I did not spend long in Blefuscu.Only three days after myarrival,I noticed a boat in the sea,near the beach.It was areal boat,large enough for me.Perhaps it had been driventhere by a storm.I swam out to it and tied ropes toit.Then,with the help of twenty of Blefuscu's ships and threethousand sailors,I pulled it on to the beach.
我沒有在不來夫斯古呆多久。只是3天之后,我注意到海岸附近有一只船,那是一只真正的船,大得足夠我用。也許是被風(fēng)暴驅(qū)到那兒的。我游向它,并系上繩子,然后在20只不來夫斯古船和3000名水手的幫助下,我把它拖到岸邊。
It was not badly damaged,and it was exciting to be able to start planning my journey back toEngland and my home.During this time,the King of Lilliput had written to ask the King ofBlefuscu to send me back, as a prisoner,so that I could receive my punishment.
它損壞得還不算嚴(yán)重,能夠計(jì)劃著用它返回英格蘭和我自己的家真是太令人興奮了。這時候,利力浦特國王向不來夫斯古國王寫信,請求把我作為一個囚犯送還,以便我接受處罰。
The King of Blefuscu,however,replied that I was too strong to be taken prisoner,and that Iwould soon be returning to my country anyway.Secretly he invited me to stay and help him inBlefuscu,but I no longer believed in the promises of kings or their officials, so I politelyrefused.
但是不來夫斯古國王回信說我太強(qiáng)壯,無法拘捕,而且我不久就要返回自己的國家,暗地里他請求我留下來在不來夫斯古幫他,可是我已經(jīng)不再相信國王或他們的官員的許諾,所以我禮貌地拒絕了。
I was now impatient to start my voyage home,and the King ordered his workmen to repair theboat and prepare everything I needed.I had the meat of one hundred cattle and three hundredsheep to eat on the journey,and I also had some live animals to show to my friends inEngland.
我現(xiàn)在著急啟程回家,國王命令他的工匠修好我的船,準(zhǔn)備我需要的一切。我有100只牛和300只羊的肉供我旅途中食用,還有一些活動物以展示給我在英格蘭的朋友們。
About one month later,I left Blefuscu,on September 24th,1701.The King,the Queen andtheir lords and ladies all came down to the beach to wave goodbye.
大約一個月后,在1701年9月24日我離開了不來夫斯古。國王、王后及他們的王公和貴婦全都到海岸來向我揮手道別。
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