It was dirty and broken in places. He cleaned it and fastened the pieces together. The helmet had no visor, so he made one with pieces of iron. He now believed his helmet was the best in the world! He Gets Ready to Leave Then he went to look at his horse. It was a poor, weak animal; you could see its bones through its skin. But Alonso Quijano thought it was the most beautiful horse in history. This horse wa s going to carry a famous knight and it needed a name. So he thought about the question for four days. There were hundreds of possible names, but in the end he decided to call his horse Rozinante. It took another eight days before he decided what to call himself; for he could not accept his own name. At last he chose the name of Don Quixote, and to that he added "de la Mancha," which means "of La Mancha." He did this because he wanted to praise the part of Spain where he was born. There was one more thing he had to do; he had to choose a lady to love and obey. He said to himself: "If I meet a giant, as knights-errant often do, I will make him my prisoner. | 甲冑很脏,很多地方都破了。 他把它清洗干净,一片片的连结起来。 而因为头盔缺少覆面,于是他用几块铁片做了一个。 现在他相信他的头盔是全世界最棒的了! 他准备出发。 然后,他去探看他的马匹。 那是一只可怜、瘦弱的动物;你可以看到它皮包着骨的样子。 但是阿朗索.奎亚诺认为那是有史以来最美丽的一匹马。 这匹马将要承载一位名声显赫的武士,总要有个名字才行。 于是他为这个问题思虑了四天。 有好几百个可用的名字,但是,最后他决定叫他的马为「洛稷喃特」。 他又花了八天的时间才决定如何称呼自己,因为他无法接受自己原来的名字。 最后,他选择了唐吉诃德这个名字,并且在名字前加了句「拉兰却之」。这个意思是说「拉兰却的」。 他这么做,是因为他想赞美西班牙这个他出生的地方。 还有一件事他不得不做,那就是他必须选一位贵妇,去爱她,服从她。 他对自己说道:「假如我碰上一个巨人,就像游侠武士时常做的,我会使他成为我的囚犯。 |