4 The bag of winds

Chapter 4 The bag of winds I tried to put the Cyclops' curse out of my mind, and we sailed on peacefully enough until we reached the island of Aeolus, Keeper of the Winds. Unlike our last host, Aeolus welcomed us kindly. We stayed at his palace for a month, feasting and telling stories.

我试图把独眼巨人的诅咒从我的脑海中抹去，我们平静地继续航行，直到我们到达了风之守护者埃俄罗斯岛。 和上次的主人不同，Aeolus热情地欢迎我们。 我们在他的宫殿里住了一个月，一边吃喝一边讲故事。

When we left, Aeolus gave me a strange and wonderful present. "Here," he said to me, handing me a bulging cloth bag. "This bag contains powerful winds. Let out just a few puffs if you need to change course." I put the bag in a safe place, where my men wouldn't accidentally open it, and we went on our way. Aeolus also sent us a steady breeze to blow us home. Before we knew it, we were close enough to Ithaca to see people walking about on the shore.

当我们离开时，埃俄罗斯给了我一份奇怪而美妙的礼物。 “给你，”他对我说，递给我一个鼓鼓囊囊的布袋。 “这个袋子里有强风。 如果你需要改变方向，就吹几口。” 我把包放在一个安全的地方，这样我的人就不会不小心打开它，然后我们就上路了。 埃奥罗斯也给我们送来了稳定的微风，把我们吹回家。 不知不觉中，我们已经离伊萨卡岛很近了，可以看到人们在海岸上走来走去。

By now, I was so exhausted that I couldn't keep my eyes open, and I took a nap. I dreamed of Penelope, my wife, and Telemachus, my son, who must be almost a man now. As I slept, some of my men pulled out the bag full of winds. They must have thought it contained treasure, because they opened it. A mighty hurricane whipped up around us. I woke with a start and realized that my men had released all the winds at once.

到现在为止，我太累了，眼睛都睁不开了，就睡了个午觉。 我梦见了我的妻子佩内洛普和我的儿子忒勒马科斯，他现在一定快长大成人了。 在我睡觉的时候，我的几个手下拿出了装满风的袋子。 他们一定认为里面装着财宝，因为他们打开了它。 一场猛烈的飓风在我们周围突然袭来。 我猛然惊醒，意识到我的人一下子把所有的风都放掉了。

We were blown back and back and back the way we had come... all the way back to Aeolus. This time, he wouldn't help us. "The gods seem against you," he said. "I can't do anything more. So, we set sail yet again, only this time, without the winds of Aeolus, our ships seemed to crawl through the water. After a while, we came to an island and landed to stock up on food and water. I spotted a girl walking along the road, and I called out to her. She told us to go and see her mother and father, the king and queen of the Laestrygones, in their palace on the hill.

我们被风吹得往回走，往回走，往回走…… 一直到埃俄罗斯。 这一次，他不会帮我们的。 “诸神似乎与你作对。”他说。 “我不能再做什么了。 所以，我们又开船了，不过这一次没有了风，我们的船好象是在水中爬行。 过了一会儿，我们来到了一个小岛上，上岸储备食物和水。 我看见一个女孩在路上走，就向她喊了一声。 她让我们去看看她的父母，莱埃斯特里戈涅的国王和王后，他们在山上的宫殿里。

"They'd be delighted to have you for supper," she said, with a smile that I didn't like all that much. When we met the king and queen, we found out why they'd be so delighted -they were cannibals! We ran for our lives, but not all of us escaped. The Laestrygones army chased us all the way to the shore and hurled rocks at us, smashing almost all of our ships and killing many of my men.

“他们会很高兴请你吃晚饭的，”她说，脸上带着我不太喜欢的微笑。 当我们见到国王和王后时，我们发现了他们如此高兴的原因——他们是食人族！我们逃命，但不是所有人都能逃脱。 莱斯特里戈涅的军队一路追到岸边，向我们扔石头，几乎把我们所有的船都砸坏了，打死了我的许多人。

Only one ship of sad, tired men sailed away from that island. We had no supplies, and hardly any hope left in our hearts. Next time we landed, I was more cautious. We drew lots, and one group of men stayed at the shore with me, and the other followed Eurylochus to explore. The scouting party soon came upon a stone house in the woods. Eurylochus told me later that outside the house were wolves and lions as meek and friendly as puppies and kittens. One lion even rolled on its back to have its tummy tickled.

只有一艘载着悲伤、疲惫的人的船离开了那个岛。 我们没有补给，心中几乎没有任何希望。 下次降落时，我更小心了。 我们抽签，一组人和我一起留在岸上，另一组人跟着欧律洛库斯去探险。 侦察队很快就在树林里发现了一座石屋。 欧律洛克斯后来告诉我，房子外面的狼和狮子就像小狗和小猫一样温顺友好。 一只狮子甚至在它的背上打滚，让它的肚子挠痒痒。