8 Adventures of a Watch-Puppet

CHAPTER 8 Adventures of a Watch-Puppet For hours, Pinocchio lay stuck in the trap. He screamed for help, but nobody heard him. Just as he was about to faint, he saw a tiny firefly flickering by. "Dear little fly," he cried, "will you set me free?" The firefly asked how he happened to get caught in the trap, and Pinocchio told her. "Were the grapes yours?" she asked. "No." "So what made you think you could take them?"

第八章木偶的冒险皮诺乔被困在陷阱里好几个小时。 他大声呼救，但没人听见。 就在他快要昏倒的时候，他看见一只小萤火虫在闪烁着。 “亲爱的小苍蝇，”他叫道，“你能放我自由吗？”萤火虫问皮诺乔怎么掉到陷阱里去了，皮诺乔告诉了她。 “葡萄是你的吗？”她问。 “没有。”“那你凭什么认为你能拿下他们？”

"I was hungry," Pinocchio replied. "Hunger, my boy, is no reason for taking something that doesn't belong to you." "I'll never do it again!" Just then, the farmer approached to check on his trap. Imagine his surprise when, instead of a weasel, he found he had caught a puppet! "So you are the one who has been stealing my chickens!" he accused. "No! I only wanted one or two grapes." "He who steals grapes may very easily also steal chickens," the farmer reasoned. "I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Taking Pinocchio out of the trap, he carried him up to the farm as though he were a puppy. And in a way, he was. For his new job, the farmer explained, was to be the farm's watchdog and guard the henhouse. The farmer's old watchdog, Melampo, had

“我饿了。”皮诺乔回答。 “我的孩子，饥饿不能成为拿走不属于你的东西的理由。” “我再也不会这么做了！”就在这时，农夫走过来检查他的陷阱。 想象一下，当他抓到的不是黄鼠狼，而是一个木偶时，他有多惊讶！“原来是你偷了我的鸡！”他指责道。 “不!我只想要一两颗葡萄。” “偷葡萄的人也很容易偷鸡，”农夫说。 “我要给你一个教训！”他把皮诺乔从陷阱里拿出来，把他当成一只小狗一样抱到农场去了。 在某种程度上，他是。农场主解释说，他的新工作是做农场的看门狗，看守鸡舍。 农夫的老看门狗，梅兰波

recently died, so this plan worked out perfectly. "I am sorry about Melampo," Pinocchio protested, "but I am a puppet, not a puppy!" It was official, though. The farmer slipped a dog collar around Pinocchio's neck and attached a long iron chain to it. If it rained, the farmer explained, Pinocchio could take shelter in the nearby doghouse. There was plenty of straw in there to make a soft bed. "And if the thieves come by," he added, "be sure to bark! This is your life now. You must accept it." With that, the farmer went back into the house and to bed. The puppet-turned-puppy lay near the doghouse feeling very sorry for himself. At the same time, however, he felt he probably deserved his fate. Oh, if only I could start my life all over again, he thought. But what is done can't be

最近去世了，所以这个计划很完美。 “梅兰波的事我很抱歉，”皮诺乔抗议道，“但我是木偶，不是小狗！”不过，这是正式的。 农夫把一个狗项圈套在皮诺乔的脖子上，再系上一条长铁链。 农夫解释说，如果下雨，皮诺乔可以到附近的狗窝里避雨。 里面有很多稻草可以做一张柔软的床。 “如果小偷来了，”他补充说，“一定要叫！这就是你现在的生活。 你必须接受。”说完，农夫回到屋里，上床睡觉了。 木偶变成的小狗躺在狗屋附近，为自己感到非常难过。 然而，与此同时，他觉得他的命运可能是他应得的。 啊，要是我能重新开始我的生活该多好啊，他想。 但已经做过的不能再做了

undone. And so, slipping into the doghouse and curling up on a pile of soft straw, Pinocchio fell asleep. Even very worried little puppets who are being held prisoner and forced to do the job of puppies can sleep soundly if they are tired, and Pinocchio was no exception. At midnight, however, strange sounds stirred him. Peeking out of the doghouse, he saw four sleek and hairy weasels. "Good evening, Melampo," one of them said sweetly. "I am not Melampo," Pinocchio replied. "He died." "Oh, no," said the same weasel. "He was such a nice watchdog. But you seem like a nice one, too."

撤销。就这样，皮诺乔溜进狗窝，蜷缩在一堆柔软的稻草上睡着了。 即使是非常焦虑的小木偶，被关在监狱里，被迫做小狗的工作，如果它们累了，也能睡得很香，皮诺乔也不例外。 然而，午夜时分，奇怪的声音惊醒了他。 他从狗窝里往外偷看，看见四只光滑、毛茸茸的黄鼠狼。 “晚上好，梅兰波，”其中一个甜甜地说。 “我不是梅兰波，”皮诺乔回答。 “他死了。”“哦，不，”那只黄鼠狼说。 “它是一只很好的看门狗。 但你看起来也很不错。”

"I am not a dog," Pinocchio said, insulted. "I'm sorry," the weasel replied. "Of course, I meant nice watch puppet. Now let me tell you how this is going to work. It will be just like it always was with Melampo. We'll come every once in a while and take a few chickens. Of course, one of them will be for you, so long as you pretend you are sleeping and do not bark." "A nice fat chicken for your breakfast," said another weasel. "Understand?" asked the first weasel.

“我不是狗，”皮诺乔说，觉得受到了侮辱。 “对不起，”黄鼠狼回答。 “当然，我的意思是漂亮的手表木偶。 现在让我来告诉你这是怎么回事。 就像和梅兰波在一起一样。 我们每隔一段时间就来抓几只鸡。 当然，有一个是给你的，只要你假装睡觉，不叫。” “一只肥美的肥鸡当你的早餐。”另一只黄鼠狼说。 “明白吗？”第一只黄鼠狼问。

"Oh, I understand," Pinocchio said in a strange tone. What did these silly weasels think he would want with a live chicken? Thinking themselves safe, the weasels went to the chicken coop and easily broke in. As soon as they were in, however, they heard the door close behind them with a sharp bang. "Watch puppet," one of the weasels cried from within, "what are you doing?" "I am locking you in the chicken coop," Pinocchio said. "And in a minute I will start to bark." And that is just what he did, just as if he were a proper watchdog and not a puppet after all. Hearing the barks, the farmer jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to confront the thieves. "To think," the farmer said later, after

“哦，我明白了。”皮诺乔用一种奇怪的语气说。 这些愚蠢的黄鼠狼以为他要一只活鸡干什么？ 黄鼠狼以为自己安全了，就跑到鸡笼前，轻而易举地闯了进去。 然而，他们刚进去，就听到身后的门砰的一声关上了。 “小心点，木偶，”一只黄鼠狼在里面叫道，“你在干什么？”“我要把你锁在鸡笼里，”皮诺乔说。 “再过一分钟我就要开始叫了。” 这正是他所做的，就好像他是一个真正的看门狗，而不是一个傀儡。 听到狗叫，农夫从床上跳起来，跑下楼去对付小偷。 “想想看，”农夫后来说