《雾都孤儿》

Oliver's early  life (6)

 

'Will you come along with me ,Oliver?' asked Mr Bumble in a loud voice.

 

Oliver was very glad to be free of Mrs Mann's violence,but he said nothing because she was angrily shaking her finger at him . However,as the gate closed behind Oliver, he burst into tears. He was leaving behind the other children, the only friends he gad, and he realized at that moment how lonely he was in the world.

 

Mr Bumble walked on with long steps , with Oliver on his short little legs running beside him. The feeling lf contentment produced by gin-and -water had now disappeared,and the beadle was in a bad mood once more.

 

Back at the workhouse, Oliverwas taken to see the board. He stood in front of ten fat men who were sitting around a table.

 

'What's your name.boy?' asked a pqrticularly fat man with a very round,red face.

 

Oliver wa frightened at the sight of so many people,and started to cry.

 

'Why are you crying?'

 

The beadle hit him on the back and so naturally Oliver cried even more.

 

'The boy is a fool,' one member of the boared announced.

 

'You dnow you have no father or mother,' said the first man, 'and that you have been brought up with other orphans?'

'Yes,sir,'replied Oliver ,crying bitterly.

 

奥利佛的童年（6）

 

“你愿意跟班我走吗？奥利佛？”班布尔先生大声问道。

 

奥利佛特别是渴望能尽早逃脱曼太太的暴虐统治，可他却没吭声，因为这时她她正恶狠狠地向他暗暗摇头手指头。可是当大门在奥利佛身后关上时，他突然涕泪横流。他就要离开其他的孩子们了，而这些孩子是他仅有的朋友，此刻，他现时感到自己在这个世界上是多么孤独。

 

班布尔先生在前面大步流星地走着，奥利佛挪动短腿一路小跑地跟在旁边，喝了加水的杜松子酒所产生的心满意足的感觉这会儿已荡然无存，这位执事的情绪又不好了。回到了济贫院，奥利佛被捕带去见董事会的人。十个体态臃肿、肥头脑大耳的人围坐在一张桌子周围，他站在他们面前。

 

“小子，你叫什么名字？”其中之一一个长着滚圆红脸的特别胖的人问道。

 

奥利佛被眼前这么多的人给吓哭了。

“你哭什么？”

执事在奥利佛的背上揍了一下，当然这一下使他哭得更厉害了。

 

“他是个傻子。”一位董事大声说。

“你知道你没有父母，是和那些孤儿一起长大的吗？”第一位先生说。

 “我知道，先生，”奥利佛伤心地回答道。