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When he had nearly finished, the Badger looked up and remarked rather shortly: ‘I’m sorry, Toad, but I’m afraid there’s a heavy morning’s work in front of you. You see, we really ought to have a Banquet at once, to celebrate this affair. It’s expected of you—in fact, it’s the rule.’
他快食完时，獾抬起头来，简短地说：“对不起，蟾蜍，不外今天上午你恐怕会有好些活要干。你瞧，咱们应该立即举行一次宴会，，来庆祝那件大事。那事必需你来办，那是端方。”
‘O, all right!’ said the Toad, readily. ‘Anything to oblige. Though why on earth you should want to have a Banquet in the morning I cannot understand. But you know I do not live to please myself, but merely to find out what my friends want, and then try and arrange it for ‘em, you dear old Badger!’
“嗯，好吧!”蟾蜍欣然答道。“只要你兴奋，一切遵命。只是我不大白，举行宴会为什么非得在上午不成。不外，我那小我活着，不是为本身过得快活，而只是为了晓得伴侣们需要什么，尽量往称心他们，你那亲爱的老獾头哟!”
‘Don’t pretend to be stupider than you really are,’ replied the Badger, crossly; ‘and don’t chuckle and splutter in your coffee while you’re talking; it’s not manners. What I mean is, the Banquet will be at night, of course, but the invitations will have to be written and got off at once, and you’ve got to write ‘em. Now, sit down at that table—there’s stacks of letter-paper on it, with “Toad Hall” at the top in blue and gold—and write invitations to all our friends, and if you stick to it we shall get them out before luncheon. And I’LL bear a hand, too; and take my share of the burden. I’LL order the Banquet.’
“别拆傻了，”獾不兴奋地说。“并且，不要一边说话，一边把咖啡嘬得吱吱喳喳响，那不礼貌。我是说，宴会当然要在晚上举行，可是请帖得立即写好发出往，那就得由你来办。如今就坐到那张书桌前，桌上有一叠信笺，信笺上印有蓝色和金色的‘蟾宫’字样，给咱们所有的伴侣写邀请信。如果你不断地写，那么在午饭前，咱们就能把信发出往。我也要帮手，分管部门劳务，宴会由我来筹办。”
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‘What!’ cried Toad, dismayed. ‘Me stop indoors and write a lot of rotten letters on a jolly morning like this, when I want to go around my property, and set everything and everybody to rights, and swagger about and enjoy myself! Certainly not! I’ll be—I’ll see you----Stop a minute, though! Why, of course, dear Badger! What is my pleasure or convenience compared with that of others! You wish it done, and it shall be done. Go, Badger, order the Banquet, order what you like; then join our young friends outside in their innocent mirth, oblivious of me and my cares and toils. I sacrifice this fair morning on the altar of duty and friendship!’
“什么!”蟾蜍苦着脸说。“那么美妙的早晨，要我关在屋里写一堆劳什子的信!我想在我的庄园里四处转转，整顿整顿所有的工具、所有的人，摆搭架子，愉快愉快!不干!我要，我要看……不外，等一等，当然我要干，亲爱的獾!我本身的快乐或便利，比起他人的快乐和便利，又算得了什么!既然你要我那么办，我照办就是。獾，你往筹备宴会吧，随你想预订什么菜都行。然后到外面往和我们的年轻伴侣们一道说说笑笑，忘了我，忘了我的忧愁和辛勤吧!为了神圣的职责和友谊，我甜愿牺牲那美妙的早晨!”
The Badger looked at him very suspiciously, but Toad’s frank, open countenance made it difficult to suggest any unworthy motive in this change of attitude. He quitted the room, accordingly, in the direction of the kitchen, and as soon as the door had closed behind him, Toad hurried to the writing-table. A fine idea had occurred to him while he was talking. He WOULD write the invitations; and he would take care to mention the leading part he had taken in the fight, and how he had laid the Chief Weasel flat; and he would hint at his adventures, and what a career of triumph he had to tell about; and on the fly-leaf he would set out a sort of a programme of entertainment for the evening—something like this, as he sketched it out in his head:--
獾迷惘地看着蟾蜍，可蟾蜍那爽快坦诚的脸色，很难使他想到那种突然改变的背后，会有什么不良的动机。于是他分开餐厅，向厨房走往。门刚关上，蟾蜍就仓猝奔书桌往。他必然要写邀请信，必然不忘提到他在那场战斗中所起的主导感化，提到他如何把黄鼠狼头子打翻在地;他还要略略提到他的历险，他那战无不堪的履历，有几可说的呀。在请帖的空白页上，他还要开列晚宴的余兴节目。他在脑子里打着如许一个腹稿：
SPEECH . . . . BY TOAD.
《讲演》——蟾蜍做
(There will be other speeches by TOAD during the evening.)
(晚宴期间，蟾蜍还要做其他讲话)
ADDRESS . . . BY TOAD
《致词》 -----蟾蜍
SYNOPSIS—Our Prison System—the Waterways of Old England—Horse-dealing, and how to deal—Property, its rights and its duties—Back to the Land—A Typical English Squire.
《学术陈述》——我们的监狱轨制——古老英国的水道——马匹交易及其办法——财富、产权与义务——荣回故乡典型的英国乡绅。
SONG . . . . BY TOAD. (Composed by himself.)
《歌曲》-----蟾蜍(本人自编)
OTHER COMPOSITIONS BY TOAD will be sung in the course of the evening by the . . . COMPOSER.
《其他歌曲》 在晚宴期间由词曲做者本人演唱。