木偶奇遇记 The Adventures of Pinocchio 50｜英语名著

Chapter 50

Pinocchiois robbed of his gold pieces and,in punishment, is sentenced to four months inprisonIf the Marionette had been told to wait a day instead oftwenty minutes,the time could not have seemed longerto him. He walked impatiently to and froand finallyturned his nose toward the Field of Wonders.

　　And as he walked with hurried steps, his heart beatwith an excitedtic, tac, tic, tac, just as if it were a wallclock, and his busy brain keptthinking:

　　"What if, instead of a thousand, I should find twothousand? Orif, instead of two thousand, I should find fivethousand--or one hundredthousand? I'll build myself abeautiful palace, with a thousand stables filledwith athousand wooden horses to play with, a cellar overflowingwith lemonadeand ice cream soda, and a library of candiesand fruits, cakes andcookies."Thus amusing himself with fancies, he came to the field.

　　There he stopped to see if, by any chance, a vine filledwith goldcoins was in sight. But he saw nothing! Hetook a few steps forward, and stillnothing! He steppedinto the field. He went up to the place where he haddug thehole and buried the gold pieces. Again nothing!

　　Pinocchio became very thoughtful and, forgetting his goodmannersaltogether, he pulled a hand out of his pocket andgave his head a thoroughscratching.

　　As he did so, he heard a hearty burst of laughter closeto his head.He turned sharply, and there, just above himon the branch of a tree, sat alarge Parrot, busily preeninghis feathers.

　　"What are you laughing at?" Pinocchio asked peevishly.

　　"I am laughing because, in preening my feathers, Itickledmyself under the wings."The Marionette did not answer. He walked tothebrook, filled his shoe with water, and once more sprinkledthe ground whichcovered the gold pieces.

　　木偶回到城里，开始一分钟一分钟地数着时间，等他觉得时候到了，马上走原路回“奇迹宝地”去。
　　他走得很急，一路只听见他那题心很响地的嗒的嗒跳，就像一个走着的挂钟。他一想：
　　“树上如果不是一千，而是两千呢？树上如果不是两千，而是五千呢，树上如果不是五千，而是一万呢，噢，到那时，我将变成一个多体面的先生啊！……我要有一个美丽的宫殿，我要有一千只小木马和一千个马厩，这是为了玩玩。我还要有一个酒窖，里面放满甘露酒和健胃酒。我还要有一个图书室，摆满了糖果、蛋糕、葡萄干小面包、杏仁饼、奶酪夹心饼干。”
　　他这么幻想着，走近了那块地。他停下来就张望，看能不能见到那么一棵树，枝头挂满金币的。可他什么也没看见。他往前又走了一百步，还是没看见。他一直走到那块地上……一直走到种下金币的那个小窟窿那里，可还是没看见。于是他就拼命动脑筋，也顾不得行什么礼貌规矩，打口袋里伸出——只手来，把头搔了半天。
　　正在这时候，他耳朵里好像听到了大笑声。他抬头一看，只见一棵树上有只大鹦鹉，正在理它身上稀稀拉拉的羽毛。
　　“你笑什么？”皮诺乔生气地问它。
　　“我笑，因为我理羽毛，把羽毛底下的胳肢窝弄痒了。”
　　木偶没答话。他走到水沟那里，还是用那只鞋子打来一鞋子水，重新浇在盖着金币的那片土上。