鸡爪印

WBUR播客，波士顿出品。

WBUR Podcasts, Boston.

你有没有过先入为主的时候？

Have you ever jumped to conclusions?

咱们谁都干过这事儿，没弄清事实前就对人对事下了定论。

We've all done it, made a judgment about something or someone before we learn or consider all the facts.

今天的故事里，一群鸟儿在一场盛大的宴会上闹了误会。

In today's tale, a flock of feathered friends jump to conclusions at a big feast.

结果呢，他们最后吃的只有‘哑巴亏’。

And as a result, all they wind up eating is humble pie.

我是丽贝卡·谢尔，欢迎收听《圆圈时光》，这里天天都有故事。

I'm Rebecca Scheer, welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.

今天的故事叫《鸡爪印》。

Today, our story is called Chicken Scratches.

这个故事源自美国南方的民间传说。

It's inspired by tales from the American South.

很多了不起的人一起合作，为我们带来了这个民间故事的版本，其中包括里希克什·希拉瓦。

Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folktale, including Rishikesh Hirway.

大人们可能熟悉里希克什，他做过《西翼周报》《家常菜》和《歌曲解码》这些播客，后者还被Netflix拍成了原创剧集。

You grown ups may know Rishikesh from his podcasts, The West Wing Weekly, Home Cooking, and Song Exploder, which has been made into a Netflix original series.

里希克什也是一位歌手兼词曲作者，他最新专辑《在光的最后时刻》已经上线了。

Hrishikesh is also a singer songwriter whose latest album, In the Last Hour of Light, is out now.

大家围成一圈，来听《鸡爪印》的故事吧。

Circle around everyone for chicken scratches.

一个阳光明媚的夏日，农场里的动物们收到了隔壁农庄的派对邀请。

One fine summer day, the animals in the barnyard were invited to a party at the farm up the road.

邀请函一到，奶牛就兴奋地哞了一声。

When the invitation arrived, Cow let out an exuberant moo.

哞——

Moo.

我简直等不及要听音乐了。

I can hardly wait for the music.

马高兴地嘶鸣了一声。

Horse let out a joyful neigh.

我简直等不及要跳舞了。

I can hardly wait for the dancing.

猪也兴奋地哼哼起来，

Pig let out an elated oink, and

我最期待的就是吃个痛快。

I can hardly wait for the eating.

可公鸡却不耐烦地哼了一声。

But rooster let out an irritated grunt.

不好意思，你们去过路上那家农场吗？

I'm sorry, but have you seen the farm up the road?

那儿哪有咱们这儿好。

It's nowhere near as nice as ours.

谷仓都漏雨了，快塌了。

The barn is leaking and crumbling.

围栏都烂透了，早就塌了。

The fence is rotten and broken down.

这派对能好到哪儿去啊？

There's no way this party could be any good.

牛、马和猪对视了一眼。

Cow, horse, and pig exchanged a glance.

他们都知道，公鸡这人特爱挑刺，总一副高高在上的样子看不起别人。

They knew how judgmental Rooster could be, always looking down his nose or beak at everyone else.

得了吧，公鸡。

Come now, rooster.

咱们可从来没去过路上那家的派对。

We've never been to a party up the road before.

你总得给邻居们一次机会吧？

Surely, you can agree that we should give our neighbors a chance.

不行。

No.

我不同意，鸡群也不赞成。

I don't, and neither do the chickens.

我说得对吧，各位女士？

Isn't that right, ladies?

鸡群鲜红的鸡冠随着点头上下晃动。

The chickens' bright red combs flapped and wobbled as they bobbed their heads up and down.

没错，公鸡，你说得对。

It's absolutely right, Rooster.

路上那场派对肯定无聊透顶。

The party up the road is destined to be dull.

简直能让人睡着。

A total snooze fest.

牛、马和猪努力憋住不显出不耐烦。

Cow horse and pig tried to hide their exasperation.

我不想争辩，但公鸡和鸡群，你们这想法也太偏颇了。

I'm in no mood to argue, but rooster chickens, your assumptions aren't very fair.

是的

Yeah.

我觉得咱们该给邻居们一个机会。

I say we give our neighbors a chance.

毕竟，你懂的，

After all, you know

老话说得好，人不可貌相。

the old saying, you can't judge a book by its cover.

也就是说，别光看外表就对人或事下结论。

In other words, you shouldn't judge someone or something just from what you see on the outside.

现场沉默了很久，尖锐而漫长。

There was a long pointed pause.

然后呢？

And then?

行吧。

Fine.

我们去上个厕所。

We'll go to the potty.

但要是搞砸了，可别怪我们没提醒你。

But don't blame us if it's a bugger.

我们早就警告过你们了。

We gave you fair warning.

所以要是彻底烂透了，那全怪你们自己。

So if it's an absolute bust, it's all on you.

当农场里的动物们来到路边的那座农场时，他们发现那只公鸡说得没错。

When the barnyard animals arrived at the farm up the road, they saw that rooster was right.

围栏确实又朽又塌，但现在却被挂满了喜庆的彩带。

The fence was rotten and broken down, but now it was covered with festive streamers.

谷仓又漏又破，但天花板上挂满了闪亮的小灯，墙上还装饰着五颜六色的被子。

And the barn was leaky and crumbling, but the ceiling was strung with twinkling lights, and the walls were adorned with colorful quilts.

一群松鼠和兔子从田野里赶来，为宾客们演奏音乐。

A band of squirrels and rabbits had come in from the fields to entertain the guests with music.

奶牛、马和猪一到现场就冲上舞池跳了起来。

Cow, horse, and pig immediately got on the dance floor to boogie down.

哈，没错。

Ho, yeah.

咱们也来跳一曲吧。

Let's cut a rug.

公鸡和那群母鸡则站在一旁没动。

Rooster and the chickens remained on the sidelines.

脖子高高扬起，翅膀交叉在胸前。

Their beaks in the air, their wings crossed over their chests.

过了一会儿，开饭的钟声响了。

Sometime later, the dinner bell rang.

等派对主人忙不迭跑出谷仓去端饭，公鸡和母鸡们对视一眼，偷偷笑了。

Once the party's hosts bustled out of the barn to fetch the meal, Rooster and the chickens traded a smirk.

希望这饭别太难吃。

Let's hope the food isn't terrible.

真的假的？

Seriously?

要是能给我们来点肉汁浇在上面的土豆泥就好了。

If only they could bring us mashed potatoes with gravy drizzled on top.

再来点糖渍红薯、黄油玉米、青豆和秋葵就更棒了。

And candied sweet potatoes with buttered corn and green beans and okra.

再来一大块新鲜的山核桃派。

And a fresh big slice of pecan pie.

但就像你所说，公鸡，咱们家的农场可比这儿好多了。

But like you said, Rooster, this farm is nowhere near as nice as ours.

主人一回来，每人手里都端着一个超大的托盘。

When the hosts returned, each one carried a gigantic platter.

每个托盘上堆得高高的，都是客人怎么也想不到的东西——不止是没想到，简直惊呆了。

And heaped high atop each platter was something none of the guests expected in more ways than one.

你觉得客人到底会吃到啥？

What do you think the guests are being served?

稍后我们再揭晓他们到底端出了什么神秘大餐。

We'll learn more about their mystery meal after a quick break.

一百年后，在一个遥远的地方。

100 from now in a land far, far away.

等等。

Hang on.

其实也没那么远。

It's not so far away at all, actually.

嘿，大家围成一圈，家庭组都聚过来。

Hey, circle around families.

今天我们带来的是来自WBUR的全新听觉体验——《午夜叛乱》。

We're here to share a new listening experience from WBUR, the Midnight Rebellion.

这是一档专为八岁以上孩子打造的气候冒险播客。

It's a climate podcast adventure for kids eight and up.

穿越时空解决问题，有笑有险，全在这里。

Time traveling problem solving, laughs danger is here.

订阅节目就能收听。

Follow the feed to listen.

对了，别忘了戴好护目镜和穿上靴子。

Oh, and bring your goggles and boots.

搜索‘Midnight Rebellion’，在你常用的播客平台都能找到。

That's midnight rebellion in your feed or wherever you get podcasts.

欢迎回来，继续收听《Circle Round》。

Welcome back to Circle Round.

我是丽贝卡·谢尔。

I'm Rebecca Scheer.

今天的故事叫《鸡爪印》。

Today our story is called Chicken Scratches.

上回说到，农场里的动物们正去隔壁农场参加派对。

Before the break, the barnyard animals were attending a party at the farm up the road.

奶牛、马和猪都兴高采烈地想去和邻居们热闹一番，可公鸡和母鸡们却觉得这派对准得黄。

Cow, horse, and pig were excited to celebrate with their neighbors, but rooster and the chickens predicted that the bash would be a bust.

经过一阵音乐和跳舞后，派对的主人抱着大托盘匆匆进了谷仓。

After much music and dancing, the party's hosts bustled into the barn with giant platters.

托盘上堆满了金黄松软的玉米面包。

And piled high atop those platters was fluffy, golden brown cornbread.

牛、马和猪都忍不住咽了咽口水。

Cow, horse, and pig licked their chops.

这玉米面包看着真香。

That cornbread looks delicious.

可不是嘛，牛。

You said it, cow.

看起来简直太诱人了。

It looks downright scrumptious.

我都等不及要开吃了。

I can hardly wait to dig in.

公鸡和那群鸡翻了个白眼。

Rooster and the chickens rolled their eyes.

我们是被请来吃大餐的，结果就给我们上玉米面包？

We were invited over for a feast, and all we're being served is cornbread?

这也太不给面子了吧。

This is insulting.

哪有主人家只端出玉米面包待客的？

What kind of hosts serve nothing but cornbread?

像我们这么体面的鸟，配得上更好的款待。

Fine birds like us deserve better hospitality than this.

没错，确实该这样。

Yes, we do.

鸡兄弟们，咱们走吧，回家去。

Chickens, let's get out of here and go home.

公鸡一转身，昂首阔步走出了谷仓。

Rooster spun on his spur and strutted out of the barn.

其他鸡也跟着走了出去。

The chickens followed.

牛马和猪看着他们走远，转身就埋头吃起了玉米面包。

Cowhorse and pig watched them go, then turned to their cornbread and began to dig in.

但才吃了几口，他们就惊呆了。

But after a few bites, they gasped.

原来在玉米面包底下，竟藏着一大堆其他美食！

Because what should they discover hidden underneath the cornbread, but a cornucopia of other foods?

瞧瞧这淋着肉汁的土豆泥。

Look at these mashed potatoes with gravy drizzled on top.

还有糖渍红薯、黄油玉米、青豆和秋葵。

And these candied sweet potatoes and buttered corn and green beans and okra.

甚至还有刚烤好的山核桃派呢。

There's even a fresh baked slice of pecan pie.

公鸡和那群鸡这时候已经走到路上了。

Rooster and the chickens had reached the road by now.

可当他们听到谷仓里闹腾起来，立马停住了脚步。

But when they heard the commotion inside the barn, they stopped in their tracks.

里面怎么这么热闹？

What's going on in there?

说不定咱们那些农场伙伴在抱怨咱们扔下他们跑了呢。

Perhaps our fellow barnyard animals are grumbling about how we ditched them.

这哪像抱怨啊。

That doesn't sound like grumbling to me.

听着倒像是高兴坏了。

Sounds like the opposite.

对啊。

Yeah.

他们开心得不得了。

They sound happy as clams.

咱们要不要回去，公鸡？

Should we go back in, rooster?

我可不想再回那个派对了。

I have no desire to return to the party.

不过，咱们偷偷瞄一眼，也未必有啥坏处。

But perhaps it wouldn't hurt if we took a little peek.

公鸡溜回谷仓，从那堵漏水又破旧的墙上的洞里往里瞧。

Rooster scurried back to the barn and peered through a hole in the leaky, crumbling wall.

你们可真想不到，玉米面包底下藏了这么多好吃的。

You ladies aren't gonna believe this, but there's all sorts of food hidden under the cornbread.

鸡群摇摇晃晃地凑过去，往里张望。

The chickens waddled over and gazed inside.

我看见土豆泥上淋着浓浓的肉汁。

I see mashed potatoes with gravy drizzled on top.

还有糖渍红薯、黄油玉米、青豆，还有秋葵。

And candied sweet potatoes with butter corn and green beans and okra.

还有刚烤好的核桃派。

And pecan pie, freshly baked.

公鸡和那群鸡一下子安静下来，安静得不得了。

Rooster and the chickens grew quiet, very quiet.

他们嘴上从不说，但心里真觉得自己太草率了，想多了。

They would never say it out loud, but they sure felt foolish for jumping to so many conclusions.

可问题是，他们又有点得意。

Trouble is, they also felt proud.

得意到不好意思回派对上道歉了。

Too proud to go back to the party and apologize for their behavior.

于是只好灰溜溜地回家，心里服了，肚子却还是空的。

So instead, they went back home with humbled hearts and empty bellies.

直到今天，只要公鸡和母鸡看到眼前有吃的，就会不停地啄啊刨啊，一遍又一遍，哪怕看起来啥都没了。

And to this day, whenever roosters and chickens see food in front of them, they'll keep pecking and scratching at it over and over and over, even after it appears to be gone.

免得漏掉底下藏的那点小零碎。

That way, they won't miss any hidden morsels buried underneath.

毕竟，他们这回尝到了轻率判断的苦头——又饿又丢脸。

Because now they know the hard and hungry consequences a hasty judgment can bring.

轮到你了。

Now it's your turn.

下次你忍不住想妄下结论时，试试用PAD法。

Next time you're tempted to jump to conclusions, try using the PAD method.

P代表暂停。

P is for pause.

在采取任何行动前，先停一停，深呼吸。

Before you do anything, stop and take a breath.

A代表提问。

A is for ask.

问自己这几个问题。

Prose the following questions to yourself.

我的判断是从哪儿来的？

Where is my judgment coming from?

我有什么证据支持这个想法？

Do I have evidence to support it?

还有没有别的角度看这件事？

What are some other ways I can view the situation?

D代表决定。

D is for decide.

在你把证据和猜测、事实和假设分开之后，再决定你该怎么下判断。

Decide what judgment you'll make now that you've separated proof from guesses and facts from assumptions.

本周的节目《鸡爪印》由我，丽贝卡·谢尔，改编。

This week's episode, Chicken Scratches, was adapted by me, Rebecca Scheer.

本集由迪恩·拉塞尔剪辑。

It was edited by Dean Russell.

我们的原创音乐和音效由埃里克·西莫洛尼斯制作，本周他演奏的乐器是曼陀林。

Our original music and sound design is by Eric Shimolonis, whose featured instrument this week is the mandolin.

你可以在我们的网站wbur.org/circleround上了解更多这种八弦琉特家族乐器，还能看到埃里克弹奏曼陀林的照片。

You can learn more about this eight stringed instrument in the lute family and see a photo of Eric playing one on our website, wbur.org/circleround.

《Circle Round》的插画师是萨比娜·汉。

Circle Round's artist is Sabina Hahn.

萨比娜为每一集《Circle Round》的故事都画了黑白涂色页，你可以自己上色。

Sabina has created a black and white coloring page for all of our Circle Round stories, and you can color them in.

大人们，去 wbur.org/circleround 下载我们三百多张涂色页吧。

Grown ups, download our 300 plus coloring pages at wbur.org/circleround.

特别感谢本周的演员：基兰·库马尔、道恩·乌尔萨拉、马特·扎姆布拉诺和赫里谢什·希拉亚。

Special thanks to this week's actors, Kiran Kumar, Dawn Ursula, Matt Zambrano, and Hrishikesh Hirway.

作为歌手兼词曲作者，赫里谢什·希拉亚最近发布了新专辑《在光的最后一小时》。

As a singer songwriter, Rishikesh Hirway recently released his latest album, In the Last Hour of Light.

作为播客主持人和制作人，他打造了《西翼每周》《家庭烹饪》和《歌曲解码》等播客。

As a podcast host and creator, his podcasts include The West Wing Weekly, Home Cooking, and Song Exploder.

如果你一直听这个节目，可能早就听过赫里谢什的声音了——他参与过《头脑与心灵》《同病相怜》和《整车》等多集《Circle Round》。

And if you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you may recognize Hrishikesh from a bunch of Circle Round episodes, including The Head and the Heart, Misery Loves Company, and The Whole Cart.

《Circle Round》由波士顿NPR电台WBUR制作。

Circle Round is a production of WBUR, Boston's NPR.

我是丽贝卡·谢尔。

I'm Rebecca Scheer.

感谢你和我们一起‘绕圈’收听。

Thanks for circling round with us.

你现在听完这一集《Circle Round》了，我们想知道，你最喜欢哪一则圆形故事？

Now that you've made it to the end of this Circle Round episode, we want to know, what's your favorite circle round story?

像你这样的成千上万粉丝，都已经跟我们分享过他们最爱的《Circle Round》故事了。

Thousands of fans just like you have been telling us about the circle round stories they like best.

来听听看吧。

Take a listen.

说不定他们最爱的，也是你的心头好。

Maybe one of their favorites is one of yours too.

我叫哈罗德，来自英国。

My name is Harold, and I'm from Britain.

我最喜欢的故事是《巅峰球》。

My favorite story is The Pinnacle Ball.

我最爱的情节是仙子们实现了王宫的愿望。

My favorite part is when the fairies grant the wish of the palace.

嗨。

Hi.

我叫雷，来自新罕布什尔州的坎迪亚。

My name is Rai from Candia, New Hampshire.

我最喜欢的故事是《奶奶的石头故事》。

My favorite story is Granny's Stone Story.

我最喜欢的部分是小女孩看到奶奶的肥皂风暴那段。

My favorite part is when the girl sees granny's soap storms.

我叫贾格尔。

I'm Jagger.

我来自俄勒冈州的班德。

I'm from Bend, Oregon.

我最喜欢的Circle Round故事是《年糕和鬼怪》。

My favorite circle around story is the rice cakes and the oni.

我特别喜欢年糕滚下山坡，掉进鬼怪洞里的那个情节。

I like the bit where the rice cake falls down the hill into the Ony's Cave.

我叫西尔维，住在伊利诺伊州的艾利森。

My name is Sylvie and I live in Allison, Illinois.

我最喜欢的那个循环故事是《橡果摇摇》。

My favorite circle round story is the Acorn Wobbly.

我特别喜欢老鹰说青蛙和其他动物得停下来那段。

I like the part when the eagle says that the frog and the other animal have to stop doing it.

我叫伊莎。

My name is Isla.

我来自加州佩塔卢马。

I'm from Petaluma, California.

我最爱的循环故事是《阳光树》，因为我喜欢那个公园，所有树都会抬起来，阳光树会回到塞尔玛和斯菲尔，把根扎进土里。

My favorite circle around story is the sunlight tree because I like the park where all the trees lift up and the sunlight trees go back to Selma and Sphere and it puts the roots down into the earth.

我叫芬尼。

My name is Finny.

我住在科罗拉多州丹佛。

I live in Denver, Colorado.

我最喜欢的那个循环故事是《鲑鱼一家》。

My favorite circle around story is the salmon family.

我最喜欢的部分是郊狼说‘coo’的时候。

My favorite part is when Coyote says, coo.

我叫惠特尼，来自盐湖城。

My name is Whitney and I'm from Salt Lake City.

我最喜欢每一集，因为每一集都教会了我们特别重要的道理。

My favorite circle around episode is every single episode because they all teach you a very important lesson.

有人提到你漏掉的故事了吗？

Did someone mention a story you've missed?

别担心。

Not to worry.

家长们，我们所有的‘Circle Round’故事，还有俱乐部链接、绘本、涂色页等等，全都在我们的网站 wbur.org/circleround 上，快去看看吧。

Grown ups, you can find all of our circle around stories plus links to the circle round club, picture books, coloring pages, and oh so much more on our website, wbur.org/circleround.