' said Grandpa Joe, 'I'll tell you the rest of it tomorrow evening.'

除了旺卡的晚上!你见过一个人进过那个地方——或者出来过吗?”小查理慢慢地环视着这四张老面孔，一张接着一张，他们也都回望着他。 他们都是友好的笑脸，但他们也很严肃。 他们没有开玩笑或开玩笑的迹象。 ”好吗?有你吗?乔爷爷问。 “我……我真的不知道，爷爷。”查理结结巴巴地说。 “每当我走过工厂时，大门似乎都是关着的。“完全正确!乔爷爷说。 “但那里一定有人在工作……”“不是人，查理。 反正不是普通人。“那是谁?”查理叫道。 “啊哈……就是这样，你看……这是威利·旺卡先生的另一个聪明之处。”“查理，亲爱的，”巴克特夫人从她站在门边的地方喊道，“该睡觉了。 今晚就到这里吧。“好吧，”乔爷爷说，“明天晚上我再把剩下的讲给你听。”