雙語賞析《新月集》第30期: 惡郵差 THE WICKED POSTMAN
WHY do you sit there on the floor so quiet and silent, tell me, mother dear?
你為什么坐在那邊地板上不言不動的，告訴我呀，親愛的媽媽？
The rain is coming in through the open window, making you all wet, and you don't mind it.
雨從開著的窗口打進來了，把你身上全打濕了，你卻不管。
Do you hear the gong striking four? It is time for my brother to come home from school.
你聽見鐘已打四下了么？正是哥哥從學(xué)校里回家的時候了。
What has happened to you that you look so strange?
到底發(fā)生了什么事，你的神色這樣不對？
Haven't you got a letter from father to-day?
你今天沒有接到爸爸的信么？
I saw the postman bringing letters in his bag for almost everybody in the town.
我看見郵差在他的袋里帶了許多信來，幾乎鎮(zhèn)里的每個人都分送到了。
Only, father's letters he keeps to read himself. I am sure the postman is a wicked man.
只有爸爸的信，他留起來給他自己看。我確信這個郵差是個壞人。
But don't be unhappy about that, mother dear.
但是不要因此不樂呀，親愛的媽媽。
To-morrow is market day in the next village. You ask your maid to buy some pens and papers.
明天是鄰村市集的日子。你叫女仆去買些筆和紙來。
I myself will write all father's letters; you will not find a single mistake.
我自己會寫爸爸所寫的一切信；使你找不出一點錯處來。
I shall write from A right up to K.
我要從A字一直寫到K字。
But, mother, why do you smile?
但是，媽媽，你為什么笑呢？
You don't believe that I can write as nicely as father does!
你不相信我能寫得同爸爸一樣好！
But I shall rule my paper carefully, and write all the letters beautifully big.
但是我將用心畫格子，把所有的字母都寫得又大又美。
When I finish my writing, do you think I shall be so foolish as father and drop it into the horridpostman's bag?
當(dāng)我寫好了時，你以為我也像爸爸那樣傻，把它投入可怕的郵差的袋中么？
I shall bring it to you myself without waiting, and letter by letter help you to read my writing.
我立刻就自己送來給你，而且一個字母，一個字母地幫助你讀。
I know the postman does not like to give you the really nice letters.
我知道那郵差是不肯把真正的好信送給你的。
