3 A cunning plan

Chapter 3 A cunning plan I gathered a few of my men in a huddle and pointed out a branch in the corner of the cave. "Sharpen that," I told them. Then, I turned to the Cyclops, who was eyeing up my men, deciding which poor soul to eat next. "We hardly have any food or water, but we do have some very fine wine with us," I called. "Would you like some?"

狡猾的计划我叫了几个人聚在一起，指着山洞角落里的一根树枝。 “把它磨尖，”我告诉他们。 然后，我转向独眼巨人，他正打量着我的人，决定下一个吃哪个可怜的人。 “我们几乎没有食物和水，但我们有一些非常好的葡萄酒，”我喊道。 “你想来点吗？”

The Cyclops beamed. "Yes! Give it to me!" He grabbed the bottle and took a swig. "What's your name, stranger?" "My name is Nobody," I said. (This was part of my plan.) "Well, Nobody," said the Cyclops. "I shall do something nice for you, since you did this for me... I was about to thank him, when he went on: "Yes. I'll eat you last! Ha, ha, ha, ha!" "Oh," I said, and I gulped. "Would you like some more wine?" Soon, just as I had hoped, the wine made him sleepy and he began to doze, snoring like a sty full of pigs.

独眼巨人笑了。“是啊!把它给我！”他抓起瓶子喝了一大口。 “你叫什么名字，陌生人？”“我叫Nobody，”我说。 （这是我计划的一部分。）“嗯，没有人。”独眼巨人说。 “既然你为我做了这件事，我也要为你做点好事…… 我正要感谢他，他接着说：“是的。 我最后吃你！哈，哈，哈，哈！”“哦，”我说着，咽了口气。 “你想再喝点酒吗？”不久，正如我所希望的那样，酒使他昏昏欲睡，他开始打瞌睡，鼾声像猪圈里的猪一样。

I gestured to my men to heat the sharpened branch in the fire. When its sharp end was white-hot, we hefted it onto our shoulders and jammed it into the Cyclops' closed eye with a sizzle. He woke with a jolt and screamed out: "Nobody's hurting me! Help!" Another giant who lived next door heard him and laughed. "If nobody's hurting you, then stop crying, you great big baby!"

我示意我的人把削尖的树枝放在火里加热。 当它尖尖的一端变成白热的时候，我们把它扛在肩上，发出嘶嘶声，塞进了独眼巨人闭着的眼睛里。 他猛然惊醒，尖叫起来：“没人伤害我！救命!”另一个住在隔壁的巨人听到后大笑起来。 “如果没人伤害你，那就别哭了，你这个大宝贝！”

Furious and whimpering in pain, the blinded Cyclops lay back down and eventually fell asleep. The next morning, he rolled the stone away from the cave mouth to let his sheep out to graze. At my order, each man strapped himself quickly and quietly beneath one of the Cyclops' huge sheep. As each animal wandered out into the fields to graze, one of my men escaped into the free, fresh air. Once outside, we let the sheep go and ran to the ship. In my triumph, I couldn't resist turning back and yelling, "I tricked you! I'm not Nobody! I'm Odysseus!"

瞎眼的独眼巨人暴跳如雷，痛苦地呜咽着，躺回地上，最后睡着了。 第二天早上，他把石头从洞口滚开，让羊出去吃草。 在我的命令下，每个人都迅速而安静地把自己绑在独眼巨人的一只大羊下面。 当每只动物都到田野里去吃草时，我的一个人逃到自由、新鲜的空气中去了。 一到外面，我们就把羊放了，跑到船上。 在我的胜利中，我忍不住回头喊道：“我骗了你！我不是无名小卒！我是奥德修斯!”

The Cyclops howled and began to throw rocks at us- luckily, his aim was terrible. "Father! Poseidon! God of the Seas!" he cried out. "Odysseus has blinded me. Punish him! Make him suffer as I suffer!" "Oh dear," I said to Eurylochus, as we sailed away. "Do you think telling him my real name might have been a mistake?"

独眼巨人嚎叫着，开始向我们扔石头——幸运的是，他的瞄准很差。 “父亲!波塞冬!海神啊！”他喊道。 “奥德修斯弄瞎了我的眼睛。惩罚他!让他像我一样受苦吧！”“噢，天哪，”我们扬帆而去时，我对尤里洛库斯说。 “你觉得告诉他我的真名会不会是个错误？”