5 Noah

CHAPTER 5 Noah Oliver woke up in the morning to the sound of kicking at the door. He got up quickly and opened the door. An angry young man stood in the hallway. "I take it you're the new workhouse boy," he said. "Yes," Oliver replied. "My name is Oliver Twist." He tried to appear friendly. Although this was not a promising start, this young man might be a new friend. "I'm Noah Claypole." Noah poked Oliver

第五章早晨，诺亚·奥利弗在踢门声中醒来。 他迅速站起来，打开了门。 一个愤怒的年轻人站在走廊里。 “我猜你就是济贫院新来的男孩吧，”他说。 “是的，”奥利弗回答。“我叫雾都孤儿。” 他试图表现得很友好。 虽然这不是一个有希望的开始，但这个年轻人可能是一个新朋友。 “我是诺亚·克莱波尔。”诺亚戳了戳奥利弗

in the chest as he spoke. "I've been here a long time. Don't forget that I'm in charge of you." The young man stared at Oliver. "How old are you?" "I'm ten years old," Oliver said quietly. The promise of a new friend was quickly fading. Oliver knew that Noah was looking for trouble. "Huh," Noah said. "Pretty small for ten." "Noah! Oliver!" Mrs. Sowerberry called from the cellar. "Come and get your breakfast." Charlotte handed each of the boys a plate. "You didn't waste any good bits on the workhouse boy, did you?" Noah asked. He put his arm around Charlotte's shoulders. "Of course not, Noah," she giggled. "I only gave Oliver the fatty bits of meat." "You see how it is, Oliver?" Noah asked. "You'll get nothing special here. You won't

在他说话的时候。“我在这里已经很长时间了。 别忘了我是你的头儿。” 年轻人盯着奥利弗。 “你多大了？”“我十岁了，”奥利弗平静地说。 结交新朋友的希望很快就破灭了。 奥利弗知道诺亚在找麻烦。 “嗯，”诺亚说。“对十个人来说太小了。” “诺亚!奥利弗!”索尔贝里太太从地下室打来电话。 “来吃早饭吧。” 夏洛蒂递给每个男孩一个盘子。 “你没有在济贫院的孩子身上浪费一点好东西吧？”诺亚问。 他搂着夏洛的肩膀。 “当然不是，诺亚，”她咯咯地笑着说。 “我只给奥利弗吃了肥肉。” “你明白是怎么回事吗，奥利弗？”诺亚问。 “你在这里得不到什么特别的东西。 你不会

take my place as the undertaker's assistant." Oliver knew that Noah spoke the truth. He knew it would be difficult working with a bully. No one was on Oliver's side. Noah picked on him. Charlotte favored Noah. Mrs. Sowerberry yelled at everyone. Mr. Sowerberry paid almost no attention to anyone. This was to be the pattern of Oliver's days. He worked hard, ate fatty bits of meat, tried to avoid Noah, and wished for a friend. Many weeks passed with little change. Oliver helped Mr. Sowerberry as best he could. Every night he slept in his room with the coffins, thinking about his lost mother. Every morning he woke up to Noah's taunts and a fatty piece of meat. One morning Noah was in a particularly bad mood. Both the undertaker and his wife had yelled at him that morning. He had been

请你代替我去当殡仪馆的助手吧。” 奥利弗知道诺亚说的是实话。 他知道和一个恶霸一起工作会很困难。 没有人站在奥利弗这边。 诺亚找他的茬。夏洛特更喜欢诺亚。 索尔贝里太太对每个人都大喊大叫。 索尔贝里先生几乎不理睬任何人。 这就是奥利弗的生活模式。 他努力工作，吃肥肉，尽量避开诺亚，希望有一个朋友。 几个星期过去了，没有什么变化。 奥利弗尽他所能帮助索尔贝里先生。 每天晚上，他都睡在有棺材的房间里，想着他失去的母亲。 每天早上他醒来时都能听到诺亚的嘲笑和一块肥肉。 一天早上，诺亚心情特别不好。 那天早上，殡仪馆老板和他的妻子都对他大喊大叫。 他一直在

caught taking a nap and then spending too much time talking to Charlotte. Noah decided to take it out on Oliver. "So, Workhouse," he said to Oliver. Noah often called Oliver by that name. "How's your mother?" Normally Oliver would take Noah's abuse without a word. This was not to be one of those times. "My mother is dead," Oliver said sternly. "Leave her out of it." His face grew red with anger. "Ah, well," Noah smiled. "She's better off." "Take that back!" Oliver said. He stood up and clenched his fists. Noah laughed. "We're all better off. Don't need one more person living off the workhouse." "What did you say?" Oliver's eyes were filled with tears. This was the first time Oliver had ever felt real anger. Through all of

睡了个午觉，然后花了太多时间和夏洛特聊天。 诺亚决定拿奥利弗出气。 “那么，济贫院，”他对奥利弗说。 诺亚经常叫奥利弗这个名字。 “你妈妈怎么样？”通常奥利弗会一言不发地忍受诺亚的辱骂。 但这次并不是这样的时刻。 “我母亲死了，”奥利弗严厉地说。 “别把她扯进来。”他的脸气得通红。 “啊，好吧，”诺亚笑了。“她过得更好了。” “收回那句话！”奥利弗说。 他站起来，握紧拳头。 诺亚笑了。“我们都过得更好了。 不需要再多一个靠济贫院过活的人了。” “你说什么？”奥利弗的眼里充满了泪水。 这是奥利弗第一次感到真正的愤怒。 通过所有

the unfairness Oliver had been forced to live with, no one had ever insulted his mother. "You heard me," Noah replied. "We're all better off." Oliver jumped on top of Noah and began hitting him. Noah dropped to the floor and cried out for help. Mrs. Sowerberry and Charlotte arrived in a few moments. They pulled Oliver off Noah. Despite his small body, it was hard to pull Oliver back. "What on earth happened?" asked Mrs. Sowerberry. "I don't know, Missus," Noah lied. He sat up and rubbed his head. Noah was confused. He never thought Oliver would fight back. "He suddenly went mad," Noah said. They could not calm Oliver down. He tried to get out of their grasp. As a last resort, they threw Oliver into a coffin and Mrs. Sowerberry sat on top of it. "Noah," she said.

尽管奥利弗被迫忍受着不公平的待遇，但从来没有人侮辱过他的母亲。 挪亚说：“你听见了。” “我们都过得更好了。”奥利弗跳到诺亚身上，开始打他。 诺亚扑倒在地，大声呼救。 索尔贝里太太和夏洛蒂一会儿就到了。 他们把奥利弗从诺亚身边拉开。 尽管奥利弗的身体很小，但他很难把他拉回来。 “到底发生了什么事？”索尔贝里太太问。 “我不知道，太太。”诺亚撒了个谎。 他坐起来揉了揉头。 诺亚很困惑。他从没想过奥利弗会反击。 “他突然发疯了，”诺亚说。 他们无法使奥利弗平静下来。 他试图摆脱他们的控制。 最后，他们把奥利弗扔进棺材里，索尔贝里太太坐在上面。 “诺亚，”她说。

"Run and get Mr. Bumble. And hurry before this boy knocks me clear off."

“快去把班布尔先生叫来。趁这孩子还没把我撞倒，赶紧走吧。”