11 Pinocchio Promises to Be Good

CHAPTER 11 Pinocchio Promises to Be Good Because he was only a puppet, Pinocchio never aged. But oh, how Fairy had grown up. Before, she had been only a little girl, something like a sister. Now, through some sort of magic, she was a beautiful woman. "I want to grow," Pinocchio cried. "I want to be a real little boy, who turns into a young man, and then, someday, an old man. I am tired of being a solid piece of wood."

第十一章皮诺乔答应做好事因为他只是一个木偶，皮诺乔永远不会变老。 但是，仙女长大了。 以前，她只是一个小女孩，有点像姐姐。 现在，通过某种魔法，她变成了一个美丽的女人。 “我要长大，”皮诺乔叫道。 “我想成为一个真正的小男孩，然后变成一个年轻人，然后有一天，成为一个老人。 我厌倦了做一块结实的木头。”

"There may be a way," Fairy suggested mysteriously. "For all of your bad behavior, I can see that you have a good heart. If you try to be a wellbehaved child, and study and work and tell the truth, you may just get what you wish for." "From now on, I'll be different," Pinocchio vowed. He held his breath, looking down at his wooden limbs, hoping he would instantly turn into a real boy. Apparently it would not be that easy. Pinocchio sighed. "Will you tell me, dear Fairy, where my father is?" Fairy didn't know, but she was sure that Pinocchio would see him again. "For now, however, since I have grown into a woman, I will be your mother instead of your sister," Fairy said. "Lovely!" Pinocchio cried. But Fairy had some conditions.

“也许有个办法。”仙女神秘地建议道。 “虽然你的行为不好，但我能看出你有一颗善良的心。 如果你努力做个乖孩子，学习、工作、讲真话，你可能会如愿以偿。” “从现在起，我要改头换面。”皮诺乔发誓说。 他屏住呼吸，低头看着自己的木头四肢，希望自己能立刻变成一个真正的男孩。 显然，这不会那么容易。 匹诺曹叹了口气。“亲爱的仙女，你能告诉我，我爸爸在哪儿吗？”仙女不知道，但她确信皮诺乔会再见到他的。 仙女说：“不过现在，既然我已经长成了一个女人，我就当你的妈妈，而不是你的妹妹。” “可爱的!”匹诺曹哭了。 但是仙女有一些条件。

"You will listen to me and go to school." Pinocchio frowned. "Eventually, you will get a job." Pinocchio groaned. "What's wrong?" Fairy asked. "I don't know," Pinocchio said. "I tried to get excited about those things before, but I am afraid that I am back to feeling that school and work aren't very much fun." "My dear boy," said Fairy. "People who say such things usually end up in prison or the hospital. Every person must do something in this world to try to make something of himself. You have to fight your laziness! Didn't you say just one minute ago that you wanted to become a real boy?" Pinocchio nodded, remembering. He did want that desperately! He would try to be good! And he would get things started by going to school the very next day.

“你要听我的话，去上学。” 匹诺曹皱起了眉头。“最终，你会找到工作的。” 匹诺曹呻吟着。“怎么了?”仙女问。 “我不知道，”皮诺乔说。 “我以前试着对这些事情感到兴奋，但我担心我又会觉得学校和工作不是很有趣。” “我亲爱的孩子，”仙女说。 “说这种话的人通常会进监狱或进医院。 在这个世界上，每个人都必须做些事情，努力使自己有所作为。 你得和你的懒惰作斗争！一分钟前你不是说你想成为一个真正的男孩吗？”皮诺乔点点头，想起了。 他确实非常想要这个！他会努力做好人的！他会从第二天就去学校开始。

But things at school did not go smoothly. Everyone laughed at him when he, a puppet, walked into the room. They played mean tricks on him, stole his hat and coat, and tried to paint a mustache under his nose. One kid even tried to tie strings to Pinocchio's hands and feet to make him dance. Pinocchio tried to reason with them. "I will treat you with respect," he said, "and I expect the same." But this simply made the kids laugh harder. One boy reached out and pulled Pinocchio's nose. Pinocchio kicked the boy in the shin. "Ouch!" the boy cried, surprised. Wooden feet were hard! Another boy got an elbow in the stomach. Wooden elbows were even harder. Well, as you might imagine, that was the

但是学校的事情并不顺利。 当他这个木偶走进房间时，每个人都嘲笑他。 他们对他耍花招，偷他的帽子和外套，还想在他鼻子底下画个小胡子。 一个孩子甚至试图把绳子绑在皮诺奇的手脚上，让他跳舞。 皮诺乔试着跟他们讲道理。 “我会尊重你的，”他说，“我也希望你尊重我。” 但这只会让孩子们笑得更厉害。 一个男孩伸出手，拉了拉皮诺奇的鼻子。 皮诺乔踢了男孩的小腿。 “哎哟！”男孩吃惊地叫道。 木脚很硬！另一个男孩的肚子被肘撞了。 木肘更硬。 你可以想象，那是

end of the teasing. The first day of school was followed by a second day, and a third, and so on, and Pinocchio did surprisingly well. He showed up on time and didn't fall asleep in class and even did his homework. That puppet was well on his way to being the teacher's pet! If he had one fault, it lay not in himself but in his friends, some of whom were well- known troublemakers. The teacher and Fairy both warned him. "You are doing well and are finally on the right path," they said. "But if you are not careful, your friends will lead you astray." Pinocchio dismissed the warnings. "I'm too smart for that," he said. One day as he was walking to school, some of his friends ran up to him with exciting news. "A shark as big as a mountain has been

别再取笑我了。第一天上学，接着是第二天，第三天，如此类推，皮诺乔学得出奇地好。 他上课准时，上课不睡觉，甚至还做作业。 那个木偶很快就要成为老师的宠儿了！如果他有什么缺点的话，那也不是他自己的错，而是他的朋友们的错，他们中有些人是出了名的捣蛋鬼。 老师和仙女都警告过他。 “你做得很好，终于走上了正确的道路，”他们说。 “但如果你不小心，你的朋友会把你引入歧途。” 皮诺乔不理会这些警告。 “我太聪明了，不会那么做，”他说。 一天，当他走路去学校的时候，他的一些朋友跑过来告诉他一个令人兴奋的消息。 “曾经有过像山一样大的鲨鱼