Passage 46 The Blue Pig with a Black Tail

黑尾巴的蓝猪

Once upon a time a certain king sent a message to another king, saying, "Send me a blue pig with a black tail, or else--"

从前有位国王给另一位国王送去一条信息，说，“给我送来一只长着黑尾巴的蓝猪，或者其他的——”

The other replied, "I haven't one; if I had--" Both kings were so angry that they went to war with each other.

另一位回答说，“我没有这样的猪，如果我有——”两位国王如此生气以致于发动了战争gfbJ*=((GG)Ci=。

They collected all their soldiers and fought with each other.

他们调集所有士兵去打仗JQwWpe,o_PQXm99Voo&。

Brave men were killed, and women and children died because they could get nothing to eat.

勇敢的士兵死在战场上，女人和孩子因为没有食物而死去c@W2oi]!B&S2D5X@jW8。

When it seemed that neither side could win the war, the kings began to talk about peace.

看来好像双方都不能打赢这场战争，于是两位国王开始谈论和平rX)N&,pbmb.。

First of all, it was necessary to explain the two messages. Each king was angry at what the other had said.

首先，有必要去解释那两条信息-VAi-r1veTxRYa。两位国王都因对方所说的话而生气;*H9el,@8|8jii。

"What did you mean," Asked the second king, "by saying, 'sending a blue pig with a black tail, or else--'?"

第二位国王问道，“你当时说‘送我一只长着黑尾巴的蓝猪，否则——’，你那么说是什么意思？”

"Why," said the first king, "I could mean only one thing. I meant that I wanted you to send me a blue pig with a black tail, or else a pig of some other color."

“怎么，”第一位国王回答道，“我只能表示一个意思啊，我是说我希望你给我送一只黑尾巴的蓝猪，或者其他颜色的猪Sc-9v(zwkO6R。”

"Oh, that was all, was it? I did not get the whole of your message," answered the second king. "What a pity!" He added.

第二位国王回答，“哎呀！就是这个意思啊？我没有理解你信息的全部#@V~Pj)%E*MM。”他补充说T^3_5U6,#B*j*9*_Z9。“真可惜!”

"Ah, but I must know what you meant by your reply to my message," asked the first king. "You said, 'I haven't one; if I had--'"

“嗯，但我必须知道你的回信是什么意思，”第一位国王补充道，“你说‘我没有这样的猪，即使我有——’”

"Why, my answer is very clear. I meant that I hadn't one; if I had, I should have sent it to you."

“我的回答很清楚啊I%Ce4s,IfLb.k;3d3。我是说我没有那样的猪；如果有的话，我会送给你的i1GT(ZG|MzWVbkFOy。”

"Well, well!" said the first king, "We have been fighting about nothing. If we had only explained these things before the war started, then this bitter war must have been avoided."

“哎呀！”第一位国王说，“我们之间的战争毫无理由|x9c,kcjiewk_Ply。如果我们能在战争开始之前解释清楚这些事情，这场痛苦的战争就一定能避免0e^7~k@Bw4;1C。”

So the great war of the blue pig with the black tail was recorded in the histories of the two countries in order to prevent such a war happening again.

于是这场关于黑尾巴的蓝猪的战争被载入两国史册以防止此类现象再次发生;)P0()l98AEss0N。