11 The Prince’s Story

CHAPTER 11 The Prince's Story They stopped and said farewell by the edge of the river. This took a very long time, as all the

第十一章王子的故事他们在河边停下来道别。 这花了很长时间，因为所有的

monkeys wanted to shake Doctor Dolittle's hand. Afterward, as the doctor and his animals walked alone, Polynesia said, "We must be careful. We are walking through the king's land again. I'm sure he's still angry with us. That was an awful trick I played on him." "Yes, but the thing that has me worried," Doctor Dolittle said, "is how we will get another boat to get home. I don't know if we'll be lucky enough to find someone as kind as our fisherman friend back home." The walk back took many days. One day, while they were passing through a thick part of the jungle, Chee-Chee went ahead of them looking for coconuts. Unfortunately, while he was away, the doctor and other animals got lost. They wandered around and around but could not find their way down to the seashore. Chee-Chee was upset when he realized that his friends were lost. He climbed high into the trees for a better view. He looked for Doctor Dolittle's

猴子们想和杜立德医生握手。 之后，当医生和他的动物们独自行走时，波利尼西亚说：“我们必须小心。 我们又要穿越国王的领地了。 我肯定他还在生我们的气。 我对他开了一个可怕的玩笑。” “是的，但让我担心的是，”杜立德医生说，“我们怎么才能找到另一条船回家。 我不知道我们是否能幸运地找到像我们家乡的渔夫朋友一样善良的人。” 走回去花了很多天。 一天，当他们穿过一片茂密的丛林时，奇奇走在他们前面寻找椰子。 不幸的是，当他不在的时候，医生和其他动物迷路了。 他们绕了一圈又一圈，就是找不到去海边的路。 当奇奇意识到他的朋友们迷路了，他很难过。 他爬到高高的树上以便看得更清楚。 他去找杜立德医生

high hat, but it was nowhere to be seen. He shouted. He waved. He clapped his hands. It was no use. They seemed to have disappeared altogether. Indeed, they had lost their way. They strayed far off the path. The jungle was so thick with bushes and vines that it was difficult to move at all. The doctor used his pocketknife to cut his way through the branches. They stumbled into wet, boggy places. They scratched themselves on thorns. There seemed to be no end of trouble, yet they could not find their way back to the path. At last, after hours of wandering through the jungle, they stumbled into the king's back garden by accident. The king's men rushed to them immediately and captured them. Polynesia, always a quick thinker, flew off into the treetops before they saw her. The doctor and the rest were taken to the king. "Aha!" the king said when he saw them. "So you are caught again. This time you will not

帽子很高，但没人看见。 他喊道。他挥了挥手。他拍了拍手。 这没有用。他们似乎完全消失了。 事实上，他们已经迷失了方向。 他们远远地偏离了小路。 丛林里长满了茂密的灌木和藤蔓，根本不容易移动。 医生用他的小刀在树枝间割出一条路来。 他们跌跌撞撞地走进了潮湿的沼泽地。 他们被荆棘划伤了。 麻烦似乎没完没了，但他们找不到回到小路上的路。 最后，在丛林里徘徊了几个小时后，他们偶然进入了国王的后花园。 国王的人立即冲向他们，抓住了他们。 总是思维敏捷的波利尼西亚，在他们看到她之前就飞到了树梢上。 医生和其他人被带到国王面前。 “啊哈！”国王看见他们说。 “所以你又被抓住了。这一次你不会了

escape. This doctor who thinks he's so clever will be scrubbing my kitchen floors for the rest of his life. Guards! Take them to the prison." So the doctor and his animals were led back to the small dungeon. They were all very upset. "This is such a shame," Doctor Dolittle said. "I really must get back to Puddleby. The fisherman will think that I've stolen his boat. And the animals will need tending by now." All this time, Polynesia was sitting in a tall tree near the garden. She looked into the distance and saw Chee-Chee swinging in the trees. He was still looking for them. When he saw her, he moved quickly to her side. He asked what had happened to everyone else. "The doctor and all the animals have been captured by the king's men," she whispered. "We lost our way in the jungle. We ended up in the back garden by accident." "Couldn't you guide them?" Chee-Chee asked. "You know your way through the jungle."

逃跑。这个自以为很聪明的医生下半辈子都要给我擦厨房地板了。 卫兵!把他们带到监狱去。” 于是医生和他的动物们被带回了小地牢。 他们都很沮丧。“这太遗憾了，”杜立德医生说。 “我真的必须回普德比去了。 渔夫会认为我偷了他的船。 这些动物现在需要照顾了。” 在这段时间里，波利尼西亚一直坐在花园附近的一棵大树上。 她向远处望去，看见奇奇在树上荡来荡去。 他还在找他们。 当他看到她时，他迅速走到她身边。 他问其他人怎么样了。 “医生和所有的动物都被国王的手下抓去了。”她低声说。 “我们在丛林里迷了路。 我们不小心来到了后花园。” “你不能引导他们吗？”Chee-Chee问道。 “你知道丛林里该怎么走。”

He began to scold her for not taking care of them while he looked for coconuts. "It was all the pig's fault," said Polynesia. "He kept running off looking for roots and other treats. I had to keep going to look for him. Then I forgot where I had turned left or where I had turned right." "Careful!" Chee-Chee said. He held a finger to his lips. "Look, it's the prince wandering through the garden. We have to be careful that he doesn't notice us." The prince did not look happy. He sat down beneath a tree and hung his head. He was holding a book. He opened it up but did not start reading. He leafed through the pages and sighed. "If only I could live in these stories," the prince said out loud. "I am a prince and I live in a palace but it is not like the fairy tales. Our palace is not as grand. I do not have as many beautiful things. I wish I looked like the heroes in these stories. I wish that was my life!"

他开始责备她在他找椰子的时候没有照顾他们。 “这都是猪的错，”波利尼西亚说。 “他不停地跑出去寻找树根和其他食物。 我不得不一直去找他。 然后我忘了我在哪里左转，在哪里右转。” “小心!”Chee-Chee说。 他把一根手指放在嘴唇上。 “看，这是王子在花园里散步。 我们得小心，别让他注意到我们。” 王子看起来不高兴。 他在一棵树下坐下，低下了头。 他手里拿着一本书。他把信打开，但没有开始读。 他翻阅着书页，叹了口气。 “要是我能生活在这些故事里就好了。”王子大声说。 “我是一个王子，我住在一个宫殿里，但它不像童话故事。 我们的宫殿没有那么宏伟。 我没有那么多美丽的东西。 我希望我能像这些故事中的英雄一样。 我希望这就是我的生活！”

The prince closed his eyes and held the book to his chest. He sighed once more. Chee-Chee suddenly had an idea. He whispered it to Polynesia. She nodded, then flew down to a branch closer to the prince. "Young prince!" she said. She spoke softly in a high, gentle voice. She did not want to scare him. She wanted him to hear a friendly voice instead. "Young prince!" she said again. The prince opened his eyes. He looked all around him but could not see anyone. He did not think of looking in the trees! He did not suspect it was a parrot talking to him. "Yes?" he said. "Who's there?" "It doesn't matter who I am," she said. "I have come to tell you something very important." "I don't understand," he said. Despite Polynesia's best efforts, the prince was nervous. "I am the queen of the fairies," Polynesia said. "I have heard your wishes." "Really?" the prince said. He had read stories

王子闭上眼睛，把书放在胸前。 他又叹了口气。奇奇突然有了一个主意。 他悄悄地对波利尼西亚说。 她点了点头，然后飞到离王子更近的树枝上。 “年轻的王子！”她轻声细语，声音又高又柔。 她不想吓着他。 她想让他听到一个友好的声音。 “年轻的王子！”她又说。 王子睁开了眼睛。 他环顾四周，但没有看到任何人。 他没有想到去树林里看看！他没有怀疑那是一只鹦鹉在跟他说话。 “什么事？”他说。“谁在那里?”“我是谁并不重要，”她说。 “我来告诉你一件非常重要的事。” “我不明白，”他说。 尽管波利尼西亚尽了最大的努力，王子还是很紧张。 “我是仙女的女王，”波利尼西亚说。 “我听到了你的愿望。” “真的吗？”王子说。 他读过一些故事