4 The Keeper of the Keys

CHAPTER FOUR THE KEEPER OF THE KEYS BOOM. They knocked again. Dudley jerked awake. "Where's the cannon?" he said stupidly. There was a crash behind them and Uncle Vernon came skidding into the room. He was holding a rifle in his hands now they knew what had been in the long, thin package he had brought with them.

第四章钥匙的保管者爆炸了。 他们又敲了敲门。达力猛地惊醒。 “大炮在哪儿？”他傻乎乎地说。 他们身后传来一声撞击声，弗农姨父滑进了房间。 他手里拿着一支步枪，现在他们知道他带来的那个又长又薄的包裹里装的是什么了。

"Who's there?" he shouted. "I warn you I'm armed!" There was a pause. Then SMASH! The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges and with a deafening crash landed flat on the floor. A giant of a man was standing in the doorway. His face was almost completely hidden by a long, shaggy mane of hair and a wild, tangled beard, but you could make out his eyes, glinting like black beetles under all the hair. The giant squeezed his way into the hut, stooping so that his head just brushed the ceiling. He bent down, picked up the door, and fitted it easily back into its frame. The noise of the storm outside dropped a little. He turned to look at them all. "Couldn't make us a cup o' tea, could yeh? It's not been an easy journey...."

“谁在那儿？”他喊道。 “我警告你，我有武器！”一阵沉默。 然后粉碎!门被重重地撞了一下，门从铰链上滚落下来，发出震耳欲聋的撞击声，摔在地板上。 门口站着一个身材魁梧的人。 他的脸几乎完全被一绺又长又乱的头发和乱蓬蓬的胡子遮住了，但你可以辨认出他的眼睛，在头发下面像黑色甲虫一样闪闪发光。 巨人挤进小屋，弯着腰，头刚好碰到天花板。 他弯下腰，拾起门，轻松地把它装回门框里。 外面的暴风雨声小了一些。 他转过身来看着他们所有人。 “你能给我们倒杯茶吗？” 这不是一段轻松的旅程....”

He strode over to the sofa where Dudley sat frozen with fear. "Budge up, yeh great lump," said the stranger. Dudley squeaked and ran to hide behind his mother, who was crouching, terrified, behind Uncle Vernon. "An' here's Harry!" said the giant. Harry looked up into the fierce, wild, shadowy face and saw that the beetle eyes were crinkled in a smile. "Las' time I saw you, you was only a baby," said the giant. "Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh've got yer mum's eyes." Uncle Vernon made a funny rasping noise. "I demand that you leave at once, sir!" he said. "You are breaking and entering!" "Ah, shut up, Dursley, yeh great prune," said the giant; he reached over the back of the sofa, jerked the gun out of Uncle Vernon's hands, bent

他大步走向沙发，达力坐在那里，吓得呆住了。 “让开，你这个大笨蛋。”陌生人说。 达力尖叫一声，跑到妈妈身后躲了起来，妈妈正惊恐地蹲在弗农姨父身后。 “哈利来了！”巨人说。 哈利抬头望着那张凶狠、狂野、模糊的脸，看见那双甲虫般的眼睛皱起了皱纹，露出一丝微笑。 “我上次见到你的时候，你还只是个婴儿。”巨人说。 “你长得很像你爸爸，但你的眼睛像你妈妈。” 弗农姨父发出一种奇怪的刺耳的声音。 “我要求您马上离开，先生！”他说。 “你这是私闯民宅！”“啊，闭嘴，德思礼，你这个大笨蛋。”他把手伸到沙发后面，弯着腰从弗农姨父手里抢过枪

it into a knot as easily as if it had been made of rubber, and threw it into a corner of the room. Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being trodden on. "Anyway Harry," said the giant, turning his back on the Dursleys, "a very happy birthday to yeh. Got summat fer yeh here I mighta sat on it at some point, but it'll taste all right." From an inside pocket of his black overcoat he pulled a slightly squashed box. Harry opened it with trembling fingers. Inside was a large, sticky chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Harry written on it in green icing. Harry looked up at the giant. He meant to say thank you, but the words got lost on the way to his mouth, and what he said instead was, "Who are you?" The giant chuckled. "True, I haven't introduced meself. Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at

就像用橡胶做的一样，把它打了个结，扔到房间的一个角落里。 弗农姨父又发出了一种奇怪的声音，就像老鼠被人踩了一样。 “不管怎么说，哈利，”巨人说着，背对着德思礼一家，“祝你生日非常快乐。 我有东西要给你，我可能不小心把它放在上面了，不过味道还不错。” 他从黑色大衣的内口袋里掏出一个略微压扁的盒子。 哈利用颤抖的手指打开了它。 里面是一个又大又粘的巧克力蛋糕，上面用绿色糖衣写着“祝哈利生日快乐”。 哈利抬头看着巨人。 他本想说声谢谢，但话到嘴边就没了，他说：“你是谁？”巨人咯咯地笑了。 “不错，我还没有自我介绍呢。 鲁伯·海格，钥匙和场地保管员

Hogwarts." He held out an enormous hand and shook Harry's whole arm. "What about that tea then, eh?" he said, rubbing his hands together. "I'd not say no ter summat stronger if yeh've got it, mind." His eyes fell on the empty grate with the shriveled chip bags in it and he snorted. He bent down over the fireplace; they couldn't see what he was doing but when he drew back a second later, there was a roaring fire there. It filled the whole damp hut with flickering light and Harry felt the warmth wash over him as though he'd sunk into a hot bath. The giant sat back down on the sofa, which sagged under his weight, and began taking all sorts of things out of the pockets of his coat: a copper kettle, a squashy package of sausages, a poker, a teapot, several chipped mugs, and a bottle of some amber liquid that he took a swig from

霍格沃茨。”他伸出一只大手，握着哈利的整个胳膊。 “那喝茶怎么样，嗯？”他搓着双手说。 “记住，如果你有比这更强的东西，我是不会拒绝的。” 他的目光落在空空的壁炉上，里面放着干瘪的薯片包装袋，他哼了一声。 他对着壁炉弯下腰；他们看不清他在做什么，但当他退后一秒钟时，那里已经燃起了熊熊的大火。 它使整个潮湿的小屋充满了闪烁的光线，哈利感到一阵暖意涌上全身，仿佛自己掉进了一个热水澡里。 巨人又坐回沙发上，沙发被他的体重压得塌下来了，他开始从上衣口袋里掏出各种东西：一只铜壶、一包软软的香肠、一把拨火棍、一个茶壶、几个有缺口的马克杯，还有一瓶琥珀色的液体，他喝了一口

before starting to make tea. Soon the hut was full of the sound and smell of sizzling sausage. Nobody said a thing while the giant was working, but as he slid the first six fat, juicy, slightly burnt sausages from the poker, Dudley fidgeted a little. Uncle Vernon said sharply, "Don't touch anything he gives you, Dudley." The giant chuckled darkly. "Yer great puddin' of a son don' need fattenin' anymore, Dursley, don' worry." He passed the sausages to Harry, who was so hungry he had never tasted anything so wonderful, but he still couldn't take his eyes off the giant. Finally, as nobody seemed about to explain anything, he said, "I'm sorry, but I still don't really know who you are." The giant took a gulp of tea and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "Call me Hagrid," he said, "everyone does. An' like I told yeh, I'm Keeper of Keys at Hogwarts

在开始泡茶之前。 很快，小屋里充满了香肠滋滋作响的声音和气味。 巨人干活的时候，谁也没有说话，但当他从拨火钳上拿出六根又肥又多汁、有点烧焦的香肠时，达力有点坐立不安。 弗农姨父严厉地说：“别碰他给你的任何东西，达力。” 巨人暗笑起来。 “你的大布丁儿子不需要再增肥了，德思礼，别担心。” 他把香肠递给哈利，哈利饿极了，从来没有吃过这么好吃的东西，但他的眼睛仍然无法从巨人身上移开。 最后，似乎没有人打算解释什么，他说：“对不起，我还是不知道你是谁。” 巨人喝了一口茶，用手背擦了擦嘴。 “叫我海格吧，”他说，“大家都这么叫。 我告诉过你，我是霍格沃茨的钥匙管理员