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Chapter 9
第九章
See Pinocchio hurrying off to school with his new A-B-C book under his arm!
皮諾喬急不可待地夾著他的新識字課本去上學，
As he walked along, his brain was busy planning hundreds of wonderful things, building hundreds of castles in the air.
他一路走，他的小腦袋瓜里浮現出成千個幻想，成千座空中樓閣，越來越美。
Talking to himself, he said:
他自言自語說：
"In school today, I'll learn to read, tomorrow to write, and the day after tomorrow I'll do arithmetic.
“我在學校里，今天就要學會讀書，明天就要學會寫字，后天就要學會計算。
Then, clever as I am, I can earn a lot of money.
以后憑著我的本領，我要掙許許多多錢。
With the very first pennies I make, I'll buy Father a new cloth coat.
我第一次拿到錢就馬上給爸爸買一件漂亮的布上衣。
Cloth, did I say? No, it shall be of gold and silver with diamond buttons.
可我干嗎買布的呢？我要買件金絲銀線織的，鈕扣是鉆石做的。
That poor man certainly deserves it; for,
這位可憐人實在該穿這樣的衣服，為什么，
after all, isn't he in his shirt sleeves because he was good enough to buy a book for me?
一句話，他為了給我買書，為了讓我能夠給我買書，竟把上衣也給賣了，光穿件襯衫……
On this cold day, too! Fathers are indeed good to their children!"
可天又這么冷！父親對他們的孩子簡直太好了！……”
As he talked to himself, he thought he heard sounds of pipes and drums coming from a distance: pi-pi-pi, pi-pi-pi. . .zum, zum, zum, zum.
他正在這樣自言自語，忽然聽見遠處有音樂聲，又是吹笛子，又是敲鼓：的的的，的的的……咚，咚，咚，咚。
He stopped to listen.
他停下來豎起耳朵聽。
Those sounds came from a little street that led to a small village along the shore.
這聲音是打岔道那邊盡頭傳過來的，這條岔道很長很長，一直通到海邊一個小村子。
"What can that noise be? What a nuisance that I have to go to school! Otherwise. . ."
“這音樂聲是怎么回事？可惜我得去上學，要不……”
There he stopped, very much puzzled.
他站在那里拿不定主意。
He felt he had to make up his mind for either one thing or another.
可他無論如何得在兩者之間作出決定：
Should he go to school, or should he follow the pipes?
去上學？還是去聽吹笛子？
"Today I'll follow the pipes, and tomorrow I'll go to school.
“今天就去聽吹笛子，明天再去上學吧。
There's always plenty of time to go to school," decided the little rascal at last, shrugging his shoulders.
反正去上學的日子長著吶，”這個小淘氣最后聳聳肩膀決定了。
No sooner said than done. He started down the street, going like the wind.
說干就干，他走到那條岔道上，撒腿就跑。
