02 Mr Fox

2 Mr Fox On a hill above the valley there was a wood. In the wood there was a huge tree. Under the tree there was a hole. In the hole lived Mr Fox and Mrs Fox and their four Small Foxes. Every evening as soon as it got dark, Mr Fox would say to Mrs Fox, 'Well, my darling, what shall it be this time? A plump chicken from Boggis? A duck or a goose from Bunce? Or a nice turkey from Bean?' And when Mrs Fox had told him what she wanted, Mr Fox would creep down into the valley in the darkness of the night and help himself.

在山谷上方的小山上有一片树林。 树林里有一棵大树。 树下有一个洞。 洞里住着狐狸先生、狐狸太太和他们的四只小狐狸。 每天晚上一天黑，狐狸先生就对狐狸太太说:“好吧，亲爱的，这次要吃什么呢?” 一只来自Boggis的肥鸡? 邦斯的鸭子还是鹅? 还是宾家的美味火鸡?”当狐狸太太告诉他她想要的东西时，狐狸先生就会在黑夜里爬到山谷里去吃。

Boggis and Bunce and Bean knew very well what was going on, and it made them wild with rage. They were not men who liked to give anything away. Less still did they like anything to be stolen from them. So every night each of them would take his shotgun and hide in a dark place somewhere on his own farm, hoping to catch the robber. But Mr Fox was too clever for them. He always approached a farm with the wind blowing in his face, and this meant that if any man were lurking in the shadows ahead, the wind would carry the

博吉斯、邦斯和比恩非常清楚发生了什么事，这使他们气得发疯。 他们都不是喜欢施舍的人。 他们更不喜欢自己的东西被偷走。 因此，每天晚上，他们每个人都拿着猎枪，躲在自己农场的某个黑暗的地方，希望能抓住强盗。 但是狐狸先生对他们来说太聪明了。 他总是迎着风走近一个农场，这意味着如果有人潜伏在前面的阴影里，风就会把他吹走

smell of that man to Mr Fox's nose from far away. Thus, if Mr Boggis was hiding behind his Chicken House Number One, Mr Fox would smell him out from fifty yards off and quickly change direction, heading for Chicken House Number Four at the other end of the farm. 'Dang and blast that lousy beast!' cried Boggis. 'I'd like to rip his guts out!' said Bunce. 'He must be killed!' cried Bean. 'But how?' said Boggis. 'How on earth can we catch the blighter?' Bean picked his nose delicately with a long finger. 'I have a plan,' he said. 'You've never had a decent plan yet,' said Bunce. 'Shut up and listen,' said Bean. 'Tomorrow night we will all hide just outside the hole where the fox lives. We will wait there until he comes out. Then… Bang! Bang-bang-bang.' 'Very clever,' said Bunce. 'But first we shall have to find the hole.' 'My dear Bunce, I've already found it,' said the crafty Bean. 'It's up in the wood on the hill. It's

狐狸先生从远处闻到了那个人的气味。 因此，如果Boggis先生藏在他的一号鸡舍后面，狐狸先生会在50码外闻到他的气味，并迅速改变方向，前往农场另一端的四号鸡舍。 “该死，该死的畜生!”博格斯叫道。 “我真想把他的内脏掏出来!”邦斯说。 “一定要杀了他!”比恩叫道。 但如何?博格斯说。“我们究竟怎样才能抓住那个鬼呢?”比恩用一根长长的手指小心翼翼地抠着鼻子。 “我有一个计划，”他说。"你还从来没有一个像样的计划呢，"邦斯说。 “闭嘴，听我说。”比恩说。 “明天晚上我们都躲在狐狸住的洞外面。 我们将在那里等他出来。 然后……砰!Bang-bang-bang。“很聪明，”邦斯说。 “但首先我们得找到那个洞。“我亲爱的邦斯，我已经找到了，”狡猾的比恩说。 “它在山上的树林里。 这是

under a huge tree…'

在一棵大树下……”