``More! more!'' cried Little Jack Rollaround; and the little boat sailed faster up the wall, across the ceiling, down the wall, and over the floor. The Moon laughed at the sight; but when Little Jack Rollaround saw the Moon, he called out, ``Open the door, old Moon! I want to roll through the town, so that the people can see me!''
“再来一次,再来一次。”小杰克摇摇开心的叫道。这次小帆船以更快的速度(or飞快地)驶上墙壁,穿过天花板,从墙壁上下来,回到地板上。 月亮婆婆看到这里忍不住笑了。小杰克摇摇看到月亮婆婆,大声叫道:“帮我打开门,月亮婆婆,我想到镇子里去航行,这样人们才能看到我。”
The Moon could not open the door, but he shone in through the keyhole, in a broad band. And Little Jack Rollaround sailed his trundle-bed boat up the beam, through the keyhole, and into the street.
月亮婆婆无法打开房门,但是月光透过锁眼,照进房间一道明亮的光束。小杰克摇摇乘着他的矮床帆船沿着光束向上穿过锁眼,来到门前的街上。
``Make a light, old Moon,'' he said; ``I want the people to see me!''
“月亮婆婆,照着我,”,小杰克摇摇说,“这样人们才能看到我。”
So the good Moon made a light and went along with him, and the little trundle-bed boat went sailing down the streets into the main street of the village. They rolled past the town hall and the schoolhouse and the church; but nobody saw little Jack Rollaround, because everybody was in bed, asleep.
好心的月亮婆婆尾随着小杰克摇摇,给他照着路。小杰克摇摇驶过小巷来到主街道,他们驶过小镇的礼堂、学校和教堂。但是街上没有一个人,所有的人都已经进入了沉沉的梦乡(上床睡觉了)。
``Why don't the people come to see me?'' he shouted.
“为什么街上没有人呢?”小杰克摇摇说。
High up on the church steeple, the Weather-vane answered, ``It is no time for people to be in the streets; decent folk are in their beds.''
站在高高的教堂尖塔上的方向标说,“这个时间人们是不会在街上的(大街上是不会有人的),体面的人们都睡觉啦。”
``Then I'll go to the woods, so that the animals may see me,'' said Little Jack. ``Come along, old Moon, and make a light!''
“我要到树林里去转转,这样动物们可以看到我,”小杰克说,“来呀,月亮婆婆,给我照着路。”
The good Moon went along and made a light, and they came to the forest. ``Roll! Roll!'' cried the little boy; and the trundle-bed went trundling among the trees in the great wood, scaring up the chipmunks and startling the little leaves on the trees. The poor old Moon began to have a bad time of it, for the tree-trunks got in his way so that he could not go so fast as the bed, and every time he got behind, the little boy called, ``Hurry up, old Moon, I want the beasts to see me!''
好心的月亮婆婆尾随着小杰克摇摇,给他照着路,他们来到森林里。“摇啊摇,摇啊摇,”小杰克摇摇说。 矮床帆船在森林的树丛间游荡,惊醒了花栗鼠和树上的小叶子们。可怜的月亮婆婆,树木的枝干挡了她的路, 使她跟不上矮床的脚步。每次月亮婆婆落在后面,小杰克摇摇就大声叫道;“快点儿,月亮婆婆,我想让动物们早点看见我。”
But all the animals were asleep, and nobody at all looked at Little Jack Rollaround except an old White Owl; and all she said was, ``who are you?''
但是所有的动物都睡觉了,没有看到小杰克摇摇,除了老猫头鹰怀特,她只说了一句话;“你是谁呀?”
The little boy did not like her, so he blew harder, and the trundle-bed boat went sailing through the forest till it came to the end of the world.
小杰克摇摇不喜欢老猫头鹰怀特
,就使劲地吹气,矮床帆船从森林里驶了出来。
``I must go home now; it is late,'' said the Moon.
“现在我要回家了,太晚了。”月亮婆婆说。
``I will go with you; make a path!'' said Little Jack Rollaround.
“我们一起走,散散步!”小杰克摇摇说。
The kind Moon made a path up to the sky, and up sailed the little bed into the midst of the sky. All the little bright Stars were there with their nice little lamps. And when he saw them, that naughty Little Jack Rollaround began to tease. ``Out of the way, there! I am coming!'' he shouted, and sailed the trundle-bed boat straight at them. He bumped the little Stars right and left, all over the sky, until every one of them put his little lamp out and left it dark. 好心的月亮婆婆升向天空,带着小杰克摇摇一起来到了空中。所有的星星都在那里,手提着他们美丽的小灯笼。调皮的小杰克摇摇看到星星,开始戏弄他们:“闪开,我来了!”他叫道,乘着矮床帆船径直向星星们驶去。 小杰克摇摇在小星星中间左冲右撞,横行整个天空,直到星星们熄灭了手里的灯笼,天空暗了下来。
``Do not treat the little Stars so,'' said the good Moon.
“别这样对待星星们。”好心的月亮婆婆说。
But Jack Rollaround only behaved the worse: ``Get out of the way, old Moon!'' he shouted, ``I am coming!''
但是小杰克摇摇变本加厉表现的更为顽劣:“闪开,月亮婆婆!”他叫道,“我来了!”
And he steered the little trundle-bed boat straight into the old Moon's face, and bumped his nose!
小杰克摇摇驾驶着他的小矮床帆船径直冲到了月亮婆婆的脸上,把月亮婆婆的鼻子撞得起了一个大包。
This was too much for the good Moon; he put out his big light, all at once, and left the sky pitch-black.
好心的月亮婆婆受够了,突然,她熄灭了她那盏大灯,天空一片黑漆漆的。
``Make a light, old Moon! Make a light!'' shouted the little boy. But the Moon answered never a word, and Jack Rollaround could not see where to steer. He went rolling criss-cross, up and down, all over the sky, knocking into the planets and stumbling into the clouds, till he did not know where he was.
“照着我呀!月亮婆婆,照着我呀!”小杰克摇摇叫道。但是月亮婆婆一言不发。小杰克摇摇看不见路,不知道朝什么地方行驶,他在天空中上下左右地游荡,与行星相撞,在云层中间摔跤,后来他自己也不知道自己在哪里了。
Suddenly he saw a big yellow light at the very edge of the sky. He thought it was the Moon. ``Look out, I am coming!'' he cried, and steered for the light.
突然小杰克摇摇看到天边有一道黄色的光亮。他以为是月亮呢。“小心,我来了,”小杰克摇摇叫着驶向那道光亮。
But it was not the kind old Moon at all; it was the great mother Sun, just coming up out of her home in the sea, to begin her day's work.
但是,那不是和蔼可亲的月亮婆婆,、而是太阳公公。太阳公公刚从海边的家里出发,开始了他一天的行程。
``Aha, youngster, what are you doing in my sky?'' she said. And she picked Little Jack Rollaround up and threw him, trundle-bed boat and all, into the middle of the sea!
“嗨,年轻人,你在我的天空中做什么呢?”太阳公公问。 说着太阳公公举起小杰克摇摇把他和他的矮床帆船一起抛到了大海里。
And I suppose he is there yet, unless somebody picked him out again.
我猜小杰克摇摇现在还在那里呢,除非有人把他捞出来。