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Chapter 19
第19章
If the Marionette had been told to wait a day instead of twenty minutes, the time could not have seemed longer to him.
如果木偶被告之要等的是一天而不是二十分鐘，時間對他來說就不會那么難熬了。
He walked impatiently to and fro and finally turned his nose toward the Field of Wonders.
他焦躁地走來走去，最終還是朝著奇跡寶地走去了。
And as he walked with hurried steps, his heart beat with an excited tic, tac, tic, tac, just as if it were a wall clock, and his busy brain kept thinking:
他走得很急，他的心很響地嘀嗒嘀嗒的跳，像一個壁掛鐘。他忙碌的大腦一直在想：
"What if, instead of a thousand, I should find two thousand? Or if, instead of two thousand, I should find five thousand--or one hundred thousand?
“樹上如果不是一千，而是兩千呢？樹上如果不是兩千，而是五千呢，或者是一萬呢？
I'll build myself a beautiful palace, with a thousand stables filled with a thousand wooden horses to play with, a cellar overflowing with lemonade and ice cream soda, and a library of candies and fruits, cakes and cookies."
我要建一個美麗的宮殿，有著一千個馬廄，里面有一千只木馬可以玩，還有一個堆滿了檸檬水和冰淇淋蘇打水的地下室，和一個放滿了糖果、水果、蛋糕和餅干的圖書館。
Thus amusing himself with fancies, he came to the field.
他就這么引人發笑的幻想著，走近了那塊地。
There he stopped to see if, by any chance, a vine filled with gold coins was in sight. But he saw nothing! He took a few steps forward, and still nothing!
他停下來就張望，看能不能見到那么一棵藤蔓，枝頭掛滿金幣的。可他什么也沒看見。他往前又走了幾步，還是什么都沒看見。
He stepped into the field. He went up to the place where he had dug the hole and buried the gold pieces. Again nothing!
他走到了那塊地上，一直走到他挖洞種下金幣的那里，可還是什么都沒看見。
Pinocchio became very thoughtful and, forgetting his good manners altogether, he pulled a hand out of his pocket and gave his head a thorough scratching.
于是他就拼命動腦筋，也顧不得行什么禮貌規矩，從口袋里伸出—只手來，把頭搔了遍。
