5 Part 05

'Help yourself,' said the Duke. 'Eat all you want.' 'Oh, my sainted souls!' gasped the Giraffe. 'Oh, my naked neck! I cannot believe what I am seeing!' The next moment she was galloping full speed across the lawns and whinnying with excitement and the last we saw of her, she was burying her

“请自便，”公爵说。 “想吃什么就吃什么。“啊，我的天哪!”长颈鹿喘着气说。 “噢，我赤裸的脖子!”我简直不敢相信我所看到的!”下一刻，她就在草地上疾驰而过，兴奋地呜呜叫着，我们最后看到她时，她正在埋葬她

head in the beautiful pink and purple flowers that blossomed on the tops of the trees all around her. 'As for the Monkey,' the Duke went on, 'I think he also will be pleased with what I have to offer. All over my estate there are thousands of giant nut trees …' 'Nuts?' cried the Monkey. 'What kind of nuts?' 'Walnuts, of course,' said the Duke. 'Walnuts!' screamed the Monkey. 'Not walnuts? You don't really mean walnuts? You're pulling my leg! You're joking! You can't be serious! I must have heard wrong!' 'There's a walnut tree right over there,' the Duke said, pointing.

在她周围的树梢上盛开着美丽的粉红色和紫色的花朵。 “至于猴子，”公爵接着说，“我想他也会对我提供的东西感到满意的。 我的庄园里到处都是成千上万棵巨大的坚果树……”猴子叫道。 “什么样的坚果?”“当然是核桃了，”公爵说。 “核桃!猴子尖叫道。 “不是核桃吗?你不是说核桃吧? 你在开我玩笑!你在开玩笑!你不是认真的吧!我一定是听错了!“那边有一棵核桃树，”公爵指着说。

The Monkey took off like an arrow, and a few seconds later he was high up in the branches of the walnut tree, cracking the nuts and guzzling what was inside. 'That leaves only the Pelly,' said the Duke. 'Yes,' said the Pelican nervously, 'but I'm afraid that what I eat does not grow on trees. I only eat fish. Would it be too much trouble, I wonder, if I were to ask you for a reasonably fresh piece of haddock or cod every day?' 'Haddock or cod!' shouted the Duke, spitting out the words as though they made a bad taste in his mouth. 'Cast your eyes, my dear Pelly, over there to the south.' The Pelican looked across the vast rolling estate and in the distance he saw a great river. 'That is the River Hamp!' cried the Duke. 'The finest salmon river in the whole of Europe!' 'Salmon!' screeched the Pelican. 'Not salmon? You don't really mean salmon?'

猴子像箭一样飞了起来，几秒钟后，他就爬上了胡桃树的树枝，敲着坚果，大口地吃着里面的东西。 “那就只剩下Pelly了，”公爵说。 “是的，”鹈鹕紧张地说，“但我担心我吃的东西不是长在树上的。 我只吃鱼。我在想，如果我每天向你要一块相当新鲜的黑线鳕或鳕鱼，会不会太麻烦?“黑线鳕还是鳕鱼!”公爵喊道，把这句话吐了出来，仿佛这句话在他嘴里很难吃似的。 “把你的目光投向南方，我亲爱的佩莉。”鹈鹕望着那宽阔起伏的庄园，远远地看见一条大河。 “那是汉普河!”公爵喊道。 “全欧洲最好的鲑鱼河!”“鲑鱼!鹈鹕尖声叫道。 “不是鲑鱼吗?你不是真的说鲑鱼吧?”

'It's full of salmon,' the Duke said, 'and I own it. You can help yourself.' Before he had finished speaking the Pelican was in the air. The Duke and I watched him as he flew full speed towards the river. We saw him circle over the water, then he dived and

“里面全是鲑鱼，”公爵说，“这是我的。 你可以自己动手。”他话还没说完，鹈鹕就飞到了空中。 公爵和我看着他全速向河边飞去。 我们看见他在水面上盘旋，然后潜入水中

disappeared. A few moments later, he was in the air again, and he had a gigantic salmon in his beak. I stood alone with the Duke on the lawn beside his great house. 'Well, Billy,' he said, 'I'm glad they are all happy. But what about you, my lad? I am wondering if you happen to have just one extra special little wish all for yourself. If you do, I'd love you to tell me about it.' There was a sudden tingling in my toes. It felt as though something tremendous might be going

消失了。过了一会儿，他又飞上了天空，嘴里衔着一条巨大的鲑鱼。 我和公爵单独站在他的大房子旁边的草坪上。 “嗯，比利，”他说，“我很高兴他们都很开心。 但是你呢，我的孩子? 我想知道你是否也有一个特别的小愿望，全给你自己。 如果你知道，我希望你能告诉我。”我的脚趾突然感到一阵刺痛。 感觉好像有什么了不起的事情要发生