第23课 小羊羔

The Lambkin
小羊羔
Once upon a time there was a wee, wee lambkin.
从前，有一只很小、很小的羊羔。
The wee lambkin jumped about on his little legs.
小羊羔常常用他那细小的腿跳来跳去。
He ate the green grass and had a fine time.
他吃着青草，过得很快乐。
One day he thought he would go to his grandmother's house.
一天，他想去奶奶家。
"I shall be very happy," he said.
“我会非常快乐的”，他说。
"Grandmother will take care of me and give me good things to eat."
“奶奶不但会照顾我，还会给我好东西吃。”
As the wee lambkin was going along the road, he met a fox.
当小羊羔正沿着马路走的时候，他遇到了一只狐狸。
The fox liked to eat lambkins, and so he said, "Lambkin! Lambkin! I will eat you!"
狐狸喜欢吃羔羊肉，所以他说，“小羊羔！小羊羔！我要吃了你！”
But the wee lambkin jumped about on his little legs and said, "To Grandmother's house I go, Where I shall bigger grow. Then you can eat me so."
但是小羊羔用他那细小的腿跳来跳去并说道，“我要去奶奶家，我会在那里长得更大，到那时你就可以吃我啦”。
The fox liked to eat fat lambkins, and so he let the lambkin go on.
狐狸喜欢吃小肥羊，所以他放走了小羊羔。
The wee lambkin jumped about on his little legs and went on.
小羊羔用他那细小的腿跳来跳去，继续往前走。
By and by he met a tiger. Next he met a wolf.
不一会儿，他遇到了一只老虎，然后又遇到了一只狼。
The tiger and the wolf liked to eat lambkins. So they called out, "Lambkin! Lambkin! We will eat you!"
老虎和狼都喜欢吃羔羊肉。所以他们大叫道，“小羊羔！小羊羔！我们要吃了你！”
Lambkin began to dance around on his little legs.
小羊羔用他那细小的腿跳起了舞。
He said, "To Grandmother's house I go, Where I shall bigger grow. Then you can eat me so."
他说道，“我要去奶奶家，我会在那里长得更大，到那时你们就可以吃我啦”。
The tiger and the wolf liked to eat fat lambkins.
老虎和狼喜欢吃小肥羊。
So they let the wee lambkin go on to his grandmother's to grow fat.
所以，他们让小羊羔继续去他奶奶家，好长得更肥一些。
Before long the wee lambkin came to his grandmother's house.
没过多久，小羊羔来到了他奶奶家。
His grandmother was at the door.
他奶奶站在门口。
"Oh, Grandmother dear," he said, "how glad I am to see you! I want to stay with you until I grow fat."
“哦，亲爱的奶奶”，他说，“很高兴能见到您！我想跟您待在一起，直到我长胖为止。”
"Very well," she said, and she gave him wheat and corn to eat.
“太好了”，她说道，她给他小麦和玉米吃。
Wee Lambkin ate and ate until he grew very, very fat.
小羊羔吃啊吃啊，最后他长得非常非常地肥。
"How fat you are, Lambkin!" said his grandmother one day.
一天他奶奶说，“小羊，你真肥啊”！
"Now you must go home."
“你现在必须回家了”。
"Oh, no, no!" said Lambkin.
“啊，不回去，不回去”！小羊羔说。
"The fox or the wolf or the tiger will catch me and eat me up."
“狐狸和狼还有老虎会抓住我把我吃掉的。”
Grandmother said, "Let me think."
奶奶说，“让我想一想”。
She thought and thought.
她想啊想，想啊想。
At last she cried, "Oh, I know what to do! We can play a good trick on the tiger, the wolf, and the fox.
最后她大声说道，“啊，我知道该怎么做了！我们可以好好捉弄一下老虎、狼和狐狸。”
I will make a little drum for you.
我给你做一个小鼓。
You can climb into the little drum and roll home."
你可以爬进小鼓里，滚着回家。
So Grandmother made a drumkin and helped Lambkin climb into it.
于是，奶奶做了一个小鼓，然后帮着小羊羔爬了进去。
Then the wee lambkin began to roll along the road to his home.
然后，小羊羔开始沿着马路往家滚。
Soon Lambkin met the tiger and the wolf. They cried, "Drumkin! Drumkin! Have you seen Lambkin?"
不一会儿，小羊羔遇到了老虎和狼。他们喊道，“小鼓！小鼓！你见过小羊羔吗”？
Lambkin in his drumkin called out, "Lost in the woods, And so are you. On, little Drumkin! Tumpa-tum-too."
小羊羔在小鼓里大声喊道，“他在森林里迷了路，你们也迷了路。啊，小鼓要走了，咚隆隆，咚隆