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"This hay is not bad," he said to himself. "But how much happier I should be if I had studied! Just now, instead of hay, I should be eating some good bread and butter. Patience!"
“這干草還不壞。”他心里說，“可我要是繼續(xù)讀書了我會(huì)開心的多！這時(shí)候我吃的就不是干草，而是新鮮的面包和黃油，忍耐！”
Next morning, when he awoke, Pinocchio looked in the manger for more hay, but it was all gone. He had eaten it all during the night.
第二天早晨他醒來，皮諾喬在槽里找干草，可是找不到，因?yàn)樗蛱煲估锒汲怨饬恕?/div>
He tried the straw, but, as he chewed away at it, he noticed to his great disappointment that it tasted neither like rice nor like macaroni.
于是他試著吃麥秸。他嚼著嚼著，失望的發(fā)現(xiàn)它的味道既完全不像米飯也不像通心粉。
"Patience!" he repeated as he chewed. "If only my misfortune might serve as a lesson to disobedient boys who refuse to study! Patience! Have patience!"
“忍耐！”他又說了一遍，繼續(xù)嚼，“要是我的不幸能給所有不聽話不愿學(xué)習(xí)的孩子們作為教訓(xùn)，那就好了。忍耐！要有耐心！”
"Patience indeed!" shouted his master just then, as he came into the stable.
“忍耐一點(diǎn)吧！”主人這時(shí)候正好進(jìn)畜欄，叫著說道。
"Do you think, perhaps, my little Donkey, that I have brought you here only to give you food and drink?
“我的小驢子，你以為我把你買來，只是為了給你吃給你喝嗎？
Oh, no! You are to help me earn some fine gold pieces, do you hear? Come along, now.
噢，不是的！你得給我掙一些純金幣，聽見沒？現(xiàn)在，過來。
I am going to teach you to jump and bow, to dance a waltz and a polka, and even to stand on your head."
我會(huì)教你跳躍和鞠躬，跳華爾滋和波爾卡，甚至用頭倒立。”
Poor Pinocchio, whether he liked it or not, had to learn all these wonderful things;
可憐的皮諾喬不管高興還是被迫，只好學(xué)習(xí)這些了不起的把戲；
but it took him three long months and cost him many, many lashings before he was pronounced perfect.
可他花了三個(gè)月，身上挨了無數(shù)下皮鞭才被宣稱做到了完美。
