广西北海 王蔚（著） 俞大河 赵金基（译）

巫婆村(三)

广西北海 王蔚（著） 俞大河 赵金基（译）

5.Skinny WitchⅠs So Obsessed With Being Skinny瘦巫婆的时髦病

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，越瘦越时髦。但是她以前不瘦。例如：原来她一顿吃两碗饭，后来为了减肥，改为一顿吃一碗饭，再从一碗饭改为半碗饭、一勺、半勺、五粒、三粒……就这样，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(头昏眼花的)and falls to the ground.

现在，她要去拜访她的邻居们，因为她想让她们看看她现在变得多时髦。可是走着走着，她就饿得头昏眼花，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.

忙巫婆恰好路过她躺着的地方，她看见路上有一根竹竿，“噢，这根竹竿儿不错！”她自言自语道，然后她把瘦巫婆拣起来带回家，准备用她当晾衣竿。最后，瘦巫婆被横在两棵树中间，没一会儿她就软了，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(炉子).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！这根竹竿没什么用嘛！”忙巫婆说，“但是至少可以把它当柴烧吧。”然后她想把竹竿掰断，塞进灶里。可是，无论她怎么使劲都掰不断。就在这时，瘦巫婆被这剧痛给弄醒了。

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(认出)me?I am Skinny Witch.I do look cool,right?”Busy Witch is sostartled(惊讶的)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.

忙巫婆突然看见竹竿上头有两个眼睛，当她走进了看时，发现那两只眼睛在骨碌骨碌转。突然，竹竿开始讲话，“喂，忙巫婆，你还认识我吗？我是瘦巫婆。我看起来很时髦，对吗？”忙巫婆非常震惊，以至于几乎把竹竿丢到地上。忙巫婆为所发生的一切道歉了，并邀请瘦巫婆吃一顿饭。但是，一大碗饭摆在面前，瘦巫婆只吃了一粒米就走了。

Skinny Witch isstaggering(摇摇晃晃的)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!”

瘦巫婆在路上摇摇晃晃地走着，突然眼前天旋地转，差点栽倒在地。