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Chapter Nine The Founding of Narnia[qh]
第九章 纳尼亚的诞生[qh]
The Lion was pacing to and fro about that empty land and singing his new song.[qh]
狮子唱着新歌，在空旷的大地上走来走去。[qh]
It was softer and more lilting than the song by which he had called up the stars and the sun; a gentle, rippling music.[qh]
这歌声比刚才唤起星星和太阳的歌声更柔和，更轻快活泼，是一曲如潺潺流水般温暖的乐声。[qh]
And as he walked and sang the valley grew green with grass. It spread out from the Lion like a pool. It ran up the sides of the little hills like a wave.[qh]
随着它的移动和歌唱，河谷里长出青青碧草，从狮子身边像水潭一样蔓延开去，又如浪花一般爬到小山坡上。[qh]
In a few minutes it was creeping up the lower slopes of the distant mountains, making that young world every moment softer. The light wind could now be heard ruffling the grass.[qh]
一会儿，青草就长上了远处大山的斜坡，年轻的世界每一瞬间都变得更加柔美。微风沙沙地拂动青草。[qh]
Soon there were other things besides grass. The higher slopes grew dark with heather. Patches of rougher and more bristling green appeared in the valley.[qh]
很快，除了草，又出现了别的东西。高高的山坡上长出了颜色暗淡的石楠属植物，河谷里长出了一片片毛茬茬的粗糙不平的绿色。[qh]
Digory did not know what they were until one began coming up quite close to him.[qh]
迪格雷刚开始不知道是什么，直到其中一个来到离他很近的地方。[qh]
It was a little, spiky thing that threw out dozens of arms and covered these arms with green and grew larger at the rate of about an inch every two seconds.[qh]
那是一种长而尖的小东西，身上长出几十支手臂，上面覆盖着绿色之物，而且以每两秒钟一寸的速度增大。[qh]
There were dozens of these things all round him now. When they were nearly as tall as himself he saw what they were. "Trees!" he exclaimed.[qh]
现在他的周围到处都有这样的东西。等它们长到与他高度相似时，他才恍然大悟地喊道“树！”[qh]
The nuisance of it, as Polly said afterwards, was that you weren't left in peace to watch it all.[qh]
令人沮丧的是，正如波莉以后说的，你无法安安静静地观赏这一切。[qh]
Just as Digory said "Trees!" he had to jump because Uncle Andrew had sidled up to him again and was going to pick his pocket.[qh]
迪格雷说“树”的同时，他不得不跳到一边，因为安德鲁舅舅又悄悄溜到他身旁，企图偷他的戒指。[qh]
It wouldn't have done Uncle Andrew much good if he had succeeded, for he was aiming at the right-hand pocket because he still thought the green rings were "homeward" rings. But of course Digory didn't want to lose either.[qh]
即使他偷到手也没有多大好处，因为他一直以为绿戒指管返回，便把目标对准右边口袋。当然，迪格雷也不想让他得逞。[qh]
"Stop!" cried the Witch. "Stand back. No, further back. If anyone goes within ten paces of either of the children, I will knock out his brains."[qh]
“住手” 女巫大叫，“站回去。不准往前走。谁要是走到离这两个小孩中的任何一个十步远的地方，我就敲碎他的脑袋。”[qh]
She was poising in her hand the iron bar that she had torn off the lamp-post, ready to throw it. Somehow no one doubted that she would be a very good shot.[qh]
她挥舞着那根从灯柱上扭下来的铁棒，随时准备扔出去。不管怎么说，人人都相信她会扔得很准。[qh]
"So!" she said. "You would steal back to your own world with the boy and leave me here." Uncle Andrew's temper at last got the better of his fears.[qh]
“好哇，”她说，“你想带着这男孩偷偷跑回你们的世界，而把我留在这儿。”安德鲁舅舅终于不怕她了，忍不住发了火。[qh]
"Yes, Ma'am, I would," he said. "Most undoubtedly I would. I should be perfectly in my rights. I have been most shamefully, most abominably treated.[qh]
“是的，夫人，”他说，“毫无疑问，我就想这么干。这完全是我的权力。我蒙受了最大的羞辱，受到了最低等的待遇。[qh]
I have done my best to show you such civilities as were in my power. And what has been my reward? You have robbed-I must repeat the word-robbed a highly respectable jeweller.[qh]
我曾经尽全力尊敬你，讨好你，但我得到的报答是什么呢？你抢劫...我一定要重复这两个字...抢劫了受人尊敬的珠宝商。[qh]
You have insisted on my entertaining you to an exceedingly expensive, not to say ostentatious, lunch, though I was obliged to pawn my watch and chain in order to do so[qh]
你坚持要我招待你最昂贵（不用说也是最铺张）的午餐。这样一来，我不得不当掉手表和表链[qh]
(and let me tell you, Ma'am, that none of our family have been in the habit of frequenting pawnshops, except my cousin Edward, and he was in the Yeomanry).[qh]
（告诉你，夫人，我们家还没谁有经常光顾当铺的习惯，除了我的表哥爱德华，他参加过义勇骑兵队）。[qh]
During that indigestible meal-I'm feeling the worse for it at this very moment-your behaviour and conversation attracted the unfavourable attention of everyone present.[qh]
吃那顿消化不了的午饭时...现在想起来我更难受了...你的言行骚扰了在座的每一个人。[qh]
I feel I have been publicly disgraced. I shall never be able to show my face in that restaurant again. You have assaulted the police. You have stolen-"[qh]
我觉得自己在公众场合丢了脸。以后，我再没有脸去那个饭店了。你袭击警察，还偷了...”[qh]
"Oh stow it, Guv'nor, do stow it, " said the Cabby. "Watchin' and listenin's the thing at present; not talking." There was certainly plenty to watch and to listen to.[qh]
“别说了，先生，请别说了。”马车夫说，“看一看、听一听眼前发生的事吧，不要讲话。”值得看和值得听的实在太多了。[qh]
The tree which Digory had noticed was now a full-grown beech whose branches swayed gently above his head. They stood on cool, green grass, sprinkled with daisies and buttercups.[qh]
迪格雷最先看见的那棵树己经长成一棵粗壮的山毛榉，枝丫优美地在他头顶上舒展。他们站立的那片凉爽的青草地上散布着雏菊和毛莨属植物。[qh]
A little way off, along the river bank, willows were growing. On the other side tangles of flowering currant, lilac, wild rose, and rhododendron closed them in.[qh]
稍远的地方，沿河生长着柳树。河的对岸，绽放着一丛丛茶藨子、丁香花、野玫瑰和杜鹃花。[qh]
The horse was tearing up delicious mouthfuls of new grass. All this time the Lion's song, and his stately prowl, to and fro, backwards and forwards, was going on.[qh]
那匹马大口大口地撕咬着新鲜的草。在这段时间里，狮子一直不停地唱着歌，庄严地前后左右走动。[qh]
What was rather alarming was that at each turn he came a little nearer.[qh]
使人惊异的是，它每次转身，都离他们更近一些。[qh]
Polly was finding the song more and more interesting because she thought she was beginning to see the connection between the music and the things that were happening.[qh]
波莉发现，歌声越来越有趣，因为她觉得自己开始看出了音乐与眼前发生的事之间的联系。[qh]
When a line of dark firs sprang up on a ridge about a hundred yards away she felt that they were connected with a series of deep, prolonged notes which the Lion had sung a second before.[qh]
当大约百米外的山脊上跳出一排墨绿色的冷杉树时，她感到这和一秒钟前狮子唱的一组低沉、悠长的音调紧密相关。[qh]
And when he burst into a rapid series of lighter notes she was not surprised to see primroses suddenly appearing in every direction.[qh]
毫不奇怪，随着狮了唱出一组轻快的旋律，她看到报春花从四面八方长了出来。[qh]
Thus, with an unspeakable thrill, she felt quite certain that all the things were coming (as she said) "out of the Lion's head".[qh]
在一阵无以言表的激动中，她肯定所有这些都是从（用她的话说）“狮子脑袋里出来的”。[qh]
