5 How the Whale Got His Throat

CHAPTER 5 How the Whale Got His Throat Once upon a time, in the sea, there was a Whale. He ate fish and other creatures of every size. He ate starfish and garfish. He ate crab and dab, mackerel and pickerel, and the truly twirly-whirly eel. All the underwater creatures were worried that the Whale would eat every little fish in the sea! They came up with a plan. They sent the littlest fish, the "Stute" Fish, who could swim beside the Whale's ear, to speak with him. If he could convince the Whale to eat

第五章鲸鱼的喉咙从前，在海里有一条鲸鱼。 他吃鱼和其他各种大小的生物。 他吃海星和蓟鱼。 他吃螃蟹和鲱鱼，吃鲭鱼和琵琶鱼，还有真正能旋转的鳗鱼。 所有的水下生物都担心鲸鱼会吃掉海里所有的小鱼！他们想出了一个计划。 他们派那条最小的鱼，也就是那条能游到鲸耳朵旁边的“大头鱼”去跟它说话。 如果他能说服鲸鱼吃东西

people, perhaps he would leave the fish in the sea alone. "Noble and generous Sir Whale. Have you ever tasted Man? He's quite delicious," said the "Stute" Fish. "Where would I find this Man?" the Whale asked, since he was starting to feel hungry again. "Follow me," said the littlest "Stute" Fish. They swam as fast and as far as they could until they came to a raft in the middle of the sea. There they found a shipwrecked Sailor. He had nothing but a pair of blue jeans, suspenders, and a jackknife. When the Whale spotted the Sailor, he opened his mouth wide. He swallowed him whole, including his raft, blue jeans, suspenders, and jackknife. Then the Whale smacked his lips and made three circles with his tail.

人，也许他会把鱼独自留在海里。 "高贵大方的鲸先生。 你尝过《男人》吗？他很好吃，”斯图特鱼说。 “我到哪里去找这个人呢？”大鲸问，因为它又感到饿了。 “跟我来，”最小的“斯图特”鱼说。 他们尽可能快地游，游得尽可能远，直到他们来到海中央的一个木筏边。 在那里他们发现了一个遇难的水手。 除了一条蓝色牛仔裤、背带裤和一把折刀，他什么也没有。 当大鲸看见水手时，它张大了嘴巴。 他把他整个吞了下去，包括他的木筏、蓝色牛仔裤、背带裤和折刀。 然后大鲸咂咂嘴，用尾巴绕了三个圈。

As soon as the Sailor was inside the Whale's warm, dark insides, he thumped and bumped. He pranced and danced. He banged and clanged. He hit and bit, he leaped and creeped, he prowled and howled, he hopped and dropped. Then he cried and sighed, crawled and bawled, and played music to make himself feel better. The Whale was most unhappy about all the noise! He called down his throat to the Sailor. "Come out and behave yourself. You're giving me the hiccups," he said. "I will not come out! Take me home to my family and I will think about it," answered the clever Sailor. Then he began to dance. The Whale swam as fast as he could, in spite of his hiccups. While the Whale swam, the Sailor thought to himself, "If the Whale can eat me, he can eat other people, too. I have to stop him."

水手一进到鲸那温暖、黑暗的肚子里，就砰砰直跳。 他又跳又跳。他砰砰作响。 他又打又咬，他又跳又爬，他又徘徊又嚎叫，他又跳又摔。 然后他又哭又叹，又爬又嚎，还弹奏音乐让自己感觉好一点。 大鲸对这些噪音非常不高兴！他压低嗓子对水手喊道。 “出来，规矩点。 你让我打嗝了，”他说。 “我不出来！”带我回家，我要考虑一下。”聪明的水手回答。 然后他开始跳舞。大鲸虽然打了几次嗝，但还是拼命地游着。 鲸一边游，水手一边想：“既然鲸能吃掉我，它也能吃掉别人。 我必须阻止他。”

While the Whale swam, the Sailor got to work. He cut up his raft with his jackknife. He tied the pieces together with his suspenders to make a crisscross grate. Then the Sailor stuck the crisscross grate behind him and into the back of the Whale's huge throat. When at last the Whale brought the Sailor home, he stepped out of the great big mouth happily onto the shore. He thanked the Whale for his ride home. Then he turned and left. From that day on, the Whale had a crisscross grate in his throat. It was fixed so tight that he could not swallow it up or cough it out. To eat, the Whale could now only swallow the tiniest fish in the sea, and would never again eat a man, woman, or child. This is how the Whale got his throat. (And

当鲸鱼游泳的时候，水手开始工作。 他用小刀把木筏砍断了。 他用背带把碎片绑在一起，做成了一个纵横交错的栅格。 然后，水手把那根纵横交错的铁栅栏插在身后，直插到鲸的大喉咙后面。 当鲸终于把水手带回家时，他高兴地从大嘴巴里走到岸上。 他感谢鲸鱼载他回家。 然后他转身离开了。从那天起，大鲸的喉咙里就有了一个纵横交错的栅栏。 它固定得太紧了，他咽不下去，也咳不出来。 为了吃东西，鲸鱼现在只能吞下海里最小的鱼，再也不吃男人、女人和孩子了。 这就是鲸鱼的喉咙。 (和

the little "Stute" Fish now hides in the mud so that the Whale can never find him!)

小“斯图特”鱼现在躲在泥里，这样鲸鱼就永远找不到它了！)