Pinocchio, Chapter 21: The Farmer’s Trap匹诺曹，第21章：农夫的陷阱
Pinocchio, as you may well imagine, began to scream and weep and beg; but all was of no use, for no houses were to be seen and not a soul passed by on the road.
诸位可以想象，匹诺曹当然大哭大叫，大叫饶命。可是哭也好叫也好，全都没用，因为这儿周围看不见房子，路上一个走过的人也没有。
Night came on.
这时候天黑了。
A little because of the sharp pain in his legs, a little because of fright at finding himself alone in the darkness of the field, the Marionette was about to faint, when he saw a tiny Glowworm flickering by. He called to her and said:
半是由于捕兽夹夹得他小腿骨太痛，半是由于周围漆黑一片，他一个人在这葡萄地里怕得要死，木偶眼看就要昏过去了。正在这时候，他忽然看见一只萤火虫在头上飞过。他马上叫住萤火虫，对它说：
“Dear little Glowworm, will you set me free?”
“噢，萤火虫，做做好事，把我从这刑具里放出来好吗？……”
“Poor little fellow!” replied the Glowworm, stopping to look at him with pity. “How came you to be caught in this trap?”
“可怜的孩子！”萤火虫停下来，同情地看着他，回答说。“你的脚怎么会夹在这些锋利的铁片里的？”
“I stepped into this lonely field to take a few grapes and–”
“我走进这块葡萄地，想采两串麝香葡萄吃吃，结果就……”
“Are the grapes yours?”
“葡萄是你的吗？”
“No.”
“不是……”
“Who has taught you to take things that do not belong to you?”
“那么，是谁教你拿别人东西的？……”
“I was hungry.”
“我饿了……”
“Hunger, my boy, is no reason for taking something which belongs to another.”
“我的孩子，饿不能作为占有别人东西的充分理由……”
“It’s true, it’s true!” cried Pinocchio in tears. “I won’t do it again.”
“这是真的，这是真的！”匹诺曹大哭大叫，“下回我再不干了。”
Just then, the conversation was interrupted by approaching footsteps. It was the owner of the field, who was coming on tiptoes to see if, by chance, he had caught the Weasels which had been eating his chickens.
他们话正说到这里，给走近的一阵很轻很轻的脚步声打断了。来的是这块地的主人。他踮起脚尖走来看看，有没有鸡貂夜里来吃鸡，给捕兽夹夹住了。
Great was his surprise when, on holding up his lantern, he saw that, instead of a Weasel, he had caught a boy!
等他打外套底下掏出灯来，看见捉到的不是鸡貂，而是个孩子，他惊奇极了。
“Ah, you little thief!” said the Farmer in an angry voice. “So you are the one who steals my chickens!”
“哈哈，小偷！”农民生气地说，“这么说，我的鸡都是你偷的？”
“Not I! No, no!” cried Pinocchio, sobbing bitterly. “I came here only to take a very few grapes.”
“我没偷，我没偷！”匹诺曹抽抽嗒嗒地说，“我汾来只想乐两串葡萄！……”
“He who steals grapes may very easily steal chickens also. Take my word for it, I’ll give you a lesson that you’ll remember for a long while.”
“会偷葡萄就会偷鸡。让我来给你个教训，叫你一辈子忘不了。”
He opened the trap, grabbed the Marionette by the collar, and carried him to the house as if he were a puppy. When he reached the yard in front of the house, he flung him to the ground, put a foot on his neck, and said to him roughly:
他打开捕兽夹，抓住木偶的领子，像拎一只吃奶羊羔似地把他拎回家。到了家门口，他把木偶扔在空场上，用一只脚踏住他的脖子，对他说：
“It is late now and it’s time for bed. Tomorrow we’ll settle matters. In the meantime, since my watchdog died today, you may take his place and guard my henhouse.”
“现在太晚了，我要去睡觉。明天再跟你算账。我那只守夜的狗正好今天死了，你这就来代替它。你给我当守夜的狗。”
No sooner said than done. He slipped a dog collar around Pinocchio’s neck and tightened it so that it would not come off. A long iron chain was tied to the collar. The other end of the chain was nailed to the wall.
说到做到，他在木偶脖子上套上一狗颈圈，上面全是铜钉。他把颈圈收紧，叫木偶的头钻不出来。颈圈上系着一根很长的铁链，铁链一头拴在墙上。
“If tonight it should happen to rain,” said the Farmer, “you can sleep in that little doghouse near-by, where you will find plenty of straw for a soft bed. It has been Melampo’s bed for three years, and it will be good enough for you. And if, by any chance, any thieves should come, be sure to bark!”
“要是今夜下雨，”农民说，“你可以到这木板狗屋里去，那里头里有很多干草，可以当床睡。我那可怜的狗在那里都睡了四年啦。如果不幸有小偷来，你记住了，要竖起耳朵听着，汪汪地叫。”
After this last warning, the Farmer went into the house and closed the door and barred it.
Poor Pinocchio huddled close to the doghouse more dead than alive from cold, hunger, and fright. Now and again he pulled and tugged at the collar which nearly choked him and cried out in a weak voice:
农民吩咐完，就进屋把门关上，还用粗链子拴好，于是空场上就剩可怜的匹诺曹一个人趴着，又冷，又饿，又怕，半死不活的。他不断生气地把手插到勒住他喉咙的颈圈里，哭着说：
“I deserve it! Yes, I deserve it! I have been nothing but a truant and a vagabond. I have never obeyed anyone and I have always done as I pleased. If I were only like so many others and had studied and worked and stayed with my poor old father, I should not find myself here now, in this field and in the darkness, taking the place of a farmer’s watchdog. Oh, if I could start all over again! But what is done can’t be undone, and I must be patient!”
“我这是活该！……真倒霉，我这是活该！我任性，只想闲逛……我只想听坏朋友的话，因此总是失去幸福。如果我是个好孩子，像别的孩子一样，如果我想读书想劳动，如果我同我的可怜爸爸一起在家，那我这会儿就不会在这儿田野当中，做一只狗给一个农民看门了。噢，我能重新做人就好了！……可现在迟了，没法子，我只好忍耐！”
After this little sermon to himself, which came from the very depths of his heart, Pinocchio went into the doghouse and fell asleep.
他发泄了真正出自内心的一口怨气以后，走进狗屋，躺下就睡着了。
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