森林里的果汁摊：一场漫游睡眠故事

大家好。

Hello, everyone.

我是里亚，来给大家做个简短的预告。

This is Ria with a quick note.

今天这个完整剧集是来自《睡前小故事》的独家内容，仅限我的高级订阅用户收听。

This is a full episode preview of a story featured on Little Stories for Sleep, an exclusive bedtime podcast just for my Little Stories Premium subscribers.

我今天分享的这一集，是我正在推出的《漫游睡眠故事》系列中的一篇。

The episode I'm sharing with you today is part of a series I'm calling Wandering Sleep Stories.

这些新故事都宁静平和，特别适合放在睡前歌单的最后一首。

These new stories are peaceful, calming, and perfect for that last track on a bedtime playlist.

在《睡前小故事》里，《漫游睡眠故事》没有开场和结尾。

On Little Stories for Sleep, Wandering Sleep Stories have no intro or outro.

只有故事本身，伴随着轻柔的音乐缓缓展开。

It's just the story framed by soft music.

现在，拿上你的重力毯，好好窝起来，听这个温柔的故事伴你入眠。

Now, grab your weighted blanket, snuggle up, and fall asleep to this sweet tale.

那是个阳光明媚、雾气缭绕的清晨，查理像往常一样，第十一回问是不是该搭他的柠檬水摊了。

It was a bright, steaming morning in the woods, the day Charlie asked for the eleventh time in as many days whether it was finally time to set up his lemonade stand.

他向来是个执着的松鼠，一辈子都是这样。

He was a persistent squirrel, had been all his life.

天刚亮他就爬起来，立马就开始唠叨。

He had climbed early, talked right away.

他总觉得，要是不赶紧学、拼命跑、比兄弟姐妹们更快地剥开坚果，生活就会从他身边溜走。

It was as though if he didn't learn as fast as he could, run at top speed, shell nuts quicker than all his brothers and sisters, life, all of it, would pass him by.

所以查理一投入任务、项目或挑战，就拼尽全力，不达目的绝不罢休。

So Charlie hurled himself into tasks and projects and challenges and did not let up until he walked away triumphant.

查理，那可是森林里最高的那棵树。

Charlie, that's the tallest tree in the forest.

你打算怎么一枝一枝地爬上去？

How are you gonna climb that branch by branch?

但他真的做到了。

And he did.

有时候，他确实有点过头了。

Sometimes, he took things too far.

妈妈，妈妈，查理在湖的两岸之间拉了一条索道。

Mama, mama, Charlie strung up a zip line from one side of the lake to the other.

是吗？

Oh, did he?

童年就是这样，有时候，哪怕他再努力，也会被拒绝，或者更糟——得等着。

It was a feature of childhood that sometimes, despite his efforts, he was told no or nearly worse to his mind that he had to wait.

关于开柠檬水摊的事，他就是被这么回绝的：天还太冷，不行。

That's what he'd been told about the lemonade stand, not while the nights are so cold.

但他早就打定主意，开柠檬水摊是赚够向日葵种子的最好办法，好用来造一辆卡丁车，然后从山核桃山北坡一路冲下去。

But he had decided that a lemonade stand was the best way to earn enough sunflower seeds material to build a go kart that he would then race down the North Side of Huckleberry Hill.

他妈妈还不知道他这个计划。

His mother did not know about that plan just yet.

她只知道，自己这个可爱又让人头疼的儿子，从仲春开始，连续十一天，每天都来问她能不能卖柠檬水。

All she knew was that her darling yet exasperating son wanted to sell lemonade and every single day for eleven days beginning in mid spring, he asked for her permission.

但只问了十一次，因为那天她终于说好了。

But only eleven because on that day, she said, yes.

今天你可以去。

Today, you can.

带一个兄弟一起去。

Bring one of your brothers with you.

查理有十个兄弟。

Charlie had 10 brothers.

其中一半太小了，估计帮不上忙，反而添乱。

Half of them were too young and would likely create more work than they would perform.

另一半里，有三个总是挑刺，说他点子太离谱。

Among the other half, three were his biggest critics, always going on about the outlandishness of his ideas.

剩下两个，拉克兰和卡尔。

That left two Lakeland and Cal.

卡尔从小就把查理当榜样，他啥都跟着干。

Having looked up to Charlie since birth, Cal went along with all of Charlie's ideas.

不管这些主意听起来有多没道理。

No matter how little sense they made.

他是一只特别随和的松鼠，总是可靠，随时愿意帮忙。

He was an agreeable sort of squirrel, ever reliable, ever ready to help.

卡尔会是个认真的柠檬水摊帮手，顾客们会觉得他很可爱。

Cal would be an attentive little lemonade stand helper, and the customers would find him cute.

拉克兰比查理年长，自认更聪明，总爱提醒查理他的计划可能出什么问题，还会指出查理没考虑到的细节。

Lakeland was older than Charlie, believed himself to be wiser, tended to warn Charlie about what could go wrong with his plans, brought up details that Charlie had not considered.

几个月前，查理宣布他要到新结冰的湖中央插一面旗子。

Months ago, Charlie had announced his intention to plant a flag in the very middle of the newly frozen lake.

拉克兰一直追问。

Lakeland had pressed him.

冰到底有多厚？

How thick is the ice exactly?

他量过吗？

Had he measured it?

他的应急计划是什么？

What was his emergency plan?

有拉克兰在旁边问这问那，确实挺麻烦的。

It would be inconvenient to have Lakeland around with all his questions.

查理短暂地想了想兄弟俩的选择，大概有一分钟。

Charlie pondered the choice between the brothers briefly, perhaps for a minute.

他邀请拉克兰一起同行。

He invited Lakeland to join him.

查理心里早有打算，选了个两条河交汇的地方。

Charlie had the perfect spot in mind, a point where two rivers joined.

兄弟俩先在那里停了下来，把马车和两个空水壶藏到看不见的地方。

The brothers stopped there first, leaving a cart and two empty pitchers out of sight.

查理把一块牌子藏在灌木丛下。

Charlie hid a sign under a bush.

牌子上写着：新鲜柠檬水。

It said, fresh lemonade.

欢迎交换。

Trades welcome.

柠檬这事儿其实是后来才想到的。

The lemons were a bit of an afterthought.

是拉克兰在答应陪查理之前，提了无数个问题，才带出这个话题的——他最后还是答应了。

It was Lakeland who brought this up in his many questions before he'd agreed to accompanying Charlie, which he did.

他最终还是同意了，不过在那之前，查理得先把他的问题都答完。

Eventually, he did say yes, but not before Charlie had answered his questions.

你上哪儿弄柠檬去？

How are you going to get lemons?

当然是去市场，查理说，尽管他根本不知道这个时候市场有没有柠檬卖。

The market, of course, Charlie said, even though he had no idea whether the market sold lemons this time of year.

拉克兰半信半疑，但也没多说什么，兄弟俩就带着篮子，走进了晨光中的树林。

Lakeland was doubtful but said nothing beyond, The brothers set off into the bright morning woods with baskets swinging from their paws.

等他们到市场时，那儿已经人山人海了。

The market was bustling by the time they arrived.

摊位多得数不清，卖的东西从腌蒜瓣、接骨木莓派，到晒干的柿子，甚至陈年的枫木板，应有尽有。

There were dozens of booths selling everything from preserved garlic cloves to elderberry pies to sun dried persimmons to aged planks of maple wood.

查理一边扫视着市场找柠檬，一边摆弄着随身带的那袋葵花籽。

Charlie fiddled with the pouch of sunflower seeds he had brought to trade as he scanned the market for lemons.

这些葵花籽是他靠打零工挣来的——清理树屋屋顶的积雪，打扫森林菜园里的落叶，帮邻居们搬进搬出地洞。

He had earned the seeds from odd jobs, clearing snow off tree house roofs, raking leaves from forest garden plots, helping neighbors move into and out of burrows.

在所有兄弟姐妹里，查理手里的葵花籽总是最多，因为他从不嫌累，到处找活儿挣。

Among all his siblings, Charlie always had the most sunflower seeds as he was tireless in searching out ways to earn them.

今天他指望能挣更多，越多越好，只为了买那辆梦寐以求的卡丁车，前提是他得先找到柠檬。

And he expected to earn more, a lot more today for the go kart of his dreams, if only he could find the lemons.

我不知道，查理，”拉克兰绕着市场转了一圈后说，“没柠檬怎么做得了柠檬水？

I don't know, Charlie, Lakeland said after they'd done a loop around the perimeter of the market, can't make lemonade without lemons.

查理从不让这种细节拦住自己。

Charlie had never allowed such details to hold him back.

他盯着附近摊位上几碗水果，仔细端详。

He stared at several bowls of fruit at a nearby booth.

橙子、青柠、葡萄柚。

Oranges, limes, grapefruit.

你说得对，拉克兰。

You're right, Lakeland.

没有柠檬，确实做不了柠檬水。

You can't make lemonade without lemons.

Charlie 对摊主说：‘我们把您所有的水果都买下吧。’说着，把口袋里的种子全倒到了柜台上。

We'll take all your fruit, Charlie said to the market seller and poured the contents of his drawstring pouch on the counter.

摊主盯着那堆种子，又看看水果，眯起眼打量眼前这个大胆的小松鼠，再回头看看那堆种子，嗅了嗅。

The seller eyed the pile then glanced at the fruit, squinted at the bold young squirrel before him, looked back to the pile, and sniffed.

查理脑子里飞快地转着念头。

Ideas swirled in Charlie's mind.

他可以主动帮摊主干活，替他看摊几个小时也行。

He could offer to work for the seller, run the booth for him if he wanted for a few hours.

他绝不会轻易放弃。

He wasn't about to give up.

但他还没来得及开口，拉克兰就从口袋里掏出自己的布袋，把里面的东西全倒到了柜台上。

But before he said any of this, Lakeland withdrew his own pouch from his pocket and poured the contents of it on the counter.

额外的种子几乎让堆成的果子翻了一倍。

The additional seeds nearly doubled the pile.

查理惊讶地看向自己的兄弟。

Charlie looked at his brother in surprise.

拉克兰耸了耸肩。

Lakeland shrugged.

我一直在辅导住在街角的那只松鼠。

I've been tutoring the squirrel who lives around the corner.

水果摊主露出一抹狡黠的微笑。

The fruit seller gave them a sly grin.

等这两只小松鼠在两条河交汇处的巨石上摆好摊时，太阳已经升到头顶。

By the time the young squirrels set up shop on a boulder where the two rivers joined, the sun was at its highest point in the sky.

森林里闷热难耐，空气中弥漫着潮湿的气息。

The forest was hot, and the air was dense with water.

他们决定就在这里分批榨果汁，而不是冒着风险把水壶运过整片森林。

They had decided to juice the fruit in batches right there instead of attempting to transport pitchers across the forest.

查理擦掉了‘柠檬水’，改写成‘新鲜果汁’，然后把招牌立了起来。

Charlie crossed out lemonade and wrote fresh fruit juice on the sign before propping it up.

他们还没来得及把第一个水壶装满，第一位顾客就来了。

Their first customer arrived before they'd filled the first pitcher.

真高兴看到你们，”年长的松鼠一边用大叶子扇风一边说。

Sure glad I saw you, said the elder squirrel fanning herself with a broad leaf.

这天气热得我差点晕过去。

Thought I was going to faint in this heat.

她把一袋晒干的南瓜籽推到岩石上，拉克兰则递给她一杯果汁。

She pushed a cloth sack across the boulder filled with dried pumpkin seeds as Lakeland offered her a cup.

哦，真好喝。

Oh, delicious.

兄弟俩相视一笑。

The brothers grinned.

他们一直有顾客上门，有一家海狸、好几只老鼠，还有一只迷路得很厉害的羊。

They had a steady stream of customers, a family of beavers, several mice, a sheep who was terribly lost.

他们给羊指了去最近农场的方向。

They pointed her in the direction of the closest farm.

到了日落时分，果汁快卖光了。

By sunset, the juice was running low.

换回来的是一大堆种子、坚果、干浆果、绳子、大蒜，还有好几罐腌菜。

It had been swapped for a pile of seeds, nuts, dried berries, twine, garlic, and several jars of preserved vegetables.

天色渐暗，查理和拉克兰把推车和赚来的货品收了起来。

As the sky dimmed, Charlie and Lakeland packed up their cart with their earnings.

回家的路上，查理透露了他想做一辆卡丁车的计划。

On the way home, Charlie revealed his go kart making plans.

他问拉克兰要不要一起干。

He asked if Lakeland would join him.

拉克兰提了一堆问题。

Lakeland had many questions.

他追问了Charlie的细节，然后答应了。

He pressed Charlie on the details, then he said yes.

天空渐渐变暗，星星一颗颗冒了出来。

The sky darkened and stars appeared.

他们一路打哈欠，一起回家。

They traveled home together, yawning.

忙了整整一天，该休息了。

After a long day of work, it was time to rest.

以上是这段漫游睡眠故事的特别完整版预告。

This has been a special full episode preview of a wandering sleep story.

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一如既往，谢谢你的收听。

And thank you, as always, for listening in.