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John Thomas’s Cube
約翰·托馬斯的立方體
John Leimert
約翰·萊默特
John Thomas Thompson, aged eight years and nine months, lived in a house with an old, warped, but extremely large and fruitful apple tree in the back yard. Beneath this tree, leaning with his back against the trunk, or in it, wedged between forking limbs, John Thomas often took refuge. Here he came to escape the turmoil of his expanding world and to dream the dreams and think the thoughts important to a boy aged eight years and nine months.
約翰·托馬斯·湯普森時(shí)年八歲零九個(gè)月。他住的房子后院里長著一棵彎彎扭扭的老蘋果樹，這棵樹十分巨大，果實(shí)累累。約翰·托馬斯經(jīng)常躲在這棵樹下，背倚著樹干或是爬到樹上擠在分叉的樹枝中間。他來到這兒是為了躲避他那越來越大的世界所帶來的騷擾。在這里他做著對(duì)一個(gè)八歲零九個(gè)月的孩子來說極為重要的美夢，思考著一個(gè)八歲零九個(gè)月的孩子認(rèn)為是重要的事情。
John Thomas went out to visit this tree at seven-thirty o’clock of the morning of September 30. He didn’t even wait for his breakfast. He just tumbled out of bed, threw his clothes on, and dashed out. He wasn’t much more than past the door when he set up a clamor for his mother to come and see what he had found. His mother, however, was busy making toast, and frying bacon, and pouring John's father's coffee. She called to him to hurry back into the house and eat his breakfast, and to be sure his hands and face were clean, or else he would be late for school.
約翰·托馬斯于9月30日早晨7點(diǎn)30分出門去到那棵樹下。他甚至沒等吃早飯。他一骨碌從床上爬了起來，匆匆套上衣服，沖了出去。他剛一出門就大聲嚷起來，要他母親出去看看他的發(fā)現(xiàn)。然而，他母親正忙著烤面包，煎熏肉，給約翰的父親倒咖啡。她叫約翰趕快回到屋里吃早飯，并且洗干凈自己的手和臉，不然他上學(xué)就要遲到了。
John Thomas ordinarily was an obedient boy, but on this morning he ignored his mother's summons. "But, Mother,"he said, "it's the queerest thing I've found. A little block of metal so heavy I can't lift it. Come and see. Please, Mother."
約翰·托馬斯平日是一個(gè)順從的孩子，但是那個(gè)早上他卻沒有聽他母親的召喚?！翱墒牵瑡寢?，”他說，“這是我發(fā)現(xiàn)的最奇怪的東西。這么一小塊金屬卻重得我提都提不起來?？靵砜窗?，媽媽?！?/div>
"You might just as well," John Thomas's father said.
“你還是去看看吧，”約翰·托馬斯的父親說道。
