14 Badger Has Doubts

14 Badger Has Doubts 'Just one more visit!' cried Mr Fox. 'And I'll bet I know where that'll be,' said the only Small Fox now left. He was the Smallest Fox of them all. 'Where?' asked Badger. 'Well,' said the Smallest Fox. 'We've been to Boggis and we've been to Bunce but we haven't been to Bean. It must be Bean.' 'You are right,' said Mr Fox. 'But what you don't know is which part of Bean's place we are about to visit.' 'Which?' they said both together. 'Ah-ha,' said Mr Fox. 'Just you wait and see.' They were digging as they talked. The tunnel was going forward fast. Suddenly Badger said, 'Doesn't this worry you just a tiny bit, Foxy?' 'Worry me?' said Mr Fox. 'What?'

獾有疑虑“就再来一次!”狐狸先生叫道。 “我敢打赌，我知道它在哪儿，”现在只剩下一只小狐狸说。 他是所有狐狸中最小的一只。 “在哪里?獾问。“嗯，”最小的狐狸说。 “我们去过博吉斯，去过邦斯，但还没去过比恩。 一定是憨豆。“你说得对，”狐狸先生说。 “但你不知道的是，我们要去比恩家的哪一部分。“哪个?他们异口同声地说。 “啊哈，”狐狸先生说。“你等着瞧吧。”他们边说边挖。 隧道向前推进得很快。 突然獾说:“小狐，你一点也不担心吗?“让我担心?”狐狸先生说。 “什么?”

'All this… this stealing.' Mr Fox stopped digging and stared at Badger as though he had gone completely dotty. 'My dear old furry frump,' he said, 'do you know anyone in the whole world who wouldn't swipe a few chickens if his children were starving to death?' There was a short silence while Badger thought deeply about this. 'You are far too respectable,' said Mr Fox. 'There's nothing wrong with being respectable,' Badger said. 'Look,' said Mr Fox, 'Boggis and Bunce and Bean are out to kill us. You realize that, I hope?' 'I do, Foxy, I do indeed,' said the gentle Badger. 'But we're not going to stoop to their level. We don't want to kill them.' 'I should hope not, indeed,' said Badger.

“所有这些……这些偷窃。”狐狸先生停止了挖掘，盯着獾，好像他已经完全疯了。 “我亲爱的毛茸茸的老家伙，”他说，“如果他的孩子饿死了，你知道世界上有谁会不抓几只鸡吗?”獾沉思了一会儿，沉默了一会儿。 “你太可敬了，”狐狸先生说。 “受人尊敬并没有错，”獾说。 “看，”狐狸先生说，“博吉斯、邦斯和比恩要来杀我们。 我希望你意识到了?“我知道，小狐，我真的知道，”温和的獾说。 但我们不会屈尊到他们的水平。 我们不想杀了他们。“我真希望不会，”獾说。

'We wouldn't dream of it,' said Mr Fox. 'We shall simply take a little food here and there to keep us and our families alive. Right?' 'I suppose we'll have to,' said Badger. 'If they want to be horrible, let them,' said Mr Fox. 'We down here are decent peace-loving people.' Badger laid his head on one side and smiled at Mr Fox. 'Foxy,' he said, 'I love you.' 'Thank you,' said Mr Fox. 'And now let's get on with the digging.' Five minutes later, Badger's front paws hit against something flat and hard. 'What on earth is this?' he said. 'It looks like a solid stone wall.' He

“我们做梦也想不到，”狐狸先生说。 “我们只要到处吃点东西，维持我们和家人的生活就行了。 对吧?“我想我们只好这么做了，”獾说。 “如果它们想变得可怕，就让它们去吧，”狐狸先生说。 “我们这里的人都是爱好和平的正派人。”獾把头侧向一边，对狐狸先生微笑。 “小狐，”他说，“我爱你。“谢谢你，”狐狸先生说。 “现在我们继续挖吧。”五分钟后，獾的前爪碰到了一件又平又硬的东西。 “这到底是什么?”他说。 “它看起来像一堵坚固的石墙。”他

and Mr Fox scraped away the soil. It was a wall. But it was built of bricks, not stones. The wall was right in front of them, blocking their way. 'Now who in the world would build a wall under the ground?' asked Badger. 'Very simple,' said Mr Fox. 'It's the wall of an underground room. And if I am not mistaken, it is exactly what I'm looking for.'

狐狸先生把土刮掉。 那是一堵墙。但它是用砖而不是石头建造的。 墙就在他们面前，挡住了他们的去路。 “现在，世界上有谁会在地下建一堵墙呢?”獾问。 “很简单，”狐狸先生说。 “这是一个地下房间的墙壁。 如果我没弄错的话，这正是我要找的东西。”