There's a very funny insect that you do not often spy,
有种好玩的小昆虫，你肯定没见过
And it isn't quite a spider, and it isn't quite a fly;
绝不是蜘蛛样儿，也不像苍蝇哦
It is something like a beetle, and a little like a bee,
有点像甲虫，又有点像蜜蜂
But nothing like a wooly grub that climbs upon a tree.
但一点儿也不像那树上的毛毛虫
Its name is quite a hard one, but you'll learn it soon, I hope.
它的名字很难念，你可以马上跟我学
So try: Tri- Tri-anti-wonti-Triantiwontigongolope.
来，试试这样说：
——鹑鹑
——鹑鹌王
——鹑鹌王帝勾勾罗
It lives on weeds and wattle-gum, and has a funny face;
它长了一张有趣的脸
它靠种子和树胶把命活
Its appetite is hearty, and its manners a disgrace.
它的胃口超级大，行为举止不优雅
When first you come upon it, it will give you quite a scare,
当你第一次凑近它，千万当心别被它吓
But when you look for it again, you find it isn't there.
若你还想仔细看，你会发现它不见啦
And unless you call it softly it will stay away and mope.
它会闷闷不乐藏起来
直到你轻声细语地呼唤它
So try: Tri- Tri-anti-wonti- Triantiwontigongolope.
来，试试呼唤下：
——鹑鹑
——鹑鹌王
——鹑鹌王帝勾勾罗
It trembles if you tickle it or tread upon its toes;
挠挠踩踩它脚趾头，它就会颤抖
It is not an early riser, but it has a snubbish nose.
它不是一个精明的家伙
却有足足的绅士派头
If you snear at it, or scold it, it will scuttle off in shame,
你的嘲笑或责骂，会让他害羞
But it purrs and purrs quite proudly if you call it by its name,
And offer it some sandwiches of sealing-wax and soap.
如果你叫他名字，给它蜡皂做的三明治
他就会很高兴的呜呜叫
So try: Tri- Tri-anti-wonti- Triantiwontigongolope .
来，尝试一下喽：
——鹑鹑
——鹑鹌王
——鹑鹌王帝勾勾罗
But of course you haven't seen it;
其实你不会见到它
and I truthfully confess That I haven't seen it either,
我承认我也没见过
and I don't know its address.
也不知道它地址
For there isn't such an insect,
因为根本没有这种虫
though there really might have been
也许它真的存在过
If the trees and grass were purple, and the sky was bottle green.
在树木草地是紫色，而天空深绿的时候
It's just a little joke of mine, which you'll forgive, I hope.
哈哈,这就是一个小玩笑，希望你能原谅我
Oh, try! Tri- Tri-anti-wonti- Triantiwontigongolope.
来，再来叫一次：
——鹑鹑
——鹑鹌王
——鹑鹌王帝勾勾罗