Goldilocks and the Three Bears

There was once a little girl whose hair was so bright and yellow that it glittered in the sun like spun-gold. For this reason she was called Goldilocks.

从前有个小女孩，她的头发金黄明亮，在阳光下闪闪发光，像纺出来的金丝一样。因此大家都叫她金发姑娘。

One day Goldilocks went out into the meadows to gather flowers. She wandered on and on, and after a while she came to a forest, where she had never been before. She went on into the forest, and it was very cool and shady.

有一天，金发姑娘到草地上去采花。她走啊走，走了好一会儿，来到了一片她从未去过的森林。她继续往林子里走去，林中一片清凉幽静。

Presently she came to a little house, standing all alone in the forest, and as she was tired and thirsty she knocked at the door. She hoped the good people inside would give her a drink, and let her rest a little while.

不久她来到一间独自立在林中的小屋前，她又累又渴，便敲了敲门。她希望屋里的好心人能给她一点水喝，让她歇一歇脚。

Now, though Goldilocks did not know it, this house belonged to three bears. There was a GREAT BIG FATHER BEAR, and a middling-sized mother bear, and a dear little baby bear, no bigger than Goldilocks herself. But the three bears had gone out to take a walk in the forest while their supper was cooling, so when Goldilocks knocked at the door no one answered her.

其实，金发姑娘并不知道，这间屋子是三只熊的家。有一只高大魁梧的熊爸爸，一只体型中等的熊妈妈，还有一只可爱的小熊宝宝，个头跟金发姑娘差不多大。可这时三只熊都出门到林子里散步去了，正等着晚饭放凉，所以金发姑娘敲门时没人应答。

She waited awhile and then she knocked again, and as still nobody answered her she pushed the door open and stepped inside. There in a row stood three chairs. One was a GREAT BIG CHAIR, and it belonged to the father bear. And one was a middling-sized chair, and it belonged to the mother bear, and one was a dear little chair, and it belonged to the baby bear. And on the table stood three bowls of smoking hot porridge. “And so,” thought Goldilocks, “the people must be coming back soon to eat it.”

她等了一会儿又敲了敲门，见还是没人应答，便推开门走了进去。屋里一排摆着三把椅子。一把是又高又大的椅子，是熊爸爸的。一把是中等大小的椅子，是熊妈妈的。还有一把是可爱的小椅子，是小熊宝宝的。桌上摆着三碗冒着热气的粥。“看来，”金发姑娘心想，“这家人应该很快就会回来吃饭了。”

She thought she would sit down and rest until they came, so first she sat down in the GREAT BIG CHAIR, but the cushion was too soft. It seemed as though it would swallow her up. Then she sat down in the middle-sized chair, and the cushion was too hard, and it was not comfortable. Then she sat down in the dear little chair, and it was just right, and fitted her as though it had been made for her. So there she sat, and she rocked and she rocked, and she sat and she sat, until with her rocking and her sitting she sat the bottom right out of it.

她想着不如坐下来歇一歇，等他们回来，于是她先坐进了那把又高又大的椅子，可垫子太软了，软得仿佛要把她整个人陷进去。接着她坐进了中等大小的椅子，垫子又太硬了，坐着一点也不舒服。然后她坐进了那把可爱的小椅子，这下正合适，仿佛是专门为她量身定做的一般。于是她便坐在那儿，摇啊摇，坐啊坐，摇着坐着，竟把椅子底儿都坐穿了。

And still nobody had come, and there stood the bowls of porridge on the table. “They can’t be very hungry people,” thought Goldilocks to herself, “or they would come home to eat their suppers.” And she went over to the table just to see whether the bowls were full.

可依然没有人回来，桌上的粥还摆在那儿。“这家人大概不怎么饿，”金发姑娘暗自想道，“要不然早该回家吃晚饭了。”于是她走到桌边，想瞧瞧那几碗粥是不是都盛得满满的。

The first bowl was a GREAT BIG BOWL with a GREAT BIG WOODEN SPOON in it, and that was the father bear’s bowl. The second bowl was a middle-sized bowl, with a middle-sized wooden spoon in it, and that was the mother bear’s bowl. And the third bowl was a dear little bowl, with a dear little silver spoon in it, and that was the baby bear’s bowl.

第一碗是个又高又大的碗，里面插着一把又高又大的木勺，那是熊爸爸的碗。第二碗是个中等大小的碗，里面插着一把中等大小的木勺，那是熊妈妈的碗。第三碗是个可爱的小碗，里面插着一把可爱的小银勺，那是小熊宝宝的碗。

The porridge that was in the bowls smelled so very good that Goldilocks thought she would just taste it.

碗里的粥闻起来香喷喷的，金发姑娘想着不如尝上一口。

She took up the GREAT BIG SPOON, and tasted the porridge in the GREAT BIG BOWL, but it was too hot. Then she took up the middle-sized spoon and tasted the porridge in the middle-sized bowl, and it was too cold. Then she took up the little silver spoon and tasted the porridge in the dear little bowl, and it was just right, and it tasted so good that she tasted and tasted, and tasted and tasted until she tasted it all up.

她拿起那把又高又大的勺子，尝了尝那又高又大的碗里的粥，可粥太烫了。接着她拿起中等大小的勺子，尝了尝中等大小的碗里的粥，可粥又太凉了。然后她拿起那把可爱的小银勺，尝了尝那可爱的小碗里的粥，这下正合适，味道好极了，她一口接一口地尝了又尝，尝了又尝，直到把整碗粥都吃了个精光。

After that she felt very sleepy, so she went upstairs and looked about her, and there were three beds all in a row. The first bed was the GREAT BIG BED that belonged to the father bear. And the second bed was a middling-sized bed that belonged to the mother bear, and the third bed was a dear little bed that belonged to the dear little baby bear.

吃完之后她觉得困极了，便上楼去四处瞧瞧，只见一排摆着三张床。第一张是又高又大的床，是熊爸爸的。第二张是中等大小的床，是熊妈妈的。第三张是一张可爱的小床，是那只可爱的小熊宝宝的。

Goldilocks lay down on the GREAT BIG BED to try it, but the pillow was too high, and she wasn’t comfortable at all.

金发姑娘先躺到那张又高又大的床上试了试，可枕头太高了，一点也不舒服。

Then she lay down on the middle-sized bed, and the pillow was too low, and that wasn’t comfortable either.

接着她躺到中等大小的床上，可枕头又太低了，同样不舒服。

Then she lay down on the little baby bear’s bed and it was exactly right, and so very comfortable that she lay there and lay there until she went fast asleep.

然后她躺到小熊宝宝的床上，这下正合适，舒服极了，她躺啊躺，不知不觉就睡熟了。

Now while Goldilocks was still asleep in the little bed the three bears came home again, and as soon as they stepped inside the door and looked about them they knew that somebody had been there.

就在金发姑娘还在小床上熟睡的时候，三只熊回到了家，他们一进门四下张望，便立刻看出有人来过。

“SOMEBODY’S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR,” growled the father bear in his great big voice, “AND LEFT THE CUSHION CROOKED.”

“有人坐过我的椅子，”熊爸爸粗声粗气地咆哮道，“还把垫子坐歪了。”

“And somebody’s been sitting in my chair,” said the mother bear, “and left it standing crooked.”

“也有人坐过我的椅子，”熊妈妈说道，“椅子都坐得歪歪斜斜的了。”

“And somebody’s been sitting in my chair,” squeaked the baby bear, in his shrill little voice, “and they’ve sat and sat till they’ve sat the bottom out”; and he felt very sad about it.

“也有人坐过我的椅子，”小熊宝宝用他那尖细的嗓音吱吱地说道，“坐啊坐的，都把椅子底儿坐穿了”；他心里觉得十分难过。

Then the three bears went over to the table to get their porridge.

于是三只熊便走到桌边去吃粥。

“WHAT’S THIS!” growled the father bear, in his great big voice, “SOMEBODY’S BEEN TASTING MY PORRIDGE, AND LEFT THE SPOON ON THE TABLE.”

“这是怎么回事！”熊爸爸粗声粗气地咆哮道，“有人尝过我的粥，还把勺子丢在了桌上。”

“And somebody’s been taking my porridge,” said the mother bear in her middle-sized voice, “and they’ve splashed it over the side.”

“也有人吃过我的粥，”熊妈妈用她那中等的嗓音说道，“还把粥泼到了碗外边。”

“And somebody’s been tasting my porridge,” squealed the baby bear, “and they’ve tasted and tasted until they’ve tasted it all up.” And when he said so the baby bear looked as if he were about to cry.

“也有人尝过我的粥，”小熊宝宝尖声叫道，“尝啊尝的，都把粥吃了个精光。”说这话的时候，小熊宝宝一副快要哭出来的样子。

“If somebody’s been here they must be here still,” said the mother bear; so the three bears went upstairs to look.

“要是有人来过，那他大概还在屋里，”熊妈妈说道；于是三只熊便上楼去查看。

First the father bear looked at his bed. “SOMEBODY’S BEEN LYING ON MY BED AND PULLED THE COVERS DOWN,” he growled in his great big voice.

熊爸爸先看了看自己的床。“有人躺过我的床，还把被子拉乱了，”他粗声粗气地咆哮道。

Then the mother bear looked at her bed. “Somebody’s been lying on my bed and pulled the pillow off,” said she in her middle-sized voice.

接着熊妈妈看了看自己的床。“也有人躺过我的床，还把枕头弄掉了，”她用中等的嗓音说道。

Then the baby bear looked at his bed, and there lay little Goldilocks with her cheeks as pink as roses, and her golden hair all spread over the pillow.

然后小熊宝宝看了看自己的床，只见小金发姑娘正躺在那儿，脸颊粉红得像玫瑰一样，金黄的头发散满了整个枕头。

“And somebody’s been lying in my bed,” squeaked the baby bear joyfully, “and here she is still!”

“也有人躺过我的床，”小熊宝宝欢喜地尖声叫道，“而且她现在还在这儿呢！”

Now when Goldilocks in her dreams heard the great big father bear's voice she dreamed it was the thunder rolling through the heavens.

这时，金发姑娘在梦中听见熊爸爸那洪亮的嗓音，梦里还以为那是天上滚滚的雷声。

And when she heard the mother bear's middle-sized voice she dreamed it was the wind blowing through the trees.

等她听见熊妈妈那中等的嗓音时，梦里又以为那是穿林而过的风声。

But when she heard the baby bear's voice it was so shrill and sharp that it woke her right up. She sat up in bed and there were the three bears standing around and looking at her.

可当她听见小熊宝宝的声音时，那声音又尖又细，一下子把她惊醒了。她在床上坐起身来，只见三只熊正围在四周看着她。

“Oh, my goodness me!” cried Goldilocks. She tumbled out of bed and ran to the window. It was open, and out she jumped before the bears could stop her. Then home she ran as fast as she could, and she never went near the forest again. But the little baby bear cried and cried because he had wanted the pretty little girl to play with.

“哎呀，我的天哪！”金发姑娘喊道。她一骨碌从床上滚下来，跑到窗边。窗户开着，她趁三只熊还没来得及拦住她，便一跃跳了出去。接着她拼命地跑回了家，从此再也没有靠近过那片森林。可小熊宝宝却哭了又哭，因为他实在很想和这个漂亮的小姑娘一起玩耍。