一

Said the Table to the Chair,

"You can hardly be aware

How I suffer from the heat

And from chilblains on my feet.

If we took a little walk,

We might have a little talk;

Pray let us take the air,"

Said the Table to the Chair.

桌子对椅子说道：

“你怎么都无法明了，

我遭受着怎样的滚烫，

我脚上长满了冻疮。

我们若出去走走，

就能谈谈各自的感受；

呼吸下空气多好。”

桌子对椅子说道。

二

Said the Chair unto the Table,

"Now, you know we are not able:

How foolishly you talk,

When you know we cannot walk!"

Said the Table with a sigh,

"It can do no harm to try.

I've as many legs as you:

Why can't we walk on two?"

椅子对桌子说道：

“唉，你明知做不了，

还说这样的傻话，

你明知咱迈不开步伐！”

桌子听后叹了口气：

“咱们试试又没关系。

你四条腿我也有，

迈开两条就能走。”

三

So they both went slowly down,

And walked about the town

With a cheerful bumpy sound

As they toddled round and round;

And everybody cried,

As they hastened to their side,

"See! the Table and the Chair

Have come out to take the air!"

于是他们慢慢下了楼，

走到镇子上去溜一溜，

呯呯嘭嘭一路多高兴，

跌跌撞撞向前行；

他们冲进人群中，

大伙儿见了闹哄哄：

“看哪！瞧那桌和椅，

蹦了出来透口气！”

四

But in going down an alley,

To a castle in a valley,

They completely lost their way,

And wandered all the day;

Till, to see them safely back,

They paid a Ducky-quack,

And a Beetle, and a Mouse,

Who took them to their house.

他们一路向前蹦又跳，

去把山谷里的城堡找，

谁知半路迷了路，

一整天转得晕乎乎；

最后，为了找到路回家，

他俩付钱问了只嘎嘎鸭，

又问了甲虫和老鼠，

他们把桌椅领上回家路。

五

Then they whispered to each other,

"O delightful little brother,

What a lovely walk we've taken!

Let us dine on beans and bacon."

So the Ducky and the leetle

Browny-Mousy and the Beetle

Dined, and danced upon their heads

Till they toddled to their beds.

于是桌椅俩悄悄地说：

“哦，小兄弟呵多快活，

咱们散步回家乐无忧！

快吃点儿豆子和咸肉。”

他们吃完倒立着跳起舞，

小鸭子、棕色的小小鼠，

还有一只小甲虫，

全都跌跌撞撞往床边冲。