6 The Porcupine

The Porcupine Each Saturday I shout "Hooray!" For that's my pocket-money day, (Although it's clearly understood I only get it when I'm good.) This week my parents had been told That I had been as good as gold, So after breakfast 50p My generous father gave to me. Like lightning down the road I ran Until I reached the sweet-shop man,

豪猪每个星期六我都大喊“万岁！”因为那是我的零用钱日，（虽然大家都明白，我只有在表现好时才会得到零用钱。）这周，我的父母被告知我表现得像金子一样好，所以早餐后，慷慨的父亲给了我50便士。 我像闪电一样在路上奔跑，直到我到达糖果店的老板，

And bought the chocolates of my dreams, A great big bag of raspberry creams. There is a secret place I know Where I quite often like to go, Beyond the wood, behind some rocks, A super place for guzzling chocs. When I arrived, I quickly found

买了我梦寐以求的巧克力，一大袋覆盆子奶油。 有个秘密的地方我知道我经常去的地方，树林那边，岩石后面，一个吃巧克力的好地方。 当我到达时，我很快发现

A comfy-looking little mound, Quite clean and round and earthy-brown Just right, I thought, for sitting down. Here I will sit all morning long And eat until my chocs are gone. I sat. I screamed. I jumped a foot! Would you believe that I had put That tender little rump of mine Upon a giant porcupine!

一个看起来很舒服的小土丘，很干净，很圆，呈土褐色，我想，正好适合坐下。 我要在这里坐一早上吃到巧克力吃完。 我坐了下来，尖叫起来。我跳了一英尺！你相信吗，我把我那柔嫩的小屁股放在一只大豪猪身上！

My backside seemed to catch on fire! A hundred red-hot bits of wire A hundred prickles sticking in And puncturing my precious skin! I ran for home. I shouted, "Mum! "Behold the prickles in my bum!" My mum, who always keeps her head, Bent down to look and then she said, "I personally am not about "To try to pull those prickles out.

我的屁股好像着火了！一百根烧红的铁丝一百根刺扎进我的皮肤！我跑回家。 我喊道：“妈妈！“看我屁股上的刺！”我的妈妈，总是保持着她的头，低头看了看，然后她说，“我个人不想”试图把这些刺拔出来。

"I think a job like this requires "The services of Mr Myers." I shouted, "Not the dentist! No! "Oh mum, why don't you have a go?" I begged her twice, I begged her thrice, But grown-ups never take advice. She said, "A dentist's very strong. "He pulls things out the whole day long." She drove me quickly into town, And then they turned me upside down Upon the awful dentist's chair, While two strong nurses held me there.

“我认为这样的工作需要”迈尔斯先生的服务" 我喊道：“不要看牙医！不!“哦，妈妈，你为什么不试试呢？”我求过她两次，求过她三次，但大人从来不听劝告。 她说：“牙医很强壮。 “他整天都在做事情。” 她飞快地把我赶到镇上，然后他们把我倒立在那张可怕的牙医的椅子上，两个强壮的护士把我抱在那里。