015 可怕的午餐

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" Ding-dong, ding-dong," chimed the clock in the farmer's house

"叮咚，叮咚，" 农夫家里的钟响了。

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It was noon

中午了。

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The farmer placed me on the dining room table and sat down with his family to have lunch

农夫把我放在餐厅的桌子上，然后和家人坐下来吃午饭。

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The lunch was enough food for a hundred men in England

这顿午饭足够一百个英国人吃了。

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The farmer's wife cut some meat into tiny pieces

农夫的妻子把肉切成了小块。

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She gave them to me with some breadcrumbs and wine

她把肉块连同面包屑和酒一起给了我。

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" I am very happy that you invited me to lunch,"

"我很高兴你们邀请我吃午饭，"

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I said loudly enough for the farmer and his wife to hear

我大声说着，让农夫和他的妻子能听到。

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" I have never seen so much food in my life."

"我这辈子从没见过这么多食物。"

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I bowed to them and made signs to show that I was hungry

我向他们鞠躬，并做出手势表示我很饿。

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I made other signs to thank them for the meal

我又做了其他的手势来表达对这顿饭的感谢。

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The family laughed at my performance, and I had to cover my ears to protect them from the noise

那家人被我的表演逗得哈哈大笑，我必须捂住耳朵，以免被他们的笑声震聋。

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While I was eating, I heard something that sounded like a dozen machines all running at once

正在吃饭时，我听到一阵轰隆隆的声音，听起来就像十几台机器同时开动一样。

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I realized that the sound came from the family's cat

我意识到这声音来自这家人的猫。

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To me, it looked enormous — bigger than the biggest horse I'd ever seen back home

对我来说，它看起来大得吓人——比我见过的家乡最大的马还要大。

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It was sitting on the lap of the farmer's wife, purring loudly as she patted it

它正坐在农夫妻子的膝盖上，她拍着它的时候，它正发出响亮的咕噜声。

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It stared at me

它盯着我看。

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" Oh no!" I said to myself

“哦不！”我暗自说道。

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" It thinks I am something good to eat!"

“它肯定是把我当成什么美味佳肴了！”

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I was terrified

我吓坏了。

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Sometimes cats are very cruel to the creatures they catch

猫有时对自己抓到的动物很残忍。

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The farmer's wife saw that I was afraid of the cat and held it tightly

农夫的妻子看出我怕猫，便紧紧抱住了它。

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The farmer put me right in front of the cat

农夫把我放到了猫的正前方。

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It looked away, shut its eyes, and continued to purr

它移开目光，闭上眼睛，继续咕噜咕噜叫。

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" If I show my fear," I thought," the cat may attack

我心想：“我要是表现出害怕，猫可能会攻击。

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I had better pretend that I'm not afraid."

我最好假装不害怕。”

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Just then, something even more frightening happened

就在这时，发生了更可怕的事。

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The nanny brought the baby to the farmer's wife

保姆把婴儿抱到了农夫妻子的身边。

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The farmer's wife picked me up and put me in front of the baby

农夫的妻子把我拿起来，放到婴儿面前。

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He grabbed me instantly in his little fist

他立刻用小拳头一把抓住了我。

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" Let me go," I shouted

“放开我，”我喊道。

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The baby put my head into his mouth

婴儿把我的头塞进了嘴里。

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" Help, help!" I screamed loudly

“救命，救命！”我尖声大叫。

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This frightened the baby, who was not used to having things scream in his mouth

这吓到了婴儿，他还不习惯有东西在嘴里尖叫。

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He dropped me, but as I fell, the farmer's wife held out her apron to catch me

他丢下了我，但我坠落时，农夫的妻子伸出围裙接住了我。

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I was not hurt

我没有受伤。

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" Thank you," I said to her, making another bow

“谢谢你，”我对她说，又鞠了一躬。

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She smiled and tickled the baby

她笑了笑，然后挠了挠婴儿。

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When lunch was over, the farmer spoke to his wife as he pointed to the baby

午餐结束后，农夫指着婴儿对他妻子说话。

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I understood that he was telling her not to let the baby play with me

我明白他是在告诉她别让婴儿跟我玩。

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Then the farmer left the house to go back to work

然后农夫离开家回去干活了。

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The excitement of the morning and the wine at lunch had made me very tired

上午的兴奋和午餐喝的酒让我非常疲惫。

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The farmer's wife saw me yawning and picked me up gently

农夫的妻子看到我在打哈欠，轻轻把我捧起来。

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She took me to her bedroom and put me down on the bed

她把我带到卧室，放在床上。

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Right away, I fell asleep

我马上就睡着了。

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When I woke up, I felt lonely on the bed so high above the floor

醒来时，我在这张离地很高的床上感到孤单。

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Suddenly, two rats climbed onto the bed

突然，两只老鼠爬上了床。

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They were many times bigger than English rats

它们比英国老鼠大许多倍。

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I was very frightened

我非常害怕。

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They ran across the bed, wiggling their noses in my face as they sniffed

它们在床上跑来跑去，鼻子在我脸前扭来扭去地嗅着。

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" Be brave!" I said to myself, remembering the cat at lunch

“勇敢点！”我对自己说，想起了午餐时的那只猫。

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" I must kill them before they kill me."

“我必须在它们杀我之前杀了它们。”

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Luckily, I still had my sword with me

幸好，我的剑还带在身边。

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I pulled it out and stabbed one rat in the stomach

我拔出剑，刺进了一只老鼠的肚子。

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It fell dead at my feet

它倒地死在了我脚边。

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The other rat jumped off the bed and ran away

另一只老鼠跳下床逃走了。

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Just then, the farmer's wife came into the room

就在这时，农夫的妻子走进了房间。

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She saw the blood and picked me up

她看到血迹，把我捧起来。

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I pointed to the dead rat and showed her that I was not hurt

我指了指死老鼠，让她看我没有受伤。

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She smiled at me happily and threw the rat out the window

她高兴地对我笑了笑，把老鼠扔出了窗外。