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"Did they pay for the supper?"
“他們付了晚飯錢嗎？”
"How could they do such a thing?
“他們怎么會這么做呢？
Being people of great refinement,
作為十分有教養的人，
they did not want to offend you so deeply as not to allow you the honor of paying the bill."
他們不想無禮的剝奪您付賬單的權利。”
"Too bad! That offense would have been more than pleasing to me," said Pinocchio, scratching his head.
“太可惜了！我倒高興他們能無禮些，”皮諾喬說著抓抓頭。
"Where did my good friends say they would wait for me?" he added.
接著他又問：“我這兩位好朋友說過他們在哪兒等我嗎？”
"At the Field of Wonders, at sunrise tomorrow morning."
“說是在‘奇跡寶地’等你，明天早晨，天一亮的時候。”
Pinocchio paid a gold piece for the three suppers
皮諾喬給那三份晚飯付了一個金幣，
and started on his way toward the field that was to make him a rich man.
朝著那塊能讓他致富的田野，踏上了旅途。
He walked on, not knowing where he was going, for it was dark, so dark that not a thing was visible.
他可以說是摸索著走的，因為旅館外面一片漆黑，黑得伸手不見五指。
Round about him, not a leaf stirred.
四周連一點葉子沙沙聲也聽不見。
A few bats skimmed his nose now and again and scared him half to death.
一些蝙蝠時不時的碰到了他的鼻子，把他嚇得半死。
Once or twice he shouted, "Who goes there?"
一兩次后他大叫起來：“誰在那兒？”
and the faraway hills echoed back to him, "Who goes there? Who goes there? Who goes...?"
遠處的山丘用回聲回答道：“誰在那兒？誰在那兒？誰在...？”
As he walked, Pinocchio noticed a tiny insect glimmering on the trunk of a tree,
他正走間，看見一棵樹的樹干上有一只小蟲子發著光，
a small being that glowed with a pale, soft light.
散發著蒼白柔弱的光。
"Who are you?" he asked.
“你是誰？”皮諾喬問它。
"I am the ghost of the Talking Cricket,"
“我是會說話的蟋蟀的鬼魂，”
answered the little being in a faint voice that sounded as if it came from a faraway world.
那小生物回答，聲音十分微弱，聽起來像是從另一個世界傳來的。
