巫婆村(三)

廣西北海 王蔚（著） 俞大河 趙金基（譯）

巫婆村(三)

廣西北海 王蔚（著） 俞大河 趙金基（譯）

5.Skinny WitchⅠs So Obsessed With Being Skinny瘦巫婆的時髦病

Skinny Witch believes that being skinny is cool,and the skinnier,the better.But she is not so skinny before.For example,she used to eat two bowls of steamed rice a meal.Then,in order to lose weight,she reduced it to one bowl a meal,then half a bowl,a spoon,half a spoon,five grains,three grains...In this way,Skinny Witch was getting skinnier with each passing day,until one day she became so skinny that she looked exactly like a longbamboo(竹子)stick.

瘦巫婆相信，越瘦越時髦。但是她以前不瘦。例如：原來她一頓吃兩碗飯，后來為了減肥，改為一頓吃一碗飯，再從一碗飯改為半碗飯、一勺、半勺、五粒、三粒……就這樣，瘦巫婆一天比一天瘦，直到有一天她瘦得像根竹竿。

Now she is going to visit her neighbors,for she wants to show them how fashionable she has become now.But she doesn’t walk far before she feelsdizzy(頭昏眼花的)and falls to the ground.

現在，她要去拜訪她的鄰居們，因為她想讓她們看看她現在變得多時髦。可是走著走著，她就餓得頭昏眼花，倒在了地上。

Busy Witch happens to pass by the place where she is lying,and she sees a bamboo stick on the road.“Oh,this bamboo stick sure looks good!”She says to herself,and then she picks it up and takes it home,intending(打算)to use it as alaundry pole(晾衣竿).Skinny Witch is finally hung between two trees,and before long she is getting so weak that she falls down to the ground,together with the clothes on her.

忙巫婆恰好路過她躺著的地方，她看見路上有一根竹竿，“噢，這根竹竿兒不錯！”她自言自語道，然后她把瘦巫婆揀起來帶回家，準備用她當晾衣竿。最后，瘦巫婆被橫在兩棵樹中間，沒一會兒她就軟了，和衣服一起掉到了地上。

“Gee,this bamboo stick seems useless!”Busy Witch says,“But,at least it can be used asfirewood(木 材 ).”Then she is trying to break the stick and throw it into the cookingstove(爐子).But no matter how hard she tries,she just can’t break it.Right at this moment,the sharp pain wakes Skinny Witch up.

“哎呀！這根竹竿沒什么用嘛！”忙巫婆說，“但是至少可以把它當柴燒吧。”然后她想把竹竿掰斷，塞進灶里。可是，無論她怎么使勁都掰不斷。就在這時，瘦巫婆被這劇痛給弄醒了。

Busy Witch suddenly sees two eyes on the upper end of the stick,and when she takes a closer look,she finds the eyes are rolling around.Suddenly the stick begins speaking to her,“Hey,Busy Witch,do you stillrecognize(認出)me?I am Skinny Witch.I do look cool,right?”Busy Witch is sostartled(驚訝的)that she almost drops the stick.Busy Witch apologizes for what has happened,and invites Skinny Witch for a meal.However,Skinny Witch eats only one grain of rice after a full bowl of steamed rice is put in front of her and then she walks away.

忙巫婆突然看見竹竿上頭有兩個眼睛，當她走進了看時，發現那兩只眼睛在骨碌骨碌轉。突然，竹竿開始講話，“喂，忙巫婆，你還認識我嗎？我是瘦巫婆。我看起來很時髦，對嗎？”忙巫婆非常震驚，以至于幾乎把竹竿丟到地上。忙巫婆為所發生的一切道歉了，并邀請瘦巫婆吃一頓飯。但是，一大碗飯擺在面前，瘦巫婆只吃了一粒米就走了。

Skinny Witch isstaggering(搖搖晃晃的)along the road,when suddenly her head starts to spin and she almost falls to the ground.Luckily,she got hold of Good-tempered Witch who is just passing by.After a few seconds to catch her breath,she says to Good-tempered Witch, “Do you think I look cool?”“Well,yea.You do look cool,but you are not healthy!”

瘦巫婆在路上搖搖晃晃地走著，突然眼前天旋地轉，差點栽倒在地。幸運的是，她抓住了恰好路過的憨巫婆。喘了幾秒鐘氣之后，她對憨巫婆說：“你覺得我時髦嗎？”“是的，你是很時髦，可你不健康。”

Feelingdisappointed(失望的),Skinny Witchbumps into(遇見)Pretty Witch.She then says to her proudly,“I am a lot more fashionable than you are！”“Well,maybe,just maybe,you look a little more fashionable than I do,but honestly I do look better!”

瘦巫婆覺得很失望，走著走著，又碰到俏巫婆，她驕傲地對俏巫婆說：“你看我多時髦，你看你多老土！”“也許，只是也許，你是比我時髦一點，可我還是覺得你沒我好看。”

Skinny Witch isfurious(憤怒的)with all thesenegative(消極的)comments after all the efforts she put into losing her weight.But still she doesn’t lose hope for somecompliments(夸獎).Then she comes across Good Witch who says to her,“Being so skinny is indeed fashionable,but it seems to me that you are not happy!”Skinny Witch faints to the ground again.

瘦巫婆努力減肥這么多天，卻得到這些負面的評價，非常生氣。可她還是繼續找人問，希望得到夸獎。后來她碰到好巫婆，好巫婆對她說，“你是很時髦，但是我覺得你一點也不快樂！”結果，瘦巫婆氣得又一次暈倒在地。

The witches gather together and feed her with some rice milk.And it is not long before she regains herconsciousness(意識).Then she hears from the other witches,“Well,she looks better now,and she’ll look much better if she eats more.”These comments are veryencouraging(鼓勵的).So Skinny Witch decides to eat more in order to look better.She eats from just one grain of steamed rice per meal to three grains,then five grains,half a spoon,one spoon,less than half a bowl,half a bowl,one bowl,and now two bowls...I wish she can watch her diet a little bit from now on...

巫婆們圍攏過來給她灌了很多米湯，沒過多久瘦巫婆終于醒來了。她聽到其他的巫婆說，“嗯，她看起來好多了啦，她要再多吃點兒，就會更好看啦！”這些話非常鼓舞她，因此瘦巫婆為了讓自己變得好看，決定多吃一些。她從一頓飯吃一粒米，改為三粒米，然后五粒米、半勺、一勺、小半碗、半碗、一碗、兩碗……。但愿，她不要越吃越多啊!

（未完待續）