格列佛游记——阿里巴巴与四十大盗-4

The chief stopped his mules in front of the house and said to Ali Baba, who was the new master of Cassim's house, "I have brought some oil to sell, but it is now late. Will you give me a night's lodging?"

　　Ali Baba invited the chief to come in when he heard that there was no room for him at the inn. "Please come in," said Ali Baba. "You can have supper with us and a warm bed to sleep in until tomorrow." He told Morgiana to prepare a bed and supper.

　　After supper the chief went out into the yard and told his men to come out when he threw some stones from the window.

　　After her new master and the guest went to bed, Morgiana was making soup when suddenly her lamp went out and they had no oil in the house. "I'll go into the yard and take some oil from those jars," she said to herself.

　　When she went out into the yard and came to the first jar, the thief in the jar said softly, "Is it time?" She turned pale with terror. But she controlled herself and thought of a good plan. "Not yet, but soon," she said.

　　She filled a large kettle with oil and set it on a fire. When it boiled, she poured enough oil into every jar to kill all the thieves inside. Then she went back to the kitchen and waited to see what would happen.

　　Before long the chief got up and opened the window to throw little stones. The stones hit the jars, but no thieves came out. He went down into the yard. When he went near one of the jars and said, "Are you asleep?" He smelt the hot boiled oil. At once he knew all his men were dead and that he had to give up his plan to kill Ali Baba and his family. He ran away. Morgiana saw all this and then went to bed.

　　The next morning she told everything to her master and led him to the oil jars to show him what was in them.

　　Ali Baba thanked her very much and said, "Morgiana, you have saved our lives. You are no longer a slave. You are free now."

　　首领把骡子停在凯辛家门前，对房子的新主人阿里巴巴说：『我带了些油要卖，但天色已晚。您是否能让我借住一晚呢？』

　　当阿里巴巴听到客栈都已客满时，便将那首领请到屋内。阿里巴巴说：『请进。你可以和我们共进晚餐，并在温暖的床上睡到天明。』他便吩咐玛琪安娜准备床和晚餐。

　　晚餐后首领到庭院去告诉他的手下说，他从窗子丢石头出来时，他们就出来。

　　玛琪安娜在新主人和客人入睡后便煮汤，这时油灯突然熄了，而屋子里也没油了。她自言自语说：『我要到庭院去从皮瓮里拿一些油来。』

　　她走到庭院，来到第一只皮瓮时，瓮里的强盗轻声问：『时候到了吗？』玛琪安娜吓得脸色发白。但她一下子就稳住阵脚，并想了个好办法。她说：『还没，但快了。』

　　她将一只大水壶盛满油放在火上烧。油煮沸时，她把足够的油倒进瓮中将里面的强盗一一烫死。接着她回到厨房，等着看会发生什幺事。

　　不久强盗首领起床，他打开窗户丢小石头。石头打在瓮上，但却没半个强盗出来。他便下到庭院去。当他走近其中一个瓮时，便说：『你睡着了吗？』接着他闻到一股热油味。他马上知道所有的手下都死了，也知道他不得不放弃杀死阿里巴巴和他家人的计划。他逃走了。玛琪安娜看到一切，然后便回去睡觉。

　　第二天早上她把事情经过全盘告诉她的主人，并带他去看皮瓮里的东西。

　　阿里巴巴非常感谢她，说：『玛琪安娜，你救了我们全家。你不再是奴隶。你现在自由了。』