Peter Pan小飞侠的故事目录



Chapter 2 The shadow

第二章 影子



"Won't; won't!" Michael cried naughtily. Mrs. Darling left the room to get a chocolate for him, and Mr. Darling thought this showed want of firmness.

"我不嘛，不嘛。"迈克尔淘气地喊。达林太太走出房间去给拿了一块巧克力，达林先生认为，这是不坚定的表现。



"Mother, don't pamper him," he called after her. "Michael, when I was your age I took medicine without a murmur. I said, `Thank you, kind parents, for giving me bottles to make we well.'"

"孩子的妈，不要娇惯他，"他冲着达林太太的背喊，"迈克尔，我在你那么大的时候，吃药一声也不哼，我只是说：'谢谢你们，慈爱的父母亲，谢谢你们给我药吃，让我的病快点好。'"



He really thought this was true, and Wendy, who was now in her night-gown, believed it also, and she said, to encourage Michael, "That medicine you sometimes take, father, is much nastier, isn't it?"

他真个相信他说的是真话。温迪现在已经穿上了睡衣，她也相信这是真话，为了鼓励迈克尔，她说："爸爸，你经常吃的那种药，比这还要难吃，是吧？"



"Ever so much nastier," Mr. Darling said bravely, "and I would take it now as an example to you, Michael, if I hadn't lost the bottle."

"难吃得多，"达林先生一本正经地说，"要是我没有把药瓶子弄丢了，迈克尔，我现在就做个样子给你看。"



He had not exactly lost it; he had climbed in the dead of night to the top of the wardrobe and hidden it there. What he did not know was that the faithful Liza had found it, and put it back on his wash-stand.

　其实，药瓶子并没有丢，是达林先生在深夜里爬到柜顶上把它藏在那儿了。可他没想到，忠实的女仆莉莎找到了那只药瓶子，又把它放回梳洗台上。



"I know where it is, father," Wendy cried, always glad to be of service. "I'll bring it," and she was off before he could stop her. Immediately his spirits sank in the strangest way.

"我知道药瓶在哪儿，爸爸，"温迪喊道。她总是乐意效劳，"我去拿来。"达林先生还没来得及阻止她，她就跑了出去。达林先生一下子就莫名其妙地泄了气。



"John," he said, shuddering, "it's most beastly stuff. It's that nasty, sticky, sweet kind."



"It will soon be over, father," John said cheerily, and then in rushed Wendy with the medicine in a glass.

"约翰，"达林先生说，打了个寒颤，"那东西难吃得要命。是那种又粘又甜的腻味死人的东西。"



　　"吃下去一会儿就没事了，爸爸。"约翰给他鼓气说。这时，温迪跑了进来，手里拿着一玻璃杯药水。



"I have been as quick as I could," she panted.



"You have been wonderfully quick," her father retorted, with a vindictive politeness that was quite thrown away upon her. "Michael first," he said doggedly.

"我尽快地跑着来了。"她喘着气说。



　　"你真是快得出奇，"她爸爸带点报复意味地、彬彬有礼地讥刺说，"迈克尔先吃。"他固执地说。



"Father first," said Michael, who was of a suspicious nature.



"I shall be sick, you know," Mr. Darling said threateningly.

"爸爸先吃。"迈克尔说，他生性多疑。



　　"我要作呕的，你知道吗。"达林先生吓唬他说。



"Come on, father," said John.



"Hold your tongue, John," his father rapped out.

"吃吧，爸爸。"约翰说。



　　"你别说话，约翰。"他爸爸厉声说。






Wendy was quite puzzled. "I thought you took it quite easily, father."



"That is not the point," he retorted. "The point is, that there is more in my glass that in Michael's spoon." His proud heart was nearly bursting. "And it isn't fair: I would say it though it were with my last breath; it isn't fair."

温迪给闹糊涂了："我以为你很容易就吃下去了，爸爸。"



　　"问题不在这儿，"达林先生反驳说，"问题是，我杯子里的药比迈克尔匙子里的药多。"他那颗高傲的心几乎要迸裂了。"这不公平。就是我只剩最后一口气，我也要说，这不公平。"



"Father, I am waiting," said Michael coldly.



"It's all very well to say you are waiting; so am I waiting."

"爸爸，我等着哩。"迈克尔冷冷地说。



　　"你说得倒好。你等着，我也等着哩。"



"Father's a cowardly custard."



"So are you a cowardly custard."

"爸爸是个没骨头的胆小鬼。"



　　"那你也是个没骨头的胆小鬼。"



"I'm not frightened."



"Neither am I frightened."



"Well, then, take it."



"Well, then, you take it."

"我才不怕。"



　　"我也不怕。"



　　"那好吧，吃下去。"



　　"那好吧，你吃下去。"



Wendy had a splendid idea. "Why not both take it at the same time?"



"Certainly," said Mr. Darling. "Are you ready, Michael?"

温迪想到一条绝妙的计策："干吗不两个同时吃呢？"



　　"当然可以，"达林先生说，"你谁备好了吗，迈克尔？"



Wendy gave the words, one, two, three, and Michael took his medicine, but Mr. Darling slipped his behind his back.



There was a yell of rage from Michael, and "O father!" Wendy exclaimed.

温迪数着，一，二，三，迈克尔吃下了他的药，可是达林先生却把他的药藏到背后了。



　　迈克尔发出了一声怒吼。"噢，爸爸！"温迪惊叫。



"What do you mean by `O father'?" Mr. Darling demanded. "Stop that row, Michael. I meant to take mine, but I -- I missed it."

"'噢，爸爸'这是什么意思？"达林先生质问，"别嚷嚷，迈克尔。我本来是要吃的，可是我－－我没吃成。"



It was dreadful the way all the three were looking at him, just as if they did not admire him. "Look here, all of you," he said entreatingly, as soon as Nana had gone into the bathroom. "I have just thought of a splendid joke. I shall pour my medicine into Nana's bowl, and she will drink it, thinking it is milk!"

三个孩子望着达林先生的那种眼神，真是怪可怕的，就像他们不佩服他似的。"你们都来瞧，"娜娜刚走到浴室里去，达林先生就说，"我刚想到一个绝妙的玩笑，我要把我的药倒进娜娜的盆里，她会把它喝下去，以为那是牛奶！"



It was the colour of milk; but the children did not have their father's sense of humour, and they looked at him reproachfully as he poured the medicine into Nana's bowl. "What fun!" he said doubtfully, and they did not dare expose him when Mrs. Darling and Nana returned.

颜色倒是像牛奶；不过孩子们没有爸爸的那种幽默感，他们用责怪的眼光看着他把药倒进娜娜的盆里。"多好玩啊。"达林先生信心不足地说。达林太太和娜娜回到房里以后，孩子们也不敢告诉她们。



"Nana, good dog," he said, patting her, "I have put a little milk into your bowl, Nana."



Nana wagged her tail, ran to the medicine, and began lapping it. Then she gave Mr. Darling such a look, not an angry look: she showed him the great red tear that makes us so sorry for noble dogs, and crept into her kennel.

"娜娜，好狗，"达林先生拍拍她的脑袋说，"我在你的盆子里倒了一点牛奶，娜娜。"



　　娜娜摇着尾巴，跑过去，把药舐了。接着，她用那样的眼光望了达林先生一眼，那眼神不是愤怒，而是让他看到一滴又大又红的眼泪。我们看到忠厚的狗流这样的眼泪，总是为她难过。她爬进了狗舍。



Mr. Darling was frightfully ashamed of himself, but he would not give in. In a horrid silence Mrs. Darling smelt the bowl. "O George," she said, "it's your medicine!"

达林先生心里好不羞愧，可是他偏不肯让步。在可怕的沉寂中，达林太太闻了闻那只盆。"噢，乔治，"她说，"这是你的药啊！"



"It was only a joke," he roared, while she comforted her boys, and Wendy hugged Nana. "Much good," he said bitterly, "my wearing myself to the bone trying to be funny in this house."

"这不过是一个玩笑。"达林先生大声嚷着。达林太太抚慰两个男孩，温迪过去搂着娜娜。"好得很，"达林先生恨恨地说，"我累死累活，为的是让全家开开心。"



And still Wendy hugged Nana. "That's right," he shouted. "Coddle her! Nobody coddles me. Oh dear no! I am only the breadwinner, why should I be coddled--why, why, why!"

温迪还在搂着娜娜。"对啦，"达林先生大声喊，"宠着她吧！可没有人宠我。没有啊！我不过是给你们挣饭吃的，为什么要宠我呢！为什么，为什么，为什么！"



"George," Mrs. Darling entreated him, "not so loud; the servants will hear you." Somehow they had got into the way of calling Liza the servants.

"乔治，"达林太太恳求他，"别那么大声，用人们会听到的。"不知怎的，他们养成了一个习惯，管莉莎叫用人们。



"Let them!" he answered recklessly. "Bring in the whole world. But I refuse to allow that dog to lord it in my nursery for an hour longer."

"让他们听见好啦，"达林先生不管不顾地回答说，"让全世界的人都来听吧。我可再也不能容忍那只狗在我的育儿室里主宰一切，一刻也不能。"






The children wept, and Nana ran to him beseechingly, but he waved her back. He felt he was a strong man again. "In vain, in vain," he cried; "the proper place for you is the yard, and there you go to be tied up this instant."

孩子们哭了，娜娜跑到达林面前求情，可是他挥手叫她走开。他又觉得自己是个坚强的男子汉了。"没有用，没有用，"他喊道，"你的适当位置是在院子里，到院子里去，马上就把你拴起来。"



"George, George," Mrs. Darling whispered, "remember what I told you about that boy."



Alas, he would not listen. He was determined to show who was master in that house, and when commands would not draw Nana from the kennel, he lured her out of it with honeyed words, and seizing her roughly, dragged her from the nursery. He was ashamed of himself, and yet he did it. It was all owing to his too affectionate nature, which craved for admiration. When he had tied her up in the back-yard, the wretched father went and sat in the passage, with his knuckles to his eyes.

"乔治，乔治，"达林太太悄声说，"别忘了我告诉你的那个男孩的事。"



　　唉，达林先生不听啊。他决心要看看谁是家里的主人。命令不能把娜娜唤出狗舍，他就用甜言蜜语引诱她出来，然后粗暴地抓住她，硬把她拖出育儿室。他觉得挺惭愧，可他还是那么做了。这都是因为他生性太重感情，渴望得到孩子们的敬慕。他把娜娜拴在后院里之后，这位倒霉的父亲就走到过道里，在那儿坐下，用双手掩住眼睛。



In the meantime Mrs. Darling had put the children to bed in unwonted silence and lit their night-lights. They could hear Nana barking, and John whimpered, "It is because he is chaining her up in the yard," but Wendy was wiser.

同时，达林太太在不寻常的寂静中打发孩子们上了床，点燃了夜灯。他们听得见娜娜的吠声，约翰呜咽着说："这都是因为他把她拴在院子里了。"可是温迪知道得更多。



"That is not Nana's unhappy bark," she said, little guessing what was about to happen; "that is her bark when she smells danger."



Danger!



"Are you sure, Wendy?"



"Oh, yes."

"这不是娜娜不高兴时的吠声，"她说，没猜到将要发生什么事，"这是她闻到危险时的吠声。"



　　危险！



　　"你能肯定吗，温迪？"



　　"哦，当然。"



Mrs. Darling quivered and went to the window. It was securely fastened. She looked out, and the night was peppered with stars. They were crowding round the house, as if curious to see what was to take place there, but she did not notice this, nor that one or two of the smaller ones winked at her. Yet a nameless fear clutched at her heart and made her cry, "Oh, how I wish that I wasn't going to a party to-night!"

　达林太太发抖了，她走到窗前。窗子扣得严严实实的。她往外看，夜空里洒满了星星。星星都密密麻麻凑拢在这所房子周围，像是好奇地想看看那里将要发生什么事。可是她没有注意到这一点，也没有注意到有一两颗小星星正在冲着她挤眼睛。"噢，我多希望今晚我不去参加晚会呀！"



Even Michael, already half asleep, knew that she was perturbed, and he asked, "Can anything harm us, mother, after the night- lights are lit?"

迈克尔已经半睡了，就连他也知道妈妈放心不下，他问："妈妈，点着了夜灯，还有什么东西能伤害我们吗？"



"Nothing, precious," she said; "they are the eyes a mother leaves behind her to guard her children."



She went from bed to bed singing enchantments over them, and little Michael flung his arms round her. "Mother," he cried, "I'm glad of you." They were the last words she was to hear from him for a long time.

"没有，宝贝，"达林先生说，"夜灯是妈妈留下来保卫孩子们的眼睛。"



　　达林太太走到一张张床前，给他们唱着迷人的歌儿，小迈克尔伸开胳臂接着她的脖子。"妈妈，"他叫道，"我喜欢你。"这是她很久以来听到他说的最后一句话。



No. 27 was only a few yards distant, but there had been a slight fall of snow, and Father and Mother Darling picked their way over it deftly not to soil their shoes. They were already the only persons in the street, and all the stars were watching them. Stars are beautiful, but they may not take an active part in anything, they must just look on for ever. It is a punishment put on them for something they did so long ago that no star now knows what it was. So the older ones have become glassy-eyed and seldom speak (winking is the star language), but the little ones still wonder. They are not really friendly to Peter, who had a mischievous way of stealing up behind them and trying to blow them out; but they are so fond of fun that they were on his side to-night, and anxious to get the grown-ups out of the way. So as soon as the door of 27 closed on Mr. and Mrs. Darling there was a commotion in the firmament, and the smallest of all the stars in the Milky Way screamed out:



"Now, Peter!"

二十七号距离他们家只有几码远，不过下过一点小雪，所以达林先生太太得灵敏地挑着路走，免得弄脏了鞋。他们已经是街上仅有的人了，满天的星星都窥望着他们。星星是美的，可是他们什么事情都不能积极参与，他们永远只能冷眼旁观。这是对他们的一种惩罚，因为他们很久以前做过错事。什么错事？由于时间太久了，现在已经没一个星星能知道了。所以上了年纪的星星已经变得目光呆滞，而且很少说话（眨巴眼睛就是星星的语言），可是小星星们还在纳闷着。他们对彼得并不是真正友好，因为他常爱恶作剧，喜欢溜到他们背后，想吹灭他们。不过，他们太喜欢玩笑，所以今晚都站在他一边，巴不得把大人支开。所以在达林先生太太走进二十七号以后，门刚刚关上，天空里就立刻起了一阵骚动，银河里所有的星星中最小的一颗星高声喊了起来：



　　"来吧，彼得！"







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