木偶奇遇记 第124期:匹诺曹变成了一头驴子(5)

　　Oh! If I had only had a bit of heart, I should never have abandoned that good Fairy,  噢，我要有一点儿心肝就好了，我就不会抛弃好仙女了。

　　who loved me so well and who has been so kind to me! 她那么爱我，对我那么好！

　　And by this time, I should no longer be a Marionette¹. 而且我这会儿也不再是个木偶了。

　　I should have become a real boy, like all these friends of mine! 我已经是个真正的孩子，跟我所有的朋友们一样！

　　Oh, if I meet Lamp-Wick I am going to tell him what I think of him—and more, too!" 噢，我要是碰到小灯芯，我要告诉他我是怎么看他的——还有别的！”

　　After this long speech, Pinocchio walked to the door of the room. 说完了这一大段话，皮诺乔走到了房门口。

　　But when he reached it, remembering his donkey² ears, he felt ashamed to show them to the public and turned back. 可他一到那儿，就想起他那对驴耳朵，觉得不好意思让人看到，于是返回。

　　He took a large cotton bag from a shelf, put it on his head, and pulled it far down to his very nose. 他从架子上拿起一个棉袋子戴在头上，一直拉到鼻尖那儿。

　　Thus adorned³, he went out.  装戴完，他这才出去，

　　He looked for Lamp-Wick everywhere, along the streets, in the squares, inside the theatres, everywhere;  到处找小灯芯。他在街上找，在广场上找，在剧院里找。

　　but he was not to be found. 到处都找遍了，就是找不到他。

　　He asked everyone whom he met about him, but no one had seen him. 他在街上见人就问，可谁也不知道。

　　In desperation, he returned home and knocked at the door. 在绝望中，他回到家并敲门。

1 marionette   

n.木偶

参考例句：

• With this marionette I wish to travel through the world.我希望带着这个木偶周游世界。
• The development of marionette had a great influence on the future development of opera.木偶戏的发展对以后的戏曲有十分重要的影响。

2 donkey   

n.驴子；蠢人；顽固的人

参考例句：

• This donkey can carry two sacks of grain.这头驴能驮两袋粮食。
• "I'll buy your donkey,"said the two.“我想要买你的驴子”两人异口同声说。

3 adorned   

[计]被修饰的

参考例句：

• The walls were adorned with paintings. 墙上装饰了绘画。
• And his coat was adorned with a flamboyant bunch of flowers. 他的外套上面装饰着一束艳丽刺目的鲜花。