Chapter 12
The next day Fire Eater called Pinocchio aside and asked him:
第二天，吞火人把匹諾曹叫他身邊，問他
"What is your father's name?"
"你爸爸叫什麼名字？"
"Geppetto."
"傑佩託"
"And what is his trade?"
"他是做什麼的？"
"He's a wood carver."
"他是個木工。"
"Does he earn much?"
"他掙錢多嗎？"
"He earns so much that he never has a penny in his pockets. Just think that, in order to buy me an A-B-C book for school, he had to sell the only coat he owned, a coat so full of darns and patches that it was a pity."
"他掙錢那麼多錢，可是口袋裡一個子兒也沒有。你想想看，他為了給我買識字課本，不得不賣掉他唯一的一件外套，一件滿是打了補丁的外套，真是太遺憾了。"
"Poor fellow! I feel sorry for him. Here, take these five gold pieces. Go, give them to him with my kindest regards."
"可憐的傢伙!我真為他感到難過。這五個金幣，拿去吧，並代我向他致以最親切的問候。"
Pinocchio, as may easily be imagined, thanked him a thousand times. He kissed each Marionette in turn, even the officers, and, beside himself with joy, set out on his homeward journey.
匹諾曹感激得無以言表，對劇場老闆自是千恩萬謝。他還一個一個地擁抱了劇場裡的每個木偶，甚至於那兩個守衛。然後他欣喜若狂地踏上了回家的路。
He had gone barely half a mile when he met a lame Fox and a blind Cat, walking together like two good friends. The lame Fox leaned on the Cat, and the blind Cat let the Fox lead him along.
他剛走了還不到半英里，就遇到了一隻瘸腿的狐狸和一隻瞎眼的貓，它們倆一路上互相攙扶著，像是一對患難之交。瘸腿的狐狸依靠在貓身上，而瞎眼貓則靠狐狸帶路。
"Good morning, Pinocchio," said the Fox, greeting him courteously.
"早上好，匹諾曹。"狐狸禮貌地向他打招呼。
"How do you know my name?" asked the Marionette.
"你怎麼知道我叫什麼？"木偶問他。
"I know your father well."
"我和你爸爸很熟。"
"Where have you seen him?"
"你見過他？"
"I saw him yesterday standing at the door of his house."
"昨天我還在他家門口見到過他呢。"
"And what was he doing?"
"那麼他在幹嘛呢？"
"He was in his shirt sleeves trembling with cold."
"他穿著一件襯衫，冷得渾身發抖。"
"Poor Father! But, after today, God willing, he will suffer no longer."
"可憐的父親!從今以後，上帝保佑，他不會再挨凍了。"
"Why?"
"為什麼？"
"Because I have become a rich man."
"因為我已經成為一個富人了。"
"You, a rich man?" said the Fox, and he began to laugh out loud. The Cat was laughing also, but tried to hide it by stroking his long whiskers.
"你，一個有錢人?"狐狸說著毫無顧忌地大笑起來。貓也跟著笑起來，不過它假裝撫摸它的長鬍須來掩蓋它的笑容。
"There is nothing to laugh at," cried Pinocchio angrily. "I am very sorry to make your mouth water, but these, as you know, are five new gold pieces."
"沒有什麼值得懷疑的，"匹諾曹生氣地叫道。"我是不好意思讓你們流口水，不過，你們真要想知道，我不妨告訴你們，我有五個嶄新的的金幣。"
And he pulled out the gold pieces which Fire Eater had given him.
說著，他掏出了吞火人給他的金幣。
At the cheerful tinkle of the gold, the Fox unconsciously held out his paw that was supposed to be lame, and the Cat opened wide his two eyes till they looked like live coals, but he closed them again so quickly that Pinocchio did not notice.
一聽到金子發出的叮噹聲，狐狸不由自主地伸出他那隻瘸了的爪子，貓也睜大了兩隻眼睛，活像燃著的煤碳一樣發亮，但它立刻又閉上了，所以匹諾曹根本沒注意到。
"And may I ask," inquired the Fox, "what you are going to do with all that money?" First of all," answered the Marionette, "I want to buy a fine new coat for my father, a coat of gold and silver with diamond buttons; after that, I'll buy an A-B-C book for myself."
"我冒昧地問一下，"狐狸想探個究竟，"這些錢你打算用來幹嘛呢嗎?""首先，"木偶回答說，"我準備給我爸爸買一件好看的新外套，一件鑲著鑽石紐扣的用金子做的外套;然後給自己買一本識字課本。"
"For yourself?"
"給你自己？"
"For myself. I want to go to school and study hard."
"對，我自己。我要去上學，好好學習。"
"Look at me," said the Fox. "For the silly reason of wanting to study, I have lost a paw."
"你看看我，"狐狸說。"一門心思地想去上學，結果害我失去了一條腿。"
"Look at me," said the Cat. "For the same foolish reason, I have lost the sight of both eyes."
"再看看我，"貓說。"也是一門心思地想去上學，結果弄瞎了兩隻眼睛。"
At that moment, a Blackbird, perched on the fence along the road, called out sharp and clear:
這時，一隻畫眉停在路邊的樹籬上，發出他那清脆的高音部:
"Pinocchio, do not listen to bad advice. If you do, you'll be sorry!"
"匹諾曹，別聽他們的餿主意。如果你聽了它們的話，你會後悔的!"
單詞、短語應用
beside himself with joy/anger/worry etc：欣喜若狂/怒氣沖天/焦急萬分
At the news he was beside himself with anger.
（聽到這個消息他幾乎失控了。）
If your parents get to know the truth, they will be beside themselves with worry.
（你的父母要是知道事情的真相，他們會擔心死的。）
be beside the point:離題，與主題無關
Your essay is vivid, but it's beside the point.
(你的文章寫得很生動，但偏離了主題。)
不要混淆beside和 besides
besides是"此外、另外、除了"的意思。
I think she has an interesting soul besides being a good appearance.
（我認為她不僅外表好看，還有一顆有趣的靈魂。）
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