13 Red Sails and Blue Wings

CHAPTER 13 Red Sails and Blue Wings On their way home, Doctor Dolittle and his friends had to sail pass the coast of Barbary,

第13章红帆和蓝翼在回家的路上，杜立德医生和他的朋友们不得不经过巴巴里海岸，

home to the Barbary pirates. These pirates were very bad men. They waited for sailors to shipwreck on the shore. If that did not happen, the pirates got into their own boat and chased them. When they caught ships, they stole everything and sent the passengers off in rowboats. The pirates were always pleased with themselves. They went back to shore singing songs and thinking themselves very clever. One sunny day, the doctor and Dab-Dab were exercising on deck. They walked up and down the ship. A nice fresh wind was blowing, and everyone was happy. Dab-Dab was the first to notice the other ship. It was a long way behind them and had a bright red sail. "I don't like the look of that sail," said Dab- Dab. "I don't think it's friendly. I'm worried more trouble is coming our way." Jip was sleeping beside them on the deck. He began to growl and talk in his sleep. "I smell

巴巴里海盗的故乡。 这些海盗是非常坏的人。 他们等待水手们在岸边失事。 如果他们不这样做，海盗们就上自己的船去追他们。 当他们抓到船只时，他们偷走了所有的东西，并把乘客送到划艇上。 海盗们总是对自己很满意。 他们唱着歌回到岸上，觉得自己很聪明。 一个阳光明媚的日子，医生和嗒嗒在甲板上锻炼。 他们在船上走来走去。 一阵清新的风吹过，每个人都很高兴。 哒哒是第一个注意到另一艘船的。 它在他们后面很远的地方，有一面鲜红的帆。 “我不喜欢那帆的样子，”Dab- Dab说。 “我不认为这是友好的。 我担心我们会遇到更多的麻烦。” 吉普在甲板上睡在他们旁边。 他开始在睡梦中咆哮和说话。 “我闻到

roast beef cooking," he mumbled. "Oh, roast beef with brown gravy." "My goodness!" Doctor Dolittle said. "What's the matter with that dog? Does he smell in his sleep? Smelling and talking?" "It appears that way," said Dab-Dab. "All dogs can smell in their sleep." "But he must be imagining it," the doctor said. "There's no roast beef cooking on this boat." "It must be coming from that other ship." "But that ship is ten miles away at least," Doctor Dolittle said. "Surely he can't smell that far!" Jip began to growl again. His lips curled up at the edges. Even though he was still asleep, he began to talk more. "I smell bad men," he mumbled. "The worst men I ever smelled. I smell trouble. Woof! I need to stop them. Woof!" Jip started to bark so loud that he woke himself up. "Look!" Dab-Dab said. "That ship is much

烤牛肉。”他喃喃地说。 “哦，棕色肉汁烤牛肉。” “我的天哪!”杜立德医生说。 “那条狗怎么了？” 他睡觉时有气味吗？ 闻着气味，说话？”“看来是这样。”哒哒说。 “所有的狗在睡梦中都有嗅觉。” “但他一定是在胡思乱想，”医生说。 “这艘船上没有烤牛肉。” “一定是从另一艘船上来的。” “但那艘船至少在十英里以外。”杜立特医生说。 “他肯定闻不到那么远！”吉普又开始咆哮起来。 他的嘴唇边缘卷了起来。 尽管他还在睡觉，但他开始说得更多了。 “我闻到了坏人的味道。”他咕哝道。 “我所闻过的最糟糕的男人。 我闻到麻烦了。汪!我要阻止他们。 汪!”吉普开始大声吠叫，把自己弄醒了。 “看!”嘎嘎说。“那艘船太大了

closer now! It must be traveling fast. They're coming right at us. I wonder who they are." "I was just dreaming about them," Jip said. "I could smell them. They are very bad men. My guess is that they are the pirates of Barbary." "Then we must hurry on our way," the doctor said. "We need to put up more sails to catch the wind. That will help us go faster." The dog hurried downstairs to grab more sails. He dragged up as many as he could carry. But even with all these sails, the pirate ship was still faster. It continued to gain on the doctor's ship. "The prince gave us a poor ship," grumbled Gub-Gub. "It must have been the slowest in his fleet. Look! They are almost on top of us now." "I can see six men," Jip said. "What are we going to do?" The doctor asked Dab-Dab to fly up and tell the swallows they were being followed. "Tell them that the pirates' ship is very fast," he added. When the swallows heard this, they all came

近了!它一定跑得很快。 他们正朝我们冲过来。 我想知道他们是谁。”“我只是在做梦，”吉普说。 “我能闻到它们的味道。他们是非常坏的人。 我猜他们是巴巴里的海盗。” “那么我们必须赶快上路了，”医生说。 “我们需要扬起更多的帆来乘风前行。 这将帮助我们走得更快。” 狗急忙下楼去抓更多的帆。 他尽可能多地拖上来。 但即使有这么多帆，海盗船还是更快。 它继续向医生的船靠近。 “王子给了我们一艘可怜的船。”咕咕抱怨道。 “这一定是他船队中最慢的一艘。 看！他们现在快追到我们头上了。” “我能看见六个人，”吉普说。 “我们该怎么办？”医生让哒哒飞上去告诉燕子们有人在跟踪它们。 “告诉他们海盗的船非常快，”他补充说。 燕子听了，都飞来了

down to the deck. They told the doctor to unravel some pieces of long rope. They needed to have as many thin strips of rope as possible. They tied the end of these strips to the front of the ship. The swallows took hold of the other ends. They flew back into the sky, pulling the boat behind them. Swallows, as you may know, are small birds and not very strong. But it is quite different when there are many of them. There were a thousand strings attached to Doctor Dolittle's ship. And there were two swallows pulling on each string. In only a moment or two the doctor found himself moving so fast that he had to hold on to his hat with both hands. It felt almost like they were flying, too. All the animals on board began to laugh and dance. They looked back at the pirate ship. It was growing smaller and smaller. The red sail was being left far, far behind.

到甲板上去。他们让医生解开几根长绳子。 他们需要尽可能多的细绳条。 他们把这些带子的末端系在船的前部。 燕子抓住了另一端。 他们拉着小船飞回天空。 燕子，你可能知道，是一种很小的鸟，不是很强壮。 但是当它们很多的时候，情况就大不一样了。 杜立德医生的船上有上千条绳子。 每根绳子上都有两只燕子在拉。 只过了一两分钟，医生就发现自己移动得太快了，他不得不双手抓住帽子。 感觉就像他们也在飞。 船上所有的动物都开始又笑又跳。 他们回头看了看海盗船。 它变得越来越小。 红帆被远远地抛在后面了。