"It is all the work of that wickedmagician who hates me so much," answered the knight. "He did not like to see the success I was winning. So he turned my enemies into sheep. Ride after them, Sancho. You will see that they are now in their proper shape,as knights and soldiers. But stay, do not go yet. Come close, and see how many teeth I have lost. I think there is not one left in my mouth." Sancho did this, and asked how many teeth he had before his fight with the shepherds. Don Quixote answered that he had never lost any before. "They have all gone from the top of the mouth," said Sancho. "At the bottom there are now only two and a h alf." The unlucky gentleman was much troubled when he heard this. He said that a good tooth is better than a jewel. But he comforted himself by thinking that all knights have acciden ts. He told Sancho to go in front, and moved forward slowly and sadly. | 「这都是那个恨透了我的邪恶巫师搞的把戏,」武士回答说。 「他不喜欢看到我将可赢得胜利。 所以把我的敌人都转变成羊群。 跟着它们骑过去,桑科。 你会看到他们现在都恢复原形,成为武士和兵士。 不过,你还是留下来,先不要走。 靠近一点,看看我掉了多少颗牙齿。 我想我嘴巴里一颗也不剩了。」 桑科照他说的去做,然后问他和牧羊人作战之前有多少颗牙齿。 唐吉诃德回答说他以前一颗牙齿也没掉过。 「嘴巴上面那一排全都不见了,」桑科说。 「下面那一排只乘下两颗半。」 那位不幸的先生听了这话,非常苦恼。 他说一颗好牙齿胜过一粒珠宝。 但是他又以所有的武士都会碰上意外事件的想法,来安慰自己。 他叫桑科走在前面,然后伤心地向前慢慢移动了。 |