LESSON 27 The wind in a frolic
第二十七课 风在嬉戏
The Wind one morning sprang up from sleep,
一天清晨风从睡梦中醒来腾起，
Saying, "Now for a frolic! now for a leap!
说道，“现在我要嬉戏！我要飞跃！
Now for a mad-cap galloping chase!
现在我要飞驰追逐！
I'll make a commotion in every place!"
我要把全世界搅动个天昏地暗！”
So it swept with a bustle right through a great town,
于是它呼啸着穿过一个大城镇，
Cracking the signs and scattering down
撕裂了所有的广告招牌，让百叶窗四散开来，
Shutters; and whisking, with merciless squalls,
尖叫着；呼号着，无情地疾驰而过，
Old women's bonnets and gingerbread stalls.
一位老妇人从未听过如此尖利的呼号，
There never was heard a much lustier shout,
她的软帽和手上的姜饼被狂风吹掉，
As the apples and oranges trundled about;
苹果和橙子散落一地；
And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes
站在边上的顽童眼睛觊觎着，

For ever on watch, ran off each with a prize.
不一会每人手里拿着战利品四处逃散。
Then away to the fields it went, blustering and humming,
接着它离开城里，卷起阵阵狂风，精力充沛来到田野，
And the cattle all wondered what monster was coming.
牲畜们觉得奇怪，来了什么鬼怪。
It plucked by the tails the grave matronly cows,
它拨弄着慢腾腾走的胖牛的尾巴，
And tossed the colts' manes all over their brows;
小马的脑袋被吹得来回直晃，
Till, offended at such an unusual salute,
直到，它们对狂风这不同寻常的招呼方式弄得火冒三丈，
They all turned their backs, and stood sulky and mute.
全都背过身去，满脸阴郁，沉默地站立。
So on it went, capering and playing its pranks, —
它雀跃着继续着它的恶作剧，——
Whistling with reeds on the broad river's banks,
来到宽阔的河岸边，吹着芦苇做的口哨，
Puffing the birds as they sat on the spray,
朝着树枝上栖息的鸟儿吹一口青烟，
Or the traveller grave on the king's highway.
或是对着国王大道上旅人的坟墓刮过狂风。