Chapter61
Pinocchio weeps uponlearning that the Lovely Maiden with Azure1 Hair is dead. He meets a Pigeon, who carries him to the seashore.He throws himself into the sea to go to the aid of his father As soon asPinocchio no longer felt the shameful2weight of the dog collar around his neck, he started to run acrossthe fields andmeadows3, andnever stopped till he came to the main road that was to take him to the Fairy'shouse.
When he reached it, he looked into thevalley far below him and there he saw the wood where unluckily he had met theFox and the Cat, and the talloak4tree where he had been hanged; but though he searched far andnear, he could not see the house where the Fairy with the azure Hair lived.
He became terribly frightened and,running as fast as he could, he finally came to the spot where it had oncestood.
The little house was no longer there. Inits place lay a small marbleslab5,which bore this sadinscription6:
HERE LIES THE LOVELY FAIRY WITH AZUREHAIR WHO DIED OF GRIEF WHEN ABANDONED BY HER LITTLE BROTHER PINOCCHIO The poorMarionette7was heartbroken at reading these words. He fell to the ground and,covering the cold marble with kisses, burst into bitter tears. He cried allnight, and dawn found him still there, though his tears had dried and onlyhard, drysobs8shook his wooden frame. But these were so loud that they could beheard by the far away hills.
皮诺乔一觉得脖子上那个丢脸的、硬绷绷的颈圈没有了，就撒腿穿过田野，一分钟也不停，一直来到通往仙女家的那条大道。
到了大道上，他低下头来看下面的草原。他极目远望，清楚地看到那座树林子，他当初就不幸在那里遇见了狐狸和猫；他清楚在看到兀立在许多树木之间的大橡树树梢，他当初就给套着脖子吊在那里摇来晃去。可他这里看，那里看，就是看不到天蓝色头发的美丽仙女的那座小房子。
这时候他感到不妙，马上使出最后的脚劲拼命跑起来，几分钟工夫就来到曾经有一座白房子的草地上，现在白房子没有了，原来是白房子的地方只有一小块大理石碑，石碑上用印刷体刻着如下几行字：
这里安眠着
天蓝色头发的仙女
由于她的弟弟皮诺乔
将她遗弃，
她因悲伤而溘然长逝。
木偶伤心地读完这几行字以后，该是怎么一种心情，就请诸位自己去想象了。他趴倒在地上，把那块大理石碑吻了成千遍，嚎啕大哭起来。他哭了整整一夜，到第二天早晨，到大白天还在哭，虽然眼泪早已哭干了。他哭得这样伤心这样响，周围所有的土岗子都接连发出了回声。
adj.天蓝色的，蔚蓝色的
参考例句：
His eyes are azure.他的眼睛是天蓝色的。
The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.清朗蔚蓝的天空中阳光明媚。
adj.可耻的，不道德的
参考例句：
It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。
草地，牧场， （河边的）低洼地( meadow的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The trail wends its way through leafy woodland and sunny meadows. 这条小径穿过葱郁的林区和洒满阳光的草地。
They have railed the meadows off from the new railway cutting. 他们已用栏杆把草地和新铁道的路堑隔离开来。
4oak
n.栎树，橡树，栎木，橡木
参考例句：
The chair is of solid oak.这把椅子是纯橡木的。
The carpenter will floor this room with oak.木匠将用橡木铺设这个房间的地板。
5slab
n.平板，厚的切片；v.切成厚板，以平板盖上
参考例句：
This heavy slab of oak now stood between the bomb and Hitler.这时笨重的橡木厚板就横在炸弹和希特勒之间了。
The monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab.这座纪念碑由两根垂直的柱体构成，它们共同支撑着一块平板。
n.（尤指石块上的）刻印文字，铭文，碑文
参考例句：
The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.铭文已磨损，无法辨认了。
He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。
n.木偶
参考例句：
With this marionette I wish to travel through the world.我希望带着这个木偶周游世界。
The development of marionette had a great influence on the future development of opera.木偶戏的发展对以后的戏曲有十分重要的影响。
8sobs
啜泣（声），呜咽（声）( sob的名词复数 )
参考例句：
She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。
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