7 The Bridge of Apes

CHAPTER 7 The Bridge of Apes The king was so angry! He could not sleep a wink all night. He stormed around his room,

第七章猿猴桥国王非常生气！他一夜没合眼。 他在房间里怒吼着，

shaking his fists in the air. "How dare they trick me like that!" he said. "No one treats me like that! I am the king!" He called everyone a fool. He threw his toothbrush at the palace cat. The queen had never seen her husband so angry. She knew that he felt embarrassed. It was hard to admit that a parrot tricked him. He sent all his guards into the jungle to catch Doctor Dolittle. Then he sent all the palace staff out—the cooks, the maids, and the housekeepers. Even the queen was sent out in a search party. In the meantime, Doctor Dolittle and his animal friends were rushing through the jungle. They knew they had to reach the sick monkeys as quickly as possible. They suspected the king would eventually discover the trick and send guards after them. Unfortunately, they did not realize how quickly they had been found out. Gub-Gub the pig had short legs. He tired out very quickly, so the doctor carried him. This

他在空中挥舞着拳头。 “他们怎么敢这样骗我！”他说。 “没有人那样对待我！”我是国王！”他说每个人都是傻瓜。 他把牙刷扔向宫猫。 王后从未见过她的丈夫如此生气。 她知道他感到尴尬。 他很难承认是一只鹦鹉欺骗了他。 他把所有的卫兵都派到丛林里去抓杜立德医生。 然后他把宫中所有的工作人员——厨师、侍女和管家——都派了出去。 就连女王也被派出了一个搜索队。 与此同时，杜立德医生和他的动物朋友们正在丛林中奔跑。 他们知道他们必须尽快找到生病的猴子。 他们怀疑国王最终会发现这个诡计，并派卫兵追捕他们。 不幸的是，他们没有意识到他们被发现的速度有多快。 咕咕猪的腿很短。 他很快就累坏了，所以医生抱着他。 这

made their travels more difficult. They had to pull the trunk full of medicine with them, too. The king thought it would be easy to find Doctor Dolittle and friends. He thought they would easily get lost in the jungle. He was wrong, though. Chee-Chee the monkey knew the land. He helped them rush through the jungle. He knew the shortcuts to the Land of the Monkeys. Chee-Chee and Polynesia knew all the fruit and vegetables that grew in the jungle. This was very helpful. The group had to travel for several days. The monkey and parrot knew where to find water. They found figs and dates and nuts. They knew how to make a delicious drink from oranges and honey. At night, they all slept in tents made of palm leaves. They made thick soft beds out of dried grass. It was quite comfortable, and they all slept well. It was good to rest after so much walking. The doctor made a fire out of sticks and leaves. After

使他们的旅行更加困难。 他们还得拉着装满药品的箱子。 国王认为很容易找到杜立德医生和他的朋友。 他认为他们很容易在丛林中迷路。 然而，他错了。猴子奇奇熟悉这片土地。 他帮助他们冲过丛林。 他知道去猴子国的捷径。 奇奇和波利尼西亚知道丛林里生长的所有水果和蔬菜。 这很有帮助。这群人不得不旅行好几天。 猴子和鹦鹉知道去哪里找水。 他们找到了无花果、枣子和坚果。 他们知道如何用橙子和蜂蜜制作美味的饮料。 晚上，他们都睡在棕榈叶做成的帐篷里。 他们用干草做了又厚又软的床。 这很舒服，他们都睡得很好。 走了这么多路后休息一下真好。 医生用树枝和树叶生起了火。 后

supper, they would sit in a circle around the fire singing songs. Sometimes Chee-Chee told a story about the jungle. The monkey knew many, many stories. Monkeys, you see, have no history books. There is nothing written down to remember all the tales. So they keep their stories alive by telling them over and over. Chee-Chee learned all his stories from his mother and father. They had learned the stories from their own parents. In this way, the stories and history of the monkeys were not lost. Some of these stories were very, very old. Chee-Chee had tales from the time when man still lived in caves and wore animal skins. This was the time before man knew about fire. He told the animals about the great mammoths that nibbled on treetops and lizards with tails as long as trains. Sometimes Chee-Chee talked for so long that the fire burned down to nothing but ashes. Then they all had to scurry around to find

晚饭时，他们围坐在火堆旁唱歌。 有时芝芝会讲一个关于丛林的故事。 猴子知道很多很多的故事。 猴子，你看，没有历史书。 没有什么东西可以记下来所有的故事。 所以他们通过一遍又一遍地讲述他们的故事来保持他们的活力。 芝芝所有的故事都是从爸爸妈妈那里学来的。 他们从自己的父母那里学到了这些故事。 这样，猴子的故事和历史就没有丢失。 其中一些故事非常非常古老。 当人们还住在洞穴里，穿着兽皮的时候，芝芝就有了故事。 那是人类还不知道火的时候。 他给动物们讲了在树梢上啃食的猛犸象和尾巴有火车那么长的蜥蜴的故事。 有时芝芝说得太久了，火烧得只剩灰烬。 然后他们不得不四处寻找

more sticks to build a new one. After the first night in the jungle, the king's guards and staff returned to the palace. The king was angry that they had returned without the prisoners. "Go back into the jungle," he ordered. "Do not return until you have the doctor!" So while Doctor Dolittle's party made their way through the jungle, thinking they were out of danger, they were being followed. If Chee-Chee had known this, he would have been more careful to hide them. One day, Chee-Chee climbed to the top of a tree. He looked out over the land in front of them. He climbed back down excited. "We are close to the Land of the Monkeys," he said. "We should be there very soon." An hour or two later, they were surprised by a group of monkeys. One of them was CheeChee's cousin. The monkeys were sitting in trees near the edge of a swamp waiting for them. When they saw Doctor Dolittle approach, the

更多的树枝来建一个新的。 在丛林中度过了第一个夜晚后，国王的侍卫和参谋们回到了宫殿。 国王很生气，因为他们没有带走囚犯就回来了。 “回到丛林里去，”他命令道。 “请医生来之前不要回来！”所以，当杜立德医生一行人穿过丛林时，他们以为已经脱离了危险，却被跟踪了。 如果奇奇知道这一点，他会更小心地把它们藏起来。 一天，奇奇爬上了树顶。 他向他们面前的土地望去。 他兴奋地爬下来。 “我们快到猴国了，”他说。 “我们应该很快就到。” 一两个小时后，他们被一群猴子吓了一跳。 其中一个是奇奇的表妹。 猴子们正坐在沼泽边上的树上等着他们。 当他们看到杜立德医生走近时

monkeys started to shout and thump on the trees. They cheered and waved leaves. They jumped up and down. Several of the monkeys surrounded the travelers. They grabbed Doctor Dolittle's bag and trunk. They even helped carry Gub-Gub.

猴子们开始大喊大叫，敲打着树。 他们欢呼着，挥舞着树叶。 他们跳上跳下。几只猴子围住了旅行者。 他们抢走了杜立德医生的包和衣箱。 他们甚至还帮忙抬了咕咕。