7 Storytelling Jail

CHAPTER 7 STORYTELLING JAIL into a jail cell! The Door of Doom clangs shut behind us. "Andy! Jill!" says Terry, rushing toward us. "I'm so glad you're here! I thought I was doomed to be

第七章讲故事关进牢房！厄运之门在我们身后哐当关上了。 “安迪!吉尔！”特里说着，朝我们冲了过来。 “我真高兴你来了！”我以为我是命中注定的

locked up alone forever!" "But you've only been here for a few seconds," I say. "Really?" says Terry. "It felt much longer." "Keep quiet in there!" says a voice through the gloom on the other side of the bars. "Who said that?" says Jill.

永远一个人关起来！”“但你才来了几秒钟，”我说。 “真的吗？”特里说。“感觉要长得多。” “在里面保持安静！”一个声音从阴暗的栅栏另一边传来。 “谁说的？”吉尔问。

"I did," says the chief of the Story Police, stepping up close to our cell. "Thought you could get away, did you? Well, we've got you now!" "But you can't just put people in jail for no reason!" I say.

“是的，”故事警察局局长说，走近我们的牢房。 “你以为你能逃走，是吗？” 好了，我们现在抓到你了！”“但你不能无缘无故就把人关进监狱！”我说。

"Oh, we've got our reasons," says the chief, "and plenty of them. You are hereby charged with crimes against good and proper storytelling, including the use of outlandish plots, ridiculous characters, silly names, needless repetition— I repeat, needless repetition—too much detail in some places and not enough in others, lack of worthy life lessons, poor dietary habits, unlikely escapes, gratuitous violence, time-wasting chases, and, worst of all, clichéd endings, such as it was all just a dream… Need I go on?" "I can explain!" I say. "Don't explain it to me," says the chief. "Explain it to the judge." The chief opens the cell door…

“哦，我们有我们的理由，”酋长说，“而且理由很多。 在此，你被指控犯有违反良好和适当的讲故事的罪行，包括使用古怪的情节，可笑的人物，愚蠢的名字，不必要的重复——我重复，不必要的重复——有些地方细节太多，而另一些地方却不够，缺乏有价值的人生教训，糟糕的饮食习惯，不太可能的逃脱，无端的暴力，浪费时间的追逐，最糟糕的是，老套的结局，比如这一切都只是一场梦……我还要继续说下去吗？”“我可以解释！”我说。 “别跟我解释，”警长说。 “向法官解释一下。” 警长打开牢房的门……

marches us to a courtroom… and puts us on the stand.

把我们带到法庭，让我们出庭作证

"Order in the court!" says the bailiff. "This court is now in session. Judge Pumpkin Scones presiding." "I object!" says Terry. "To what?" says Judge Pumpkin Scones. "The trial

“请保持法庭秩序！”法警说。 “本庭现在开庭。 南瓜司康法官主持。” “我反对！”特里说。“什么？”南瓜司康法官说。 “审判