第27章 鍾 The Bell(第3/12 頁)

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很長時間過去了，人們相互說道：“我想知道森林裡是否有一座教堂？鐘聲有一種奇妙的甜美音調；讓我們漫步到那裡，更仔細地檢視一下這件事。” 富人們駕車出去，窮人們步行，但對他們來說路似乎奇怪地漫長；當他們來到長在森林邊緣的一叢柳樹旁時，他們坐下來，抬頭看著長長的樹枝，想象著他們現在已經在綠色森林的深處了。

A long time passed, and people said to each other— “I wonder if there is a church out in the wood? the bell has a tone that is wondrous sweet; let us stroll thither, and examine the matter nearer.” And the rich people drove out, and the poor walked, but the way seemed strangely long to them; and when they came to a clump of willows which grew on the skirts of the forest, they sat down, and looked up at the long branches, and fancied they were now in the depth of the green wood.

城裡的糖果商來到這裡，在那裡支起了他的貨攤；不久又來了一個糖果商，他在自己的攤位上方掛了一個鈴鐺，作為標誌或裝飾品，但鈴鐺沒有鍾舌，而且為了防止被雨淋，鈴鐺上塗了柏油。

the confectioner of the town came out, and set up his booth there; and soon after came another confectioner, who hung a bell over his stand, as a sign or ornament, but it had no clapper, and it was tarred over to preserve it from the rain.

當所有人都回家時，他們說這非常浪漫，這和野餐或茶會完全是不同的事情。

when all the people returned home, they said it had been very romantic, and that it was quite a different sort of thing to a pic-nic or tea-party.

有三個人聲稱他們已經深入到森林的盡頭，並且他們一直聽到那美妙的鐘聲，但對他們來說，這聲音似乎是從城裡傳來的。

there were three persons who asserted they had penetrated to the end of the forest, and that they had always heard the wonderful sounds of the bell, but it had seemed to them as if it had e from the town.

一個人為此寫了一整首詩，說鐘聲聽起來就像母親對一個乖孩子的聲音，