07 In the Forest, in the Night

Chapter seven, In the Forest, In the Night. Jack stood on stage in the bright sunlight. He felt 3 ,000 pairs of eyes staring at him. No, spirit, Puck said in a loud voice, with a wander you. Jack looked down at his scroll. He pushed his glasses into place. He opened his mouth. No sound came out. One of the groundlings hissed.

第七章 深夜森林中 杰克站在明晃晃的阳光下的舞台上。 他感觉有三千双眼睛都在盯着他看。 "不对，小精灵，"帕克大声说道，"你闲逛到哪儿去啦？" 杰克低头看着自己的卷轴。 他推了推眼镜，把它扶稳。 他张开了嘴。 却一个声音都发不出来。 台下有个观众发出了嘘声。

How now, spirit? Puck shouted even louder this time. Weather wander you. Jack closed his eyes. He felt the summer night. He took a deep breath. He cleared his throat. He looked at his speech. Then he began to read. Over hill, over dale, through bush, through briar, over park, over pale, through flood, through fire. I do wander everywhere, swifter than the moon sphere, and I serve the fairy queen. As Jack read, the audience grew quiet. Jack forgot he was Jack. He was in the forest, in the night, talking to Puck. When he finished, not a single groundling hissed or threw things.

怎么回事，小精灵？ 这次帕克喊得更大声了。 你到底逛到哪儿去了？ 杰克闭上了眼睛。 他仿佛感受到了夏日的夜晚。 他深吸了一口气。 他清了清嗓子。 他看向自己的台词。 接着他开始念了起来。 翻过高山，跨过河谷，穿过灌木丛，钻过荆棘丛，越过花园，跨过围栏，淌过洪水， 穿过烈焰。 我四处游荡，跑得比月球转得还快，我为仙后效力。 杰克念台词的时候，台下的观众渐渐安静了下来。 杰克忘了自己是杰克了。 他正身处深夜的森林里，和帕克说话呢。 等他念完，台下没有一个观众嘘他，也没有人扔东西。

Jack took a deep breath as Puck started his lines. Jack knew he had one more speech. His heart pounded, but it was more from excitement now than fear. When it was time to start his second speech, he was ready. This time he spoke very clearly and with feeling. He tried to be as natural as possible. When he finished his speech, the audience clapped and clapped. Jack hardly remembered leaving the stage. Will was waiting for him. Hurrah! said Will, slapping Jack on the back. You were brilliant! Jack blushed as he gave Will his scroll back. He couldn't believe he'd just performed, acted in front of all those people, and he'd actually had fun, just like Annie had said.

帕克开始念台词的时候，杰克深吸了一口气。他知道自己还有一段台词要念，他的 心怦怦直跳，但现在更多是兴奋，不是害怕。轮到他念第二段台词的时候，他 已经准备好了。这次他念得格外清晰，还饱含感情。他努力 表现得越自然越好。等他念完这段台词，台下的观众鼓了好久的掌。 杰克都不太记得自己是怎么走下舞台的。威尔正等着他呢。 "太棒啦！"威尔拍着杰克的背说，"你演得太出彩了！"杰克红着脸把 卷轴还给了威尔。他简直不敢相信自己刚刚居然在那么多 人面前表演了，而且还真的挺好玩的，就像安妮说的那样。

Jack waited in the shadows for Annie to do her part. He watched her go on stage with the fairy queen and the other fairies. When the queen asked the fairies to sing her to sleep, Annie stepped forward. Reading from her scroll, she sang out clearly and with lots of feeling. You spotted snakes with double tongue, thorny hedgehogs, be not seen. Annie waved her hand as if shooing away the snakes and hedgehogs. Newts and blind worms do no wrong. Come not near our fairy queen. Annie shook her finger at the newts and blind worms. The audience howled with laughter. Annie kept singing. She made funny movements and silly faces to go with the words. She even added a little dance to her song.

杰克在阴影里等着安妮上场表演她的部分。 他看着安妮和仙后还有其他小精灵一起走上了舞台。 仙后让小精灵们唱歌哄她睡觉的时候，安妮走上了前。 她看着卷轴，声音清亮、感情充沛地唱了起来。 你们这些吐信子的花蛇，长刺的刺猬，都别出来露脸。 安妮挥着手，好像在把蛇和刺猬都赶跑似的。 蝾螈和盲蜥可不许捣乱。 不许靠近我们的仙后。 安妮对着蝾螈和盲蜥摇了摇手指。 台下的观众都哈哈大笑起来。 安妮继续唱着。 她配合着歌词做着搞笑的动作，扮着傻傻的鬼脸。 她还跟着歌的节奏跳了一小段舞呢。

By the time she finished, the audience clapped and cheered and stamped their feet. Wonderful job, Andy," Will said when Annie left the stage. You were brilliant, Jack told her.

等她唱完的时候，台下的观众鼓掌、欢呼，还跺起了脚。 "演得太棒了，安迪。"安妮走下舞台的时候威尔说道。 "你演得太出彩了。"杰克对她说。