Chapter 117

　　"Quickstep!" and Pinocchio obediently changed his step.

　　"Gallop!" and Pinocchio galloped23.

　　"Full speed!" and Pinocchio ran as fast as he could.

　　As he ran the master raised his arm and a pistol shot rangin theair.

　　At the shot, the little Donkey fell to the ground as ifhe werereally dead.

　　A shower of applause greeted the Donkey as he arose to his feet.

　　Cries and shouts and handclappings were heard on all sides.

　　At all that noise, Pinocchio lifted his head and raisedhis eyes.There, in front of him, in a box sat a beautifulwoman. Around her neck she worea long gold chain,from which hung a large medallion. On the medallionwaspainted the picture of a Marionette24.

　　"That picture is of me! That beautiful lady is myFairy!"said Pinocchio to himself, recognizing her. He felt so happythat hetried his best to cry out:

　　"Oh, my Fairy! My own Fairy!"But instead of words, aloud braying25 was heard in the theater,soloud and so long that all the spectators--men, women,and children, butespecially the children--burst out laughing.

　　Then, in order to teach the Donkey that it was notgood mannersto bray3 before the public, theManagerhit him on the nose with the handle of the whip.

　“开步走！”
　　于是驴子站起来，开始绕马戏场走。
　　走了一会儿，班主又叫：
　　“小步跑！”
　　皮诺乔听从命令，从走改为小步跑。
　　“大步跑！”
　　皮诺乔改为大步跑。
　　“飞跑！”
　　皮诺乔于是飞也似地跑。他正像快马一样跑的时候，班主举起一只胳膊，朝天开了一枪。
　　驴子一听枪响，马上装作受伤，直挺挺倒在地上，好像真的死了。
　　他在越来越响的掌声和叫好声中站起来，很自然就抬起头向上望望……他一望就看见一个包厢里有一位美丽的太太，脖子上挂着一串很大的金项链，项链上吊着一个画像。这是一个木偶的像。
　　“这是我的像啊！……这位太太是仙女！”皮诺乔心里说，马上认出她来了，他感到万分高兴，就想大叫：
　　“噢，我的好仙女！噢，我的好仙女！”
　　可是发出来的不是人话的而是驴叫声，叫得又响又长，戏院里所的观众，特别是小孩子，都哈哈大笑起来。
　　班主为了教训他，为了让他懂得，当着观众的面这样伊—呀，伊一呀大叫是没有规矩的，就用鞭子柄在他鼻子上狠狠打了一下。

23 galloped   

（使马）飞奔，奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 )；快速做[说]某事

参考例句：

·Jo galloped across the field towards him. 乔骑马穿过田野向他奔去。

·The children galloped home as soon as the class was over. 孩子们一下课便飞奔回家了。

24 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。

25 braying

v.发出驴叫似的声音( bray的现在分词 )；发嘟嘟声；粗声粗气地讲话（或大笑）；猛击

参考例句：

·A donkey was braying on the hill behind the house. 房子后面的山上传来驴叫声。 来自互联网

·What's the use of her braying out such words? 她粗声粗气地说这种话有什么用呢？ 来自互联网