唐，逃跑的狗 - 第8部分 🐕

我叫蒂米，欢迎收听《安睡故事》。

My name is Timmy, and welcome to Sleep Tight Stories.

唐恩被他的新朋友雷克斯从收容所救了出来，然后跟着他回家一起生活。

Don was rescued from the pound by his new friend Rex and went home to live with him.

雷克斯特别感激唐恩救了他，他不想把唐恩留在收容所自己走。

Rex was so thankful that Don had saved him, he didn't want to leave the pound without him.

唐恩太大了，不能住在屋里，但谷仓里有个又暖和又干燥的好地方。

Don was too large to live in the house, but had a nice warm place in a barn where it was warm and dry.

他想吃什么就有什么，渴了也有干净的水喝，而且他经常和雷克斯见面。

He had all he wanted to eat and clean water when he was thirsty, and he visited with Rex often.

有一天，爱丽丝要开派对，唐恩被打扮得漂漂亮亮，带进屋里参加。

One day Alice was having a party, and Don got dressed up and brought into the house to take part.

《逃跑的狗唐恩》第八集。

Don the Runaway Dog part eight.

几个星期以来，唐恩一直住在爱丽丝家后面的谷仓里。

For several weeks, Don lived in the barn behind Alice's house.

那是个不错的谷仓，又暖和又干燥，他吃的喝的都不愁，渴了就有干净的水。

It was a fine barn, warm and dry, and he had all he wanted to eat and clean water whenever he was thirsty.

有时候他会被人带进屋里和雷克斯玩，雷克斯很喜欢他这个毛茸茸的大朋友，还经常跑到谷仓来看他。

Sometimes he was brought into the house to play with Rex, who was very fond of his big shaggy friend, and often Rex trotted out to the barn to visit him.

日子过得挺好，但唐每天还是会想起农场和鲍勃。

It was a good life, but Don still thought of the farm and of Bob every single day.

一天早上，爱丽丝手里拿着一条红丝带来到谷仓。

One morning, Alice came out to the barn with a red ribbon in her hand.

“你在这儿呢，唐。”她说。

There you are, Don, she said.

“我今天下午要开派对，想让你来表演你的把戏，打扮得漂漂亮亮的。”

I'm having a party this afternoon, and I want you to come and do your tricks and look your very best.

“所以别动，我给你系个蝴蝶结。”

So hold still while I tie this bow on you.

丝带系在脖子上后，爱丽丝把唐带进了屋里。

When the ribbon was tied round his neck, Alice led Don into the house.

唐对派对不太了解，尤其是女孩的派对。

Now Don didn't know much about parties, especially girl parties.

在农场的时候，除了男孩们的聚会，从来没有过什么派对，而且那些聚会大多是为了钓鱼或者捡坚果。

On the farm, there had never been any parties except for the boys, and those were mostly for fishing or gathering nuts.

而且没人会系着丝带去参加那些活动。

And nobody wore a ribbon to those.

这次可完全不一样。

This was quite different.

唐被带进了客厅，那里坐着好多好多穿白裙子的小女孩，裙子上系着各种颜色的宽腰带。

Don was led into the parlor, and there sat ever so many little girls in white dresses with wide sashes of every color.

有些腰带都快跟小女孩们一样大了。

Some of the sashes near as big as the girls themselves.

房间的另一边站着男孩们，他们穿着深色西装，戴着大大的白领子，看起来洗得干干净净，站得笔直。

On the other side of the room stood the boys in dark suits and big white collars looking scrubbed and stiff.

唐环顾四周，心里想。

Thought Don, looking around at the mall.

大家都穿得这么漂亮。

Everybody's dressed up so fine.

一定是星期天。

It must be Sunday.

所以我才要系这个红丝带。

That's why I've got to wear this red ribbon.

对，一定是星期天。

Yes, it must be Sunday.

因为在农场里，丹总是看到鲍勃一家在星期天穿上好衣服，所以他想现在肯定也是星期天。

For on the farm, Dan had always seen Bob and his family put on their good clothes on a Sunday, so he thought that must be what was happening now.

但根本不是星期天。

But it wasn't Sunday at all.

只是爱丽丝的派对而已。

It was only Alice's party.

哦，好可爱的大狗啊，女孩们喊道。

Oh, what a lovely big dog, cried the girls.

爱丽丝，这是你的狗吗？

Is he yours, Alice?

爱丽丝说，我们是在收容所找到他的，他还会表演把戏呢。

We found him in the pound, said Alice, and he can do tricks too.

雷克斯正威风地趴在他的蓝色丝绸垫子上，他喊道，你好，唐。

Hello, Don, called Rex, who was lying grandly on his blue silk cushion.

你可得注意，现在要表现得最乖哦。

Mind you, behave your prettiest now.

这可是个派对。

This is a party.

唐轻轻叫了一声，说，我会努力的。

I'll try, said Don with a little soft bark.

他小心翼翼地不敢叫得太大声，因为壁炉架上摆着精美的花瓶，他怕把其中一个震下来。

He was careful not to bark too loud, for there were fine vases up on the mantle, and he was afraid of shaking one down.

爱丽丝说，唐，现在给大家展示一下你怎么用后腿站立。

Now Don said Alice, show everyone how you stand on your hind legs.

于是唐像以前给鲍勃表演那样，用后腿站了起来。

So Don stood on his hind legs, just as he used to do for Bob.

然后他像士兵一样大步走来走去，孩子们都拍手大笑。

Then he marched about like a soldier, and the boys and girls clapped and laughed.

再来一个。

Do another.

再来一个，孩子们央求道。

Do another, the children begged.

于是唐打了个滚，坐起来，作揖，还把一块小蛋糕稳稳地顶在鼻尖上，一动不动，直到爱丽丝说可以吃了才动。

So Don rolled over and sat up and begged and balanced a little cake right on the end of his nose, holding still as a clock until Alice said he might eat it.

然后他把蛋糕一抛，用牙齿啪地接住了。

Then he flipped it up and caught it, snap in his teeth.

他们笑得可开心了。

How they laughed at that.

就在这时，一个比在场所有孩子都大的男孩走进了客厅。

Just then a big boy came into the parlor, bigger than any of the other children there.

爱丽丝跑向他。

Alice ran to him.

哦，鲍勃表哥，我还担心你来不了呢。

Oh, Cousin Bob, I was afraid you couldn't come.

你住在乡下那么远的地方。

You live so far off in the country.

你来了我真高兴。

I'm so glad you're here.

我无论如何都不会错过你的派对的，大男孩说。

I wouldn't miss your party for anything, said the big boy.

我一路坐火车来的。

I came all the way on the train.

哎呀，爱丽丝，你养了一只新狗。

Why, Alice, you've got a new dog.

是的。

Yes.

我在收容所找到他的，他们之前把雷克斯和……但爱丽丝停了下来，因为她的表哥鲍勃突然一动不动，用一种奇怪的眼神盯着唐。

I found him in the pound where they'd taken Rex and But Alice stopped because her cousin Bob had gone very still, staring at Don in a strange way.

而唐也盯着鲍勃看。

And Don was staring back at Bob.

“哎呀，”鲍勃慢慢地说，“哎呀，那只狗。”

Why, said Bob slowly, why that dog.

他看起来就像……我敢肯定，他就是我的狗唐，几周前从农场跑丢的那只。

He looks just like I do believe it's my own dog, Don, that ran away from the farm all those weeks ago.

是唐。

It's Don.

现在唐对花瓶一点也不在乎了。

And now Don didn't care two straws about the vases.

他拼命地叫，声音大得不能再大。

He barked as loud as ever he could.

汪汪。

Woof.

汪汪。

Woof.

我当然就是唐，你就是我的小主人鲍勃。

Of course I'm Don, and you're my boy Bob.

不管在哪里我都能认出你。

I'd know you anywhere.

他一下子跳起来，扑到鲍勃肩上，舔着鲍勃的脸和手。

He sprang across the room, rose up, and put his paws on Bob's shoulders, licking his boy's face and hands.

孩子们喊道：“哦，看，这又是一个把戏。”

Oh, look, it's another trick, cried the children.

鲍勃搂着狗的脖子笑着说：“不，这不是把戏。”

No, said Bob, laughing with his arms around the dog's neck.

这不是把戏。

This is no trick.

唐只是见到我很高兴，对吧，老伙计？

Don's just glad to see me, aren't you, old fellow?

哦，唐，你这些日子都去哪儿了？

Oh, Don, where have you been all this time?

唐又叫又哼，摇着尾巴，恨不得一下子做六件事。

Don barked and whined and wagged and tried to do six things at once.

他高兴极了。

He was so happy.

鲍勃紧紧抱住他，失而复得的狗回来了，他真是太开心了。

And Bob hugged him tight, so glad to have his lost dog back again.

那一刻，鲍勃什么话都没说。

For a moment, Bob didn't say anything at all.

他只是紧紧抱着唐，把脸埋进狗那毛茸茸的脖子里，就像你失而复得一件以为永远失去的东西时那样。

He just held on to Don with his face pressed into the dog's shaggy neck, the way you do when you've got back something you thought was gone for good.

然后他笑了，用袖子擦了擦眼睛，说：哎呀，唐，你可让我们好找啊。

Then he laughed and wiped his eyes on his sleeve and said, well, Don, you have led us a chase.

他真的是你的狗吗？

And he's really your dog?

爱丽丝问道。

Asked Alice.

鲍勃说，他确实是我的狗。

He really is, said Bob.

不过，能在你的派对上找到他，真是世界上最奇怪的事了。

Though it's the strangest thing in the world to find him here at your party.

你是怎么得到他的？

However did you get him?

于是爱丽丝把整个故事讲了一遍。

So Alice told the whole story.

雷克斯是怎么被带走的，她怎么在收容所找到他，以及雷克斯为什么不愿意离开他的大朋友。

How Rex had been carried off, and how she'd found him in the pound, and how Rex hadn't wanted to leave without his big friend.

爱丽丝说：“所以我们把唐带回了家，一直养到现在。”

And so we brought Don home and kept him ever since, said Alice.

但他当然是你的狗，鲍勃。

But of course he's yours, Bob.

你得把他带回去。

You must take him back.

谢谢你，鲍勃说。

Thank you, said Bob.

我们在农场一直很想他。

We've missed him so at the farm.

斯昆提老是跑出围栏，只有唐能把他找回来。

Squinty's forever getting out of his pen, and Don's the only one who can fetch him back.

唐，我们需要你回家。

We need you at home, Don.

你愿意回去吗？

Will you be glad to go back?

雷克斯问道，因为这两只狗能听懂一些他们说的话。

Asked Rex, for the two dogs could follow something of what was being said.

我想我会的，唐说。

I think I shall, said Don.

在这里过得非常愉快，我也非常喜欢你。

It's been very nice here, and I like you ever so much.

但我需要空间来奔跑。

But I need room to run.

将来你一定要来乡下看我。

Someday you must come to the country and see me.

也许我会去的，雷克斯说。

Perhaps I shall, said Rex.

不过如果我去的话，我会坐车去，带上我的蓝色丝绸垫子。

Though if I come, I shall come in the car and bring my blue silk cushion.

你知道的，我已经习惯了。

I'm quite used to it, you know.

唐舔了舔小贵宾犬的耳朵，因为他们一起度过了艰难时光，成了好朋友，他不会忘记这份情谊。

Don licked the little poodle's ear, for they had been good friends through a hard time, and he would not forget it.

接着派对继续进行，唐为鲍勃表演了所有拿手好戏，孩子们吃着冰淇淋和蛋糕，现场充满了掌声和笑声。

Then the party went on, with Don doing all his best tricks for Bob, and the children ate ice cream and cake, and there was a great deal of clapping and laughing.

但我怎么把唐一路带回家呢？

But how am I to get Don all the way home?

派对结束后，鲍勃心里想。

Wondered Bob when the party was over.

你可以坐爸爸的车，爱丽丝说。

You can ride in father's car, said Alice.

我们就是这样把唐从收容所带回来的。

That's how we brought Don from the pound.

唐可以和你一起坐车。

Don can ride with you.

那太好了，鲍勃说。

That'll do nicely, said Bob.

于是第二天，就到了该走的时候了。

So the next day it was time to go.

唐和雷克斯碰了碰鼻子，就像狗狗们告别时那样，雷克斯还叮嘱他一定要小心那些罐头盒和抓狗的人。

Don and Rex touched noses the way dogs do when they say goodbye, and Rex told him to be sure to watch out for tin cans and dog catchers.

唐答应了。

And Don promised that he would.

然后他和鲍勃坐进大汽车，出发去农场，爱丽丝也坐在车上，把雷克斯抱在腿上。

Then he and Bob set off for the farm in the big car, with Alice riding along holding Rex in her lap.

嗯，这可比三条腿跑路强多了，唐心想，他那疼的脚现在已经全好了。

Well, this is a good deal better than trotting on three legs, thought Don, whose sore foot was all healed now.

他们开到半路，车不得不停下来，因为一个轮胎没气了。

They were about halfway to the farm when the car had to stop, for the air had gone out of one of the tires.

开车的詹姆斯爬下车，换了个新轮胎。

And James, who drove the car, climbed out to put a new one on.

他们在路边树荫下等着，这时听到前面传来喇叭声。

While they waited in the shade of a tree by the road, they heard a horn playing somewhere up ahead.

那是什么？

What's that?

爱丽丝说。

Said Alice.

是乐队吗？

A band?

听起来不太像乐队，鲍勃说。

It doesn't sound quite like a band, said Bob.

确实不是。

And it wasn't.

唐闻到了一股野生动物的气味，和那天马戏团的车队经过、斯昆蒂跑掉时闻到的味道一模一样。

Don caught a wild sort of animal smell in the air, the very same smell from the day the circus wagons rolled by when Squinty ran away.

然后，转弯处来了两个人，一个拿着号角，另一个牵着一只大棕熊。

Then around the bend came two men, one of them carrying a horn and the other leading a big brown bear.

哦，有熊！爱丽丝喊道，往后退缩。

Oh, a bear, cried Alice, shrinking back.

我害怕。

I'm frightened.

没必要害怕，鲍勃说。

There's no need, said Bob.

它只是一只驯服的、受过训练的熊。

It's only a tame, trained bear.

看到了吧？

See?

它会表演把戏。

He does tricks.

唐和雷克斯都叫了起来。

Don and Rex both barked.

但让他们大为惊讶的是，那只熊用只有他们能懂的动物语言回应了他们。

But to their great surprise, the bear answered them in the animal talk that only they could understand.

别害怕，熊温和地说。

Don't be afraid, said the bear kindly.

我不会伤害任何人。

I won't hurt anybody.

我只是表演把戏。

I only do tricks.

看好了。

Watch.

等那些人一声令下，这只熊就开始翻跟头，像士兵一样来回走正步，甚至还爬上了电话杆。

And when the men gave the word, the bear turned to somersault and marched up and down like a soldier and even climbed right up a telephone pole.

熊坐回原位说：

There, said the bear, sitting down again.

这招不错吧？

Isn't that a good one?

确实是这样，唐说道。

It certainly is, said Don.

我也会几招，但我可爬不上电话杆。

I can do a few tricks myself, but I could never climb up a telephone pole.

哦，我还有好多绝活呢，熊愉快地说。

Oh, I've plenty more tricks, said the bear cheerfully.

我叫迪多。

My name is Dido.

我一路旅行，看看新地方，过得挺开心的。

I am having a fine time traveling around the country and seeing new places.

这时，新轮胎已经装好了，他们就开车走了，留下迪多熊坐在阳光下的草地上，吃着那些人给他的小面包。

By then, the new tire was on, and so they drove away and left Dido the bear sitting on the grass in the sun, eating a bun that the men had given him.

过了一会儿，唐终于回到了农场。

A little while later, Don was back on the farm at last.

哎呀，他受到了多么热烈的欢迎啊。

And, oh, what a welcome he got.

萨莉跑过来，张开双臂搂住他的脖子。

Sally came running and threw both arms around his neck.

鲍勃的妈妈说她从没想过还能再见到那只狗。

Bob's mother said she never thought to see that dog again.

连那只大红公鸡也在铁丝网后面欢快地喔喔叫，那是它表达高兴的方式。

Even the big red rooster crowed a cheerful cock a doodle doo from behind his wire fence, which was his way of saying he was glad.

唐自己的旧狗窝也在等着他，里面铺着干净的新稻草。

And there was Don's own old kennel waiting for him with fresh clean straw in it.

唐一有空就小跑着去找斯昆蒂。

As soon as he could, Don trotted off to see Squinty.

哎呀，这不是唐吗？你到底去哪儿了？

Well, if it isn't Don, where in the world have you been?

那只滑稽的小猪问道。

Asked the funny pig.

哦，差不多哪儿都去了，唐说。

Oh, pretty nearly everywhere, said Don.

我不在的时候这儿发生什么事了吗？

Has anything happened here while I was gone?

有没有？

Has it?

斯昆蒂说。

Said Squinty.

我被一个男孩买走了，然后我逃跑了。

I was bought by a boy, and I ran away.

我还坐过一次热气球呢。

And I even went up in a balloon once.

我的冒险经历多得数不清，他停顿了一下。

I've had no end of adventures, he paused.

但你知道吗？

But do you know?

能回到家，我真的很高兴。

I was glad to get home again.

我也是，唐说，高兴得不得了。

So was I, said Don, glad as glad can be.

我跟你说，斯昆蒂。

And I'll tell you something, Squinty.

我再也不会逃跑了，永远都不会了。

I'm never going to run away, not ever again.

然后唐去挖了一根多汁的好骨头，躺在自己狗窝里温暖的稻草上享用起来。

Then Don went and dug up a good juicy bone and lay down in the warm straw of his own kennel to enjoy it.

终于回到了属于自己的家。

Home at last where he belonged.

那么，我们向这只离家出走的小狗唐说声晚安吧。

And so we say goodnight to Don, the runaway dog.

我们的故事到这里就结束了。

And that is the end of our story.

晚安。

Good night.

睡个好觉。

Sleep Tight.