17 Pinocchio Finds His Father!

CHAPTER 17 Pinocchio Finds His Father! Pinocchio walked for what felt like miles to get to the source of the light. Finally he found it, and can you guess what it was? A candle stuck in a glass bottle, sitting on a table. At the table sat not a fish, but a little old man munching on something. Pinocchio squinted and looked closer. Wait —could it possibly be? He wanted to laugh, he wanted to cry, he wanted to say a thousand and one things, but all he could do was stand still, stuttering and stammering brokenly.

第十七章皮诺乔找到了他的爸爸！皮诺乔走了好几英里才走到光源那里。 最后他找到了，你能猜出那是什么吗？ 一支蜡烛插在玻璃瓶里，放在桌子上。 桌边坐着的不是一条鱼，而是一个小老头在嚼什么东西。 皮诺乔眯起眼睛凑近看。 等等——可能是吗？ 他想笑，他想哭，他想说一千零一件事，但他只能站着不动，断断续续地结巴着。

At last, with a great effort, he opened his arms wide and ran, rushing to embrace the little old man. "Father! I have found you at last!" The old man rubbed his eyes. "Could it possibly be?" he stammered and blinked. "Are you really my dear little Pinocchio?" Pinocchio assured him that indeed, he was. Sitting on his father's lap, he then proceeded to tell him, in an excited rush, everything that had happened to him since they had parted ways. "I saw you when you swam out to reach me!" Geppetto exclaimed. "But I couldn't get the boat back to shore. The waves were so rough, and then this terrible shark came and swallowed me." "And you have been here, in the shark's stomach, for these past two years?" Pinocchio

最后，他费了很大的劲，张开双臂，跑过去拥抱小老头。 “父亲!我终于找到你了！”老人揉了揉眼睛。 “可能是吗？”他结结巴巴地说，眨了眨眼睛。 “你真的是我亲爱的小皮诺乔吗？”皮诺乔向他保证，他确实很高兴。 然后，他坐在父亲的腿上，激动地把他们分手后发生的一切都告诉了父亲。 “你游过来找我的时候我看见你了！”盖比特喊道。 “但我没能把船划回岸边。 海浪太大了，然后这条可怕的鲨鱼来了，把我吞了。” “你在这里，在鲨鱼的肚子里，已经呆了两年了？”匹诺曹

asked, amazed. "How have you survived?" Geppetto explained that the shark had also swallowed a large sunken ship, free of sailors, but loaded with meat, canned goods, crackers, raisins, cheese, coffee, sugar, candles, and matches. "Unfortunately," Geppetto said, "I am down to my final crumbs and my very last candle." "And then?" "And then, my son, we shall find ourselves sitting in darkness." "Then there is no time to lose!" Pinocchio cried. "We must try to escape! Pinocchio suggested that they run out of the shark's mouth and dive into the sea, but Geppetto, like the tunny, was scared and unsure. "I can't swim," he added. "Well I can," Pinocchio replied. "I will

吃惊的问道。“你是怎么活下来的？”杰佩托解释说，鲨鱼还吞下了一艘大沉船，船上没有水手，但装满了肉、罐头食品、饼干、葡萄干、奶酪、咖啡、糖、蜡烛和火柴。 “不幸的是，”杰佩托说，“我只剩下最后一点面包屑和最后一根蜡烛了。” “然后呢?”“然后，我的孩子，我们会发现自己坐在黑暗中。” “那就没有时间可以浪费了！”匹诺曹哭了。 “我们必须设法逃跑！”皮诺乔建议他们从鲨鱼嘴里跑出来，跳到海里去，可是杰佩托和金枪鱼一样，又害怕又不确定。 “我不会游泳，”他补充说。“我可以，”皮诺乔回答。 “我将

carry you on my shoulders! Don't be afraid. Come on!" Father and son walked a long while through the stomach and the whole body of the shark. When they reached the throat, they stopped and hid behind a tonsil, waiting for just the right moment to make their move. That poor old asthmatic shark slept with its mouth open in order to breathe. Pinocchio could look out and see the starry sky. Grabbing Geppetto's hand, Pinocchio whispered, "Now!" The two climbed up the throat, walking carefully on their tiptoes across the shark's thick spongy tongue, trying not to tickle him. But tickle him they must have for, at that moment, the shark gave a terrible wheeze, violently sucking them back down into his

把你扛在肩上！不要害怕。 来吧!”父亲和儿子在鲨鱼的胃和整个身体里走了很长时间。 当他们到达喉咙时，他们停下来，躲在扁桃体后面，等待合适的时机采取行动。 那可怜的患哮喘的老鲨鱼为了呼吸而张着嘴睡觉。 皮诺乔可以望出去，看到满天繁星。 皮诺乔抓住杰佩托的手，小声说：“现在！”两个人爬上了鲨鱼的喉咙，小心翼翼地踮着脚尖走过鲨鱼厚厚的海绵状的舌头，尽量不去挠它。 但他们一定要挠他痒痒，因为就在这时，鲨鱼发出一声可怕的喘息，猛烈地把他们吸回他的嘴里

stomach. To make matters worse, the candle had now gone out and the two were left in darkness. "Oh well," Geppetto said. "We tried." "And we will try again!" Pinocchio vowed. "Give me your hand, dear Father, and don't be scared." With these words, Pinocchio led his father back up the throat, across the tongue, and carefully over three rows of teeth. At the edge of the shark's mouth, Pinocchio told his father to climb aboard. With Geppetto seated comfortably on his shoulders, Pinocchio did a swan dive into the ocean and began to swim. The sea was smooth, and the moon lit their way. Finally they were free, reunited and headed home. Everything seemed fine, until Pinocchio

胃。更糟糕的是，蜡烛已经熄灭了，剩下两个人在黑暗中。 “哦，好吧，”杰佩托说。“我们试过了。” “我们会再试一次！”匹诺曹誓言。 “把你的手给我，亲爱的爸爸，不要害怕。” 皮诺乔说着这些话，领着他父亲回到喉咙里，穿过舌头，小心翼翼地穿过三排牙齿。 在鲨鱼嘴的边缘，皮诺乔叫他爸爸爬上船。 让杰佩托舒服地坐在他的肩膀上，皮诺乔像天鹅一样跳进海里，开始游泳。 海面很平静，月亮照亮了他们的路。 最后，他们获得了自由，团聚回家了。 一切似乎都很好，直到皮诺乔