1. HOW THEY WENT TO THE MOUNTAINS TO EAT NUTS
1. 他们如何上山去采坚果
‘The nuts are quite ripe now,’ said Chanticleer to his wife Partlet, ‘suppose we go together to the mountains, and eat as many as we can, before the squirrel takes them all away.’ ‘With all my heart,’ said Partlet, ‘let us go and make a holiday of it together.’
2. “坚果现在完全熟了，”公鸡对妻子母鸡说，“我们一起去山上吧，趁松鼠把它们全拿走之前，尽可能多吃些。”“正合我意，”母鸡回答，“让我们一起去痛快地玩一天吧。”
So they went to the mountains; and as it was a lovely day, they stayed there till the evening. Now, whether it was that they had eaten so many nuts that they could not walk, or whether they were lazy and would not, I do not know: however, they took it into their heads that it did not become them to go home on foot. So Chanticleer began to build a little carriage of nutshells: and when it was finished, Partlet jumped into it and sat down, and bid Chanticleer harness himself to it and draw her home. ‘That’s a good joke!’ said Chanticleer; ‘no, that will never do; I had rather by half walk home; I’ll sit on the box and be coachman, if you like, but I’ll not draw.’ While this was passing, a duck came quacking up and cried out, ‘You thieving vagabonds, what business have you in my grounds? I’ll give it you well for your insolence!’ and upon that she fell upon Chanticleer most lustily. But Chanticleer was no coward, and returned the duck’s blows with his sharp spurs so fiercely that she soon began to cry out for mercy; which was only granted her upon condition that she would draw the carriage home for them. This she agreed to do; and Chanticleer got upon the box, and drove, crying, ‘Now, duck, get on as fast as you can.’ And away they went at a pretty good pace.
3. 于是他们去了山上；因为天气格外宜人，他们一直待到傍晚。至于他们是因吃了太多坚果而走不动，还是生性懒惰不愿动，我不得而知：不过，他们忽然觉得步行回家有失体面。于是公鸡开始用果壳制作一辆小马车；做好后，母鸡跳进去坐好，命令公鸡套上自己拉车回家。“这倒是个笑话！”公鸡说，“不行，这万万不可；我宁愿走回去；如果你愿意，我可以坐在车夫位上当赶车的，但绝不肯拉车。”正说着，一只鸭子嘎嘎叫着走过来喊道：“你们这群偷窃的无赖，竟敢擅入我的领地？我要好好教训你们的无礼！”说罢便猛扑向公鸡。但公鸡并非懦夫，用锋利的距狠狠反击鸭子的攻击，打得鸭子很快开始求饶；最终答应让她拉车回家才肯罢休。鸭子答应了，公鸡跳上车夫位，挥鞭喊道：“现在，鸭子，快跑起来！”于是他们以相当快的速度出发了。
After they had travelled along a little way, they met a needle and a pin walking together along the road: and the needle cried out, ‘Stop, stop!’ and said it was so dark that they could hardly find their way, and such dirty walking they could not get on at all: he told them that he and his friend, the pin, had been at a public-house a few miles off, and had sat drinking till they had forgotten how late it was; he begged therefore that the travellers would be so kind as to give them a lift in their carriage. Chanticleer observing that they were but thin fellows, and not likely to take up much room, told them they might ride, but made them promise not to dirty the wheels of the carriage in getting in, nor to tread on Partlet’s toes.
4. 他们刚走了一段路，便遇见一根针和一枚别针在路上同行；针大声喊道：“停下，停下！”说天色已暗，几乎看不清路，而且路面泥泞难行，根本无法前进。他告诉对方，他和朋友别针几英里外的一家酒馆里喝酒，一直喝到忘了时间有多晚，因此恳请旅人好心让他们搭车。公鸡见他们身形瘦小，不太占地方，便答应让他们上车，但要求他们承诺：上车时不要弄脏车轮，也不要踩到母鸡的脚趾。
Late at night they arrived at an inn; and as it was bad travelling in the dark, and the duck seemed much tired, and waddled about a good deal from one side to the other, they made up their minds to fix their quarters there: but the landlord at first was unwilling, and said his house was full, thinking they might not be very respectable company: however, they spoke civilly to him, and gave him the egg which Partlet had laid by the way, and said they would give him the duck, who was in the habit of laying one every day: so at last he let them come in, and they bespoke a handsome supper, and spent the evening very jollily.
深夜，他们抵达了一家客栈。由于天黑路不好走，鸭子又显得十分疲惫，一瘸一拐地左右摇晃，他们便决定在此歇脚。起初，店主不愿接待，声称客满，怀疑他们并非体面人；然而，他们礼貌地向店主致意，并送上了途中帕特莱特所生的那颗蛋，还承诺将把那只每天下一枚蛋的鸭子留给他。最终，店主同意让他们入住，他们点了丰盛的晚餐，欢度了一个愉快的夜晚。
Early in the morning, before it was quite light, and when nobody was stirring in the inn, Chanticleer awakened his wife, and, fetching the egg, they pecked a hole in it, ate it up, and threw the shells into the fireplace: they then went to the pin and needle, who were fast asleep, and seizing them by the heads, stuck one into the landlord’s easy chair and the other into his handkerchief; and, having done this, they crept away as softly as possible. However, the duck, who slept in the open air in the yard, heard them coming, and jumping into the brook which ran close by the inn, soon swam out of their reach.
清晨天还未亮，客栈里也无人走动时，公鸡唤醒了妻子，取来那枚鸡蛋，啄开一个小孔，将蛋吃掉，然后把蛋壳扔进壁炉。接着，他们来到针和线身边，发现它们正熟睡，便一把抓住它们的头部，将一枚别在店主的安乐椅上，另一枚别在他的手帕上；做完这一切后，他们尽量轻手轻脚地溜走了。然而，睡在院子里露天处的鸭子听到了动静，跳进客栈旁的小溪，很快游到了它们够不着的地方。
An hour or two afterwards the landlord got up, and took his handkerchief to wipe his face, but the pin ran into him and pricked him: then he walked into the kitchen to light his pipe at the fire, but when he stirred it up the eggshells flew into his eyes, and almost blinded him. ‘Bless me!’ said he, ‘all the world seems to have a design against my head this morning’: and so saying, he threw himself sulkily into his easy chair; but, oh dear! the needle ran into him; and this time the pain was not in his head. He now flew into a very great passion, and, suspecting the company who had come in the night before, he went to look after them, but they were all off; so he swore that he never again would take in such a troop of vagabonds, who ate a great deal, paid no reckoning, and gave him nothing for his trouble but their apish tricks.
一两个小时后，店主起身拿手帕擦脸，却被针扎了一下；随后他走进厨房想在炉火里点烟斗，搅动炉火时蛋壳飞起，迷住了他的眼睛，几乎让他失明。'天哪！'他说，'今天早晨仿佛全世界都在算计我的头！'说完，他气鼓鼓地跌进安乐椅，可哎呀！针又扎了他一下，这次疼的不是头。他顿时勃然大怒，怀疑昨晚那伙客人，便起身去找他们，却发现早已不见踪影；于是他发誓，今后再也不收留这样一群流浪汉：他们吃得多、不付账，除了耍些猴戏般的把戏外，什么也不给。
2. HOW CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET WENT TO VISIT MR KORBES
2. 公鸡和鸭子如何拜访科尔贝先生
Another day, Chanticleer and Partlet wished to ride out together; so Chanticleer built a handsome carriage with four red wheels, and harnessed six mice to it; and then he and Partlet got into the carriage, and away they drove. Soon afterwards a cat met them, and said, ‘Where are you going?’ And Chanticleer replied,
又一天，公鸡和母鸡想一起出门；于是公鸡造了一辆漂亮的马车，配有四个红色的轮子，并套上了六只老鼠；随后他和母鸡坐进马车，便出发上路了。不久后，一只猫遇见了他们，问道：‘你们要去哪里？’公鸡回答道：
‘All on our way A visit to pay To Mr Korbes, the fox, today.’
“我们正前往拜访科尔贝斯先生，那只狐狸，就在今天。”
Then the cat said, ‘Take me with you,’ Chanticleer said, ‘With all my heart: get up behind, and be sure you do not fall off.’
于是猫说：‘带我一起走吧。’公鸡答道：‘非常乐意；坐到后面来，务必小心别摔下来。’
‘Take care of this handsome coach of mine, Nor dirty my pretty red wheels so fine! Now, mice, be ready, And, wheels, run steady! For we are going a visit to pay To Mr Korbes, the fox, today.’
‘请照看好我这辆漂亮的马车，别弄脏我那些精致的红色轮子！现在，老鼠们准备好，车轮稳稳转！因为我们正前往拜访科尔贝斯先生，那只狐狸，就在今天。’
Soon after came up a millstone, an egg, a duck, and a pin; and Chanticleer gave them all leave to get into the carriage and go with them.
不久之后，磨盘、鸡蛋、鸭子和针也赶来了；公鸡让它们都上了马车，一同前往。
When they arrived at Mr Korbes’s house, he was not at home; so the mice drew the carriage into the coach-house, Chanticleer and Partlet flew upon a beam, the cat sat down in the fireplace, the duck got into the washing cistern, the pin stuck himself into the bed pillow, the millstone laid himself over the house door, and the egg rolled himself up in the towel.
当他们到达科尔贝斯的房子时，主人不在家；于是老鼠把马车拉进了车棚，公鸡和母鸡飞到了横梁上，猫坐在了壁炉里，鸭子钻进了洗衣桶，针扎进了枕头，磨盘横在屋门上，鸡蛋则滚进了毛巾里。
When Mr Korbes came home, he went to the fireplace to make a fire; but the cat threw all the ashes in his eyes: so he ran to the kitchen to wash himself; but there the duck splashed all the water in his face; and when he tried to wipe himself, the egg broke to pieces in the towel all over his face and eyes. Then he was very angry, and went without his supper to bed; but when he laid his head on the pillow, the pin ran into his cheek: at this he became quite furious, and, jumping up, would have run out of the house; but when he came to the door, the millstone fell down on his head, and killed him on the spot.
科尔贝斯回到家后，想去生火，但猫把灰扬进了他的眼睛；于是他跑到厨房洗脸，可鸭子却把水泼到了他脸上；当他试图擦干时，鸡蛋在毛巾里碎裂，溅得他满脸都是水和蛋壳碎片。他勃然大怒，没吃晚饭就上床睡觉了；可当他把头枕到枕头上时，针扎进了他的脸颊；这下他彻底暴怒了，跳起来想冲出屋子；但当他走到门口时，磨盘砸了下来，当场把他压死了。
3. HOW PARTLET DIED AND WAS BURIED, AND HOW CHANTICLEER DIED OF GRIEF
3. 母鸡之死与安葬，以及公鸡因悲痛而亡
Another day Chanticleer and Partlet agreed to go again to the mountains to eat nuts; and it was settled that all the nuts which they found should be shared equally between them. Now Partlet found a very large nut; but she said nothing about it to Chanticleer, and kept it all to herself: however, it was so big that she could not swallow it, and it stuck in her throat. Then she was in a great fright, and cried out to Chanticleer, ‘Pray run as fast as you can, and fetch me some water, or I shall be choked.’ Chanticleer ran as fast as he could to the river, and said, ‘River, give me some water, for Partlet lies in the mountain, and will be choked by a great nut.’ The river said, ‘Run first to the bride, and ask her for a silken cord to draw up the water.’ Chanticleer ran to the bride, and said, ‘Bride, you must give me a silken cord, for then the river will give me water, and the water I will carry to Partlet, who lies on the mountain, and will be choked by a great nut.’ But the bride said, ‘Run first, and bring me my garland that is hanging on a willow in the garden.’ Then Chanticleer ran to the garden, and took the garland from the bough where it hung, and brought it to the bride; and then the bride gave him the silken cord, and he took the silken cord to the river, and the river gave him water, and he carried the water to Partlet; but in the meantime she was choked by the great nut, and lay quite dead, and never moved any more.
又有一天，雄鸡和母鸡约定再次去山上采坚果，并商定将找到的所有坚果平分。这时，母鸡发现了一颗非常大的坚果，但她没有告诉雄鸡，独自占有了它；然而这颗坚果太大，她吞不下去，卡在了喉咙里。于是她非常惊恐，向雄鸡喊道：‘求你快去给我取些水来，否则我就要被噎死了。’雄鸡拼命跑到河边，说：‘河水啊，请给我一些水吧，因为母鸡躺在山上，将被一颗大坚果噎死。’河水回答说：‘先去找新娘，向她要一根丝绳来引水。’雄鸡便跑到新娘那里，说：‘新娘，你必须给我一根丝绳，这样河水才会给我水，我再把水带给躺在山上、将被大坚果噎死的母鸡。’但新娘说：‘你先去把我挂在花园柳枝上的花环取来。’于是雄鸡跑到花园，从挂着的树枝上取下花环，带给了新娘；接着新娘给了他丝绳，他拿着丝绳来到河边，河水便给了他水，他把水带给母鸡；然而在此期间，她已被大坚果噎死，一动不动了。
Then Chanticleer was very sorry, and cried bitterly; and all the beasts came and wept with him over poor Partlet. And six mice built a little hearse to carry her to her grave; and when it was ready they harnessed themselves before it, and Chanticleer drove them. On the way they met the fox. ‘Where are you going, Chanticleer?’ said he. ‘To bury my Partlet,’ said the other. ‘May I go with you?’ said the fox. ‘Yes; but you must get up behind, or my horses will not be able to draw you.’ Then the fox got up behind; and presently the wolf, the bear, the goat, and all the beasts of the wood, came and climbed upon the hearse.
随后，雄鸡非常伤心，痛哭流涕；所有野兽都来陪他一起为可怜的母鸡哀悼。六只老鼠造了一辆小灵车送她去墓地；等灵车准备好后，它们便套在灵车前，由雄鸡驾车。途中它们遇到了狐狸。‘你要去哪里，雄鸡？’狐狸问道。‘去埋葬我的母鸡，’对方回答。‘我可以跟你们一起去吗？’狐狸问。‘可以，但你得坐在后面，否则我的马儿拉不动你。’于是狐狸坐到了后面；不久，狼、熊、山羊以及森林里所有的野兽都赶来，爬上了灵车。
So on they went till they came to a rapid stream. ‘How shall we get over?’ said Chanticleer. Then said a straw, ‘I will lay myself across, and you may pass over upon me.’ But as the mice were going over, the straw slipped away and fell into the water, and the six mice all fell in and were drowned. What was to be done? Then a large log of wood came and said, ‘I am big enough; I will lay myself across the stream, and you shall pass over upon me.’ So he laid himself down; but they managed so clumsily, that the log of wood fell in and was carried away by the stream. Then a stone, who saw what had happened, came up and kindly offered to help poor Chanticleer by laying himself across the stream; and this time he got safely to the other side with the hearse, and managed to get Partlet out of it; but the fox and the other mourners, who were sitting behind, were too heavy, and fell back into the water and were all carried away by the stream and drowned.
它们继续前行，直到来到一条湍急的溪流前。‘我们怎么过去呢？’雄鸡问道。这时一根稻草说：‘我把自己横在溪上，你们可以从我身上走过去。’但当老鼠们正要过溪时，稻草滑脱落入水中，六只老鼠全都掉进水里淹死了。该怎么办呢？接着，一段粗大的木头过来，说：‘我足够大，我把身子横在溪上，你们可以从我身上过去。’于是它躺了下来；但它们动作笨拙，导致木头也翻入水中，被溪流冲走了。这时，一块石头看到刚才发生的一切，便上前好心地提出帮助可怜的雄鸡，将自己横在溪上；这一次，它们安全地过了对岸，把灵车上的母鸡抬了出来；但坐在后面的狐狸和其他哀悼者太重了，又跌回水中，全被溪流冲走淹死了。
Thus Chanticleer was left alone with his dead Partlet; and having dug a grave for her, he laid her in it, and made a little hillock over her. Then he sat down by the grave, and wept and mourned, till at last he died too; and so all were dead.
于是，雄鸡独自留下了死去的母鸡；他为她挖了一个坟墓，将她安葬其中，并在上面堆起一个小土丘。随后，他坐在墓旁哭泣哀悼，直到最后自己也死去；于是，大家都死了。