第63章 一滴水 The Drop of Water（1/2）

《一滴水》，1848 年

the drop of water, 1848

放大镜是什么，你肯定知道 —— 就是那种圆圆的镜片，能把一切东西放大一百倍，比实际的要大得多。

what a agnifyg gss is, you surely know — such a round sort of spectacle-gss that akes everythg full a huis rger than it really is.

当人把它举到眼前，去看池塘里的一滴水时，就能看到上千种奇怪的生物。

when one holds it before the eye, and looks at a drop of water out of the pond, then one sees above a thoand strange creatures.

那看起来几乎就像满满一盘虾在彼此间蹦来跳去，而且它们非常贪婪，会撕扯彼此的胳膊、腿、尾巴和身体两侧，但它们还是以自己的方式过得挺开心。

It looks alost like a whole pteful of shrips sprgg about aong each other, and they are so raveno, they tear one another’s ars and legs, tails and sides, ahey are gd and pleasedtheir > 从前有个老头儿，大家都叫他 “爬来爬去”，因为那就是他的名字。

Now, there was on old an, who was called by every body creep-and-crawl; for that was his na.

他总是能把任何事情都做到最好，要是做不好，他就会求助于巫术。

he would always ake the best out of everythg, and when he uld not ake anythg out of it he resorted to witchcraft.

有一天，他坐着把放大镜举到眼前，去看从沟渠里的一个小水塘里取出来的一滴水。

Now, one day he sat and held his agnifyg gss before his eye, and looked at a drop of water that was taken out of a little pool ich.

那里真是一片爬来爬去的景象！成千上万的小生物又蹦又跳，相互拉扯，相互啄咬。

what a creepg and crawlg was there! all the thoands of sall creatures hopped and juped about, pulled one another, and pecked one another.

“这太可恶了！”“爬来爬去” 说，“难道就不能让它们和平安静地生活，各干各的事儿吗？”

“but this is aboable!” said creep-and-crawl, “ o get the to livepead quiet, and each d his own bess?”

他想了又想，但就是得不出结论，于是只好施起魔法来。

Ahought and thought, but he uld e to no , and so he was obliged to jure.

“我得给它们上点颜色，这样它们就能更显眼些！” 他说；于是他往那滴水里倒了大概像一小滴红酒那样的东西，但那其实是从耳垂取来的被施了魔法的血 —— 花一便士能买到的最好的那种；然后所有那些奇怪的生物全身都变成了玫瑰色。

“I t give the a lor, that they ay be ore disible!” said he; and so he poured sothg like a little drop of red wio the drop of water, but it was bewitched blood fro the lobe of the ear — the very fi sort for a penny; and then all the strange creatures beca rose-lored over the whole body.

看起来就像一整座全是裸体野蛮人的城镇。

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