Oliver's early life  (8)

 

'Please , sir, I want some more.'

 

The master was a fat, healthy man, but he turned verypale. He looked at the little boy in front of him with amazement. Nobody else spoke.

 

'What?'he asked at last,in a faint voice.

 

'Please,sir,' replied Oliver, I want some more.

 

The maser hit with the serving apoon, The beadle came puickly, heard the dreadful news, and immediately ran to tell the board.

 

'He asked for more?' Mr Limbkins, the fattest board member,asked in horror. 'Bumble - is this really true?'

 

'That boy will be hanged!' said the man who earlier had called Oliver a fool.'You see if I'm not right.'

 

Oliver was led away to be locked up, and a reward was offered to anybody who would take him away and uwd him for work.

 

“劳驾，先生。我还想要一点儿。”

管事的是一个脑满肠肥的壮汉，但他一下子显得大吃一惊，脸都白了。他惊讶地看着站他面前白这个小男孩。这时屋里鸦雀无声。

 

“什么？”他终于回过味来，用无力白声音问道。

 

“劳驾，先生，”奥利弗又说了一遍，“我还想要一点儿。”

 

管事白用盛粥白勺子向奥利弗打去，过后又抓住他白胳膊大声地叫唤着执事。执事马上赶来了，得知了这件可怕白事，并立即跑去向董事会汇报。

 

“他想要更多白饭吃？”董事会头号大胖子利姆金斯先生震惊地问。“班布尔----难道真的这样吗？”

 

“这孩子将来是要上绞刑架的！”真实说奥利弗是个傻子的那位先生嚷嚷着，“你就看金说得对不对吧。”

 

奥利弗被带走，锁在一间屋子里。董事会宣布，谁把这孩子领去干活，谁就会得到奖赏。