《猴爪》
The Monkey’s Paw
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‘But these three wishes don’t bring happiness,’ the soldier said.
“但这三个愿望并不能带来幸福。”老兵说。
‘The old Indian wanted to teach us something- it’s never good to want to change things.’
“印度老人告诉我们——想改变现实并不一定是好事。”
‘Well, did your friend have three wishes?’ Herbert asked the old soldier.
“那么，你的朋友也有三个愿望吗？郝伯特问老兵。
‘Yes,’ Morris answered quietly. ‘And his third and last wish was to die!’
“是的，”莫里斯静静地回答。“并且他的第三个也是最后一个愿望，就是去死！”
Mr. and Miss White listened to the story and they felt afraid, but Herbert asked, ‘And did he die?’
怀特先生和怀特太太听了这个故事感到有些害怕，郝伯特问，“他死了吗？”
‘Yes, he did,’ Morris said. ‘He had no family, so his things came to me when he died.
“是的，他死了，”莫里斯说。“他没有家，所以他死的时候把他的东西全给了我，
The monkey’s paw was with his things, but he told me about it before he died.’ Tom Morris finished quietly.
猴爪就是这些东西的附带品，不过他死之前就告诉过我有关猴爪的故事。”汤姆·莫里斯静静地说。
‘What were his first two wishes, then?’ Herbert asked.’ What did he ask for?’
“那么，他的头两个个愿望是什么？”郝伯特问。“他要的是什么？”
‘I don’t know. He didn’t want to tell me,’ the soldier answered.
“我不知道。他没有告诉过我。”老兵回答道。
For a minute or two everybody was quiet, but then Herbert said,
一两分钟里大家都沉默着，然而郝伯特又问，
‘And you, Mr. Morris: did you have three wishes?’
“莫里斯先生，你有三个愿望吗？”
‘Yes, I did,’ ‘Morris answered.
“是的，我有过，”莫里斯回答。
‘I was young. I wanted many things – a fast car, money…’
“我年轻时，我想要很多东西——一辆跑车，还有钱……”
Morris stopped for a minute and then he said with difficulty,
莫里斯停顿了一会儿，然后很艰难地说，
‘My wife and my young son died in an accident in the car.
“我的妻子和我年轻的儿子在一次事故中丧生，
Without them I didn’t want the money, so, in the end, I wished to lost it.
But it was too late. My wife and my child were dead.’
没有了他们，我不再想要钱，以至到最后，我希望一无所有，但为时已晚，我的妻子和孩子并不能死而复生。”
未完待续～
