010 汤姆的梦想

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The morning after the funeral Aunt Polly's kisses stopped

葬礼后的早晨，波莉姨妈的亲吻停止了。

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At breakfast she was angry

早餐时，她怒气冲冲。

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" Tom Sawyer, I cannot believe you were so hard-hearted

“汤姆·索亚，我真不敢相信你这么铁石心肠。

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You made me, and everyone else, suffer for almost a week

你让我，还有其他所有人，痛苦了将近一个星期。

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You paddled on a log to come to your funeral

你划着根木头来参加自己的葬礼。

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You could have at least come home and let me know that you weren't dead."

你至少可以回家来，让我知道你没死啊。”

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Tom looked away

汤姆移开了视线。

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He knew that his aunt had suffered because of him, and his conscience wouldn't allow him to forget it

他知道姨妈因为他而痛苦，他的良心不允许他忘记这一点。

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" You should have let me know," continued Aunt Polly

“你本该让我知道的，”波莉姨妈继续说道。

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Tom was sure that his guilty conscience was showing

汤姆确信自己内疚的表情一定很明显。

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" Tell me, Tom, that you would have come if you had thought of it."

“告诉我，汤姆，你要是想到了，就会回来吗？”

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" I... ah... well... I don't know," stammered Tom

“我……啊……嗯……我不知道，”汤姆结结巴巴地说。

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" It would have spoiled everything."

“那会毁了一切的。”

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" Oh, Tom, you break my heart," said Aunt Polly

“哦，汤姆，你伤透我的心了，”波莉姨妈说。

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" If you loved me, you would have come home

“你要是爱我，你就会回家来了。

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But all you care about are your ruined plans."

可你只在乎你那泡汤的计划。”

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Tom's conscience was paining him greatly

汤姆内心非常不安。

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" You know, Auntie, I care for you."

“你知道的，姨妈，我在乎你。”

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" I'd know better if you acted more like it," answered his aunt in a hurt tone

“你要是表现得更在乎些，我就更清楚了，”姨妈用受伤的语气回答。

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" I did wrong," confessed Tom

“我做错了，”汤姆承认道。

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" I should have thought of you. In any case I did dream of you."

"我本该想着你的。但不管怎样，我确实梦到你了。"

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" That isn't much," said Aunt Polly sadly." But what did you dream about?"

"这算不上什么，"波莉姨妈难过地说。"不过你梦到了什么？"

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" It was Wednesday night, and I dreamed that you and Joe's mother were sitting here."

"是星期三晚上，我梦见你和乔的妈妈坐在这里。"

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" Why, she was here!" exclaimed Aunt Polly." What else did you dream about?"

"哎呀，她确实在这儿！"波莉姨妈叫道。"你还梦到了什么？"

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" Oh, lots of stuff," said Tom." But it's all kind of hazy."

"哦，好多事呢，"汤姆说。"不过都模模糊糊的。"

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" Do try to remember," urged Aunt Polly

"务必试着回想一下，"波莉姨妈催促道。

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" Well, there was the wind, it blew..."

"嗯，有风，风吹得……"

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" Yes," said Aunt Polly excitedly

"对，"波莉姨妈激动地说。

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" The wind did blow something. What did it blow?"

"风确实吹动了什么。吹动了什么？"

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Tom pressed his fingers to his forehead and said," It blew the candle."

汤姆用手指按住额头说："吹灭了蜡烛。"

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" Mercy!" exclaimed Aunt Polly." That's right. Go on."

“天啊！”波莉姨妈惊叹道，“就是这样。接着说。”

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" It's all coming back to me now," cried Tom

“我全都想起来了，”汤姆喊道。

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" You said I wasn't bad, and then you started to cry."

“你们说我不坏，然后您就哭了起来。”

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" I did," said Aunt Polly

“我是这样说的，”波莉姨妈说。

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" Sereny Harper is going to hear about this before I'm an hour older. Go on."

“不出一个小时，我就得把这事告诉赛伦尼·哈珀。接着说。”

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" Then Joe's mother started crying," Tom continued," and she said Joe wasn't bad either

“然后乔的母亲也哭了起来，”汤姆继续说，“她说乔也不坏。”

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She also wished she hadn't punished Joe for taking the cream when she was the one who had thrown it out."

她还希望自己不曾因为乔拿奶油而惩罚他，而那奶油其实是她自己扔掉的。”

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" Tom," cried Aunt Polly," you were dreaming like a prophet."

“汤姆，”波莉姨妈喊道，“你做这个梦，简直像个预言家。”

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Tom told his aunt everything

汤姆把事情全都告诉了姨妈。

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He didn't leave out a thing, and Aunt Polly was in awe

他什么都没漏掉，波莉姨妈听得惊讶不已。

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Finally Tom said," I think you prayed for me. I was sorry

最后汤姆说：“我想你为我祈祷了。我很后悔。

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So I wrote a note saying we weren't dead

所以我写了张字条，说我们没死。

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I put it on your table, and then I kissed you."

我把它放在你桌上，然后亲了你一下。”

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" I know it's only a dream, but I can forgive you now," said Aunt Polly, hugging Tom

“我知道这只是一个梦，但我现在能原谅你了。”波莉姨妈说着，拥抱了汤姆。

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Sid thought the dream sounded too perfect to be a dream, but he kept his opinion to himself

锡德觉得这个梦听起来太完美了，不像是梦，但他没把自己的想法说出来。

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When Tom was at school, Aunt Polly went to tell Joe's mother about the dream

汤姆上学时，波莉姨妈去把那个梦告诉了乔的母亲。

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At lunch Tom came home to a very angry aunt

午饭时，汤姆回到家，发现姨妈非常生气。

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" I should skin you alive," she said

“我真该活剥你的皮。”她说。

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" I ran over to Sereny Harper like an old fool

“我像个老傻瓜一样跑去塞蕾妮·哈珀家。

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I told her about your amazing dream

我告诉了她你那个神奇的梦。

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She told me that Joe had told her you were here that night

她告诉我，乔跟她说你那晚来过这里。

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It wasn't a dream at all!"

那根本就不是梦！

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Tom truly felt sorry for his joke

汤姆真为自己的玩笑感到抱歉。

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It had seemed like a good idea at breakfast, but now it just seemed mean

吃早饭时这主意似乎还不错，可现在只觉得太刻薄了。

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" You let me make a fool of myself

“你让我出尽了洋相。”

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What kind of boy are you?" asked Aunt Polly. Tom hung his head in shame

“你算哪门子的孩子？”波莉姨妈问。汤姆羞愧地低下了头。

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" Why did you come over that night?

“那晚你为什么过来？”

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Did you come to laugh at our troubles?" she demanded

“是来笑话我们难过吗？”她质问道。

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" No," said Tom." I came to tell you not to worry

“不是的，”汤姆说，“我是来告诉你别担心的。”

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I even wrote a note on a piece of bark

我甚至在一块树皮上写了张字条。

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When I got the idea about the funeral, I put the note back in my pocket

等我想到葬礼的主意后，就把字条放回口袋了。

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But I did kiss you good-night." The hard lines on his aunt's face melted

但我确实亲了你，跟你道了晚安。姨妈脸上那严厉的线条缓和了下来。

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The emotion in Tom's voice sounded too real for this to be a lie

汤姆声音里的感情听起来太真切了，不像是谎言。

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After Tom returned to school, Aunt Polly wanted to see if she could find the piece of bark

汤姆回学校后，波莉姨妈想看看能不能找到那块树皮。

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She wondered if Tom really did write a note, or if this was just another one of his stories

她琢磨着汤姆是不是真的写了张字条，或者这又是他编的一个故事。

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Aunt Polly couldn't decide what to do, so she stood for several minutes, debating with herself

波莉姨妈拿不定主意该怎么办，她站了好几分钟，心里纠结着。

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Curiosity finally got the better of her

好奇心最终还是占了上风。

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She went into Tom's room and looked around

她走进汤姆的房间，四处看了看。

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Lying on the floor was the piece of bark, and on the back was Tom's note

地板上就躺着那块树皮，背面是汤姆写的字条。

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As Aunt Polly read it, tears came to her eyes

波莉姨妈读着读着，泪水涌上了眼眶。

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" Now I can forgive Tom, even though he has committed a million sins," she murmured

“现在我能原谅汤姆了，就算他犯下过数不清的过错。”她喃喃自语道。