第78章 对此毋庸置疑 There Is No Doubt About It (第1/5页)

《对此毋庸置疑》，1852 年

there Is No doubt About It., 1852

“那件事太可怕了！” 一只母鸡说道，而且这事还是发生在城镇的另一个区域呢，根本就没发生在它这儿。

“that was a terrible affair!” said a hen, and in a quarter of the town, too, where it had not taken place.

“鸡窝里发生了一件可怕的事。我今晚可不敢一个人睡了。好在我们很多鸡都一起蹲在鸡窝横杆上呢。” 然后它讲了一个故事，吓得其他母鸡的羽毛都竖了起来，公鸡的鸡冠也耷拉了下来。这是千真万确的。

“that was a terrible affair in a hen-roost. I cannot sleep alone to-night. It is a good thing that many of us sit on the roost together.” And then she told a story that made the feathers on the other hens bristle up, and the cock’s b fall. there was no doubt about it.

但我们还是从头说起吧，故事要从城镇另一处的一个鸡窝讲起。太阳正在落山，家禽们都往它们的鸡窝横杆上飞；有一只母鸡，长着白色的羽毛，腿很短，它向来都是按规矩下蛋的，作为一只母鸡，各方面都很体面。当它飞到鸡窝横杆上时，它用嘴啄了啄自己，一根小羽毛就掉了下来。

but we will begin at the beginning, and that is to be found in a hen-roost in another part of the town. the sun was setting, and the fowls were flying on to their roost; one hen, with white feathers and short legs, used to lay her eggs according to the regulations, and was, as a hen, respectable in every way. As she was flying upon the roost, she plucked herself with her beak, and a little feather came out.

“它掉下来了，” 它说，“我啄得越多，就变得越漂亮。” 它说得很开心，因为它是这群母鸡里最好的一只，而且，如前面所说，非常体面。说完它就睡觉去了。

“there it goes,” she said; “the more I pluck, the more beautiful do I get.” She said this merrily, for she was the best of the hens, and, moreover, as had been said, very respectable. with that she went to sleep.

四周一片漆黑，母鸡们紧紧挨在一起，但紧挨着它这位快活邻居的那只母鸡