有聲名著《格列佛游記》15：第3章 利力浦特的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)(3)

About three weeks later，the King of Blefuscu sent his officialsto ask for peace between the two countries.After theBlefuscans had arranged everything with the Lilliputianofficials，they came to visit me.They had heard how I hadprevented the King from destroying all their ships.Afterthanking me，they invited me to visit their country.

大約3周后，不來(lái)夫斯古國(guó)王派官員來(lái)求和。不來(lái)夫斯古人與利力浦特官員安排好一切事之后，他們來(lái)拜訪我。他們已經(jīng)聽說(shuō)了我如何阻止國(guó)王摧毀他們所有的船只。道謝后，他們邀請(qǐng)我去訪問他們的國(guó)家。

However，when I asked the King of Lilliput if I could visit Blefuscu， he agreed，but verycoldly.I learnt later that he and some of his lords considered I was wrong to have a conversationwith enemies of Lilliput.Now I was beginning to under-stand how difficult and dangerous politicallife can be.

可是，當(dāng)我問利力浦特國(guó)王我是否可以拜訪不來(lái)夫斯古時(shí)，他同意了，不過很冷淡。我后來(lái)得知他和幾個(gè)王公認(rèn)為我不該與利力浦特的敵人會(huì)談?，F(xiàn)在我開始明白政治生活是多么艱難而危險(xiǎn)。

A few days later I had another chance to help the King.

幾天后，我又有一次機(jī)會(huì)幫助國(guó)王。

I was woken at midnight by the cries of hundreds of Lilliputians outside myhouse.Fire!Fire!they shouted.The Queen's rooms in the palace are burning!Comequickly，Man-Mountain!

半夜里我被我房子外面幾百名利力浦特人的叫喊聲吵醒。救火!救火!他們大叫。宮里王后的屋子著火啦!快來(lái)呀，人山!

So I pulled on my clothes and hurried to the palace.A large part of the building was inflames.People were climbing ladders up the walls，and throwing water on the flames， but thefire was burning more strongly every minute.At least the Queen and her ladies had escaped，butthere seemed to be no way of saving this beautiful palace.

所以我披上衣服就趕往王宮。王宮的很大一部分騰著火焰。人們爬上豎在墻上的梯子向火焰潑水，但是火勢(shì)仍然有增無(wú)減。幸好王后和她的貴婦們已經(jīng)脫險(xiǎn)了，但是似乎沒有辦法挽救這座美麗的宮殿。

Suddenly I had an idea.

我忽然有了主意。

The evening before，I had drunk a lot of good wine，and very luckily I had not made water sincethen. In three minutes I managed to put out the whole fire， and the lovely old building wassafe.I went home without waiting for the King's thanks，because I was not sure what he wouldsay.Although I had certainly saved the palace，I knew it was a crime，punishable by death，tomake water anywhere near the palace.I heard later that the Queen was so angry that sherefused to enter any of the dam-aged rooms ever again，and promised to take her revenge onme.

那夜前，我喝了不少酒，而且這之后我幸好還沒有撒尿。只用3分鐘我就把火整個(gè)兒撲滅了，美麗的古老建筑得救了。我沒有等國(guó)王致謝就回家了，因?yàn)槲也桓铱隙▏?guó)王會(huì)怎么說(shuō)。雖然我肯定是救了宮殿，我也知道在宮殿附近撒尿是犯罪，罪可處死。我后來(lái)聽說(shuō)王后極為生氣，拒絕再進(jìn)入受損的房屋一步，而且揚(yáng)言要報(bào)復(fù)我。

關(guān)于《格列佛游記》

格列佛僥幸找到離開不來(lái)夫斯古的辦法，經(jīng)歷一些困難后，安全回到自己的祖國(guó)。