021 大狗与小船

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I was fairly happy living at the palace

我在王宫里过得还算开心。

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Glumdalclitch often carried me in my traveling box into the palace garden

格卢姆达尔克利奇经常用旅行箱带我去王宫花园。

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Sometimes, she put me on her hand or set me down on the ground

有时，她会把我放在她手上，或让我坐在地上。

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One such day, however, she got distracted and walked off a little way with a friend

然而，有一天她分了心，和一个朋友走开了一小段路。

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The gardener's dog ran up to me and picked me up in his mouth

园丁的狗朝我跑来，把我叼在了嘴里。

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" Oh no, this is the end!" I thought

“哦不，这下完蛋了！”我想。

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But the dog was well trained

但那条狗训练有素。

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It went right to its master and put me down at his feet

它径直跑到主人那里，把我放在了他脚边。

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" Did my dog hurt you?" the gardener asked with alarm

“我的狗伤着你了吗？”园丁惊慌地问。

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" No, it scared me but was very gentle

“没有，它吓到我了，但动作很轻柔。

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I'm just a bit wet," I replied

“我身上只是有点湿，”我回答道。

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" I am very sorry," the gardener said

“我非常抱歉，”园丁说。

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" I will make sure the dog does not get loose again

“我一定看紧这狗，不让它再跑出来了。

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Let me carry you to Glumdalclitch."

让我抱你去找格兰姆达尔克莉奇吧。”

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Glumdalclitch was very upset with the gardener when she heard what had happened

格兰姆达尔克莉奇听说了发生的事情后，对园丁非常生气。

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She knew she was partly to blame, though, for forgetting about me

不过，她知道她也有部分责任，因为把我给忘了。

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" Let's not tell the queen what happened," she said

”咱们别把发生的事告诉王后，”她说。

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" I would not want the gardener to get into trouble."

”我可不想让园丁惹上麻烦。”

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" I wonder," I said to myself," who would be in the most trouble — the gardener or Glumdalclitch."

“我在想，”我自言自语道，“谁惹的麻烦会最大呢——园丁还是格兰姆达尔克莉奇。”

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Of course, I told no one about the danger I had been in

我当然没有把曾身处险境的事告诉任何人。

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Glumdalclitch had left me by myself a few times, and I had been in danger before

格兰姆达尔克莉奇之前有几次把我独自留下，我曾身处险境。

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Once, a hawk had dived at me out of the sky to try to catch me

有一次，一只鹰从天上向我俯冲下来，想抓住我。

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I had saved myself by running under a bush

我跑到灌木丛下，才救了自己一命。

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The smaller birds, though, were not much bigger than me

不过，那些小鸟并不比我大多少。

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They didn't mind if I walked close to them

它们不介意我走近它们。

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They just kept hopping around and looking for food

它们只是不停地跳来跳去，寻找食物。

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One afternoon, a hungry sparrow took some cake right out of my hand!

一天下午，一只饥饿的麻雀直接从我手里叼走了一块蛋糕！

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After the incident with the gardener's dog, Glumdalclitch never let me out of her sight

自从发生了园丁的狗那件事后，格兰姆达尔克莉奇再也不让我离开她的视线。

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I had much less freedom than before

我的自由比以前少多了。

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She wanted to protect me, but having no freedom made me a bit sad

她想保护我，但没有了自由让我有点难过。

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The queen liked hearing about my sea voyages

王后喜欢听我讲航海的故事。

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She knew that I was a doctor, not a sailor, on the ships I traveled on

她知道在我乘坐的船上，我是医生，不是水手。

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One day she asked me," Grildig, do you know how to sail or row a boat?"

一天她问我：“格里尔迪格，你会驾船或者划船吗？”

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" Oh yes, Your Majesty," I replied

“哦，会的，陛下。”我回答。

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" I always helped the sailors on my ships

“我总是在我搭乘的船上帮水手们的忙。

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I like rowing too, but I cannot do either in Brobdingnag

我也喜欢划船，但在布罗卜丁奈格，这两样我都做不了。

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Your boats are much too big for me."

你们的船对我来说太大了。”

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" I think exercise would be good for you," said the queen

“我想活动活动对你有好处。”王后说。

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" Draw some plans for a boat

“画一艘船的图样吧。

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I will have my carpenter make it."

我会让我的木匠做出来。”

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" You are very kind," I replied

“您真是太好了。”我回答。

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" I will draw the plans right away."

“我马上就画图样。”

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Before long, the carpenter had made me a perfect little sailboat big enough to carry eight people of my size

不久，木匠就为我做好了一艘精美的小帆船，大到能坐下八个我这样大小的人。

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" How beautiful it is!" exclaimed the queen

“好美啊！”王后叫道。

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" Well done, carpenter! The king will be pleased."

“干得好，木匠！国王一定会高兴的。”

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The king liked the sailboat very much

国王非常喜欢这艘帆船。

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" Carpenter," he ordered," make a container that will hold water

“木匠，”他命令道，“做一个能盛水的容器。

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It must be big enough for Grildig's sailboat to sail in."

要大得能让格里尔迪格的帆船在里面航行。”

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The container was ready in a few days

容器没过几天就做好了。

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From then on, I rowed or sailed my boat in the container every day as the queen and the palace ladies watched

从那以后，我每天在那个容器里划船或扬帆，王后和宫女们就在一旁看着。

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" There is no wind today," said the queen one afternoon

“今天没有风，”一天下午王后说。

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" Blow, ladies! Blow so that Grildig has a bit of wind to fill his sails."

“吹气，女士们！吹气，好让格里尔迪格的帆上有点风。”

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The laughing ladies blew at the sails and clapped their hands in delight as I happily steered my little boat

宫女们笑着朝帆吹气，开心地拍手，而我愉快地驾着小船。