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As I have already said fifty times over, I do not know! replied Epimetheus, getting a little vexed himself.
厄毗米修斯回答道，我已經告訴過你50多次，我不知道，他自己有點煩惱。
How, then, can I tell you what is inside? You might open it, said Pandora, and then we could see for ourselves.
我怎么能告訴你里面是什么？潘多拉說你或許可以打開它，我們可以自己看看。
Pandora, what are you thinking of? exclaimed Epimetheus. His face showed so much horror at the idea of looking into a box
厄毗米修斯叫嚷到，潘多拉你在想什么？他一想到看看這個箱子臉上就表現出極大的恐懼，
which had been given to him on his promise never to open it, that Pandora thought it best not to suggest it any more.
把盒子給他時，他承諾永遠不會打開，潘多拉認為不要再提出這樣的要求了。
Still, she could not help thinking and talking about the box. At least, said she, you can tell me how it came here.
但她沒法讓自己不去想不去說，她說至少你可以告訴我它是怎么來的。
It was left at the door, replied Epimetheus, just before you came, by a person who looked very smiling and
厄毗米修斯回答道，它放在了門口，就在你來之前，是一個滿臉微笑的人，
who could hardly keep from laughing as he put it down. He was dressed in an odd kind of cloak,
他把盒子放下后就止不住大笑，他穿著奇怪的披風，
and had on a cap that seemed to be made partly of feathers, so that it looked almost as if it had wings.
戴著一個部分用羽毛制成的帽子，看上去就像長了翅膀。
What sort of staff had he? asked Pandora. Oh, the most curious staff you ever saw! cried Epimetheus.
潘多拉問他擁有怎樣的權杖，厄毗米修斯大叫道，這是我見過最不同凡響的權杖。
It was like two serpents twisting around a stick, and was carved so naturally that I at first thought the serpents were alive.
很像兩只蛇在權杖上纏繞，雕刻地很自然，我第一眼看見以為蛇是真的。
I know him, said Pandora thoughtfully. Nobody else has such a staff. It was Quicksilver, and he brought me here as well as the box.
潘多拉若有所思地說，我知道這個人，沒人有這樣的權杖，他是快銀，他把我和盒子一起帶到這里。
No doubt he intended it for me; and most probably it contains pretty dresses for me to wear,
毫無疑問，他為我做了計劃，很有可能盒子里面是我穿的衣服，
or something very nice for us both to eat! Perhaps so, answered Epimetheus, turning away.
或者給我們兩個帶的好吃的，厄毗米修斯說或許吧，并轉過身去。
But until Quicksilver comes back and tells us so, we have neither of us any right to lift the lid of the box.
除非快銀回來，并把這些告訴我們，否則我們沒有權利打開盒子。
What a dull boy he is! muttered Pandora, as Epimetheus left the cottage.
潘多拉嘟囔道，真是個呆子，厄毗米修斯離開了別墅。
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For the first time since her arrival, Epimetheus had gone out without asking Pandora to accompany him.
自從潘多拉到來以后，厄毗米修斯第一次沒有叫她一同陪伴。
He went to gather figs and grapes for himself, or to seek whatever amusement he could find with other children.
他為自己采集無花果和葡萄，或是和其他兒童尋找玩耍的事物。
He was tired to death of hearing about the box, and heartily wished that
他厭煩了關于盒子的問題，并強烈希望
Quicksilver had left it at some other child's door where Pandora would never have set eyes on it.
快銀把它放在其它孩子門口，一個潘多拉沒有見過的孩子門口。
