When Mr Wonka turned round and saw what Augustus Gloop was doing, he cried out, “Oh, no! Please, Augustus, please! I beg of you not to do that. My chocolate must be untouched by human hands!”
旺卡先生一转脸看到奥古斯塔斯·格卢普，马上高声大叫：“噢，不行！请不要这样做，奥古斯塔斯，请不要这样做！我求求你不要这样做。我的巧克力不可以用手碰的！”
“Augustus!” called out Mrs Gloop. “Didn’t you hear what the man said? Come away from that river at once!”
“奥古斯塔斯！”格卢普太太也叫起来，“你没有听见这位先生的话吗？马上离开那条河！”
“This stuff is fabulous!” said Augustus, taking not the slightest notice of his mother or Mr Wonka. “Gosh, I need a bucket to drink it properly!”
“这东西好吃极了！”奥古斯塔斯说，一点儿也不理会他的妈妈或者旺卡先生，“噢，我需要一只水桶，好喝个痛快！”
“Augustus,” cried Mr Wonka, hopping up and down and waggling his stick in the air, “you must come away. You are dirtying my chocolate!”
“奥古斯塔斯，”旺卡先生蹦着跳着，把手杖在空中乱挥，大声喝道，“你必须离开。你把我的巧克力弄脏了！”
“Augustus!” cried Mrs Gloop.
“奥古斯塔斯！”格卢普太太叫道。
“Augustus!” cried Mr Gloop.
“奥古斯塔斯！”格卢普先生叫道。
“Augustus!” shouted Mrs Gloop. “You’ll be giving that nasty cold of yours to about a million people all over the country!”
“奥古斯塔斯！”格卢普太太叫道，“你会把你那讨厌的伤风传染给全国一百万人的！”
But Augustus was deaf to everything except the call of his enormous stomach. He was now lying full length on the ground with his head far out over the river, lapping up the chocolate like a dog.
但是奥古斯塔斯除了听他那个大肚子的召唤以外，什么也听不见。这时他趴在地上伸直身子，把头使劲地伸到河中去，像狗那样在舔巧克力。
“Be careful, Augustus!” shouted Mr Gloop. “You’re leaning too far out!”
“小心，奥古斯塔斯！”格卢普先生叫道，“你伸出去太远了！”
Mr Gloop was absolutely right. For suddenly there was a shriek, and then a splash, and into the river went Augustus Gloop, and in one second he had disappeared under the brown surface.
格卢普先生的话绝对没错，因为一下子就传来一声尖叫，接着是扑通一声，奥古斯塔斯·格卢普落到河里去了，转眼间已经消失在棕色的河面下。
“Don’t just stand there!” Mrs Gloop screamed at Mr Gloop. “Do something!”
“不要光站在那里不动！”格卢普太太对格卢普先生大声说，“采取行动啊！”
“Save him!” screamed Mrs Gloop, going white in the face, and waving her umbrella about. “He’ll drown! He can’t swim a yard! Save him! Save him!”
“快去救他！”格卢普太太哇哇大叫，脸都白了，挥动着她的雨伞，“他会淹死的！他连一米也游不到！你快去救他呀！你快去救他的命啊！”
“Good heavens, woman,” said Mr Gloop, “I’m not diving in there! I’ve got my best suit on!”
“天哪，你这女人，”格卢普先生说，“我不打算跳下去！我穿着最好的衣服！”
Augustus Gloop’s face came up again to the surface, painted brown with chocolate. “Help! Help! Help!” he yelled. “Fish me out!”
这时奥古斯塔斯·格卢普的脸重新露出河面，满脸是棕色的巧克力。“救命啊！救命啊！救命啊！”他高声叫道，“把我拉上去呀！”
“I am doing something!” said Mr Gloop, who was now taking off his jacket and getting ready to dive into the chocolate. But while he was doing this, the wretched boy was being sucked closer and closer towards the mouth of one of the great pipes that was dangling down into the river. Then all at once, the powerful suction took hold of him completely, and he was pulled under the surface and then into the mouth of the pipe.
“我是在采取行动啊！”格卢普先生说，他这时正在脱他的西装上衣，准备跳到巧克力河里去。但他还在脱衣服的时候，那倒霉的孩子已经被愈来愈近地吸到从上面垂下来的一根大玻璃管的管口。猛一下子，强大的吸力完全吸住了他，把他吸到河面下，接着吸到管口里去了。
And sure enough, because the pipe was made of glass, Augustus Gloop could be clearly seen shooting up inside it, head first, like a torpedo.
一点儿不错，因为管子是玻璃的，可以清楚地看到奥古斯塔斯·格卢普在玻璃管里面飞快地升上去，头朝上，像一个鱼雷。
“He’s going to stick!” said Charlie.
“他要卡住了！”查理说。
“Smash the pipe!” yelled Mrs Gloop, still waving her umbrella. “Augustus, come out of there at once!”
“敲碎那根玻璃管！”格卢普太太大叫，仍旧在挥动着她的雨伞，“奥古斯塔斯，你马上从那里面出来！”
“It isn’t big enough!” said Charlie Bucket. “Oh dear, look! He’s slowing down!”
“是不够大！”查理·巴克特说，“天哪，瞧！他慢下来了！”
“It’s a wonder to me,” said Mr Gloop, “how that pipe is big enough for him to go through it.”
“我倒弄不懂，”格卢普先生说，“那玻璃管怎么大到能让他通过？”
“It’s his stomach that’s done it!” said Mr Gloop.
“这都因为他那个肚子！”格卢普先生说。
“There he goes!” somebody shouted, pointing upwards.
“他到那里去了！”有人指着上面大叫。
“By golly, he has stuck!” said Charlie.
“天哪！他已经卡住了！”查理说。
The watchers below could see the chocolate swishing around the boy in the pipe, and they could see it building up behind him in a solid mass, pushing against the blockage. The pressure was terrific. Something had to give. Something did give, and that something was Augustus. WHOOF! Up he shot again like a bullet in the barrel of a gun.
在下面围观的人可以看到，玻璃管里的巧克力在孩子周围打转。他们可以看到孩子把巧克力溶液的去路堵住了，巧克力溶液在他的身后积聚成结实的一团，冲击着堵住它去路的东西。冲力异常厉害。堵住它的玩意儿必须让路。堵住它的玩意儿是让路了，那玩意儿正是奥古斯塔斯。呜！他又像颗出膛的子弹那样给射了上去。
“So he is!” said Grandpa Joe.
“是慢下来了！”约瑟夫爷爷说。
“I think he is!” said Grandpa Joe.
“我想他要卡住了！”约瑟夫爷爷说。
“Help! Murder! Police!” screamed Mrs Gloop. “Augustus, come back at once! Where are you going?”
“救命啊！这是谋杀！快叫警察！”格卢普太太大叫大嚷，“奥古斯塔斯，马上回来！你要上哪里去呀？”
The crowd on the riverbank waited breathlessly to see where he would come out.
河边的一伙人屏住气息，等着看他会从什么地方出来。
“He’s blocked the whole pipe!” said Grandpa Joe.
“他堵住了整根玻璃管！”约瑟夫爷爷说。
“And why not, may I ask?” shouted Mrs Gloop.
“我倒要请教，为什么不可能？”格卢普太太叫道。
“Keep calm!” cried Mr Wonka. “Keep calm, my dear lady, keep calm. There is no danger! No danger whatsoever! Augustus has gone on a little journey, that’s all. A most interesting little journey. But he’ll come out of it just fine, you wait and see.”
“保持镇静！”旺卡先生高声叫道，“保持镇静，我亲爱的女士，保持镇静。不会有危险的！无论如何不会有危险！奥古斯塔斯只是去作一次小小的旅行，只不过是这样。一次最有趣的小小旅行！但他会安全出来的，你就等着瞧好了！”
“Impossible!” cried Mr Wonka. “Unthinkable! Inconceivable! Absurd! He could never be made into marshmallows!”
“不可能！”旺卡先生叫道，“难以想象！不可思议！荒唐透顶！他永远不可能被制成果汁软糖！”
“He’s disappeared!” yelled Mrs Gloop. “Where does that pipe go to? Quick! Call the fire brigade!”
“他不见了！”格卢普太太大叫，“那根玻璃管通到哪里去？快！快叫消防队！”
“How can he possibly come out just fine!” snapped Mrs Gloop. “He’ll be made into marshmallows in five seconds!”
“他怎么可能安全出来呀？”格卢普太太生气地说，“五秒钟他就要被制成果汁软糖了！”
“Quite right,” said Mr Gloop.
“一点儿不错。”格卢普先生说。
“Then he’ll be made into strawberry-flavoured chocolate-coated fudge!” screamed Mrs Gloop. “My poor Augustus! They’ll be selling him by the pound all over the country tomorrow morning!”
“那么他就要被制成草莓牛奶巧克力夹心软糖了！”格卢普太太尖叫道，“我可怜的奥古斯塔斯！明天早晨，他们就要把他一块一块地在全国各地出售了！”
“Because that pipe doesn’t go anywhere near it! That pipe — the one Augustus went up happens to lead directly to the room where I make a most delicious kind of strawberry-flavoured chocolate-coated fudge…”
“因为那根玻璃管根本不通到制果汁软糖的地方！奥古斯塔斯所进的那根玻璃管正好一直通到我制造最好吃的草莓牛奶巧克力夹心软糖的地方。”
“I know I’m right,” said Mrs Gloop.
“我知道我不会错的。”格卢普太太说。
“He’ll be perfectly safe,” said Mr Wonka, giggling slightly.
“他将安全无恙。”旺卡先生轻轻地咯咯笑着说。
“He’ll be chocolate fudge!” shrieked Mrs Gloop.
“他将成为草莓牛奶巧克力夹心软糖！”格卢普太太尖叫道。
“And why not?” shrieked Mrs Gloop.
“为什么不能？”格卢普太太尖叫道。
“Mr Wonka doesn’t seem to think so!” cried Mrs Gloop. “Just look at him! He’s laughing his head off! How dare you laugh like that when my boy’s just gone up the pipe! You monster!” she shrieked, pointing her umbrella at Mr Wonka as though she were going to run him through. “You think it’s a joke, do you? You think that sucking my boy up into your Fudge Room like that is just one great big colossal joke?”
“旺卡先生似乎不这样想！”格卢普太太叫道，“就看看他那副样子吧！他哈哈狂笑！我的儿子到玻璃管里去了，你怎么还笑成这样！你这魔鬼！”她尖叫着，用雨伞指住了旺卡先生，好像要把他戳穿似的。“你以为这是开玩笑吗，啊？你以为把我的儿子这样吸到你的牛奶巧克力车间去只是一个特大的玩笑吗？”她喊道。
“Because the taste would be terrible,” said Mr Wonka. “Just imagine it! Augustus-flavoured chocolate-coated Gloop! No one would buy it.”
“因为那味道太可怕了，”旺卡先生说，“只要想想，奥古斯塔斯味巧克力夹心格卢普！没有人会买。”
“I wouldn’t allow it!” cried Mr Wonka.
“我不能让他成为草莓牛奶巧克力夹心软糖！”旺卡先生叫道。
“Nor do I,” said Mr Wonka. “And I do promise you, madam, that your darling boy is perfectly safe.”
“我也不愿，”旺卡先生说，“我向你保证，太太，你的宝贝儿子会绝对安全的。”
“They most certainly would!” cried Mr Gloop indignantly.
“他们一定买！”格卢普先生气愤地叫道。
“Never!” cried Mr Wonka.
“永远不会！”旺卡先生叫道。
“Of course he will!” shrieked Mrs Gloop.
“他当然会！”格卢普太太尖叫道。
“I don’t want to think about it!” shrieked Mrs Gloop.
“我不愿去想这件事！”格卢普太太尖叫道。
“It’s beyond a joke,” said Mr Gloop.
“这不是开玩笑的事。”格卢普先生说。
Mr Wonka turned around and clicked his fingers sharply, click, click, click, three times. Immediately, an Oompa-Loompa appeared, as if from nowhere, and stood beside him.
旺卡先生转身弹响他的手指，咔哒，咔哒，咔哒，一共三下。一个奥帕—伦帕人马上出现，就像从地里钻出来一样，站在他的旁边。
“If he’s perfectly safe, then where is he?” snapped Mrs Gloop. “Lead me to him this instant!”
“如果他绝对安全，那么他在哪里？”格卢普太太厉声说，“马上带我到他那里去！”
The Oompa-Loompa bowed and smiled, showing beautiful white teeth. His skin was rosy-white, his long hair was golden-brown, and the top of his head came just above the height of Mr Wonka’s knee. He wore the usual deerskin slung over his shoulder.
那个奥帕—伦帕人鞠躬微笑，露出好看的雪白牙齿。他的皮肤白里透红，长头发是金棕色，头顶只到旺卡先生的膝盖。他的肩上照常披着一块鹿皮。
“Go straight to the Fudge Room,” Mr Wonka said to the Oompa-Loompa, “and when you get there, take a long stick and start poking around inside the big chocolate-mixing barrel. I’m almost certain you’ll find him in there. But you’d better look sharp! You’ll have to hurry! If you leave him in the chocolate-mixing barrel too long, he’s liable to get poured out into the fudge boiler, and that really would be a disaster, wouldn’t it? My fudge would become quite uneatable!”
“直接上草莓牛奶巧克力夹心软糖车间去，”旺卡先生对奥帕—伦帕人说，“到了那里，你拿一根长棍子在调制巧克力的大桶里捞，我几乎可以断定，你会在里面找到他。不过你最好抓紧时间，你必须快！如果让他在巧克力调制桶里待得太久，他有可能被倒进牛奶软糖锅炉，那就真会闯大祸了。那样，我的牛奶软糖也就完全不能吃了！”
“Oh, do be quiet!” said Mr Wonka. “Control yourself! Pull yourself together! Mrs Gloop doesn’t think it’s at all funny!”
“噢，别笑！”旺卡先生说，“控制住自己！镇静下来，格卢普太太并不认为这件事有什么好笑！”
“Now listen to me!” said Mr Wonka, looking down at the tiny man. “I want you to take Mr and Mrs Gloop up to the Fudge Room and help them to find their son, Augustus. He’s just gone up the pipe.”
“现在你听我说！”旺卡先生低头看着小矮人说，“我要你把格卢普先生和他太太带到草莓牛奶巧克力夹心软糖车间，帮他们找到他们的儿子奥古斯塔斯。他刚到玻璃管上面去了。”
The Oompa-Loompa took one look at Mrs Gloop and exploded into peals of laughter.
这个奥帕—伦帕人看了格卢普太太一眼，爆发出一阵阵哈哈大笑声。
“You can say that again!” said Mrs Gloop.
“这话没错！”格卢普太太说。
So what we do in cases such
碰到这种事情我们怎么办才是？
“Grandpa!” cried Charlie. “Listen to them, Grandpa! What are they doing?”
“爷爷！”查理叫道，“你听，爷爷！他们在干什么？”
As Mr and Mrs Gloop and their tiny escort hurried away, the five Oompa-Loompas on the far side of the river suddenly began hopping and dancing about and beating wildly upon a number of very small drums. “Augustus Gloop!” they chanted. “Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop!”
当格卢普先生、格卢普太太和陪同他们的小矮人匆匆离去以后，河对岸那五个奥帕—伦帕人忽然开始又跳又舞，疯狂地敲起了几面很小的鼓。“奥古斯塔斯·格卢普！”他们唱道，“奥古斯塔斯·格卢普！奥古斯塔斯·格卢普！奥古斯塔斯·格卢普！”
“Augustus Gloop!” chanted the Oompa-Loompas.
奥帕—伦帕人唱起来：奥古斯塔斯·格卢普！
On everything he wanted to?
要吃什么就吃个不停，
The great big greedy nincompoop!
那头贪吃的大笨猪！
To gorge and guzzle, feed and feast
让这个小野兽大吃大喝、狼吞虎咽，
Mrs Gloop let out a shriek of fury.
格卢普太太发出一声怒吼。
Great Scott! It simply wouldn’t do!
天哪！这可绝对不行！
“I’m joking,” said Mr Wonka, giggling madly behind his beard. “I didn’t mean it. Forgive me. I’m so sorry. Good-bye, Mrs Gloop! And Mr Gloop! Good-bye! I’ll see you later…”
“我只是说句笑话，”旺卡先生用胡子捂住嘴拼命咯咯地笑着说，“我不是当真的，请你原谅。我很抱歉。再见，格卢普太太！还有你，格卢普先生，再见！过会儿见…”
“Ssshh!” whispered Grandpa Joe. “I think they’re going to sing us a song!”
“嘘嘘嘘！”约瑟夫爷爷低声说，“我想他们要唱一首歌给我们听！”
We’re positive he’d never give
我们可以肯定地讲：
“Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop!
奥古斯塔斯·格卢普！奥古斯塔斯·格卢普！
Even the smallest bit of fun
他不会给世界上哪一个，
How long could we allow this beast
我们要容忍到哪一天，
However long this pig might live,
不管这小猪活多长，
Or happiness to anyone.
带来一丁点儿快乐。
To send him shooting up the pipe!
把他弄到玻璃管里头！
We add some sugar, cream, and spice;
我们加糖，加奶，加香料，
Or marbles or a rocking horse.
变成木马，变成弹子…
‘Come on!’ we cried. ‘The time is ripe
“来吧！”我们叫道，“时机已经成熟，
He’ll be quite changed from what he’s been,
他将变得完全不像从前，
Slowly, the wheels go round and round,
轮子慢慢地转了一下又一下，
He left a most disgusting taste
他在我们的嘴里头，
Would take the nasty taste away.
能把这种该死的味道除去。
And turn him into something that will give great pleasure to us all –
变成会令我们高兴的玩意儿——
Inside our mouths, and so in haste
留下的味道叫人作呕，
He will be altered quite a bit.
他将有很大改变。
And carefully we take the brat
小心地把这小东西，
Was so unutterably vile,
太卑鄙了，
The cogs begin to grind and pound;
齿轮开始又磨又压，
And very soon, he’s going to see
很快他就要看到，
Augustus Gloop will not be harmed,
奥古斯塔斯·格卢普不会出事情。
He has to go! It has to be!’
他必须去！不管怎么说也好！”
Inside the room to which he’s gone
在他所去的车间里面，
So greedy, foul, and infantile,
那么贪婪、可恶、幼稚，
A doll, for instance, or a ball,
比方变个小玩偶，或者变个大皮球，
A hundred knives go slice, slice, slice;
成百把刀削了又削，
When he goes through the fudge machine:
只要进到制糖机器里面，
But don’t, dear children, be alarmed;
不过亲爱的小朋友们不必担心，
As this, we use the gentle touch,
我们将采取温和的措施，
But this revolting boy, of course,
但这讨厌的孩子实在太可耻，
Although, of course, we must admit
当然，我们必须承认一点：
Some funny things are going on.
有趣的事情将会连续不断。
We chose a thing that, come what may,
因此我们要赶紧选择一样东西，
Was loathed by men from shore to shore,
还是到处叫人讨厌，
Then out he comes! And now! By grace!
于是他才离开机器！
“Are the Oompa-Loompas really joking, Grandpa?” asked Charlie.
“那些奥帕—伦帕人真的在开玩笑吗，爷爷？”查理问道。
Is boiled away for once and all.
全都煮得一点儿也不剩。
A miracle has taken place!
天哪！这时出现了奇迹！
Until we’re absolutely sure
直到我们完全确定：
This boy, who only just before
这个孩子不久以前，
Against a luscious bit of fudge?”
它又是甜又是香？”
“Of course they’re joking,” answered Grandpa Joe. “They must be joking. At least, I hope they’re joking. Don’t you?”
“当然是在开玩笑，”约瑟夫爷爷回答说，“他们一定是在开玩笑，至少我希望他们是在开玩笑。你不这样想吗？”
Is loved by people everywhere!
如今变得到处受人喜欢！
For who could hate or bear a grudge
因为谁会讨厌牛奶巧克力软糖，
This greedy brute, this louse’s ear,
但这贪吃的小坏蛋，
That all the greed and all the gall
他的全部贪心和毛病，
“I told you they loved singing!” cried Mr Wonka. “Aren’t they delightful? Aren’t they charming? But you mustn’t believe a word they said. It’s all nonsense, every bit of it!”
“我告诉过你们他们爱唱歌！”旺卡先生叫道，“他们是不是很讨人喜欢？他们是不是十分可爱？可是他们的话你们一个字也不要相信。全是胡说八道，没有半句是真的！”
We boil him for a minute more,
我们把他再煮一分钟，
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