022 被猴子偷走

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When Glumdalclitch went out one day, she left me in my bedroom box in her room

一天，格兰姆达尔克立奇外出时，把我留在了她房间的卧室箱里。

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She thought I would be safe there, but it turned out to be a very dangerous place

她以为我在那里会很安全，但结果那里非常危险。

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As the day was warm, Glumdalclitch had left the big windows of her room and the door of my bedroom box open

因为天气暖和，格兰姆达尔克立奇把她房间的大窗户和我的卧室箱门都敞开着。

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Suddenly, I heard something come through the open window

突然，我听到有什么东西从开着的窗户进来。

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Looking out from my box, I saw a monkey hopping around the room

我从箱子里往外看，看见一只猴子在房间里跳来跳去。

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It was as big as an elephant I had seen in Africa

它大得像我在非洲见过的大象。

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The monkey belonged to one of the kitchen workers and had seen me before

这只猴子是厨房一个工人的，它以前见过我。

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I had not liked the way it had looked at me then

我当时就不喜欢它看我的样子。

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The monkey looked into my box

猴子往我的箱子里看。

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I was so frightened that I did not think to hide under the bed out of sight

我吓得没想到要躲到床底下藏起来。

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The monkey chattered excitedly when it saw me

猴子一看见我，就兴奋地吱吱叫。

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Then it put its paw through the doorway to try to catch me

然后，它把爪子伸进门里，想抓住我。

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I kept moving around, but the monkey was fast and grabbed me

我不停地躲闪，可猴子动作很快，一把抓住了我。

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" This is the end of me," I said to myself

“这下我完了。”我自言自语道。

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" I will soon be a meal for this monkey."

“我很快就要成为这只猴子的盘中餐了。”

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To my surprise, the monkey was gentle

出乎我的意料，猴子竟很温柔。

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It held me closely against its chest

它把我紧紧抱在胸前。

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" Perhaps it thinks that I'm its baby," I thought

“也许它以为我是它的宝宝。”我想。

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When I struggled to get free, the monkey held me more tightly, so I kept still

我挣扎着想挣脱时，猴子抱得更紧，于是我安静不动了。

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With its other paw, the monkey stroked my face lovingly

猴子用另一只爪子慈爱地抚摸我的脸。

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At that moment, Glumdalclitch opened the door of the room

就在那时，格勒姆达克利奇打开了房间的门。

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The noise of her key in the lock frightened the monkey

钥匙在锁里转动的声音惊动了猴子。

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Still holding me, it jumped onto the windowsill

它仍抱着我，跳上了窗台。

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Then it climbed out of the window

然后从窗户爬了出去。

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Glumdalclitch ran to the open window and started to scream

格勒姆达克利奇跑到敞开的窗户前，尖声叫起来。

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" Help! Help!" she cried

“救命！救命！”她喊道。

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" The monkey has stolen Grildig and is going to hurt him!"

“猴子偷走了格里尔迪格，会伤害他的！”

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A minute later the whole palace was in an uproar

不一会儿，整个宫殿一片喧嚣。

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Everybody was shouting at once

所有人同时大喊大叫。

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The monkey had climbed up onto the roof, at least three hundred meters above the ground

猴子已经爬上了屋顶，离地面至少三百米。

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I saw many people gathered in the garden below and pointing up at the roof

我看见下面花园里聚集了很多人，都指着房顶。

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I was so high that I almost fainted in fear

我所在之处太高了，吓得我几乎要昏过去。

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" The monkey is killing Grildig!" someone shouted

“猴子要害死格里尔迪格啦！”有人喊道。

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" Grildig is going to fall off the roof!" cried another

“格里尔迪格要从房顶掉下来了！”另一个人大叫。

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Glumdalclitch was sobbing and had her hands over her eyes

格勒姆达克利奇捂着眼睛，泣不成声。

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She did not want to see my horrible death

她不想看到我可怕地死去。

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By this time, some servants had brought ladders and had climbed onto the roof

这时候，几个仆人已经搬来了梯子，爬上了房顶。

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The monkey held me calmly in one paw and took something out of its mouth with the other

猴子用一只爪子镇定地抓着我，用另一只爪子从自己嘴里掏出点什么东西。

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It was some food, and the monkey tried to put it into my mouth

猴子掏出的是一些食物，它试图把那东西塞进我的嘴里。

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It really did think I was its baby!

它还真把我当成自己的宝宝了！

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" Yuck!" I said." Get that away from me

“呸！”我说，“把那东西拿开，离我远点儿。

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I don't want your chewed food."

我可不要你嚼过的东西。”

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Below, people started to laugh, but I was terrified of falling off the roof

下面的人开始大笑起来，可我却吓得要命，生怕从房顶掉下去。

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" Save me!" I cried

“救救我！”我大声喊道。

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" We're trying to," called out one of the servants

“我们正在想办法呢，”一个仆人高声回应。

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" But we don't want to scare the monkey

“可我们不想吓到猴子。

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If we do, he might drop you."

要是吓着它，它可能会把你扔下去。”

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As the servants came nearer, the monkey finally put me down and ran away across the rooftop

仆人们越走越近，猴子终于把我放了下来，自己逃之夭夭，横穿过屋顶跑了。

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The servants carried me down to safety

仆人们把我抱下房顶，到了安全的地方。

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Glumdalclitch, still sobbing, put me to bed

格勒姆达克利奇还在抽泣着，把我安顿到床上。

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The next day, the king asked me about my adventure

第二天，国王问起我这次的历险。

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Then he said," What would you do if an animal tried to grab you again?"

然后他说：“要是有动物再想抓住你，你怎么办？”

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" It had better not," I answered in a strong voice

“那它最好别来，”我用有力的声音回答。

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" I'm not afraid

“我一点都不怕。

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Next time I will attack it with my sword!"

下次我要用我的剑攻击它！”

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With a laugh, the king replied

国王笑了笑，回答说：

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" Ah, I see that you are very brave when you are safe here with me."

“啊，我明白了，你现在安全地待在我这儿，倒是挺勇敢的呀。”