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Jack was afraid to come down, and only after three days passed in his lofty place of refuge did hunger force him to descend.
杰克不敢下來，三天后，它餓得實在不行了，才從高聳的避難處跑下來。
He chose the moment when I was sitting on deck, and swinging himself by a rope,
它下來時，我正坐在甲板上。它悠在一根繩子上。
he dropped suddenly into my lap, looking so piteously at me for pardon,
突然掉到我的大腿上。可憐兮兮地看著我，請求我的原諒，
that I not only forgave him myself, but saved him from further punishment.
我不僅原諒了他，還讓它免于遭受進一步的懲罰。
Soon after this I took another vessel, and Jack and I parted, never to meet again.
過了不久，我乘坐另一艘船，于是就和杰克分開了，從此再沒有見過面。
Among the rules of the port of London is one which forbids, under a heavy penalty, the firing of a gun from any vessel lying there.
倫敦港的規則中，有一條是禁止從船上開槍，否則將遭受重罰。
An armed ship had just come in from a long voyage, during which she had touched at several places,
一艘武裝船只剛結束一次長途航行返港，在這期間她曾在多處?？浚?/div>
and at each of them had fired a salute on anchoring.
每次駁船后它都會鳴禮炮。
A monkey that was on board, naturally wondering why this was omitted when he saw the anchor dropped at London,
一只在船上的猴子，自然會納悶，當它看到船錨在倫敦港落下后，
resolved, rather than that it should not take place, that he would fire the salute himself!
卻沒有鳴禮炮。他決定，要自己來鳴這個禮炮！
Accordingly, while the attention of all on board was engaged with the arrival of the ship,
因此，當船上所有人都在關注船只到港時，
he went to the cooking-place, and with the tongs took out a live coal, which he applied to the touch-hole of one of the guns;
它就跑到廚房，用鉗子取出一塊活煤，涂在其中一把槍支的點火孔上。
and forthwith the whole neighbourhood was startled by the roar of the cannon.
接著，整個街區的人都被大炮的轟鳴聲嚇到了。
The captain of the vessel was prosecuted for breaking the law;
船長因觸犯法律而被起訴；
and he could only clear himself by proving that the cannon had been fired by the monkey.
他只能證明大炮是猴子發射的，才能使自己清白。
