The Jumping Jester

The Jumping Jester

爱蹦跳的小丑

Jack the Jester loved to jump. He jumped on the chairs. He jumped on the table. He made the people laugh.

小丑杰克最爱蹦蹦跳。他跳上椅子，又跳上桌子，他 总能逗得大家哈哈大笑。

But sometimes people didn't laugh. Sometimes Jack broke things. Stop that jumping, said the maid. Sometimes Jack spilled things. Stop that jumping, said the cook.

可有时候大家笑不出来了。 杰克有时候会打碎东西。 “别再跳啦。”女仆说道。 杰克有时候会弄洒东西。 “别再跳啦。”厨师说道。

Sometimes Jack knocked things over. Stop that jumping, said the children. That jester must stop jumping, everyone said.

杰克有时候会碰倒东西。 “别再跳啦。”小朋友们说道。 “那个小丑必须别再跳了。”大家都这么说。

The King sent for the jester. You must stop jumping, said the King. But I love jumping, said Jack. I'm sorry, said the King. This jumping has to stop. So Jack the jester stopped jumping. He was very sad.

国王派人把小丑叫了过来。 “你不准再蹦跳了。”国王说道。 “可我最喜欢蹦跳了呀。”杰克说。 “我很抱歉，”国王说，“但你必须停止蹦跳。” 于是小丑杰克不再蹦跳了，他心里特别难过。

The maid was sad too. She stopped cleaning. The cook was sad too. He stopped cooking. The children were sad too. They stopped playing. Soon everyone in the palace was sad. They all stopped laughing.

女仆也变得不开心了。 她打扫卫生都提不起劲。 厨师也变得不开心了。 他做饭都没了心思。 小朋友们也变得不开心了。 他们都没心情玩耍了。 很快，王宫里的所有人都闷闷不乐。 大家再也不笑了。