Chapter 112

　　And now do you understand what the Little Man'sprofession was?This horrid7 little being, whose faceshonewith kindness, went about the world looking for boys.

　　Lazy boys, boys who hated books, boys who wanted torun away fromhome, boys who were tired of school--allthese were his joy and his fortune. Hetook them withhim to the Land of Toys and let them enjoy themselvesto theirheart's content. When, after months of all playand no work, they became littledonkeys, he sold them onthe market place. In a few years, he had become amillionaire.

　　What happened to Lamp-Wick? My dear children, I do not know.

　　Pinocchio, I can tell you, met with great hardshipseven from thefirst day.

　　After putting him in a stable, his new master filled his manger withstraw, but Pinocchio, after tasting a mouthful,spat it out.

　　Then the man filled the manger with hay.

　　But Pinocchio did not like that any better.

　　"Ah, you don't like hay either?" he cried angrily.

　　"Wait, my pretty Donkey, I'll teach you not to be soparticular."Without more ado, he took a whip and gave the Donkeya hearty8 blow across the legs.

我的小读者们，诸位现在想必知道，用车带他们来的人是干什么的了？这个坏家伙脸上涂牛奶和蜜蜂一样甜，老赶着一辆车到处去转，一路上答应这样答应那样，说尽甜言蜜语，把讨厌书本和学校的懒孩子全都收罗到车上，带到这个“玩儿国”来，让他们快快活活地玩上一段日子。等到这些受骗上当的可怜孩子老这么不读书，一个劲地光是玩，最后变成驴子以后，他就又高兴又满意地成了他们的主人，把他们牵到集市和市场上去卖。这样不到几年，他捞到了许多钱，成了一个百万富翁。
　　小灯芯的遭遇我不知道。我只知道皮诺乔一开头就过的是受尽虐待、苦不堪言的日子。
　　他一给牵进畜栏，新主人就在槽里撒上麦秸。可皮诺乔咬了一口尝了尝，把它吐出来了。
　　主人嘟哝两声，又在槽里撒上干草。可干草皮诺乔也不爱吃。
　　“啊，干草你也不爱吃？”主人生气地叫起来，“好吧，我的宝贝驴子，就算你还有点耍脾气，瞧我来制服你！……”
　　他为了教训教训皮诺乔，马上在他腿上抽了一鞭。

7 horrid   

adj.可怕的；令人惊恐的；恐怖的；极讨厌的

参考例句：

·I'm not going to the horrid dinner party.我不打算去参加这次讨厌的宴会。

·The medicine is horrid and she couldn't get it down.这种药很难吃，她咽不下去。

8 hearty

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

·After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。

·We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。