中国故事（双语）75：HouYi and the happily Ever After Part 3...

75 HouYi and the happily Ever After Part 3

后羿射日 3

后羿惊讶地看着眼前的雾，他不敢相信自己居然见到了西王母。变成神仙竟然如此容易，他很快就能和嫦娥长厢厮守了！但是，药片只有一粒，所以后羿出门准备再去找来一粒。后羿还没回来的时候，蓬蒙闯入屋内，逼迫嫦娥交出药片。嫦娥自知不是对手，准备吞下药片。蓬蒙能拿到药片吗？后羿和嫦娥能长厢厮守吗？让我们看看接下来的故事吧！

Hou Yi stared into the fog for a moment. He could hardly believe he had met the Queen of Heaven. He looked down at the pill in his hand. It was all true! Not a dream! He hurried home, forgetting all about Peng Meng and his plan to visit. He forgot about everything but his hope, his bow and arrows, and Chang’e. It was so easy to become a god! Just shoot nine suns from the sky and wah-lah! Get the happily ever after! Easy!

It was not so easy for him when he told Chang’e. “One pill. You got one pill,” she said. “Let’s not do it.” “We can split it?” suggested Hou Yi. He nervously twirled an arrow between his fingers.

“What happens if we split it?” she asked. “We live halfway between heaven and Earth? On the Moon? Is that where you want to live?”

“I get it,” said Hou Yi, crestfallen. “I’ll ask her for another one.” He and Chang’e locked the pill in a wooden box.

Hou Yi promised to return with another pill and left. He passed Peng Meng, who was practicing nearby.

After the sun had set, Chang’e was startled by a knock at the door. It was Peng Meng. “You’re welcome to come in,” said Chang’e, hesitantly.

“But please leave your bow and arrows at the door with your shoes.” 

Suddenly Peng Meng grabbed her by the hair and jerked her forward.

She felt the sharp arrow point press against her chin. “Don’t make a sound,” he hissed. “You’re not a goddess yet. You can still die.”

Chang’e looked past him down the road. Hou Yi was long gone.

“Give me the pill,” Peng Meng demanded. Chang’e led him to the locked box, her mind racing. She couldn’t let this awful person get the powers of a god! She shuddered.

“I have to bend down to unlock the box,” she said. “You can point the arrow at the back of my neck.” As she unlocked the box, Chang’e hunched her back, so Peng Meng couldn’t see what she was doing. She slipped her hand inside the box. Quickly, she popped the pill into her mouth, then she spun around to face Peng Meng.

She swallowed the pill. She shot upward and hit her head on the ceiling.

“What?!” yelled Peng Meng, grabbing her foot.

Chang’e kicked with her newfound strength, knocking Peng Meng to the floor. She crawled along the ceiling, aiming for a window.

He grabbed his bow and arrows. “I’ll get that pill one way or another!” he yelled, aiming at her. “I don’t care that you’ve already swallowed it!”

With a strong push, Chang’e reached a window. Peng Meng shot an arrow. Chang’e pushed out into the night. The arrow bounced off the wall. Peng Meng chased her outside.

Chang’e kicked her legs to rise faster. She willed herself to reach the low-hanging clouds above her. She had to hide. Peng Meng shot arrows one after the other. An arrow scratched her leg. Another tangled in her long hair.

She hid behind a cloud. “Help! Hou Yi!” she cried, with the booming voice of a goddess.

“Coming,” answered Hou Yi, running down the mountain.

Peng Meng ran away when he heard Hou Yi’s voice, never to be seen again.

Chang’e now struggled to stop her rise to heaven. There was nothing to hold onto, only air. There was no way to stop.

Hou Yi stared at the sky, trying to find Chang’e, but it was too cloudy. 

Then a shooting star lit the night. He saw her, flying upward like a night heron.

“Take the pill!” Chang’e yelled.

Hou Yi answered, “She wouldn’t give me another.”

“I love you,” Chang’e called, sadly.

Hou Yi answered “I love you.”

Chang’e didn’t want to be a goddess. She wanted happiness, but she didn’t want an ever after. Heaven would not be heaven without Hou Yi. 

Better to be closer to him than live in heaven. She stretched out like an arrow and aimed for the moon. Then she gave a strong kick. Her aim was true. She landed on the Moon.

How could Hou Yi get Chang’e back? He slid an arrow onto his bow. He could shoot down the Moon! Then Hou Yi reconsidered. An arrow would only push Chang’e farther away, just as it had the nine sunbirds.

Setting down his bow and arrows, Hou Yi looked up at the Moon he had always loved, and loved it more. Loved her more.

The End

Question: What do you love about the Sun or the Moon? Why?

核心词汇

twirl v. 转动，扭转，捻弄

crestfallen adj. 沮丧的，羞愧的，低头的

startle v. （使）惊吓

hesitantly adv. 犹豫地

jerk v. 急推，急拉，急扭

hiss v. 发出嘶嘶声

shudder v. （人）打颤

hunch v. 使弓起，使隆起

pop v. 把……突然（或迅速）地一放

crawl v. 爬，匍匐前进

bounce v. 跳，跃，弹起，反弹

scratch v. 抓，抓破，划破，划伤

tangle v. 纠结，缠结，乱作一团

heron n. ［鸟］鹭

Better to be closer to him than live in heaven. 能够靠近他比住在

天上好。此处是嫦娥在表达自己不愿上天，而更愿意待在后羿身

边。

以下翻译来自百度翻译：

后羿在雾中凝视了一会儿。他简直不敢相信自己遇到了天后。他低头看着手中的药丸。这都是真的！不是梦！他匆匆赶回家，忘记了彭蒙和他的访问计划。除了希望、弓箭和嫦娥，他什么都忘了。成为神是如此容易！从天上射九个太阳，哇！从那以后得到快乐！容易的

当他告诉嫦娥时，这对他来说并不容易。“一片，你有一片，”她说。“我们不要这样做。”“我们可以分开吗？”后羿建议道。他紧张地在手指间旋转着一支箭。

“如果我们把它分开会怎么样？”她问。“我们住在天地之间？在月球上？那是你想住的地方吗？”

“我明白了，”后羿沮丧地说。他和嫦娥把药丸锁在一个木箱里。

后羿答应带着另一颗药丸回来，然后离开了。他经过彭蒙，彭蒙正在附近练习。

日落后，嫦娥被敲门声吓了一跳。是彭萌。“欢迎你进来，”嫦娥犹豫地说。

“但是请把弓箭和鞋子放在门口。”

突然，彭蒙抓住她的头发，猛地把她往前推。

她感觉到尖锐的箭头压在下巴上。“别出声，”他嘘道。“你还不是女神，你还是会死的。”

嫦娥在路上从他身边望过去。后羿早就走了。

“把药丸给我，”彭蒙要求道。嫦娥把他带到锁着的箱子前，她的思绪飞驰。她不能让这个可怕的人得到上帝的力量！她发抖。

“我必须弯下腰去打开盒子，”她说。“你可以把箭指向我的脖子后面。”当嫦娥打开盒子时，她弓着背，彭蒙看不见她在做什么。她把手伸进盒子里。很快，她把药丸塞进嘴里，然后转身面对彭猛。

她吞下了药丸。她向上猛冲，头撞在天花板上。

“什么？！”彭萌抓住她的脚喊道。

嫦娥用她新获得的力量踢了一脚，把彭蒙打倒在地。她沿着天花板爬行，瞄准一扇窗户。

他抓起弓箭。“我无论如何都会得到那颗药丸！”他冲着她喊道。“我不管你是否已经吞下了它！”

嫦娥用力一推，来到一扇窗户前。彭蒙射箭。嫦娥被推到深夜。箭从墙上弹了下来。彭萌在外面追她。

嫦娥踢着腿，想爬得更快。她决心到达她头顶低垂的云层。她不得不躲起来。彭蒙一支接一支地射箭。一支箭划伤了她的腿。另一个在她的长头发里缠结。

她躲在云后面。“救命啊！后羿！”她用女神的洪亮声音喊道。

“来了，”后羿回答，跑下山去。

彭蒙听到后羿的声音就跑开了，从此再也不见了。

嫦娥现在挣扎着阻止她升天。没有什么可抓的，只有空气。没有办法停止。

后羿盯着天空，试图找到嫦娥，但天太阴了。

然后一颗流星照亮了夜晚。他看见她像夜鹭一样向上飞去。

“吃药！”嫦娥喊道。

后羿回答说：“她不会再给我一个。”

“我爱你，”嫦娥伤心地喊道。

后羿回答说：“我爱你。”

嫦娥不想成为女神。她想要幸福，但她不想永远幸福。没有后羿，天堂就不是天堂。

与其住在天堂，不如离他近一点。她像箭一样伸开身体，瞄准月亮。然后她用力踢了一脚。她的目标是正确的。她登上了月球。

后羿怎么能让嫦娥回来？他把箭插在弓上。他可以把月亮射下来！然后后羿重新考虑。一支箭只能把嫦娥推得更远，就像它有九只太阳鸟一样。

后羿放下弓箭，仰望着他一直热爱的月亮，并且更加热爱它。我更爱她。