18 Pinocchio Becomes a Boy!

CHAPTER 18 Pinocchio Becomes a Boy! When Pinocchio and Geppetto were settled, Cricket revealed that the cottage had been given to him only yesterday by a little goat with blue hair. "She handed me the keys and went away, bleating sadly. 'Poor Pinocchio,' she said. 'I will never see him again.'" "So the little blue goat on the white rock, the one who witnessed me being swallowed by the shark, really was Fairy!" Pinocchio cried. But where was she now? Still out there, stuck in the middle of the sea? If he wasn't certain that her magic would help her

第十八章皮诺乔长大了！皮诺乔和杰佩托安顿下来后，蟋蟀告诉他，这所小屋是昨天一只蓝毛小山羊送给他的。 她把钥匙递给我，伤心地咩咩叫着走开了。 “可怜的皮诺乔，”她说。 “我再也见不到他了。’”“这么说，白色岩石上的那只蓝色小山羊，就是亲眼看到我被鲨鱼吞下的那只，真的是仙女！”匹诺曹哭了。 可她现在在哪儿呢？还在外面，困在大海中间吗？ 如果他不确定她的魔法能帮到她

to save herself, he would try to save her, too. But now he had his father to take care of. Pinocchio carefully made his father a bed of straw and helped the old man lie down. The next step was to get him some nourishment. "Where can I find some milk?" Pinocchio asked Cricket. "Three fields away from here lives Farmer John. He has some cows. Go there and he will give you what you want." Pinocchio ran all the way there, but the farmer wouldn't give him a glass of milk unless Pinocchio gave him a penny. "I have no penny," Pinocchio said sadly. "Well, then you'll get no milk." Pinocchio turned to go. "Wait a moment," said Farmer John. "Perhaps we can work out a trade. Can you draw water from a well?" This time Pinocchio didn't protest. He was

为了救自己，他也会想办法救她。 但现在他要照顾他的父亲。 皮诺乔小心翼翼地给他爸爸铺了一张稻草床，扶老人躺下。 下一步是给他弄点营养。 “我在哪里可以找到牛奶？”皮诺乔问蟋蟀。 “离这儿三块地远的地方住着农夫约翰。 他有一些奶牛。去吧，他会给你想要的。” 皮诺乔一路跑到那里，但农夫不肯给他一杯牛奶，除非皮诺乔给他一分钱。 “我一分钱也没有，”皮诺乔伤心地说。 “好吧，那你就喝不到牛奶了。” 皮诺乔转身要走。“等一下，”农夫约翰说。 “也许我们可以做笔交易。 你能从井里打水吗？”这次皮诺乔没有抗议。 他是

a changed puppet. "I can try," he said. "Then go to that well you see there and draw me one hundred bucketfuls of water." Pinocchio did just that, and one hundred bucketfuls later, he had a warm glass of fresh milk for his father. He had never worked so hard in his life. From that day on, Pinocchio got up every morning before the sun rose and went to the farm to draw water for the farmer. And every day the farmer gave him a glass of warm milk for his poor old father in return. Geppetto grew stronger and better every day. But that wasn't all. Pinocchio also took on lots of other little jobs. He helped people with their chores. He made things and sold them. And with the money he received, he and his father were able to keep from starving. In the evenings, Pinocchio studied by

换了一个木偶。“我可以试试，”他说。 “那就到你看到的那口井那儿去，给我打一百桶水来。” 皮诺乔照做了，一百桶牛奶后，他为他爸爸准备了一杯热牛奶。 他一生中从未如此努力工作过。 从那天起，皮诺乔每天早上太阳还没升起就起来，到农场去给农夫打水。 农夫每天都给他一杯热牛奶，作为对他可怜的老父亲的回报。 杰佩托一天比一天强壮，一天比一天好。 但这还不是全部。皮诺奇还做了许多其他的小活儿。 他帮助人们做家务。 他制作东西并出售。 有了这笔钱，他和父亲才不至于挨饿。 晚上，皮诺乔读书

candlelight from an old, secondhand school workbook that he had bought all by himself with some of the money he had earned. Before long, he was able to save fifty whole pennies! He decided he would buy a new suit. His was full of holes, and held together with tape. On his way to the market, Pinocchio ran into an old friend. Why, it was the snail that had lived with Fairy! "Answer me quickly, sweet but slow snail," he cried. "Where and how is Fairy?" The snail replied, "Fairy is lying sick in the hospital. She doesn't even have one penny with which to buy a bite of bread." Pinocchio gasped. Reaching into his pockets, he pulled out his pennies and begged the snail to take them all. He didn't need a new suit. He would give anything he had to help Fairy.

他用自己挣来的钱买了一本旧的、二手的学校练习本，点着蜡烛。 没过多久，他就存下了整整50个便士！他决定买一套新衣服。 他的衣服上满是洞，用胶带粘在一起。 在去市场的路上，皮诺奇遇到了一位老朋友。 原来是那只蜗牛和仙女住在一起！“快回答我，可爱而缓慢的蜗牛，”他喊道。 “仙女在哪儿，怎么样？”蜗牛回答说：“仙女生病躺在医院里。 她甚至没有一分钱买一口面包。” 匹诺曹气喘吁吁地说。他把手伸进口袋，掏出他的硬币，请求蜗牛把它们都拿走。 他不需要新衣服。 他愿意付出一切来帮助仙女。

"If you come back in a few days," he added, "I will have even more money to give you." Inspired by Pinocchio's kindness and generosity, the snail, quite against her normal habit, began to run like a lizard under the hot summer sun. "Where is your new suit?" Geppetto asked when Pinocchio returned. "Oh, I decided I didn't really need one after all," Pinocchio replied. That day, instead of making eight baskets to sell at the market, Pinocchio made sixteen. It was almost midnight when he finished, and he fell quickly into a deep sleep. That night he dreamed that a beautiful, happy, healthy Fairy kissed him and forgave him. In return for his kindness, and because he had taken care of his father, she promised to give him the thing he had always wanted

“如果你过几天再来，”他补充说，“我会有更多的钱给你。” 蜗牛受到皮诺乔的善良和慷慨的鼓舞，一反往常的习惯，在炎热的夏日阳光下像蜥蜴一样奔跑起来。 “你的新衣服呢？”皮诺乔回来时，杰佩托问。 “哦，我决定我根本不需要。”皮诺乔回答。 那天，皮诺乔没有做八个篮子去市场卖，而是做了十六个。 当他完成时，已经快半夜了，他很快就进入了梦乡。 那天晚上，他梦见一个美丽、快乐、健康的仙女吻了他，原谅了他。 为了报答他的好意，也因为他照顾了父亲，她答应给他一直想要的东西

most. Awaking and opening his eyes, Pinocchio was stunned to realize that the dream had been real. Instead of being a puppet made of wood, he was finally a real flesh-and-blood boy! And that wasn't all. Looking around, he found the little straw cottage gone. In its place was a big bed in a comfortable room in a real house! Jumping down from the bed, Pinocchio saw a new suit, a new hat, and a shiny pair of shoes laid out on a chair. On the dresser was a note and a leather purse. The note read: Boys with such kind hearts deserve to keep their pennies. —Fairy. Opening the purse, Pinocchio found fifty pennies!

最多。皮诺乔醒来睁开眼睛，惊讶地发现梦是真的。 他终于不是一个木头做的木偶，而是一个真正有血有肉的男孩！这还不是全部。 他环顾四周，发现那间稻草小屋不见了。 取而代之的是一张大床，在一个真正的房子里一个舒适的房间里！皮诺乔从床上跳下来，看见椅子上放着一套新衣服、一顶新帽子和一双闪闪发光的鞋子。 梳妆台上有一张纸条和一个皮钱包。 纸条上写着：心地善良的男孩应该留着自己的硬币。 仙女。皮诺乔打开钱包，发现了50个便士！