Chapter 101

　　No sooner had the wagon stopped than the little fatman turned toLamp-Wick. With bows and smiles, heasked in a wheedling tone:

　　"Tell me, my fine boy, do you also want to come tomy wonderfulcountry?""Indeed I do.""But I warn you, my little dear,there's no more roomin the wagon. It is full.""Never mind,"answered Lamp-Wick. "If there's noroom inside, I can sit on the top of thecoach."And with one leap, he perched himself there.

　　"What about you, my love?" asked the Little Man,turningpolitely to Pinocchio. "What are you going to do?

　　Will you come with us, or do you stay here?""I stayhere," answered Pinocchio. "I want to returnhome, as I prefer tostudy and to succeed in life.""May that bring youluck!""Pinocchio!" Lamp-Wick called out. "Listen to me.

　　Come with us and we'll always be happy.""No, no,no!""Come with us and we'll always be happy," cried fourothervoices from the wagon.

　　"Come with us and we'll always be happy," shouted theonehundred and more boys in the wagon, all together.

　　"And if I go with you, what will my good Fairy say?"askedthe Marionette7, who was beginning to waverandweaken in his good resolutions.

　　"Don't worry so much. Only think that we are goingto a landwhere we shall be allowed to make all the racketwe like from morning tillnight."Pinocchio did not answer, but sighed deeply once--twice--a thirdtime. Finally, he said:

"Makeroom for me. I want to go, too!""The seats are all filled,"answered the Little Man,"but to show you how much I think of you, take my placeascoachman.""And you?""I'll walk.""No, indeed. Icould not permit such a thing. I muchprefer riding one of these donkeys,"cried Pinocchio.

　　车子一停，赶车的就向小灯芯转过脸来，做出几千个怪相，打上几千个手势，笑着问他说：
　　“告诉我，我的好孩子，你也要到那幸福的国家去吗？”
　　“不用说，当然要去。”
　　“可我要告诉你，我的小宝贝，车上已经没有地方了，瞧，全挤满了！……”
　　“没关系！小灯芯回答说，“车上没地方，我将就点，就坐在车辕上。”
　　他说着一跳就跳上去，骑在车辕上。
　　“那你呢？我的小宝贝？……”赶车的十分客气地向皮诺乔转过来问。“你打算怎样，跟我们去还是留下？……”
　　“我留下，”皮诺乔回答，“我要回家。我要和所有好孩子那样学习，在学样里做个好学生。”
　　“祝你成功！”
　　“皮诺乔！”小灯芯说了，“听我的话，跟我们去吧，咱们会过得快活的。”
　　“不去，不去，不去！”
　　“跟我们去吧，咱们会过得快活的，”车上又有四个人叫道。
　　“跟我们去吧，咱们会过得快活的，”车上有成百个人同声嚷嚷起来。
　　“我跟你们去，我的好仙女会怎么说呢？”木偶话是这么说，可心动了，开始动摇了。“别去想这种伤脑筋事。你就想一想，咱们要到一个国家去，到了那儿，咱们可以无拘无束，从早玩到晚！”
　　皮诺乔没有回答，只是叹了一口气，叹了两口气，叹了三口气，最后说：
　　“给我挪点地方，我也要去！……”
　　“都挤满了，”赶车的回答说，“不过为了表示欢迎你，我可以让你坐到赶车座儿上来……”
　　“那您呢？……”
　　“我在地上走。”
　　“不行，说真个的，我不答应。我宁愿骑到随便那一头驴子的屁股上面！”皮诺乔叫道。

7 marionette   

n.木偶

参考例句：

·With this marionette I wish to travel through the world.我希望带着这个木偶周游世界。

·The development of marionette had a great influence on the future development of opera.木偶戏的发展对以后的戏曲有十分重要的影响。