Horton Hears a Who!

Horton hears a who.

霍顿听见了一个谁的声音。

On the 15th of May, in the jungle of Newell, in the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, he was splashing, enjoying the jungle's great joys, when Horton the elephant heard a small noise.

五月十五号，在纽尔丛林里，白天热烘烘的，池塘凉丝丝的， 大象霍顿正拍着水，享受着丛林的无穷乐趣，这时他听见了一丝小小的声响。

So Horton stopped splashing. He looked toward the sound. That's funny, thought Horton. There's no one around. Then he heard it again, just a very faint yelp, as if some tiny person were calling for help. I'll help you, said Horton, but who are you? Where? He looked and he looked. He could see nothing there, but a small speck of dust blowing past through the air.

于是霍顿停下不拍水了，他朝着声音传来的方向望去。 真奇怪呀，霍顿心想，这附近一个人都没有啊。 接着他又听见了那个声音，只是一声非常微弱的叫喊， 就好像有个极小极小的人在喊救命。 我来帮你，霍顿说，可你是谁呀？你在哪儿呀？ 他看啊看啊，什么东西都没看见， 只有一粒小小的灰尘正从空中飘过。

I say, murmured Horton, I've never heard tell of a small speck of dust that is able to yell. So you know what I think? Why I think that there must be someone on top of that small speck of dust. Some sort of a creature of very small size. Too small to be seen by an elephant's eyes.

哎呀，霍顿咕哝着，我可从来没听说过一粒灰尘还会叫出声的。 你知道我怎么想的吗？我觉得那粒小灰尘上面肯定有什么人。 某种个头特别特别小的生物。 太小了，大象的眼睛根本看不见。

Some poor little person who's shaking with fear that he'll blow in the pool he has no way to steer. I'll just have to save him because after all, a person's a person no matter how small.

某个可怜的小家伙正吓得浑身发抖 怕自己被吹进池塘里，他根本没法控制方向呀。 我必须得救他，因为毕竟呀， 一个人就是一个人，不管他有多小。

So gently and using the greatest of care, the elephant stretched his great trunk through the air, and he lifted the dust speck and carried it over and placed it down safe on a very soft clover.

于是大象万分小心、动作轻轻的，把他的长鼻子伸向空中， 托起那粒灰尘，把它稳稳地放在了一片非常柔软的三叶草上。