第39章 鸛鳥 The Storks(第2/10 頁)

Stand not on one leg, I pray,

看你的妻子在巢裡呀，和她的寶寶在休息呀。

See your wife is in her nest, with her little ones at rest.

他們會弔死一隻，再油炸另一隻；他們會射死第三隻，再烤了他兄弟。”

they will hang one, And fry another; they will shoot a third, And roast his brother.”

“聽聽那些男孩在唱什麼。” 小鸛鳥們說，“他們說我們會被吊死和烤了。”

“Just hear what those boys are singing,” said the young storks; “they say we shall be hanged and roasted.”

“別管他們說什麼；你們不用聽。” 媽媽說，“他們傷不了你們。”

“Never mind what they say; you need not listen,” said the mother. “they can do no harm.”

但是孩子們繼續唱著歌，指著鸛鳥，嘲笑它們，只有一個叫彼得的男孩除外；他說拿動物取樂是可恥的，根本不願和他們一起鬧。

but the boys went on singing and pointing at the storks, and mocking at them, excepting one of the boys whose name was peter; he said it was a shame to make fun of animals, and would not join with them at all.

鸛鳥媽媽安慰著她的孩子們，告訴他們不要在意。“看，” 她說，“你們的爸爸單腿站著多安靜啊。”

the mother stork forted her young ones, and told them not to mind. “See,” she said, “how quiet your father stands, although he is only on one leg.”

“但是我們非常害怕。” 小鸛鳥們說，然後把頭縮回巢裡。

“but we are very much frightened,” said the young storks, and they drew back their heads into the nests.

第二天，當孩子們一起玩耍，看到鸛鳥時，他們又唱起了那首歌 ——“他們會弔死一隻，再烤了另一隻。”

the next day when the children were playing together, and saw the storks, they sang the song again — “they will hang one, And roast another.”

“我們會被吊死然後烤了嗎？” 小鸛鳥們問。

“Shall we be hanged and roasted?” asked the young storks.

“不，當然不