逃跑的狗唐——第四集 🐕

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小眯跑掉了，鲍勃让唐去把他找回来。

Squinty ran away, and Bob asked Don to go and bring him back.

唐找到了小眯，两人在马戏团马车附近看着马波和嘟嘟。

Don finds Squinty and they watch Mappo and Tum Tum near the circus wagons.

小眯不想回家，拼命劝唐跟他一起逃跑，但唐拒绝了。

Squinty doesn't want to go home and tries to convince Don to run away with him, but Don says no.

小眯一直缠着问，直到他们回到农场，他重新回到围栏里。

Squinty asks and asks until they are back on the farm and he is back in his pen.

可唐怎么也忘不了小眯说要逃跑的事，心里开始觉得，也许这真值得考虑。

But Don cannot stop thinking about Squinty talking about running away and thinks maybe it is something to consider.

《逃跑的狗唐》第四集。

Don the Runaway Dog part four.

从森林一路回家，小眯都闷闷不乐。

All the way home through the woods, Squinty sulked.

我一点都不喜欢你，那只滑稽的猪嘟囔着，你这样把我的乐趣都破坏了。

I don't like you one bit, the funny pig grumbled, spoiling my fun like that.

对不起，唐说道，轻轻地捏着斯金蒂的耳朵，以免弄疼它。

I'm sorry about it, said Don, keeping a gentle hold on Squinty's ear so as not to hurt him.

我不是故意要对你不客气，但你属于农场，我儿子让我把任何逃跑的猪都带回来。

I don't mean to be unkind, but you belong at the farm, and my boy told me to fetch back any runaway pigs.

所以，你回去吧。

So back you go.

就在我玩得正开心的时候，斯金蒂说。

And just when I was having such a fine time, said Squinty.

这就是你的问题所在，唐。

That's the trouble with you, Don.

你从来没逃走过，所以你不知道。

You've never run away, so you don't know.

你要是试过一次，就会喜欢得停不下来。

If you tried it even once, you'd like it so much you'd never want to stop.

你真的觉得逃跑特别有意思吗？

Did you really have fun running away?

唐问道。

Asked Don.

可有意思了，

Loads of fun, said Squinty, right up until you came along.

嗯，

Well, said Don, you belong on the farm, not off in the circus with monkeys and elephants.

可马戏团才是最过瘾的地方，

But a circus is the best fun there is, said Squinty.

我说，唐，要不咱俩一起跑了吧，去加入一个马戏团？

I say, Don, why don't the two of us run away together and join one?

咱们学点杂技，走遍天下。

We'd learn tricks and see the world.

来吧。

Come on.

不行，绝对不行，唐吼道。

No, indeed, growled Don.

我哪儿也不去。

I'm not running anywhere.

你想想看啊，小眯眼接着说。

Think of it though, Squinty went on.

在农场里，啥事都不发生。

On the farm, nothing ever happens.

没错，啥事都没有，唐说。

Nothing, said Don.

一头大黑公牛冲出围栏，这也算啥事都没有？

I suppose a big black bull breaking out of his pasture is nothing.

追着我跑了这么远，这也算没事？

And chasing you all this way, I suppose that's nothing too.

哦，好吧，那些事嘛，小眯眼承认。

Oh, well, those, admitted Squinty.

但外面的世界可多了去了。

But I mean lots more happens out in the world.

在农场里，每天都是千篇一律。

On the farm, it's the same thing every single day.

你总是在固定的时间吃饭。

You eat at the same times.

只要鲍勃一喊，你就得立刻跑过去。

You always have to come the minute Bob calls.

是啊，但我喜欢这样，因为我爱我的小主人鲍勃。

Yes, but I like that because I love my boy Bob, said Don.

我也喜欢一天三顿饭。

And I like my three meals a day.

但如果你逃跑了，”斯昆蒂说，“你想什么时候吃就什么时候吃。

But if you ran away, said Squinty, you could eat whenever you pleased.

唐听了这话，默默想了想。

Don thought that over.

你真这么认为吗？

Do you really think so?

我敢肯定，斯金蒂说。

I'm sure of it, said Squinty.

嗯，唐慢慢地说。

Well now, said Don slowly.

我从来没想过这一点。

I never thought of that.

也许逃跑这回事还真有点道理。

Maybe there's something in this running away after all.

那是他跟着鲍勃生活以来，第一次真的动了逃跑的念头。

And that was the very first time in all the days he'd lived with Bob that Don ever thought about running off.

要不是斯金特非要把这念头塞进他脑子里，他压根儿不会这么想。

He never would have either if Squinty hadn't gone and put it into his head.

他把那只滑稽的小猪直接赶回了那个被他破洞逃出的猪圈。

He led the funny pig right up to the pen he'd broken out of.

你在这儿呢，”唐温和地说。

There you are, said Don, but kindly.

我在这儿。

Here I am.

真是倒霉，”小眯叹气道。

Worse luck, sighed Squinty.

我真希望你能让我跑得更远一点。

I do wish you'd let me run farther.

算了。

Never mind.

也许有一天你自己也会跑掉，那时候你就明白被人拖回家是什么感觉了。

Maybe someday you'll run away yourself, and then you'll know how it feels to have somebody drag you home.

不会。

No.

我绝对不会跑，”唐说。

I never will, said Don.

就在这时，农夫从谷仓里急匆匆地跑了出来。

Just then the farmer came hurrying out of the barn.

天哪，他喊道，唐又把那个调皮鬼 Squinty 带回家了。

Well, I declare, he cried, if Don hasn't brought that rascal Squinty home again.

干得好，唐。

Good dog, Don.

唐感到无比自豪。

Don felt so proud.

他摇尾巴摇得几乎要把尾巴摇掉似的。

He wagged his tail nearly hard enough to wag it right off.

然后他小跑着回到狗窝，刨出之前埋在那里的一根又香又嫩的骨头，心里想：不。

Then he trotted up to his kennel, dug up a nice juicy bone he'd buried there, and said to himself, no.

我再也不逃跑了。

I'll never run away.

绝对不。

Never.

你等着瞧吧。

But you just wait and see.

接下来几天，没什么特别的事发生。

For a few days, nothing much happened.

唐跟鲍勃玩，把鸡赶出菜园，还表演了他的拿手绝活。

Don played with Bob, chased the chickens out of the garden, and did his tricks.

有一天下午，猫塔比走过来，坐在他旁边晒太阳，用一只柔软的爪子洗脸。

Then one afternoon, Tabby the cat came and sat in the sun beside him, washing her face with one velvety paw.

唐和塔比是好朋友。

Don and Tabby were good friends.

唐一直对猫很友善，因为小时候他妈妈就教过他要这样。

Don had always been kind to cats because his mother had told him to be, away back when he was small.

你在这儿不觉得腻吗，唐？

Don't you ever get tired of it here, Don?

塔比问。

Asked Tabby.

每天都是同样的农场生活吗？

Always the same farm day after day?

哦，倒也不是。

Why, no.

我说不上来讨厌，唐回答道。

I can't say I do, said Don.

你为什么这么问？

What makes you ask?

哎呀，我也说不清，塔比说。

Oh, I don't know, said Tabby.

有时候我觉得真想跑出去看看，外面的世界到底是什么样子。

Some days I think I'd like to run off and see how the world looks somewhere else.

我这辈子一直在这片农场。

I've been on this farm my whole life.

我差不多也是，唐说，但我就是喜欢这儿。

So have I near enough, said Don, but I like it here.

不管怎样，塔比说的话一直留在他心里，和斯昆蒂的话并排在一起。

All the same, what Tabby had said stayed with him, right alongside what Squinty had said.

随着温暖的夏日一天天过去，唐开始认真思考起来。

And as the warm summer days went by, Don began to think.

要是真跑出去会是什么感觉呢？他自言自语道。

I wonder how it would feel to run away, he said to himself.

我真有点想试一次，就这一次。

I've half a mind to try it, just the once.

等我回来，就能告诉塔比、斯昆蒂还有其他人，外面根本没意思。

Then I could come back and tell Tabby and Squinty and all the rest that there's really no fun in it at all.

那样一来，他们就会安心待在家里了。

That would make them happy to stay home.

我这其实是在帮鲍勃和他爸一个忙。

Why, I'd be doing Bob and his father a favor.

对，就是这样。

Yes, that's it.

我要走一趟，就为了让他们知道外面其实没意思，好打消他们的念头。

I'll run away, but only to tell the others how it is so they'll stop wanting to.

对，我这就走。

Yes, I shall run away.

唐恩做事挺有心计的。

Don was clever about it.

他特意挑了鲍勃上学的日子，知道要是鲍勃在家，他根本没法悄悄溜走。

He waited for a day when Bob was at school because he knew that if Bob were home, he'd never get away unseen.

吃完一顿饱饭，他四下仔细看了看，确认没人注意，就沿着路小跑着离开了。

After a good dinner, he looked carefully all around to make sure no one was watching and trotted off down the road.

我想，我是不是该跟鲍勃道个别。

I suppose I ought to say goodbye to Bob, he thought.

可我要是说了，他准知道我要走，肯定会拦我，还是别说了。

But if I did, he'd know I was leaving and he'd stop me, so I'd better not.

他经过时，塔比正趴在门廊上晒太阳。

Tabby was sunning herself on the porch as he passed.

你这是要去哪儿啊？

Where are you off to?

她喊了一声。

She called.

哦，就是出去散个步，唐说。

Oh, just for a walk, said Don.

他可不想有只猫跟着他。

He didn't want any cat following him.

毕竟，他只是走远一点而已。

After all, he was only walking away.

暂时而已。

For now.

一开始，感觉真不错。

And at first, it was lovely.

路上有树荫遮着。

The road was shady.

沿途有泉水可以喝，偶尔还能看到一群群鸟儿，追追它们，吐着红舌头跑着玩，挺有意思的。

There were springs to drink from, and every so often a flock of birds to chase just for the fun of running with his red tongue hanging out.

没过多久，他遇见了罗弗，隔壁农场的一条狗。

Before long, he met Rover, a dog from the next farm.

你好啊，唐。

Hello, Don.

你要去哪儿呀？

Where are you going?

罗弗说。

Said Rover.

说真的，唐说，我想离家出走去看看外面的世界。

To tell the truth, said Don, I'm running away to see the world.

想跟我一起去吗？

Want to come along?

离家出走？

Run away?

我不去，”罗弗说。

Not me, said Rover.

我试过一次，这辈子再没比回到家更高兴的事了。

I tried it once, and I was never so glad in my life as when I got back home.

你也会这么觉得的。

You will be too.

可想想我们会有多精彩的冒险啊，”唐说。

But think of all the adventures we'd have, said Don.

来吧，肯定特别棒。

Come on, it'll be grand.

不了，谢谢，”罗弗说。

No, thank you, said Rover.

你听明白我说的了吗？

Mind what I'm telling you now?

你一定会非常想念家，想赶紧回来的。

You'll be very glad indeed to get home again.

我一点都不这么认为，唐说。

I don't think so one bit, said Don.

说完他就走了，心里美滋滋的。

And off he went, feeling very pleased with himself.

眯眼说得对。

Squinty was right.

离家出走可好玩了。

There's loads of fun in running away.

他不停地小跑着，过了一会儿，他开始觉得饿了。

On and on he trotted, until after a while he began to feel hungry.

唐心想，那要是狗跑出去了，晚饭该怎么办呢？

Now then, thought Don, what does a dog do for his dinner when he's run away?

我本来想问问斯金蒂的，结果给忘得一干二净。

I meant to ask Squinty, and I clean forgot.

好吧，我就去后门那儿，给自己找根骨头吃。

Well, I'll just go up to a back door and find myself a bone.

结果这比他想的难多了。

That turned out to be much harder than he expected.

在家的时候，鲍勃、他妈妈或者莎莉总会给唐端来一盘剩饭或者一根好骨头。

At home, Bob or his mother or Sally always brought Don a plate of scraps or a good bone.

可在这儿，根本没人给他任何东西。

Out here, nobody brought him anything at all.

他来到一栋大白房子前，跟以前他住的狗窝那栋有点像。

He came to a big white house, a little like the one where his kennel was.

到了后院，果然有几根骨头，上面还带着肉渣。

Around at the back, sure enough, lay some bones with bits of meat still on them.

嗯，唐心想。

Uh-huh, thought Don.

这顿晚饭真不错，还不用费劲。

A fine dinner and no trouble at all.

可他刚伸手去拿那根最好的骨头，一扇窗户突然砰地打开了。

But just as he reached for the best one, a window banged open.

快走开。

Get out of here.

滚开滚开！

Be off with you, cried the cook, flapping her apron at him.

快走，快走！

Go on now, shoo!

唐往后一跳，朝大门跑去。

Don jumped back and ran for the gate.

真没礼貌啊，他一路走远后心想。

Well, how rude, he thought, once he was safely down the road.

那些骨头根本没人要。

Those were bones nobody even wanted.

真是荒唐。

The idea.

他这辈子从没被人这样对待过。

Nobody had ever spoken to him like that in all his life.

他接着去了隔壁一户红房子。

He tried a red house next.

院子里角落里有个铁罐，一股骨头味儿。

There was a tin can in the corner of the yard, and it smelled of bones.

可还没等多恩把盖子掀开，园丁就大步走过来，挥着耙子赶他。

But before Don could nose the lid off, a gardener came striding over waving his rake.

快走吧。

Off you go.

我这儿不准狗进来。

I'll have no dogs in my garden.

赶紧走。

Be off.

可怜的多恩夹着尾巴，也从这院子跑了出来。

And poor Don, with his tail tucked down, ran out of that yard too.

他继续往前走，肚子更饿了，也越发怀疑斯昆蒂说的话到底靠不靠谱。

He trotted on now, hungrier than ever, and a good deal less sure that Squinty had known what he was talking about.

他继续往前走，经过另一栋豪华的房子，最后来到一栋小屋前，一位老太太独自住在那里。

On he went, past another grand house until he came to a little one where an old lady lived all alone.

她从厨房窗户往外看，看见狗在附近嗅来嗅去，立刻就明白它饿了。

She looked out her kitchen window, saw the dog nosing about, and knew right away that he was hungry.

地上还留着早上喂鸟时撒下的几片面包屑，Don一口吞了下去。

There was a bit of bread on the ground left from feeding the birds that morning, and Don gulped it down.

可怜的小狗，你饿了吧？

Poor dog, you're hungry, aren't you?

老太太说道。

The old lady said.

来，我给你一根骨头。

Here, I'll give you a bone.

她从窗户扔出一样东西。

She tossed something out the window.

Don愣了一下，以为她是要扔东西赶他走。

For half a second, Don flinched, thinking it might be flung to drive him off.

但接着他闻到了味道，心里就明白了。

But then he caught the smell, and he knew.

那是一根肉满满的骨头。

It was a good meaty bone.

Don感激地叫了一声，用牙齿叼住骨头，快步走开了，感觉好多了。

With a grateful bark, Don caught it in his teeth and trotted off, feeling a great deal better.

他没走多远，就被一只更大的狗发现了。

He hadn't gone far when a bigger dog spotted him.

等等，那骨头是我的，大狗低吼道。

Hold on, that's my bone, the big dog growled.

不好意思，Don礼貌地回答，他一向受过良好教养，是一位好心的女士给我的。

I beg your pardon, said Don politely, the way he had been raised, but a kind lady gave it to me.

他没跟对方争辩，转身就跑。

And rather than argue, he ran.

那只大狗力气更大，但Don更灵活，转眼就拐过街角，不见了踪影。

The big dog was stronger, but Don was quicker, and he was soon around the corner and out of sight.

他找到一个有树荫的街边喷泉旁，终于能安心吃起骨头来。

He found a shady spot by a bubbling street fountain and lay down to eat in peace at last.

但根本没用。

But it was no use.

其他狗不断凑到喷泉边喝水，每一只都用那种让他很不自在的眼神盯着他的骨头。

Other dogs kept padding up to the fountain for a drink, and every one of them eyed his bone in a way Don didn't care for.

有一只甚至悄悄靠近，好像想直接从他鼻子底下抢走似的。

One even crept in close, as if to snatch it right out from under his nose.

这里根本没法安静下来，”Don心想，于是叼起骨头，疲惫地继续往前走。

I'll get no quiet here, Don decided, and he picked up his bone and trotted wearily on.

最后，他来到了一个火车站。

At last, he came to a railroad station.

Don对火车站并不陌生，因为铁轨就在农场附近，他常跟Bob一起去看着火车轰隆隆开过。

Don knew about railroads because the tracks ran near the farm, and he'd often gone with Bob to watch the trains rumble past.

铁轨上停着一辆大大的棕色货运车厢，车门大开着。

On the track stood a big brown freight car, its door opened wide.

里面，唐心想，我终于能安安静静地吃我的骨头了。

In there, thought Don, I can eat my bone in peace at last.

他猛地一跳，就进了车厢。

And with one good jump, he was inside.

车厢里又安静又阴凉。

It was quiet and shady in the car.

他啃着骨头上的最后一点肉时，没有别的狗来打扰他。

No other dogs bothered him while he gnawed the last of the meat off his bone.

吃完后，肚子饱饱的，又累了一整天，唐蜷缩在地板上，很快就睡着了。

And when he was finished, full and worn out from his long day, Don curled up on the floor and fell fast asleep.

他不知道自己睡了多久，醒来时四周一片漆黑，身下的地板也在震动摇晃。

He didn't know how long he slept, but when he woke, everything was dark, and the floor beneath him was rumbling and swaying.

哦，火车开动了，唐心想。

Oh, the train started, thought Don.

我得赶紧出去。

I have to get out.

他抓挠着车门，但门纹丝不动。

He scratched at the door, but it wouldn't move.

他睡觉的时候，有人把门推上并牢牢锁住了。

While he slept, someone had slid it shut and locked it fast.

唐被关在里面，无路可逃。

Don was shut in with no way out.

现在也别无他法，唐只好在黑暗中躺下，把鼻子搁在前爪上，听着车轮在身下咔嗒咔嗒地响，载着他一路穿过黑夜，去往一个从未去过的地方。

There was nothing to be done about it now, so Don lay back down in the dark, put his nose on his paws, and listened to the wheels going clackety clack beneath him, carrying him along through the night to somewhere he had never been.

这一部分就到这里了。

And that is the end of this part.

晚安。

Good night.

好梦。

Sleep Tight.