第51章 陀螺与球 The Top and Ball (第1/5页)
《陀螺与球》，1844 年
the top and ball, 1844
一个陀螺和一个小球一起放在一个盒子里，和其他玩具放在一起，陀螺对球说：“我们住在同一个盒子里，我们结婚好吗？”
A whipping top and a little ball lay together in a box, among other toys, and the top said to the ball, “Shall we be married, as we live in the simple box?”
但是这个球，穿着摩洛哥皮革做的外衣，自视甚高，就像其他年轻小姐一样，甚至都不屑于回答。
but the ball, which wore a dress of morocco leather, and thought as much of herself as any other young lady, would not even condescend to reply.
第二天，这些玩具所属的小男孩来了，他把陀螺涂成了红黄相间的颜色，还在中间钉了一颗铜头钉，这样当陀螺旋转起来的时候，看起来非常漂亮。
the next day came the little boy to whom the playthings belonged, and he painted the top red and yellow, and drove a brass-headed nail into the middle, so that while the top was spinning round it looked splendid.
“看看我。” 陀螺对球说。
“Look at me,” said the top to the ball.
“你现在怎么说？
我们彼此订婚好吗？
我们会很般配的；你能弹起来，我能跳舞。
没有人会比我们更幸福的。”
“what do you say now?
Shall we be engaged to each other?
we should suit so well; you spring, and I dance.
No one could be happier than we should be.”
“真的吗！你这么认为？
也许你不知道我的父亲和母亲是摩洛哥拖鞋，而且我的身体里有一块西班牙软木塞。”
“Indeed! do you think so?
perhaps you do not know that my father and mother were morocco slippers, and that I have a Spanish cork in my body.”
“是的；但我是用桃花心木做的。” 陀螺说。
“Yes; but I am made of mahogany,” said the top.
“是少校亲自车制我的。
他自己有一台车床，对他来说这是一项很大的消遣。”
“the major himself turned me.
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